[jstrayer]

I'm trying to create a model with many branched swept paths sort of like a vine. Is this possible in Solidworks 2008? I'm thinking it is but need a nudge in the right direction.

Many thanks,
John

[JerryFlyGuy]

sure, you'll have to do two sweeps but thats not a big deal

[jstrayer]

Thanks JerryFlyGuy,

I've created several sweeps but finding it difficult to mate them into the vine that I'm trying to model so I just align them and fix them in place. It works but its tedious.

John

[Matt@RFR]

Sounds like you need to use sketch entities or planes as mate references in your assembly. Maybe if you post your file you'll get more information.

[JerryFlyGuy]

Are you modeling this as a single part or an assembly? You shouldn't need to 'fix' anything if it's a part model [which is how I'd do it] it will be fixed by the nature of the sketch. If your doing solid sweeps then you should be able to join the various parts w/ merge or combine functions [merge is in the 'sweep' dialoge box].