Creating a Post

You can create a post using the Rib command. The posts are the conical ribs created from non-construction point entities contained in the selected profiles sketch.

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More about Ribs and Posts
Creating a Rib
Creating Functional Features
Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context
  1. Click Rib in the Functional Features toolbar.

    The Rib dialog box appears.

  2. Select a sketch containing three points in the geometry to define the Profile/Surface box.

  3. Enter 50mm as the first Limit Length.

  4. Click the Posts tab.

  5. Select the Create Posts at points check box.

    The application detects the points contained in the selected sketch.



  6. In the Diameter box, enter a value to define the rib post diameter which must be greater than zero. Each non-construction point within the selected profile's sketch is used as the center point for the diameter. For example, enter 13mm.

  7. The Taper Angle applies to each rib post. A non-zero angle results in the post taking the geometric form of a truncated cone. For example, enter 3deg.

  8. Select Preview.



    Important: Posts are not affected by the data you enter in features draft tabs.

  9. Select First Limit for Reference.

  10. Select Distance tab and select To Plane/Surface for First Limit. Select Up to Surface in the specification tree.

  11. Click OK to confirm and create the three posts.