Solids menu and toolbar
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Mechanism-Editor: Solids menu and toolbar
The Solids menu is a sub-menu to the Mechanism menu, which is a sub-menu to the Add menu.
The Solids toolbar is above the graphics-area.
Use the Solids menu and Solids toolbar to add:
| • | Profile elements [with Extrusion elements] to Parts. |
| • | Hole elements that cut through Profile elements |
Profiles, and Holes, need a sketch-loop, which you must add as sketch-elements with the Part-Editor . Profiles are the basis of the MechDesigner Solids.
| • | Auto-Profiles to each Part, but their shapes are limited to Arcs and Lines to give an oval shape around each Part. |
| • | Polylines to 2D-Cams and Gears-Pairs. If the Polyline is 'closed', you can add a Profile to the Polyline to make Cams and Gear-Pairs become 'Solid'. |
Note: To import a Solid from CAD, edit a CAD-Line to open the CAD-Line dialog-box
Solids Menu
Solids toolbar
The Solids toolbar is ABOVE the graphic-area
