Contour Selection
Select sketch contours and model edges, and apply features to them.
This allows you to use a partial sketch to create features.
Sketching in 2D
To select and extrude contours:
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In an active sketch, right-click in the graphics area and select
Contour Select Tool.
The pointer changes to  .
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Select
a contour.
 The contour can include model
edges.
To select multiple contours, hold down Ctrl.
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Click a feature to apply
to the selected contours; Extruded Boss/Base,
for example. |
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A tooltip appears
when you cannot select a contour because:
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Contour selection
is also restricted as follows:
When reusing
a sketch, you can select only on the original face. If, for
example, part of the face has been extruded, the tool does not recognize
the new face. You can
select contours only on the face with the sketch. If, for example, the
face with the sketch is cut by a solid object (as shown at right), the
tool can select the part of the face still visible but does not recognize
the solid object. |
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Sketching in 3D
When creating lofts
with 3D sketch contours as opposed to individual sketches, you can select
one or more contours.
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