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PerformingOperationsonProfiles
1)CreatingCorners
This task shows how to create a rounded corner (arc tangent to two curves) between two lines using trimming operation. You can create rounded corners
betweencurves.ClicktheCornericon
fromtheOperationstoolbar.ThepossiblecorneroptionsaredisplayedintheSketchtools
toolbar:theTrimAllElementsoptioncommand

isactivatedbydefault.Selectthetwolines.Thesecondlineisalsohighlighted,andthetwolinesarejoined

bytheroundedcornerwhichmovesasyoumovethecursor.Thisletsyouvarythedimensionsofthecorner.EnterthecornerradiusvalueintheSketchtools
toolbar.Youcanalsoclickwhenyouaresatisfiedwiththecornerdimensions.
2)CreatingChamfers
Thistaskshowshowtocreateachamferbetweentwolinestrimmingeitherall,thefirstornoneoftheelements,andmorepreciselyusingoneofthefollowing
chamferdefinitions:
Angle/Hypotenuse,Length1/Length2,Length1/Angle.ClicktheChamfericon

fromtheOperationtoolbar.Thepossiblechamferoptionsaredisplayedinthe

Sketchtoolstoolbar.TrimAll/First/Noelement.Selectthetwolines.Clickwhenyouaresatisfiedwiththedimensionsofthechamfer.
3)TrimmingElements
Trimmingtwoelements:Thistaskshowshowtotrimtwolines(eitheroneelementorallthe
elements).Createtwointersectinglines.ClicktheTrimicon

fromtheOperationstoolbar.TheTrimtoolbaroptionsdisplayintheSketchtools.TheTrimAll

optionisthecommandactivatedbydefault.Selectthefirstline.Positionthecursorontheelementtobetrimmed.Thelocationoftherelimitationdependson
thelocationofthecursor.
Trimmingoneelement:Thistaskshowshowtotrimjustoneelement.ClicktheTrimicon
fromtheOperationstoolbar.ClicktheTrimOneElementoption

.Selectthetwocurves.Firstcurvewillonlybetrimmedbysecondcurve.

4)BreakingandTrimming
ThistaskshowshowtoquicklydeleteelementsintersectedbyotherSketcherelementsusing
breakingandtrimmingoperations.ClicktheQuickTrimicon

fromtheOperationtoolbar(Relimitationssubtoolbar).Thepossibletrimoptioncommandsare

displayedintheSketchtoolstoolbar.TheseoptionsareRubberIn,Rubberout,andBreak.
5)ClosingElements
Thistaskshowshowtoclosecircles,ellipsesorsplinesusingrelimitingoperation.ClicktheClose
icon

fromtheOperationtoolbar(Relimitationssubtoolbar).Selectoneormoreelementstoberelimited.Forexample,athreepointarc.Thearcwillnowbe

closed.
6)ComplementanArc(CircleorEllipse)
Thistaskshowshowtocomplementanarc(circleoranellipse).Createathreepointsarc.Clickon
thearctobecomplementedtoselectit.ClicktheComplementicon

fromtheOperationtoolbar(Relimitationssubtoolbar).Thecomplementaryarcappears

forselectedarc.
7)BreakingElements
TheBreakcommandletsyoubreakanytypesofcurves.Theelementsusedforbreakingcurves
can be any Sketcher element. Click the Break icon

from the Operations toolbar. Select the line to be broken. Select the breaking element The selected

elementisbrokenattheselection.Thelineisnowcomposedoftwomovablesegments.
8)CreatingSymmetricalElements
ThistaskshowsyouhowtorepeatexistingSketcherelementsusingaline,aconstructionlineor
an axis. Select the profile to be duplicated by symmetry. Click the Symmetry icon

from the Operations toolbar. The selected profile is duplicated and a

symmetryconstraintiscreatedonthe
conditionyoupreviouslyactivatedtheDimensionalConstraintoption

fromtheSketchtoolstoolbar.

9)TranslatingElements
This task will show you how to perform a translation on 2D elements by defining the duplicate mode and then selecting the element to be duplicated. Multi
selectionisnotavailable.Clickthe
Translationicon
fromtheOperationtoolbar(Transformationsubtoolbar).TheTranslationDefinitiondialogboxdisplaysandwillremaindisplayedallalongyourtranslation
creation.Enterthenumberofcopiesyouneed.Theduplicatemodeisactivatedbydefault.Selecttheelement(s)tobetranslated.Clickthetranslationvector
startpointorselectanexistingone.IntheTranslationDefinitiondialogbox,enteraprecisevalueforthetranslationlength.ClickOKintheTranslationDefinition

