Selected Contours and Sketch Sharing
Mon, Oct 27, 2008
Selected Contours allow you to selectively use regions of your sketch when creating Extrudes and Cut Extrudes. Sketches can be reused by sharing them between features. Learn why your mouse cursor has a dead fish head next to it when you try to create a new extrude from a faulty sketch.
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October 28th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Since creating multiple extrudes and cut-extrudes is so easy using selected contours and shared sketches, why not put as much as we can into a sketch, and use selected contours to create multiple features using one “master” sketch instead of creating multiple sketches? This seems like it would be a very fast and efficient way of modeling.
October 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I am often asked what the best approach to model any particular project is. My answer is always the same; “The best way is the approach that can most easily be modified in the future”. When modeling, your goal is not to develop the geometry as quickly as possible; it is rather to develop robust Design Intent that can be easily modified. Projects evolve and iterate. Your models must be structured in a manner that anticipates the future. Projects also expand. You want an intelligent parametric model that can easily be expanded into a product family with the use of configurations.
I have not answered your question. There is not a correct answer. Model with ease of change in mind.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:09 am
Why not use one master sketch? Because simply put, the sketch would become over populated and extremely dense in complicated models making it difficault to make changes later. “Design Intent” An Importent statement to live by.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
“Whoop-di-do, trim your lines, it’s not a big deal.”
That line (combined with the dry way it was delivered) had me ROLLING! Your videos normally are filled with enough humor/sarcasm to keep me entertained which is impressive for technical subject matter (kudos by the way), but this time I was actually laughing. Thank you for that.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
I have a sweep question. Recently, Hawksupport.com published a webinar night school re assy’s. About 1/3 of the way thru they showed a sabre saw that pivoted in the center. A sweep was used to form a rubber hose. How can I replicate that sweep where 1 end is anchored and the other end is moveable IN AN ASSY??
(I understand in-context and dimensioning an arc so the arc always stays the same length.)
January 18th, 2010 at 1:33 am
Hey – love your vids
went through all of them in a day !!!!
would love to see more.
could you make one for splines – I mean the are a lot of spline tools such as fit spline, suplify spline and on and on – i.e. whats the diffrens between add tangency control and insert spline point – it looks like there doing the same thing.
anyway great job keep at it:)
March 10th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Nice fish :d
June 17th, 2010 at 7:24 am
thank you ! very wonderful tut