What is Auto-Profile (Part)?
Add Auto-Profile (Part) is a tool to add or delete a sketch-loop and a Profile/Extrusion to a Part.
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Do Visibility toolbar > Show Model in Mechanism to see the Auto-Profile Solids in a Mechanism-Editor.
Notes:
To delete the Auto-Profile: do Add Auto-Profile again.
To edit the Extrusion: SHIFT+CLICK the Auto-Profile to see the Auto-Profile and Extrusion elements in the Selection-Window.
See also Auto-Profile (Mechanism)
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Solids or toolbar > Auto-Profile (Part) |
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Command : |
Solids menu > Add Auto-Profile (Part) |
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What to do : |
This command toggles to do Add Auto-Profile or do Delete Auto-Profile.
Result: If the Part does not have an Auto-Profile, then MechDesigner adds a sketch-loop and Auto-Profile. If the Part does have an Auto-Profile, then we delete the Auto-Profile and the sketch-loop from the Part. |
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 Auto-Profile in Mechanism-Editor |
MechDesigner adds Auto-Profile sketch-loop and an Auto-Profile to the sketch-loop. The shape of the sketch-loop is a function of the • Points in the Part that are referenced by Pin-Joints and/or Slide-Joints in the Mechanism-Editor. •if the Points are fully geometrically defined in the Part-Editor Experiment to learn more details. <<< The image shows the Auto-Profile (Pink) around a Slide-Joint and a Pin-Joint. |
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 Auto-Profile in Part-Editor |
Notes: The Auto-Profile sketch-elements, to which we add the Auto-Profile, have different properties to those sketch-elements you add with the Part-Editor. 1.You cannot select, edit or delete the Auto-Profile sketch-elements or their constraints, in the Part-Editor 2.You can edit the Radius (dimension) of each Auto-Profile Arc to resize the sketch-loop around Points <<< The image shows the sketch-loop around the Points in the Part that reference a Slide-Joint and also a Pin-Joint. |
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See also : |
Add Auto-Profile (Mechanism), Extrusions, How to Select and Edit Extrusions, Delete a Profile |
To edit an Extrusion from an Auto-Profile
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Edit an Extrusion 1.SHIFT+CLICK an Auto-Profile in the Graphic-area The Auto-Profile and Extrusion show in the Selection-Window 2.Right-click the Extrusion in the Selection-Window A contextual-menu shows next to your pointer. 3.Click Edit element from the contextual-menu The Extrusion dialog-box opens. See Extrusion dialog-box for more information |
