Revolve function

  1. Click Design > Surface > Create > Revolve revolve icon.

    The Revolve dialog displays.

  2. Select a sketch profile, sketch curve, or planar face.

    Note: If you uncheck the box next to Chaining, you can select a single edge instead without selecting its adjacent edges.
  3. Select a sketch curve, edge, cylindrical face, or axis to revolve around.

  4. Use the manipulator or the dialog to set the Angle value.

  5. In the Revolve dialog, select one of the 3 Type settings, and adjust its associated settings:

    • Angle
      • Angle: Drag the manipulator handle or type a value to specify the angle of revolution.
      • Direction: Select One SideTwo Sides, or Symmetric.
    • To
      • Angle(To)
      • Direction: Select One Side or Two Sides.
    • Full
  6. Select an Operation from the dropdown menu, and adjust its associated settings:

    • New Body
    • New Component
  7. Click OK.

The revolved surface body displays in the canvas.

  1. On the toolbar, click Solid > Create > Revolve revolve icon.

    The Revolve dialog displays.

  2. Select a sketch profile or planar face to revolve.

  3. Select a sketch curve, edge, cylindrical face, or axis to revolve around.

  4. In the Revolve dialog, select a Type setting, and adjust its associated settings:

    • Angle
      • Angle: Drag the manipulator handle or type a value to specify the angle of revolution.
      • Direction: Select One SideTwo Sides, or Symmetric.
    • To
      • Angle(To)
      • Direction: Select One Side or Two Sides.
    • Full
  5. Select an Operation, and adjust its associated settings:

    • join icon Join: Combines the new body with an existing body.
    • cut icon Cut: Removes an area from an existing body.
      • Objects to Cut: Check or uncheck objects to cut.
    • intersect icon Intersect: Creates a body at the intersection of an existing body and the new body.
      • Objects to Cut: Check or uncheck objects to cut.
    • new body icon New Body: Creates a new body in the active component.
    • new component icon New Component: Creates a new body in a new component.
  6. Click OK.

The revolved solid body displays in the canvas.


Last modified: Sunday, 1 August 2021, 8:29 PM