What is Auto-Profiles (Mechanism)?
Add Auto-Profile (Part) is a tool to add a sketch-loop and a Profile / Extrusion to each Part in the Mechanism-Editor.
Note 1:
Auto-Profile sketch-elements - are not real sketch-elements. You cannot edit or delete Auto-Profile sketch-elements. You can edit the Radius dimension of each arc in the Part-Editor.
You can edit the Extrusion, that is a child to the Auto-Profile, in the normal way - you must SHIFT+CLICK the Auto-Profile to see the Auto-Profile and Extrusion elements in the Selection-Window.
Note 2:
Use: Visibility toolbar > Show Model in Mechanism to see Profile / Extrusions
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Solids toolbar > Auto-Profiles (Mechanism) |
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Menu : |
Add menu > Mechanism sub-menu > Solids sub-menu > Add Auto-Profiles |
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What to do :
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This command toggles to do Add Auto-Profiles and to Delete Auto-Profiles.
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 Parts with Auto-Profiles. |
Result : The Rule to add or delete the Auto-Profiles is: If ≤ 50% of the Parts have Auto-Profiles, then we add: •Sketch-loops to Parts and Joints in all kinematic-chains •Auto-Profiles and Extrusions to the sketch-loops else If > 50% of the Parts have Auto-Profiles, then we delete: •Auto-Profiles and sketch-loops, to which we have added the Auto-Profiles |
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Notes : The Auto-Profile sketch-elements, that give the shape of the sketch-loop, to which we add the Auto-Profile, have different properties to those sketch-elements you add with the Part-Editor. 1.The Auto-Profile sketch-elements are gray in the Part-Editor 2.There is an Auto-Profile Arc around each Point that is referenced by a Pin-Joint in the Mechanism-Editor 3.AND, there is an Auto-Profile Arc around each Point that is referenced by a Line, that is also referenced by a Slide-Joint in the Mechanism-Editor 4.You cannot delete the Auto-Profile sketch-elements or their constraints 5.You can edit the Radius (dimension) of each Auto-Profile Arc to re-size the sketch-loop around Points 6.You cannot add Pin-Joints, Slide-Joints, Ball-Joint or Planes to Auto-Profile sketch-element |
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What does Auto-Profiles do?
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It is best to experiment. Add Auto-Profiles adds: 1.Sketch-loops around: a.Each Point and Line in each Pin-Joint b.Each Part 2. An Auto-Profile to each sketch-loop |
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Spin the view with your arrow keys tool to see the Auto-Profile contours. The sketch-elements may hide the Primary contour. |
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In this image, you can now see all four extrusions. I have edited the offsets of each Auto-Profile in the Extrusion dialog-box. You can: •Set the default diameter of the sketch-loops around the Joints, and the Extrusion Depth, in the Application Settings dialog-box •Edit the dimensions of the sketch-loops in the Part-Editor •Edit the Extrusion in the Extrusion dialog-box |
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The sketch-elements that give the shape to the Auto-Profile are gray when you open the Part-Editor. You can only edit the dimensions. That is, you can edit the length of a Part, the radius of each Arc and the diameter of a circle. Note: If the default size of the circle sketch-loop around a Pin-Joint is large compared with the length of the Part, there may be inconsistent results. |
