How to select and edit an Extrusion element.
See also: Hierarchy of Extrusions
To open the Edit Extrusion dialog-box, it is usually easier to identify and select a Pink [default] Profile Contour in the Mechanism-Editor.
However, if the you have imported a Solid from CAD, then it easier to select the imported Solid in the Model-Editor, and open the CAD-Line dialog-box.
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Select the Profile and Extrusion in the Assembly-Tree or the graphic-area.
The image to the left shows many Profiles - all Pink - in the Mechanism graphic-area
1. | Zoom in, with your middle scroll button on your mouse, and |
2. | Click the Profile you need to edit. |
3. | Review the Selection-Window |
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OPTION 1:
STEP 1: | Click a Mechanism name-tab to make it the active Mechanism-Editor |
STEP 2: | Spin the View to show the Pink Profile contours in the graphic-area |
STEP 3: | SHIFT+ Click to select a Profile |
STEP 4: | Make sure the Profile and Extrusion show in the |
STEP 5: | Right-click the Extrusion in the Selection-Window |
STEP 6: | Click Edit... in the contextual-menu |
Note: If you Right-Click the Profile element, you cannot edit it, but you can delete it. This will also delete the child to the Profile - the Extrusion.
If you delete an Auto-Profile, the Extrusion and the sketch-loop are deleted.
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OPTION 2: If you can:
STEP 1: | Hover + Click one Profile/Extrusion |
STEP 2: | Right-Click the Profile/Extrusion in the . |
STEP 3: | Click the Edit Element in the contextual menu. |
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OPTION 3:
STEP 1: | Click the Part that is the Parent of the Profile. |
In the Assembly-Tree, the Part element shows with a square around the Element icon
STEP 2: | Click the small triangle to expand the Part in the Assembly-Tree to reveal the Profile and Extrusion |
STEP 3: | Right-click the Extrusion and click Edit element in the contextual menu |
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NOTE:
You can ONLY:
MechDesigner will also delete the Extrusion
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You cannot! You must delete the Profile!
To Delete a Profile (and the Extrusion)
1. | a Profile in the Assembly-Tree or the graphic-area, so that it shows in the Selection-Window. |
The Profile shows in the Selection-Window
2. | Right-Click the Profile you want to delete |
3. | Click Delete in the contextual-menu |
MechDesigner deletes the Profile and the Extrusion, but not the sketch-loop.
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To Edit an Extrusion
1. | SHIFT-CLICK an Extrusion in the graphic-area, so that it shows in the Selection-Window. |
The Profile and the Extrusion show in the Selection-Window
2. | Right-Click the Extrusion |
3. | Click Edit element in the contextual-menu |
MechDesigner opens the Extrusion dialog-box.
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