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About the Profile Rib Feature User Interface
The Profile Rib tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click Model, click the arrow next to Rib, and click Profile Rib to open the Profile Rib tab.
Commands
Width
Width box—Sets the material width of the rib feature.
—Switches the geometry of the rib feature in relation to the sketching plane. Clicking the button cycles the geometry from one side of the sketching plane, to the other side, and then symmetric about the sketching plane.
Tabs
References
Sketch collector—Displays the valid Sketch reference. You can use Remove from the shortcut menu (pointer in the collector) to remove the sketch reference.
Define—Opens the Sketch dialog box so you can sketch an internal section. Available only if the Sketch collector is empty (no section defined or sketch selected).
Edit—Opens the Sketch dialog box so you can edit the internal section. Available only for sketch-based features that use an internal section.
Unlink—Breaks the association between the dependent section and the parent Sketch feature. The Sketch feature references are copied to the new internal section. Available only if the rib feature uses a dependent section.
Flip button—Switches the geometry to the other side of the sketch. Clicking the button changes the direction arrow from one side of the sketch to the other side.
Body Options
Body collector—Selects the body to which geometry is added.
Properties
Name box—Sets a name for a feature.
—Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
Define Internal Sketch——Opens Sketcher so you can create an internal sketch.
Flip—Switches the geometry of the rib feature to the other side of the sketch.
Section—Activates the Sketch collector so you can define or edit a cross-sectional sketch.
Select bodies—Activates the body collector so you can select the body to which geometry is added.
Clear—Deletes the sketch reference for the rib feature.
Toggle Material Side—Switches the geometry of the rib feature. Cycles the geometry from one side of the sketching plane, to the other side, and then symmetric about the sketching plane.
Show Section Dimensions—Display the sketch dimensions in the graphics window.
Hide Section Dimensions—Removes the sketch dimensions from display in the graphics window.
Right-click the direction arrow to access shortcut menu commands.
Flip—Switches the geometry to the other side of the sketch.
Right-click the Sketch collector on the References tab to access shortcut menu commands.
Remove—Deletes the sketch reference for the rib feature.