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Manual

7.5.4. Sketcher (feature based)

7.5.4.1. Overview of user interface
7.5.4.2. Launching the 2-D Sketcher
7.5.4.2.1. Create new sketch
7.5.4.2.2. Edit sketch
7.5.4.3. Function buttons
7.5.4.3.1. Basics for use
7.5.4.3.2. Point
7.5.4.3.2.1. Connection points for assembly construction
7.5.4.3.2.1.1. General connection points
7.5.4.3.2.1.2. Name conventions for Connection points and Insertion lines
7.5.4.3.2.1.3. Direction of connection points
7.5.4.3.2.1.4. Connection points at miters
7.5.4.3.2.1.5. Connection points at connection elements
7.5.4.3.2.1.6. Create Connection line
7.5.4.3.2.2. Create pattern
7.5.4.3.2.2.1. Create pattern with same alignment
7.5.4.3.2.2.2. Create rotated pattern
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.1. Create pattern with circular orientation
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.2. Angular borings
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.3. Arrange borings to points of reference
7.5.4.3.2.2.2.4. Move point of reference of rotated pattern
7.5.4.3.2.2.3. Irregular patterns
7.5.4.3.2.3. Sweep
7.5.4.3.2.4. Connection points as Published elements for automatic placement in the CAD
7.5.4.3.3. Line
7.5.4.3.4. N-edge
7.5.4.3.5. Circle
7.5.4.3.6. Arc
7.5.4.3.7. Delete
7.5.4.3.8. Copy, mirror, rotate
7.5.4.3.9. Attributes
7.5.4.3.10. Edit existing geometry
7.5.4.3.11. Threads
7.5.4.3.11.1. Cylindrical thread by length
7.5.4.3.11.1.1. Outer thread with example pin
7.5.4.3.11.1.1.1. Pitch thread
7.5.4.3.11.1.1.2. Fine thread - variants
7.5.4.3.11.1.2. Inner thread using the example of a cap nut
7.5.4.3.11.2. Conical thread by lengths
7.5.4.3.11.2.1. Pitch thread
7.5.4.3.12. File management
7.5.4.3.12.1. *.dbs-, *.skt bzw. *.hsk files - "Insert sketch" window
7.5.4.3.12.2. Window „DXF Import“
7.5.4.4. History tree
7.5.4.5. Context menus
7.5.4.5.1. Mark dependent elements
7.5.4.5.2. Change parameter
7.5.4.5.3. Functions - PARTdesigner Expressions
7.5.4.5.4. Rotation axis

A 3-D solid body must always be created via a 2-D sketch. This 2-D sketch is created in a separate menu area, the Sketcher.

With the help of extrusions, rotations and cuts, 3-D parts eventually result from the 2-D sketches in the History and/or 3D view.