Basic Profile Example

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This example follows through the steps needed to create this profile:

End result - basic profile

To create a basic profile

  1. Select the Profile Tool (Geometry menu) command. The dialog box is now displayed. If it is not the Basic dialog, click on the Basic button.

  2. Set Line Length to 50 and specify a Corner Chamfer value of 10.

  3. Click on Snap.

  4. Click on the All button.

  5. Click on the Snap tab’s OK button.

  6. Click on the Profile Tool dialog’s OK button.

  7. Make a digitise to draw the first line segment:

 Step 1 - Make a digitise to draw the first line segment

  1. Make a second digitise:

 Step 2 - Make a second digitise

  1. Make a third digitise:

 Step 3 - Make a third digitise

  1. Use the right hand mouse button to select the bottom line entity:

 Step 4 - Use the right hand mouse button to select the bottom line entity

 You can now snap to the end of this line.

  1. Use the left hand mouse button to snap the new line to the end of the first line, completing the profile:

 Step 5 - Use the left hand mouse button to snap the new line to the end of the first line, completing the profile

  1. Perform a finish.