Create sketch blocks from single or multiple sketch entities. With blocks, you can quickly develop conceptual models of mechanisms or linkages. These models ultimately include several parts that pivot, slide, or rotate.
The benefit of modeling mechanisms with layout sketches is the speed and flexibility with which designers can experiment with design variations.
Sketch blocks allow you to:
- Create layout sketches using a minimum number of dimensions and relations.
- Freeze a subset of entities in a sketch to manipulate them as a single entity.
- Manage complex sketches.
- Edit all instances of blocks simultaneously.
The Sketch Blocks tutorial includes two lessons:
| Time |
Lesson |
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| 15 minutes |
Basic blocks lesson with a rotating
motion.Click this animation to play it or to reset it.
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| 15 minutes |
Advanced lesson with rotation and sliding motion. The lesson
covers many of the functions available with blocks, including connecting
blocks and using nested
blocks.Click this animation to play it or to reset it.
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