Chapter 7

Advanced Sketching and

Constraining Techniques
 Chapter 7 - Objectives
• After completing this chapter, you will be
able to
– Create and constrain an ellipse
– Create a 2D spline
– Create a pattern of sketch geometry
– Share a sketch
– Utilize both the symmetry constraint and mirror tool
– Slice the graphics window
– Sketch on another parts face
– Change the display of dimensions
– Create relationships between dimensions
– Create parameters
– Create a part that is driven from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
 Ellipses
• Ellipses
– Can be trimmed,
extended, and
dimensioned
– Offset
• Concentric ellipse
• Spline profile
• Major or minor axis
 2D Splines
• 2D Splines
– Create complex
shapes
– Free flowing
shapes
– Points
– Edited and
Controlled
– Spline options
 2D Splines
• Spline options
– Bowtie
• Handle
• Curvature
• Flat
 2D Splines
• Spline options
– Fit Method
• Standard
• Minimum Energy
• AutoCAD
 2D Splines
• Spline options
– Insert Point
– Close Spline
– Display Curvature
 2D Splines
• Spline options
– Spline Tension
– Constrain and Dimension a Spline
 Exercise 7-1
• Advanced Sketching
 Pattern Sketches
• Pattern Sketches
– Instead of creating multiple
sketches
– Rectangular or Polar
– Occurrences or Elements
– Rectangular & Circular
Pattern dialog box
• Suppress
• Associative
• Fitted
– Occurrences or Elements
 Shared Sketches
• Shared Sketches
– Copy of the original
sketch
– Same sketch
geometry, dimensions
& face
– Same name
– Update
– On limit
 Mirror Sketches
• Mirror Sketches
–Create a symmetrical part
–Symmetry constraint
• Reduce the number of constraints
and dimensions
• Changes - updates
• Automatically
• Manually
– same object type
– lie on opposite sides of a line
 Slice Graphics
• Slice Graphics
– Obscuring the view
– Plane that is difficult to see
– Temporarily slice away
– Parts or assemblies
 Sketch on another Part’s Face
• Sketch on another Part’s Face
– Sketch
• Can be placed on a face or plane of another part
• Not limited to first sketch
• Associated
• Adaptive
 Exercise 7-2
• Projecting Edges and Sketching On
Another Part’s Face
 Dimension Display
• Dimensional Relationships
–Set up relationships between dimensions
• Dimension Display
–Automatically tagged - label
• “d” and a number (d0, d27)
–Five options (Display as..)
• Value, Name, Expression
• Tolerance
• Precise Value
–Change dimension display style
 Dimension Relationships
• Dimension Relationships
– Setting relationship between creating and existing
dimensions
– Edit Dimension dialog box
• Dimensions label (d#)
• Prefix fx = value based on parameter or other dimension
 Dimension Equations
•Dimension Equations
–Can be used whenever a value is required
–Example..
• (d9/4)*2, or 50 mm + 19 mm
• prefixes, precedence, operators, functions,
syntax, and units
–Help system
–Invalid expression
• Red
 Parameters
• Parameters
–User-defined name assigned a numeric value, either
explicitly or through equations
–Multiple parameters
• depth = length – width
–Anywhere a value is required
–Three types
• model parameters
• user parameters
• linked parameters
 Parameters
•Parameters
–Parameters dialog box
• Model Parameters
– automatically
• Reference Parameters
– driven dimension
• User Parameters
– manually defined
– Column names
• Parameter Name
• Units
• Equation
• Nominal Value
• Tol
• Model Value
• Export Parameters Column
• Comment
 Parameters
• To use parameters
– Any time a number is required
– Type
– List Parameters option in most dialog
boxes
 Linked Parameters
• Linked Parameters
– Multiple values & same parameters
– Spreadsheet
• Microsoft Excel
 Linked Parameters
• Linked Parameters
– Spreadsheet Embedded
• no link – no updates
– Spreadsheet Linked
• will update
• more than one can be linked
– Guidelines
– Edit
 Exercise 7-3
• Auto Dimension, Relationships and
Parameters
 Summary
To Do This
Create splines Click the Spline tool on the 2D Sketch Panel Bar.

Pattern a sketch object
Share a sketch
Mirror a sketch elements
Temporarily slice away a
portion of the model that
obscures the plane
Project selected edges, vertices, Click the Project Geometry tool on the 2D Sketch
work features, curves, or
silhouette edges
Sketch on a plane of another
part
Create parameters
Click either the Rectangular Pattern tool or Circular
Pattern tool on the 2D Sketch Panel Bar.
Right-click on the sketch name in the Browser and
select Share Sketch from the menu.
Click the Mirror tool on the 2D Sketch Panel Bar.
After making a sketch active, right-click and select
Slice Graphics from the menu.
Panel Bar.
Click the 2D Sketch tool on the standard toolbar and
click on any planar face or plane of another part.
Click the Parameters tool on the Sketch, Part
Features, or the Assembly Panel Bars.
Project Exercise Chapter 7
 Applying Your Skills
• Skill Exercise 7-1