Rib PropertyManager
The Rib
PropertyManager appears when you create a new rib feature,
or when you edit an existing rib feature. The PropertyManager controls
the following properties:
Parameters
Thickness.
Adds thickness to the selected side of the sketch. Select one of the following:
First Side . Adds material only to one side of the sketch.
Both Sides . Adds material equally to both sides of the sketch.
Second Side . Adds material only to the other side of the sketch.
Rib
Thickness . If you add draft, you can set the thickness
at the sketch plane or at the wall interface.
At
sketch plane
At
wall interface
Extrusion Direction. Select one of the
following:
Flip
material side. Changes the .
Draft
On/Off . Adds draft to the rib. Set Draft
Angle to specify the degrees for the draft.
Type.
Select one of the following:
Linear. Creates a rib that extends the
sketch contours normal to the direction of the sketch until they meet
a boundary.
Natural. Creates a rib that extends
the sketch contours, continuing with the same contour equation until the
rib meets a boundary. For example, if the sketch is an arc of a circle,
Natural extends the rib using
the circle equation, until it meets a boundary.
of Linear and Natural
ribs
Selected body.(Available
for multibody parts only.) After you create a sketch for the rib, select
a body.
Next Reference
(Available when you select Parallel to
Sketch for Extrusion
Direction and Draft On/Off
). Toggles through the sketch contours so you can select
the one to use as the reference
contour
for the draft.
Selected Contours