Creating an External Shape

You can create an external shape using a surface and a body.

While creating shape features, you can reuse an external shape to build a shape feature.

  1. Click any icon requiring a shape definition. For example, launch the Shellable Feature .

  2. Click External Shape from any shape feature dialog box. The following dialog box appears:



  3. Select Trim.1 under Geometrical Set.1 from the specification tree for External Shape.

  4. Enter 0mm for Default offset.

  5. Click OK.



  6. Click Shellable Feature .

  7. Click External Shape .

  8. Select Body.2 for External Shape.

  9. Enter 4mm for Default offset.

    Important: The default offset value is applied to all faces on the selected body. The default value is 0mm. It will take positive and negative value.

  10. Enter 6mm for Offset in Other offset faces to define the unique offset value to the selected faces.

  11. Select red and green faces for Faces as below.



  12. Select the Apply distance to all selected faces check box to apply the same offset value to other selected faces.

  13. Click the Fillet tab.

  14. Select Lateral radius to fillet lateral edges. Set the radius value of your choice.

    Important:
    • Selecting First radius lets you fillet top edges.
    • Selecting Second radius lets you fillet bottom edges.
    • You can add lateral fillets to the end faces of open sketches when Fillet profile ends option is combined with one or multiple of the radius options.

  15. Select Intersection with Core from the dropdown list to add an intersection fillet.

    If you want to add material to the feature, select the Fillet radius checkbox, if you want to remove material from the feature, select the Round radius checkbox.

    Select the Preserve Thickness checkbox if you want to keep the thickness applied on the feature.

  16. Select Core tab.

    The Core capability enables you to define a core body (offset) for a shellable feature.

  17. Select Select core for Type.

  18. Select Body.2 for Core body.

  19. Enter 1mm for Default offset.

  20. Enter 2mm for Offset in Other offset faces.

  21. Select a green face for Faces.

  22. Click OK.