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Step 2Select the Base Plane and Alignment Reference
In the Insert Catalog Feature dialog, select the Base Plane: field in the Placement box.
Select the base plane on which to insert the Catalog Feature. I this case it will be the YZ plane.
A preview will be shown of the Catalog Feature, and it can be roughly located using the two solid dots near the feature sketch. This is only a rough location to serve as a starting point, as final location will be done by editing the new sketch and applying Constraints and Dimensions once the Insert is complete. We mainly use only the center dot to shift position and prefer not to use the outer dot to rotate the inserted feature.
You should be able to see from the preview how handy it is to have the profile in more than one direction. You can use this same Catalog Feature for the bottom edge as well as the top. We prefer to insert a single occurrence at the top edge.
Select the Apply button, and that will insert an occurrence of the sketch. You can insert more than one occurrence of a sketch before selecting the Close button. That is why the rough alignment capability to position each sketch near to the desired location. After the Apply button is pressed, the sketch preview usually shifts position, and you can drag it to a new location for the next instance. If you insert to many instances of a sketch, you can delete any insertion by just deleting the labeled sketch. We recommend you insert an extra sketch during this tutorial to understand this process.
We advise that you not spend too much time locating the sketch to the exact location desired, but rather shift if off the final location by a noticeable amount. This will provide a perceptible shift in location when constraints are applied to verify that the sketch was indeed constrained to the proper location.
With the Visibility Toolbar visible, you can Toggle Sketches if desired to show the outline location of the inserted sketches.
Select the base plane on which to insert the Catalog Feature. I this case it will be the YZ plane.
A preview will be shown of the Catalog Feature, and it can be roughly located using the two solid dots near the feature sketch. This is only a rough location to serve as a starting point, as final location will be done by editing the new sketch and applying Constraints and Dimensions once the Insert is complete. We mainly use only the center dot to shift position and prefer not to use the outer dot to rotate the inserted feature.
You should be able to see from the preview how handy it is to have the profile in more than one direction. You can use this same Catalog Feature for the bottom edge as well as the top. We prefer to insert a single occurrence at the top edge.
Select the Apply button, and that will insert an occurrence of the sketch. You can insert more than one occurrence of a sketch before selecting the Close button. That is why the rough alignment capability to position each sketch near to the desired location. After the Apply button is pressed, the sketch preview usually shifts position, and you can drag it to a new location for the next instance. If you insert to many instances of a sketch, you can delete any insertion by just deleting the labeled sketch. We recommend you insert an extra sketch during this tutorial to understand this process.
We advise that you not spend too much time locating the sketch to the exact location desired, but rather shift if off the final location by a noticeable amount. This will provide a perceptible shift in location when constraints are applied to verify that the sketch was indeed constrained to the proper location.
With the Visibility Toolbar visible, you can Toggle Sketches if desired to show the outline location of the inserted sketches.
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