... edit a 2D-Cam, Gear-Pair, or Profile

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... edit a 2D-Cam, Gear-Pair, or Profile

How to edit a 2D-Cam / Gear-Pair with Polyline, Profile, and Extrusion elements.

When you add a Polyline to a 2D-Cam or Gear-Pair, then add Profile/Extrusion to the Polyline, there are four coincident elements.


You cannot edit:

Profile - you can only delete a Profile, which also deletes the Extrusion that is the child to the Profile.

Polyline - you can only update a Polyline - see Solids menu > Add / Update Polyline


You can edit:

Extrusion

2D-Cam - see below

To edit the 2D-Cam or Extrusion:

2DCam-Polyline-Profile-Extrusion

2DCam-Polyline-Profile-Extrusion

 

The Extrusion is visible in graphics-area

1.Click in the graphics-area over the 2D-Cam you want to edit - the edge of the Extrusion

All four elements (2D-Cam, Polyline, Profile, Extrusion) show in the Selection-Window

In the Selection-Window:

2.Right-click the 2D-Cam that you want to edit

or

2.Right-click the Extrusion you want to edit

Then:

3.Click Edit Element in the shortcut menu

The Extrusion is NOT visible in graphics-area

1.SHIFT + Click in the graphics-area over the 2D-Cam you want to edit - the edge of the Extrusion

All four elements (2D-Cam, Polyline, Profile, Extrusion) show in the Selection-Window

In the Selection-Window:

2.Right-click the 2D-Cam that you want to edit

or

2.Right-click the Extrusion you want to edit

Then:

3.Click Edit Element in the shortcut menu

2DCam-Polyline-Profile-Extrusion

2DCam-Polyline-Profile-Extrusion

4 Elements in Selection-Window

4 Elements in Selection-Window

2D-Cam, Profile, Extrusion in Assembly-Tree

2D-Cam, Profile, Extrusion in Assembly-Tree

In the Assembly-Tree:

1.Find the expand the Part element in the Assembly-Tree

2.Click the 2D-Cam or the Extrusion in the Assembly-Tree

3.Right-click the 2D-Cam or the Extrusion that you want to edit

4.Click Edit Element in the shortcut menu