About this tutorial

Explore construction techniques to create elements of your model.

In this tutorial, you build a clamp mounting base using sketch geometry and common construction techniques.

Objectives

• Create a work plane that bisects the part to mirror symmetrical features.
• Create an offset work plane for a new sketch.
• Create a tangent work plane to locate a hole on a curved face.

Prerequisites

• Complete the Sketch Constraints, Introduction to Direct Manipulation, and Parts 1 tutorials.
• Know how to set the active project and navigate model space with the various view tools. See the Help topic “Getting Started” for further information.
• Set these options in Application Options, Sketch tab:
  • Apply driven dimension - Select
  • Edit Dimension when created - Select
  • Autoproject edges for sketch creation and edit - Select
  • Autoproject part origin on sketch create - Select
  • Grid lines – Clear
  • Snap to grid – Clear

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