cimatron e6.0 sketcher - tutorial

Cimatron E 6.0 - Sketcher

Cimatron E 6.0 Sketcher i

Table of Contents Sketcher .........................................................................................................................................................1

Sketcher......................................................................................................................................................1

Sketcher Basics ..........................................................................................................................................1

Sketcher Basics ......................................................................................................................................1

Accessing the Sketcher...........................................................................................................................2

The Sketcher Toolbar..............................................................................................................................2

Sketcher Popup Menu.............................................................................................................................4

Importing a Sketch ..................................................................................................................................5

Exporting a Sketch ..................................................................................................................................5

Exiting the Sketcher ................................................................................................................................5

Defining Preferences...............................................................................................................................6

Dynamic Constraints...................................................................................................................................6

Dynamic Constraints ...............................................................................................................................6

Dynamic Constraints: Alignment with Existing Entities...........................................................................8

Aligning Points Vertically or Horizontally.............................................................................................. 10

Dynamic Constraint Lines: Horizontal or Vertical Alignment ............................................................... 12

Dynamic Constraint Lines: Snap Points............................................................................................... 14

Creating Geometry .................................................................................................................................. 14

Creating Geometry............................................................................................................................... 14

Creating Lines ...................................................................................................................................... 15

Creating Circles.................................................................................................................................... 25

Creating Points..................................................................................................................................... 43

Creating Ellipses .................................................................................................................................. 43

Creating Boxes..................................................................................................................................... 47

Creating Splines................................................................................................................................... 49

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Creating Symmetrical Entities .............................................................................................................. 50

Creating Offset Curves......................................................................................................................... 51

Creating Corners.................................................................................................................................. 52

Adding Geometry for Part / Assembly.................................................................................................. 56

Adding Geometry for Drafting .............................................................................................................. 57

Adding Reference Entities.................................................................................................................... 57

Construction Entities ............................................................................................................................ 60

Editing ...................................................................................................................................................... 62

Editing Entities ..................................................................................................................................... 62

Deleting an Entity ................................................................................................................................. 62

Moving Entities..................................................................................................................................... 63

Editing Sketch Orientation.................................................................................................................... 66

Editing a Sketch Plane ......................................................................................................................... 67

Duplicating Entities............................................................................................................................... 69

Rotating Entities ................................................................................................................................... 72

Mirroring Entities .................................................................................................................................. 74

Moving a Point ..................................................................................................................................... 77

Editing Lines......................................................................................................................................... 78

Editing Circles, Arcs, Ellipses............................................................................................................... 80

Editing Splines ..................................................................................................................................... 82

Constraints............................................................................................................................................... 86

Adding Constraints............................................................................................................................... 86

Fully Constraining / Over-Constraining the Sketch.............................................................................. 87

Constraints and Edit Actions................................................................................................................ 90

Show Constraints ................................................................................................................................. 92

Delete Constraints................................................................................................................................ 93

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Breaking Constraints............................................................................................................................ 95

Constraining Lines ............................................................................................................................... 95

Constraining Circles, Arcs and Ellipses ............................................................................................. 110

Constraining Points ............................................................................................................................ 115

Constraining Splines .......................................................................................................................... 122

Trimming ................................................................................................................................................ 130

Trimming Entities: Overview .............................................................................................................. 130

Trimming Entities ............................................................................................................................... 131

Trimming Length ................................................................................................................................ 132

Dimensioning ......................................................................................................................................... 133

Dimensioning the Sketch ................................................................................................................... 133

Fully Constraining / Over-Constraining the Sketch............................................................................ 134

Assigning