I'm working on a project for a client. They have legacy 2D drawings depicting 3D parts made from bent wire.
I'm thinking maybe I should create the 2D sketches, then create a 3D sketch that is simply a spline, then constrain the spline points to the 2D sketches. I would then sweep the wire diameter through the 3D sketch.
I have never tried to drive a 3D sketch with 2D sketches. Are there better ways of doing this?
Imagine a piece of relatively stiff wire, contorted into a weird 3D shape
The shapes would be much like those toys you see in waiting rooms for very little kids - where there are wooden beads on bent thick wires, and you push the beads along the strangely-shaped wires.
Thank you for any help you may have!