Creating Pads

You can extrude or apply thickness to a 2D profile or surface to create a pad. It is one of the first basic feature created in a new part.

This task shows you how to create a basic pad using a closed profile, the Dimension and Mirrored extent options.

Before you begin:

To perform this task, create a simple closed profile.

Related Topics
About Pads
Using the Sub-Elements of a Sketch
Creating 'Up to Plane' Pads
Creating 'Up to Surface' Pads
Location of Sketches in the Specification Tree (Hybrid Design)

  1. Select the profile to be extruded.

    Warning: Before clicking Pad, ensure that the profile to be used is not tangent with itself.

  2. Click Pad in the Sketch-Based Features toolbar (Pads sub-toolbar).

    The Pad Definition dialog box appears and the application previews the pad to be created. By default, the application extrudes normal to the plane used to create the profile. To know how to change the direction, see Creating Pads not Normal to Sketch Planes.



  3. Keep Dimension as the limit type you want and enter 40 in the Length box to increase the length value.

    Important:
    • You can increase or decrease length values by dragging LIM1 or LIM2 manipulators.
    • The length value cannot exceed 1 000 000 mm.



  4. Click Mirrored extent to extrude the profile in the opposite direction using the same length value. If you wish to define another length for this direction, you do not have to click Mirrored extent . Just click More and define the second limit.

  5. Optional: Click Preview to see the result.



  6. Click OK.

    The pad is created. The specification tree indicates that it has been created.