Creating Revolution Surfaces

You can create a surface by revolving a planar profile about an axis.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing a line and a sketch.

  1. Click Revolve .

    The Revolution Surface Definition dialog box appears.

  2. Select the Profile and a line indicating the desired Revolution axis.

  3. Enter angle values or use the graphic manipulators to define the angular limits of the revolution surface.



  4. Click OK to create the surface.

    The surface (identified as Revolute.xxx) is added to the specification tree.

    Important:
    • There must be no intersection between the axis and the profile. However, if the result is topologically consistent, the surface will still be created.
    • If the profile is a sketch containing an axis, the latter is selected by default as the revolution axis. You can select another revolution axis simply by selecting a new line.