To Create a Parallel Blend by Sketching the Sections
1. Click
Model >
Shapes >
Blend. The
Blend tab opens.
2. Click
to create a solid feature, or click
to create a surface feature.
3. To use an internal or external sketch as the first section, click
, or select
Sketched sections on the
Sections tab.
4. Create the first section by performing one of the following procedures:
◦ Sketch an internal section:
1. Click the Sections tab, and click Define next to the Sketch collector. The Sketch dialog box opens.
2. To define the sketch plane for the first section, select a planar surface or datum plane. Define the section orientation, and click Sketch. The Sketch tab opens.
3. Sketch the first section, and click
OK. The
Sketch tab closes.
◦ Select a sketched datum curve.
5. To create another section:
|  If the first section is an internal or external sketch, the rest of the sections in the blend must be internal sketches. |
a. Click the Sections tab, and click Insert.
b. To define the sketch plane for the section, perform one of the following actions:
▪ To offset from another section in the blend:
1. Select
on the
Blend tab, or select
Offset dimension on the
Sections tab.
2. Select the section from which to offset the new section in the list on the Blend tab or in the Offset from list on the Sections tab.
3. Type an offset value next to the selected section.
▪ To select a reference to define the sketch plane:
1. Select
on the
Blend tab, or select
Reference on the
Sections tab.
2. Select a planar reference, a point, a vertex, or the end of a curve.
c. Click
Sketch and create the section. Click
OK to close the
Sketch tab.
6. If required, sketch more sections by repeating the previous step.
7. To remove material along the blend to create a cut, click
. Click
to remove material from the other side of the sketch.
8. To add thickness to the section, click
, and type a thickness value. Click
to toggle the thicken direction to one side, the other side, or both sides of the sketch.
9. Click the Options tab, and select Straight to connect the blend sections with straight lines and connect the edges of the sections with ruled surfaces, or Smooth to create smooth lines and connect the edges of the sections with spline surfaces.
10. Click the Tangency tab, and select a tangency condition for each start and end section.
11. Click
.