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Using the Normal View

Now that you have positioned your sketch, this task will show you how to display the normal view of the current view.

Note that the part appears in the Part Designworkbench.

1. If it is not displayed, open the

Getting_Started1.CATPartdocument.

2. Double-click Sketch.2 from the

geometry.

The sketch is displayed in the Sketcher

Workbench.

To Restore the Original View

1. Move the part to visualize the hidden

part pieces.

2. Click the Normal Viewicon

from the View toolbar.

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The part position has been restored.

To Visualize the Opposite Part Side

Click the Normal Viewicon from the

View toolbar.



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The part is moved so that the normal view to the current view is displayed.

If you wish to go back to the original view, just click again the Normal Viewicon .



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Cutting the Part by the Sketch Plane

This task will show you how to cut a part by a sketch plane so that some edges are made visible. Thus, the sketchplane view is simplified as pieces of material which you do not need for sketching are hidden.

Note that the part appears in the Part Designworkbench.

1. If it is not displayed, open

the

Getting_Started1.CATPart

document.

2. Double-click Sketch.2 from

the geometry.

The sketch is displayed in theSketcher Workbench.

3. Move the sketch so that you

can see the whole part.



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4. Click the Cut Part by

Sketch Planeicon

from the

Visualizationtoolbar.

A piece of material has beenhidden and some edges are nowvisible, which can let you nowsketch the required profile takingthese edges into account.

To display the cut part again,simply click the Cut Part bySketch Planeicon again.

For more information on the CutPart by Sketch Plane option,see Cutting the Part by Sketch

Plane.



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Setting the Datum Mode

This task will show you how to create a geometry with the History mode deactivated, which means thatfor each created element there are no links to the other entities that were used to create that element.

Note that the part appears in the Part Design workbench.

1. If it is not displayed, open the Getting_Started1.CATPartdocument.

2. Click the Padicon .

The Pad Definitiondialog box is displayed.

3. Click the Sketchericon from the Pad Definitiondialog box.

4. Select Plane.2 either from the geometry area or the specification tree.

You are now in the SketcherWorkbench.

5. Click the Create

Datumicon from

the Toolstoolbar to

deactivate the History

mode.

6. Select the Project 3D

Elementsicon

from the Operation

toolbar.



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7. Select the internal

cylindrical surface of

the part as shown

here.

The projection is created.

8. Select the Exit

Workbenchicon

from the Workbench

toolbar.

You are now back in the Part Designworkbench.

Both the part and the dialog box are still displayed.

9. Set the length value.

10. Check the Mirrored extendoption.



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The part will be displayed asshown here based on thenewly created Sketch.3.

11. Click OKin the Pad

Definitiondialog box.

The pad has been created and

now edit Sketch.1.



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12. Double-click Sketch.1

from the specification

tree.

You are now back in the

sketcher workbench.

13. Double-click the

smallest circle radius

value from the

geometry.



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The Constraint Definitiondialog box is displayed.

14. Change the radius

value to 70mm for

instance.

15. Click OKin the dialog

box.

The created pad has not beenupdated as elements createdwith the Datum modeactivated are no longerassociative the othergeometry.



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Note that: the associativity between elements is no more kept when using the Datum mode.

this option has the same effect when using the Offsetting a use-edge element.

a click on the icon activates the Datum mode for the current or the next command.



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Creating an Output Feature

This task will show you how to create an output feature from 3D elements.

Note that the part appears in the Part Design workbench.

1. If it is not displayed, open

the

Getting_Started1.CATPart

document.

2. Double-click the Sketch.2

from the geometry.

The sketch is displayed in the

Sketcher Workbench.

3. Select the output feature

from the specification tree to

have it highlighted in the

geometry area.

This output is based on line.2.

4. Modify any of the Line.2 control points.

5. Click the Exit Workbench

icon from the

Workbenchtoolbar.

You are now back in the Part

Designworkbench and the sketch is

displayed.



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The modifications applied to theLine.2 have no repercussions onthe surface which is based onthe output.

For more details on OutputFeaturescreation, see Creating

Output Features.


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