Sketch Complexity
How complex should sketches be?
In many cases, you can
produce the same result by creating an extruded feature with a complex
profile, or an extruded feature with a simpler profile and some additional
features.
For example, if the edges of an extrusion need to be rounded, you can
draw a complex sketch that contains sketch fillets (A),
or draw a simple sketch and add the fillets as separate features later
(B)
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A Complex sketch |
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Extrude |
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B Simple sketch |
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Add fillet features |
Consider your design intent:
Complex
sketches rebuild faster. Sketch fillets can be recalculated much
faster than fillet features, but complex sketches can be harder to create
and edit.
Simple
sketches are more flexible and easier to manage. Individual features
can be reordered and suppressed, if necessary.