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dialogboxtoendthetranslation.
10)RotatingElements
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtorotateelementsbydefiningtheduplicatemodeandthenselecting
theelementtobeduplicated.ClicktheRotationicon

fromtheOperationstoolbar(Transformationsubtoolbar).TheRotationDefinitiondialogboxappears

and will remain displayed all along the rotation. Deactivate the Duplicate mode, if needed. Select the geometry to be rotated. Here, multiselect the entire
profile.Selectorclicktherotationcenterpoint.Selectorclickapointtodefinethereferencelinethatwillbeusedforcomputingtheangle.Selectorclickapoint
todefineanangle.ClickOKintheRotationDefinitiondialogboxtoendtherotation.
11)ScalingElements
Thistaskwillshowyouhowtoscaleanentireprofile.Inotherwords,youaregoingtoresizea
profiletothedimensionyouspecify.ClicktheScaleicon

fromtheOperationtoolbar(Transformationsubtoolbar).TheScaleDefinitiondialogboxappears.

Selecttheelement(s)tobescaled.EnterthecenterpointvalueintheSketchtoolstoolbarorclickthecenterpointonthegeometry.EnterScaleValueinthe
displayedScaleDefinitiondialogbox.Selectedelementswillbescaledaccordingtoscalefactor.
12)OffsettingElements
Thistaskshowshowtoduplicateanelementofthefollowingtype:line,arcorcircle.Clickthe
Offseticon

from the Operations toolbar (Transformation subtoolbar). There are two possibilities, depending on whether the line you want to duplicate by

offsetisalreadyselectedornot:Ifthelineisalreadyselected,thelinetobecreatedappearsimmediately.Ifthelineisnotalreadyselected,selectit.Thelineto
becreatedappears.Selectapointorclickwhereyouwantthenewelementtobelocated.Theselectedlineisduplicated.Bothlinesareparallel.
You can also apply one or more offset instances to profiles made of several elements. You can offset elements by using tangency propagation or point
propagation,bycreatinganoffsetelementthatistangenttothefirstone,bycreatingseveraloffsetinstances.
13)Projecting3DElementsontotheSketchPlane
Thistaskshowshowtoprojectedges(elementsyouselectinthePartDesignworkbench)ontothe
sketchplane.ClicktheProject3DElementsicon

fromtheOperationstoolbar(3DGeometrysubtoolbar).Multiselecttheedgesyouwishtoprojectontothe

sketchplane.Theedgesareprojectedontothesketchplane.Theseprojectionsareyellow.
14)Intersecting3DElementswiththeSketchPlane
Thistaskshowshowtointersectafaceandthesketchplane.Selectthefaceofinterest.Clickthe
Intersect3DElementsicon

fromtheOperationstoolbar(3DGeometrysubtoolbar).Thesoftwarecomputesanddisplaystheintersectionbetweentheface

andthesketchplane.Theintersectionisyellow.
15)CreatingSilhouetteEdges
Thistaskshowshowtocreatesilhouetteedgestobeusedinsketchesasgeometryorreference
elements.Clickthe3DSilhouetteEdgesicon

fromtheOperationtoolbar(3DGeometrysubtoolbar).Selectthesurface.Thesilhouetteedgesarecreated

ontothesketchplane.Thesesilhouetteedgesareyellowiftheyareassociativewiththe3D.Youcannotmoveormodifythembutyoucandeleteoneofthem
whichmeansdeletingonetraceindependentlyfromtheother.
CuttingthePartbytheSketchPlane
Thistaskshowshowtomakesomeedgesvisible.Inotherwords,youaregoingtosimplifythesketchplaneviewbyhidingtheportionofmaterialyoudonot
needforsketching.SelecttheplaneonwhichyouneedtosketchanewprofileandentertheSketcherworkbench.ClicktheCutPartby
SketchPlaneicon

ontheToolstoolbartohidetheportionofpartyoudonotwanttoseeintheSketcher.Youcannowsketchtherequiredprofile.

CustomizingforSketcher
SelecttheTools>OptionscommandtodisplaytheOptionsdialogbox.TheOptionsdialogboxappears.ExpandtheMechanicalDesignoption,andthenclick
Sketcher.TheSketchertabappears,containingthefollowingsetsofoptions:Grid:optionsavailableDisplay,Primaryspacing,Graduations,Snaptopointand
AllowDistortionsSketchPlane:optionsavailableShadesketchplane,Positionsketchplaneparalleltoscreen.Geometry:optionsavailableCreatecircleand
ellipsecenters.Constraints:optionsavailableCreatedetectedconstraintsColors:optionsavailableVisualizationofdiagnostic.

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