Creating a Cutout

In this task, you will learn how to:
  • open a sketch on an existing face
  • define a profile in order to create a cutout.

  1. Select Wall On Edge.2 from the geometry area to define the working plane.

  2. Click the Sketcher icon I_SketcherP2.gif (229 bytes).

  1. Click the Elongated Hole icon I_OblongP2.gif (234 bytes) to create the profile.

To access the oblong profile, click the black triangle on the Rectangle icon.
It displays a secondary toolbar.

 subrectangle.gif (2223 bytes)

  1. Click to create the first point and drag the cursor.

  2. Click to create the second point.
    The first semi-axis of the profile is created.

  3. Drag the cursor and click to create the third point.
    The second semi-axis is created and the oblong profile is displayed.

  1. Click the Exit workbench icon I_CloseP2.gif (214 bytes) to return to the 3D world.

  1. Select the Cutout icon I_PocketP2.gif (230 bytes).

The Pocket Definition dialog box is displayed and a cutout is previewed with default parameters.

  1. Set the Type to Up to last option to define the limit of your cutout.

This means that the application will limit the cutout onto the last possible face, that is the opposite wall.

  1. Click OK.

This is your cutout:
 pocket.gif (8323 bytes)