Part VI: Using Advanced Techniques
Using Cut With Surface
Follow these steps to gain some experience with the Cut With Surface feature:
- Start by creating a new part and drawing a rectangle on the Top plane, centered on
the Origin, about 4 inches by 6 inches, with the 4-inch dimension in the vertical
direction.
- Extrude the rectangle Mid-plane, by 2 inches.
- From the Surface toolbar, select Lofted Surface, and select one 4-inch edge as a loft
profile. Then select a second 4-inch edge diagonal from the first one. This is shown in
Figure 27.22.
- Expand the Start/End Constraints panel, and set both ends to use the Direction
Vector setting, selecting the plane that is in the middle of the long direction in each
case. In the part shown, the Right plane is used. Click OK to accept the feature. This is
shown in Figure 27.22.
FIGURE 27.22
Lofting a surface from the edges of a solid
- From the menus, choose Insert ➪ Cut ➪ With Surface. Select the surface from the fly-
out FeatureManager, and toggle the arrow direction so that the top is cut off. (The arrow
points to the side that is cut off.)
