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About the Rotational Blend User Interface
The Rotational Blend tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click Model > Shapes > Rotational Blend to open the Rotational Blend tab.
Commands
—Creates a solid rotational blend.
—Creates a surface rotational blend.
—Creates a rotational blend using internal or external sketched sections.
collector—Displays the axis of revolution.
Sketch plane definition
—Defines the sketch plane location using an angular offset from another sketch plane.
Sections list—Displays the section from which the current sketch is offset.
Offset value box—Sets a value in degrees between the current sketch and the sketch from which it is offset.
—Sets the sketch plane location through a reference.
Reference collector—Displays the reference that defines the sketch plane location.
—Adds a thickness to the sketched section.
Value box—Sets a thickness value.
—Toggles the thicken direction to one side, the other side, or both sides of the sketch.
—Creates a rotational blend using selected sections.
Curve collector—Displays a curve to use for the active section.
—Opens Sketcher to define the sketch for the active section.
—Removes material along the blend to create a cut.
—Switches the side of the sketch for the removal of material when creating a cut, or switches the side for the addition of material when creating a protrusion.
Quilt collector—Displays a quilt to trim when and are selected.
(to the left of the Quilt collector)—Toggles the side of the quilt to remove to one side, the other side, or to keep both sides of the quilt.
(to the right of the Quilt collector)—Toggles the side of a quilt to retain the ID of the original quilt if you keep both sides of the quilt.
Tabs
Sections
Sketched sections—Creates a blend using sketched sections.
Sketch collector—Displays a sketch to use for the first section of a blend.
Define—Opens Sketcher to define an internal sketch for the first section.
Unlink—Breaks the association with the external sketch and copies the sketch as the internal sketch of the first section.
Edit—Opens Sketcher to edit the internal sketch of the first section.
Axis of revolution collector—Displays the axis of revolution.
Internal CL—Uses the sketched centerline as the axis of revolution.
Sketch plane location defined by
Offset dimension—Sets the sketch plane location by an offset dimension.
Offset from collector—Displays the section from which the active section is offset.
Offset value box—Sets an angle value between the current sketch and the sketch from which it is offset.
Reference—Sets the sketch plane location through a reference.
Through collector—Displays the reference that defines the sketch plane location.
Sketch——Opens Sketcher to define the sketch for the active section.
Selected sections—Creates a blend using selected sections.
Section collector—Displays a curve to use for the active section.
Details—Opens the Chain dialog box.
Add Blend Vertex—Adds a blend vertex in the active section.
Sections table
Sections—Lists the sections in the order in which they are blended.
#—Displays the number of entities in the section.
Insert—Inserts a new section below the active section.
Remove—Deletes the active section.
Move Up—Moves the active section up in the blending order.
Move Down—Moves the active section down in the blending order.
Options
Straight—Forms straight surfaces between the sections.
Smooth—Forms smooth surfaces.
Connect end and start sections check box—Connects the start and end sections to form a closed blend.
Capped Ends check box—Closes each end of a blend feature when is selected.
Tangency
Boundary—Sets the blend tangency at the start or end section.
Free—Sets the surface with no influence from side references.
Tangent—Sets the surface to be tangent to the surface reference.
Normal—Sets the surface to be normal to the surface reference.
Entities—Sets the reference surface for the active entity.
Properties
Name box—Sets a name for an extrude feature.
—Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access the shortcut menu commands.
Sketch Collector—Activates the Sketch collector.
Curve Collector—Activates the Section collector.
Axis Collector—Activates the Axis collector.
Define Internal Sketch—Opens Sketcher so you can create an internal sketch.
Edit Internal Sketch—Opens the internal sketch in Sketcher for editing.
Trim Quilt Collector—Activates the quilt collector.
Clear—Clears the active collector.
Surface—Switches from solid geometry to surface.
Solid—Switches from surface geometry to solid.
Remove Material—Toggles remove material off and on.
Thicken Sketch—Toggles thicken sketch off and on. Available for sketched sections.
Flip Depth Direction—Switches the direction of the feature creation to the other side of the sketching plane.
Flip Material Side—Switches the side of the sketch for the removal of material when creating a cut, or switches the side for the addition of material when creating a protrusion.
Insert—Inserts a new section below the active section.
Sketch—Opens Sketcher.
Show All Section Dimensions—Shows all section diameters.
Hide All Section Dimensions—Hides all section diameters.
Right-click a start or end section to access the shortcut menu commands.
Free—Sets the blend boundary with no influence from side references.
Tangent—Sets the blend boundary to be tangent to the surface reference.
Normal—Sets the blend boundary to be normal to the surface reference.