Solids menu (or toolbar) > Add Auto-Profile

Solids menu (or toolbar) > Add Auto-Profiles

Solids menu (or toolbar) > Auto Layer (for use with Auto Profiles)

To see the Solids in the graphic-area you must use make active:

Visibility menu > Show Solids in Mechanism

STEP 1: Complete or open Tutorial 2

The model opens in the Mechanism-Editor.

The Part-Outlines are Green. This means the Parts and kinematic-chain are kinematically-defined.

STEP 2: All an Auto-Profile to all of the Parts.

Click Solids toolbar  > Auto-Profiles
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Click Add menu > Mechanism sub-menu > Solids sub-menu > Add Auto-Profiles

You can see the new Profiles (PINK) in the Mechanism-Editor.

STEP 3: Show the Extrusions

Click Solids Visibility toolbar  > Show Solids in Mechanism

STEP 4: Click the Model tab

STEP 5: Spin the model to see the Extrusions.

View toolbar >  Spin tool  
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View menu > Zoom sub-menu > Click Spin
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SHIFT+DRAG
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Click in the Selection-Window and then use you arrow keys on your keyboard (up-down, left-right)

Now, each Extrusion is extruded from the Mechanism-Plane.

STEP 6: Layer the Profiles/Extrusions

Click Solids Toolbar > Auto-Layer
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Click Add menu > Mechanism sub-menu > Solids sub-menu > Auto-Layer

The Auto-Profiles elements move in the Z-axis direction so that the Extrusions become layered.

Each Auto-Profile and Extrusion moves a different distance from the Mechanism-Plane.

Alternatively, you can edit each Extrusion with the Extrusion dialog-box to edit the Extrusion-Offset and/or Part-Offset.

In summary: Add Auto-Profiles:

•Adds a sketch-loop to each Part.

•Adds a Profile and Extrusion to each sketch-loop.

•The default Extrusion-Offset and Part-Offset 0 - ( see Extrusion dialog-box)

Thus, the Primary Contour of each Auto-Profile is on the Mechanism-Plane.

Do Auto-Layer:

To move the Primary-Contour of each Auto-Profile by a different distance from the Mechanism-Plane.