Bypass Ring with a Twist: Primary Level

Learn how to use Advanced Options in Profile Placer

builder to create an open bypass shank with a twist.

Steps Input a ring rail into the Profile Placer builder. Set a
1-2 Mirrored profile on the rail. Position and scale the
two profiles. Ring Rail

Steps Use the Advanced Options portion of the builder

3-4 and use “Tilt & Roll Opposite when Mirrored. Offset
the profiles in the X direction and Twist them on the Profile Placer
rail.

Steps Place a profile with a new shape at the bottom of the

5-6 ring rail. Use the Sweep 1 command from the Sweep 1
Surface menu to complete the ring with an open
Cap Planar
sweep. Use Cap Planar to create end caps.
1 Open up the Ring Rail tool from the Tools fly-out menu and select Size 6 from the
drop-down menu. Click on GO to place the rail in the viewports.

2 Click on the Profile Placer builder, also found in the Tools fly-out menu, to place
profiles on this rail. Select the rail and click on the IN arrow beneath the Line preview
window to place the rail curve into the builder. Then, click on the Profile preview window to
open the Profile Browser at the bottom of the screen. Select the inca profile from the
browser by clicking on it once to select it. This will close the browser and cause the profile
curve to appear in the Profile preview window.

3 Now, adjust the Position Along Curve slider to the “11 o’clock” position, or, 160-degrees.
To do so, left-click on the slider control and hold down the left mouse button to “drag” the
slider control until the 160-degree value is displayed in the text box and the profile is in the
correct position on the rail. Another way to adjust the slider controls is to simply position the
mouse in the text box and click once. Then, type over the currently-displayed value with the
new value and press Enter.

4 Using the Scale Height / Width IC sliders in the same way described above, adjust the
scale of this profile curve so that the height and width both equal 4 mm. Then, turn on the

Mirror function in this builder to place an identical profile that is mirrored

 around the midpoint of this curve. The new profile will scale, move, and change shape as the
original profile is adjusted so that the two are always identical.

5 It is now possible to go back and continue adjusting the previous two profiles that were
placed on the rail. To do so, simply select them in the vieports. Now, click on the Advanced
Options Arrow in the builder to access this part of the builder. Before adjusting any of
these IC’s, turn ON the Tilt and Roll Opposite When Mirrored feature at the bottom of
the builder screen:

This will ensure that, when the profiles are adjusted using any of the advanced option
controls, they will move in opposite directions, rather than in the same direction. This will
help us create the “twist” in the ring.

6 And now the fun part: start with the Profile X Offset control. Click and drag this slider
control to 4 mm. This will cause the center of both profile curves to be moved off the line 4
mm in opposite directions:

7 Now grab the Twist IC (isn’t this fun?!) and slide it to about the 30-degree position. This
action creates the unique “twist” in this ring.

8 Click on Set Profile to add a third profile to this ring. To begin this process, deselect the last

two profiles by clicking anywhere on the grid. Then, turn OFF the Mirror
function in this builder so that only one profile will be added. Adjust the Position Along
 Curve slider down to the 0 position on the curve. Scale the height and width of this profile
so that it is a smaller 2 mm high X 3 mm wide. Set the Advanced Options back to the
“0” position so that it is centered on the rail!

9 Now, let’s show off a little and change the shape of this profile curve. To do so, select the
curve and click on the Profile preview window. This action will only change the shape of the
selected profile curve, so not to worry! Notice that moving the mouse over each profile curve
in the browser will change the shape of the selected curve in the viewports.

Select the Shield shape from the library by clicking on it once. This will close the library
window, change the image in the Profile preview window, and replace the selected profile
curve with the new shape, maintaining the same height and location on the ring rail.

10 It looks great! Now, let’s sweep the surface and see what happens! Click on the Sweep
1 command found in the Surface fly-out menu. When prompted to select the rail curve, click
on the finger rail anywhere except at the top, between the two profiles. When prompted to
select the “cross section curves”, select the profiles by starting on one side at the top and
working your way around to the other side by way of the bottom profile curve. Press Enter
when all three have been selected.
 Adjust the seam point arrows and press Enter. In this stage, it is likely that the seam point
arrows will be incorrect. To be correct, they must all originate from the same point on the
profile curve (towards the finger rail, as below, or away from it) and must all point in the
same direction. If they are found to be incorrect, it may be necessary to (1) change the
position of one or more arrows on their profile curves, and/or (2) change the direction of one
or more of the arrows. To change the location of an arrow on its profile curve, click on the
point from which it originates and hold down the left mouse button while dragging that point
around on the curve. To change the direction of an arrow, approach it with the mouse until
two arrows are showing. Then, click once and move the mouse away, leaving just the correct
arrow. Make certain that the Closed Sweep option is not checked in the Sweep 1 Options
menu and press Enter on the keyboard.

Incorrect Seam Point Arrows: (1)To move arrow, Click and drag point to new position:

(2) To reverse arrow,click once with both arrows visible: Correct seam point arrows:

Press Enter when arrows are correct to complete the sweep. Make sure that Closed
Sweep is NOT selected in the Sweep One Options dialog box.
8 The ends of this ring are open, meaning that the ring is hollow. To cap the ends, select the

ring and click on Cap Planar, which is found in the Solid fly-out menu.