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{{GuiCommand|Name=PartDesign_Pad|Workbenches=[[PartDesign Workbench|PartDesign]], Complete|MenuLocation=PartDesign -> Pad}} |
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==Introduction== |
==Introduction== |
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This tool revolves a selected sketch or 2D object about a given axis. |
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For all the following explanations of this command the example sketch below will be used: |
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[[Image:complex_sketch.png|frame|left|Example sketch: A complex sketch with many constraints. Sketch is oriented in the x-y plane, with x being the horizontal axis, and y being the vertical axis (shown in image as the two blue lines). Other important things to note about this sketch is that it are mirrored about the y axis and that the base of it is coincident with the x axis.]]{{clear}} |
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==Options== |
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[[Image:revolve_toolbar.png|left]] |
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===Base=== |
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====Angle==== |
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This controls the angle through which the revolution is to be formed e.g. 360° would be a full, contiguous revolution. |
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The images in the [[#Examples|examples]] section demonstrate some of the possibilities with specifying different angles. |
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====Axis==== |
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This option specifies the axis about which the sketch is to be revolved. |
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This option takes three arguments, which are passed as numbers to either the x, y, or z boxes in the tool. Adding a value of 1.0 to only one of the boxes will cause the tool to make the revolution about that axis. Example revolutions 1, 2 and 3 in the [[#Examples|examples]] section demonstrate scenarios where the example sketch is revolved about either the x or the y axis. |
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Adding a non-zero value to more than one of the axes will cause the part to be revolved by a weighted amount in each axis. e.g. an x value of 1 and a y value of 2 will mean that the revolution about the y-axis is twice as strong as that about the x. This is fairly difficult to comprehend, Example Revolution 4 shows an example where more than one of the boxes has a non-zero value. |
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====Base==== |
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This option specifies the offset in either the x, y, or z axis and accepts any number as an argument to each field. |
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For the sketch example on this page, entering a value of -100 for the y field will offset the sketch by -100mm in the y-axis. The difference between a y-offset of 0 and -100 is illustrated in example revolution images 1 and 3 (below). Image 1 has a y-offset of -100, and image 3 a y-offset of 0. |
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===Placement=== |
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Once a sketch has been revolved, it is transformed in to a revolution part. |
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This section controls the placement of the part with respect to the coordinate system. |
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NOTE: The following options do not affect the physical dimensions of the part (as the above did), but merely its position in space. |
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====Angle==== |
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The Angle argument specifies the angle to be used with the [[#Axis|axis]] option (below). An angle is set here, and the axis that the angle acts upon is set with the axis option. |
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The part is rotated by the specified angle, about the specified axis. |
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A usage example might be if you created the revolution as required, but then needed to rotate the whole part by some amount, in order to allow it to line-up with another pre-existing part. |
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====Axis==== |
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This option specifies the axis/axes about which the created revolution part is to be rotated -NOT REVOLVED (the exact value of rotation comes from the angle option (above)). |
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This option takes three arguments, which are passed as numbers to either the x, y, or z boxes in the tool. Adding a value to more than one of the axes will cause the part to be rotated by the angle in each axis. |
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For example, with an angle of 15° set, specifying a value of 1.0 for x, and 2.0 for y will cause the finished part to be rotated 15° in the x-axis AND 30° in the y-axis. |
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====Position==== |
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===Examples=== |
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[[Image:revolve3_cropped.png|frame|Example revolution 1: In this image the angle has been set to 70°, revolution is about the x-axis and there is a y-offset of 100mm. The sketch is the face not shown in the image (i.e. the 'back' face).]] |
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[[Image:revolve5_cropped.png|frame|Example revolution 2: In this image the angle is 70°, revolution is about the y-axis and there is a y-offset of 100mm.]] |
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[[Image:revolve7_cropped.png|frame|Example revolution 3: In this image the angle is 270°, revolution is about the x-axis and there are 0 offsets]] |
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[[Image:revolve8_cropped.png|frame|Example revolution 4: In this image the angle is 270°, revolution is about the x-axis (value 1.00) and the y-axis (value 2.00) and there is a y-offset of 100mm]] |
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{{languages | {{es|PartDesign Revolve/es}} }} |
Revision as of 21:59, 25 October 2011
PartDesign_Pad |
Menu location |
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PartDesign -> Pad |
Workbenches |
PartDesign, Complete |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
None |
Introduction
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