The dimensions in the table are also given for each outline so you stand a good chance of tracking it down and deleting it. The remaining are the entities on the profile. Look at the number of outlines present in the drop down box. Right click on the background and select 2D Shape Properties What if its not as simple and their a line hidden away but not duplicate? In the example below an extra line is present, select OK and it will delete them. A dialogue box is then shown listing the duplicate entities. Select all the pieces on the profile, and click this button. How many times have you been unable to extrude a profile as tiny leftover entities remain and hunting them down is time consuming.įirst off is to use the Clear Duplicates button on the sketch menu This selects all the internal faces of the pocket.Īgain right click and select Faces to Intellishape, and the resulting feature is generated. Use the Faces by Autofeature and select an internal face of the pocket. Other features can be created in a similar manner, shown below a milled pocket is present within a block. Select one hole as per the previous step, and IronCAD creates the feature within a triball pattern, see below. If the holes lies within a pattern then IronCAD will recognise this. This command creates a separate hole feature within the imported part that can now be moved and its cross section edited. Importing parts results in dumb shapes with no features to manipulate, the face to intellishape options allows the quick creation of featuresĬhoose the Face filter under the selection toolbar, select the internal face of a hole, shown below highlighted in green, right click and select Faces to Intellishape. When creating fillets within a 2D profile, rather than left click, right click and drag the corner of the geometry, this brings up a dialogue box allowing you to enter a radius You can uncheck to include in the BOM and the data still remains, now visible in the scene browser bar This opens the properties dialogue, under the general tab, tick the tick box Include the shape in BOM, you will now be able to enter a description. Right click the profile, and choose, 2D Shape Properties
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Looking at the properties of the 2d profile, within the scene browser toolbar it is greyed out, so how to add one? I can create a fair number of 2d construction profiles and trying to ascertain what is what after a while can get difficult, adding a description is very useful. Step 5: Add description to a 2d profile.This creates a 3d curve of the edges of the solid, shown below, Select the part, right click and choose, Create - Extract 3d Curve Two steps to create a wireframe model of a solid partĭrop down the selection filter and select Faces by Autofeature The material properties are applied to the yellow part The smartpaints properties can be applied as per usual, and the material properties can also be applied for either the part or a group. Then move over to the destination part, and rather than left click, right click, this brings up an additional menu. Select the eyedropper tool, and left click on the green part to "suck up" the colour/ properties. I've set up material properties for the green part on the left and I'd like to quickly transfer them to the yellow part on the right. The curve is replaced within the structured part Then select the curve again and right click, choose replace Select this straight curve and choose edit. Set the part as active and create a dummy 3d curve (straight line shown below), i.e. How do you bring it in?Įxample below shows the structured part and a curve as a separate part I've often been in the middle of creating a structured part and for some reason or other a 3d curve has been created outside of the part. Step 2: Bring in a 3d Curve to a Structured Part.In the example below I needed the hidden face between the two parts, having chosen the face filter I selected on the screen in front of the face, with Ctrl & Alt this brings up the additional menu allowing me to select the face. Press Ctrl & Alt, when left clicking, this brings up a list enabling you to select which entity you require.