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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

 

Extrude

 

 

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B Simple sketch

 

 

 

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.



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