Help, please!
I have a number of sketches which define side contours (3D), top surface and mid-section shape (2D) of a kayak-like product.
I define a lofted surface using the verticals of the side contours sketch and the top and bottom horizontal boundaries using an edge defined by the other two 2D surfaces. In the end, in property manager, I get a lofted surface with 3 sketches embedded in that operation.
Now, I want to create another set of surfaces, using two or more of the same sketches. I can select one of the embedded sketches, and insert a surface, but I can't select two (or more) of the embedded surfaces to create another surface from.
Can you suggest how I can do this, or is there another approach entirely? I'd prefer to keep these sketches separate, since the two 2D sketches are on specific planes, and are connected by contours drawn in the 3D sketch.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Len
I have a number of sketches which define side contours (3D), top surface and mid-section shape (2D) of a kayak-like product.
I define a lofted surface using the verticals of the side contours sketch and the top and bottom horizontal boundaries using an edge defined by the other two 2D surfaces. In the end, in property manager, I get a lofted surface with 3 sketches embedded in that operation.
Now, I want to create another set of surfaces, using two or more of the same sketches. I can select one of the embedded sketches, and insert a surface, but I can't select two (or more) of the embedded surfaces to create another surface from.
Can you suggest how I can do this, or is there another approach entirely? I'd prefer to keep these sketches separate, since the two 2D sketches are on specific planes, and are connected by contours drawn in the 3D sketch.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Len
The "select" isn't with selecting the edges, but selecting the sketch in the design tree in Feature Manager. I can select one sketch (either embedded or not), then add a feature, such as a surface, based on that sketch. A second reference to the sketch will appear under the surface feature in the tree. However, if I want to create a surface that uses two sketches, both of which are already embedded in another feature, I can't select both (I tried selecting one, then ctrl-selecting the second, and then inserting a new surface).
I've worked around this for now by creating a single sketch that has all geometry, but I'd really prefer to use several sketches.
Thanks.
Len
You cannot select from two different sketches for one profile; you can select segments of a single sketch for one profile by using the selection manager. To make two sketches one sketch you can use (they must be connected at endpoints) for a profile, make another sketch (2-D if they share the same plane; 3-D if they are not planar) and use the convert entities tool to select the segments you want from both sketches into the new sketch. This sketch will follow changes you make the to the underlying sketches.