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Step 4Create Sweep Path sketch
Orient the display to Isometric for a better orientation during the next operation.
While you could use Extrude Cut to profile the edge of this part, it would require 3 more insertions and constraints of the Catalog Feature, as well as 4 different Extrude Cut operations.
A more efficient way to profile all 4 edges is to do a Sweep Cut of this profile around the entire part.
In order to do a sweep, we need a sketch of the Path as well as the Profile to be swept.
It is easy to create the path for sweep as it is the 4 edges of the front face.
Select the front face of the part, and then select Project to Sketch. The Project to Sketch Dialog will open with the front face automatically populated in the Entities to Project. Leave the Options set to Create Sketch Figure and check Maintain Association to Source Entity. This will change the path sketch to match the part, even if changes are made to the dimensions of the original part. This will allow other panels to be created from this panel by just changing the parameters for the part Width and Length (or Thick), and then Save As.. under a new part name.
Select the OK button and the Sweep Path sketch figures will be created. Exit Sketch mode and rename the sketch by right clicking on the sketch in the Design Explorer and selecting the rename option. Provide a name that descriptive of the sketches purpose such as Profile Path.
While you could use Extrude Cut to profile the edge of this part, it would require 3 more insertions and constraints of the Catalog Feature, as well as 4 different Extrude Cut operations.
A more efficient way to profile all 4 edges is to do a Sweep Cut of this profile around the entire part.
In order to do a sweep, we need a sketch of the Path as well as the Profile to be swept.
It is easy to create the path for sweep as it is the 4 edges of the front face.
Select the front face of the part, and then select Project to Sketch. The Project to Sketch Dialog will open with the front face automatically populated in the Entities to Project. Leave the Options set to Create Sketch Figure and check Maintain Association to Source Entity. This will change the path sketch to match the part, even if changes are made to the dimensions of the original part. This will allow other panels to be created from this panel by just changing the parameters for the part Width and Length (or Thick), and then Save As.. under a new part name.
Select the OK button and the Sweep Path sketch figures will be created. Exit Sketch mode and rename the sketch by right clicking on the sketch in the Design Explorer and selecting the rename option. Provide a name that descriptive of the sketches purpose such as Profile Path.
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