Creating a Solid Blend Corner

 

This task shows you how to create a blend corner and redesign the solid.

  1. Click Solid Blend Corner   in the Dress-Up Features toolbar.

    The Blend Corner Definition dialog box appears.
  2. Select two or more faces.

    • All the selected faces must belong to the same global support.
    • The Global support box is automatically filled by the solid containing the selected faces.
  3. Click Preview.

  4. From the Sections list, you can:

    • Click Remove section to remove a selected section.
    • Click Replace section  to replace a selected section with another section.
    • Click Swap direction of section to reverse the orientation of the selected section.
    • Change the setback values for individual faces using the Setback box. You can click Apply to all if you want to apply the same setback value to all faces. You can also use the manipulators in the 3D to change the setback values.
  5. Move the manipulator arrows to edit the point on the solid.

  6. Optional: Click Reverse sew result to inverse the orientation of the blend corner.

  7. Click OK to create the blend corner.
    The element (identified as Blend Corner.xxx) is added to the specification tree.