Sketching a New Segment

Now add the two rails on the bottom of the box. First, sketch the lines to locate the rails.

  1. Click Bottom (Standard Views toolbar).
  2. To hide the weld symbols while you work on the new sketch, right-click Annotations in the FeatureManager design tree, and clear Display Annotations.
  3. For the sketch plane, select a face on one of the bottom structural members as shown.
    To filter so that only faces are available for selection, click Toggle Selection Filter Toolbar (Standard toolbar). Click Filter Faces (Selection Filter toolbar) and select a face in the graphics area. Click Clear All Filters (Selection Filter toolbar) to turn off the filter, then close the Selection Filter toolbar.
  4. Click Sketch (Sketch toolbar) to open a sketch.
  5. Sketch and dimension a horizontal line as shown.
  6. Click Centerline (Sketch toolbar), and sketch a construction line between the midpoints of the vertical sides as shown.
    Watch for the midpoint symbol that indicates when you are exactly on the midpoint.