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Modifying Sketches
This task shows how to use the Undo/Redo option or delete elements.

In case you did not save


the previous sketch,
open the
Getting_Started.CATPart
document.

Using the Undo/Redo Command


1. Click the Circle

icon from
the Profile

toolbar.

2. Position the

cursor until the

SmartPick detects

a constraint as

shown here.

3. Click in the

geometry and

drag the cursor to

create the circle.

● Note that when

SmartPick cursor

crosses a

fictitious horizontal

line that would go


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through a point,

SmartPick snaps in

order to remain

horizontal to this

point.

● In this case no

constraint is created.

The circle is created as


shown here..

● If you are not


satisfied with your
sketch, click the

Undo icon
from the Standard
toolbar to go back in
your sketch history
creation.
● If you have been too
far in your sketch
history creation, click
the Redo icon

from the
Standard toolbar to
go ahead in your
sketch creation.
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Deleting elements
4. Double-click the

Quick Trim icon

, to make it

permanent, from

the

Relimitations

sub-toolbar in the

Operation

toolbar.

5. Select the line

within the circle.

A warning is displayed

informing you that

dimensional constraints

cannot be deleted.

6. Click Yes in the

dialog box.

7. Select the circle

from the part

outside the

rectangle.

● The selected line and

a circle part are

deleted from the

geometry.

● Note that the place

where you select the

geometry to be

deleted is important

as it is the exact part


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that will be deleted.

● You can also use the

contextual menu to

delete elements.
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Creating a Pad

This task shows you how to exit the Sketcher workbench in order to create a pad.

In case you did not save the previous sketch,


open the Getting_Started.CATPart document.

1. Select the Exit Workbench icon

from the Workbench toolbar.

Your sketch is displayed in the Part Design


workbench.

2. Click the Pad icon .

The Pad Definition dialog box is displayed

and a pad preview is shown in the geometry

area.

3. Enter 25 in the Length field.

4. Click OK to validate the pad creation.


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The pad is created as shown here.

● You can use the Sketcher icon to edit a sketch from the Pad Definition dialog box.
● It is also possible to position a sketch from the Part Design workbench, see Creating a Positioned Sketch.

Sketch Absolute Axis


Now, outside the Sketcher, for example in Part Design or in Generative Shape Design, you can hide or show your sketch
absolute axis. To do so, you just need to select the absolute axis or one of its sub-elements (origin, H or V direction) either in
the specification tree or in the 3D Area. Then, use the Hide/Show contextual menu item or more quickly, click the Hide/Show

icon available in the View toolbar. For more information about that command, refer to the Infrastructure User's Guide.
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Sketching from an Existing Part


In this section of the tutorial, you will learn how to sketch from an existing part. You can also back directly to
the first part of this tutorial and see how to Sketch from a New Part.

Create a positioned sketch: Shows you how to position a sketch according to a given surface of an existing
part.
Use the normal view option: Swaps to the normal view of the current document.
Cut the part by the sketch plane: Cuts the part according to a selected plane so that some edges are made
visible to help the sketch creation.
Set the datum mode: Creates geometry with the History mode deactivated.
Create an output feature: Creates elements which can be published and updated in the 3D area independently
from the whole sketch.
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Creating a Positioned Sketch


This task shows you how to position a sketch by selecting a surface from an existing part. To do so this scenario is
divided into five parts:
● Positioning the Sketch.

● Creating the sketch.

● Constraining the Sketch.

● Generating a Pad.

● Creating a Pocket.

Positioning the Sketch


If it is not displayed,
open the
Getting_Started1.CATPart
document.

Note that the part appears in the Part Design workbench.

1. Select the Sketch

with Absolute

Axis definition

icon from
the Sketcher

toolbar.

or

1. select Insert ->


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Sketcher ->

Sketcher... from

the menu bar.

The Sketch Positioning


dialog box is displayed.

2. Keep the

Positioned

option selected.

3. Select Plane.2

either from the

specification tree

or the geometry

area.

4. Specify the reference plane for the sketch as shown here.

The Reference field now indicates the reference plane and the Type fields of the Origin and Orientation areas

are now activated.

5. Select Curve

intersection in

the Type field of

the Origin area.

6. Select the part

cylindrical surface

to make its axis

intersect with the

absolute axis

origin.
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7. Select Parallel to

line in the Type

field of the

Orientation area.

8. Select the Output

as shown here.
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9. Click ok in the Sketch Positioning dialog box.

Creating the Sketch


You get automatically in
the sketcher workbench
and you are ready to
sketch a profile.

1. Click the Axis

icon from
the Profile

toolbar.

2. Create an axis as

shown here.
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3. Create a circle.

4. Click the Profile

icon from
the Profile

toolbar.

5. Start drawing the

profile in order to

get a sketch like

the one shown

here.

To create the arc of circle

using the Profile

command, simply keep

holding the left mouse

button between the arc

of circle first and end

points.
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Constraining the Sketch


1. Multi-select the

arc of circle

center and the

circle.

2. Click the

Constraint

Defined in

Dialog Box icon

from the
Constraint

toolbar.

The Constraint Defined

in Dialog Box dialog box

is displayed.

3. Check

Coincidence in the

dialog box.

4. click ok.

The constraint has been

applied as shown above.


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Generating the Pad

1. Click the Exit

Workbench icon

from the
Workbench

toolbar.

You are now back in the

Part Design workbench

and the sketch is

displayed.

2. Click the Pad icon .

The Pad Definition dialog box is displayed.

3. Enter 10 in the Length field.

4. Right-click in the Selection field.

5. Click Go to profile definition.


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The Profile Definition


dialog box is displayed.

6. Select Sketch.3

from the

geometry area.

The Profile Definition

dialog box is updated

with the selected sketch.

A warning dialog box is


displayed to inform you
that the profile is not
valid.

7. Click ok in the

warning dialog

box.

8. Click the arrow to

change its

direction and

solve the
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problem.

The profile is displayed as

shown here.

The normal is now well


positioned.

9. Click ok in the

Pad Definition

dialog box to

validate the pad

creation.
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Creating a Pocket
1. Click the Pocket icon .

The Pocket Definition dialog box is displayed.

2. Right-click the Selection field.

3. Click Go to profile definition.

The Profile Definition


dialog box is displayed.

4. Select the circle

from the

geometry area.

5. Click the arrow to

have it displayed

upwards.

The Profile Definition

dialog box is updated

with the selected

element.

6. Click ok in the

profile Definition

dialog box.

The Pocket Definition dialog box is displayed back.

7. Keep the Up to Last option selected.

8. Click ok in the Pocket Definition dialog box to validate the creation.


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The pocket is created as


shown here.

● The pad has been created and its lines have been automatically relimited so that it is tangent with the first part.
● To have more details on the Sketch positioning option see Creating a Positioned Sketch.

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