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Example of Filled Surface Industrial Design

This model uses sketches as patch boundaries for the filled surface. To help shape the patch, it also uses sketch points and a spline as constraint curves.

Creating a filled surface using constraint curves:

  1. Sketch1 - Sketch an arc on Plane1 (Front) and dimension.
  2. Sketch2 - Sketch an arc on Plane3 (Right), dimension, and add the necessary relations.
    Sketch1 Sketch2
  3. Sketch3 - Sketch an arc to connect Sketch1 and Sketch2 on Plane2 (Top). Dimension and add the necessary relations.
  4. Create Plane4 (at angle to Plane1) and add sketch points (Sketch4), as shown, to use as constraint curves.
  5. Create Plane5 (offset from Plane2) and sketch spline (Sketch5), as shown, to use as a constraint curve.
    Sketch3 Sketch4 Sketch5
  6. Click Filled Surface on the Surfaces toolbar, or Insert > Surface > Fill.
  7. In the graphics area, under Patch Boundary, select the edges created by Sketch1, Sketch2, and Sketch3.
    The edges, along with the curvature type are listed under Patch Boundaries .
    The curvature control defaults to Contact because only contact surfaces are eligible with sketch boundaries.
  8. Under Constraint Curves, select Sketch4 and Sketch5 in the graphics area for Constraint Curves surface_constraint_curve.png.
  9. Click OK .
    Three views of the industrial design example with filled surface applied


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