Curved lines for Extrude Along Path

[mikeakar]

Below I have a curved counter (in yellow) that will need curved tubular supports. I would like to create a path to then extrude my geometry along the path. I tried to compose these lines to create a continuous line for my path, however they do not join. How do I go about this?

 

The black lines are curved polylines, following the geometry of the counter, the red lines are lines perpendicular to the floor.

 

Thank you!

 

[Kevin Allen]

are those plain old lines, or did you use the poly line tool?

[mikeakar]

2 minutes ago, Kevin Allen said:

are those plain old lines, or did you use the poly line tool?

red are lines, black is polyline, because of the curve

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

I think you have to post the file please

[mikeakar]

3 minutes ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:

I think you have to post the file please

TY

Counter Example.vwx

[Kevin Allen]

3 minutes ago, mikeakar said:

red are lines, black is polyline, because of the curve

I do not see any curves, only straight line?

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

Is this what you are looking for.

 

[Kevin Allen]

I don't think the lines are properly aligned. Once aligned, they need to be converted to NURBS and then composed. Then you can extrude along the path.

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

@Kevin Allen   I looks like the curves were made from 2D curves so I did the conversion to NURBS and joined an offset point.  The clean curve is enclosed.COUNTER CURVE.vwx

[mikeakar]

8 minutes ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said:

@Kevin Allen   I looks like the curves were made from 2D curves so I did the conversion to NURBS and joined an offset point.  The clean curve is enclosed.COUNTER CURVE.vwx

that is what I am looking for, thank you! 

[VIRTUALENVIRONS]

@mikeakar  There were a couple of things that were problematic..  All lines, curves, etc. need to be connected.  Below are two screen shots of the offending geometry, but after I corrected that, compose still would not work.  Try it and see what happens for an explanation.

 

I converted all your polylines to NURBS curves (Convert to NURBS) and then "Compose".  It worked as it should.

 

Polylines are primarily a 2D tool.  They don't convert well to other geometry.

 

 

Edited January 30 by VIRTUALENVIRONS