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Auto-Profiles are MD-Solids. Do Auto-Profiles (Mechanism) is a toggle command.

Enable Add Auto-Profiles (Mechanism) to:

Disable Add Auto-Profiles (Mechanism) to:

•delete the Auto-Profiles/Extrusions and the quasi-sketch-loops* from ALL Parts.

* quasi-sketch-loops:

•you cannot edit or delete the sketch-elements or their constraints

•you cannot add Joints to their Lines or Points

•you can edit the Radius (dimension) at each Joint.

Note: we do not add for you Tangent constraints between the Arcs and Lines of each sketch-loop.

Tips:

To see Extrusions (MD-Solids) in Mechanism-Editors.

•Enable Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms

To edit an Extrusion you cannot see:

•SHIFT+CLICK the Auto-Profile in the graphic-area, edit the Extrusion from the Selection-Window.

What to do :

Parts with Auto-Profiles.

To Add Auto-Profiles or to Delete Auto-Profiles.

1.Click Add menu > Mechanism menu > Solids menu > Add Auto-Profile (Mechanism)

1.Click Solids Toolbar > Add Auto-Profiles (Mechanism)

Then:

2.Click the graphic-area

Result:

This command toggles: The Rule to add or delete the Auto-Profiles is:

IF ≤ 50% of the Parts have Auto-Profiles:

Add quasi-sketch-loops and Auto-Profiles / Extrusions ...

... to all Parts in all kinematic-chains in the active Mechanism-Editor.

The colors of the Auto-Profiles are different from each other.

ELSE

IF > 50% of the Parts have Auto-Profiles:

Delete Auto-Profiles and quasi-sketch-loops ...

... from all Parts in all kinematic-chains in the active Mechanism-Editor.

Video :

Auto-Profiles (Mechanism))