Creating the Layout Sketch

The layout sketch you create in this topic divides the length of the hinge into five equal parts. Using equations and mirroring ensures that the five parts remain equal when you change the overall length of the hinge. You use this layout as a guide for making the cuts in the topics that follow.

It may be easier to select edges in these exercises with Hidden Lines Removed on the View toolbar selected.
  1. Open a sketch on the large model face, and name it layout for cuts.
  2. Select the lower edge of the extrude-thin feature and click Offset Entities on the Sketch toolbar.
  3. In the PropertyManager:
    1. Set Offset Distance to 1.
    2. Select Reverse, if necessary, to set the offset below the selected edge.
    3. Clear Select chain, if necessary, to restrict creation of the offset entity to the selected edge only.
  4. Click OK .