Creating Individual Buttons

The Buttons.SLDPRT document contains two buttons. Now create separate left and right buttons.

  1. Open Buttons.SLDPRT.
  2. In the dialog box, select Don't open any referenced documents, then click OK.
    The dialog might not appear, depending on your external reference settings.
  3. Click Top (Heads-up View toolbar).
  4. Click Cut With Surface (Features tab) or Insert > Cut > With Surface.
  5. In the PropertyManager, select Front Plane in the FeatureManager design tree for Selected surface for cut. Make sure the arrow points upward.
  6. Click .
  7. Click File > Save As New.
  8. In the dialog box, save the part to the Split folder as LeftButton.SLDPRT.
    Click Yes in the dialog box to save all referenced models.
  9. Right-click SurfaceCut1 and select Edit Feature .
  10. Click Flip Cut so the arrow in the graphics area points downward.
  11. Click .
  12. Click File > Save As New.
  13. In the dialog box, save the part to the Split folder as RightButton.SLDPRT.