Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Wrapping on a cylinder Solidworks?

mjf462001 wrote:

> Thanks for the reply,
> I had tried that before and it projects the curve on the face
> as opposed to wrapping the curve around the face.
>
> The difference between projection and wrapping is slight but
> important to what I am trying to do.
>
> I may be mistaken but it seems to me that the projection command does
> only projection, unless you know how to make it wrap around a
> cylinder.
>
> Best,
> Matthew

Is this for something like a turned shape, or more like a cam?
For these two, I know you can revolve or extrude, respectively.

Or do you mean to map a 2.5-D curve onto cylinderical<sp?> coordinates?