Creating Output Features

When an output feature is created, its geometry is automatically removed from the sketch feature 3D result. In other words, output features are exposed and updated independently from the sketch within the 3D area.

This task shows you how to create an output feature from a geometrical element.

Before you begin: Create a sketch and a 3D shape similar to the ones below.
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  1. Double-click Sketch.1 to edit it:



  2. Click Output Feature in the Tools toolbar.

  3. Select Spline.1.

    An output feature is created as a standard element, but it is viewed with a thicker graphic property in the Sketcher. In order to keep the properties defined by the user, the thickness is modified only if the geometry has the same thickness as when the geometry was created. It is made available in the 3D area and you can update it independently from the sketch, once in the 3D area. It is independent from the sketch 3D geometry. It is integrated as such both into the Parent/Children view and the specification tree:

  4. Right-click Spline.1 and select Properties.

  5. Click the Graphic tab in the Propertiesdialog box that appears.

  6. Change the color and the line type to distinguish Spline.1 even more from other elements.

  7. Exit the Sketcher workbench.

    The output feature can now be visualized with the spline properties it has been applied to.

  8. Go to the Generative Shape Design workbench.

  9. Click Multisections Surface .

  10. Select Sketch.4 and Sketch.5 in the Multi-sections Surface Definition dialog box that appears.



  11. Select the Spine tab.

  12. Select Output.1 (Spline.1) from the specification tree.

  13. Click OK.

    The surface is created.