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Revolved shape
Menu access: Shape | Revolved
Description:
This function allows you to create surface of solid shapes by rotation of a curve around an axis.
General philosophy:
Select the curve or text to revolve.
Select the revolution axis and confirm or invert its direction.
Enter the rotation angle.
Available option(s):
When curves are closed, you can choose
the type of shape to create with the option Type=
SOLID or
SURFACE
TYPE . When you choose the solid type, the created shape will be
solid if possible. If not, not any message will appear.
The FACE
button
allows you to select a face of a shape as base section for the revolved
shape.
The option Alignment=
NORMAL or
CENTERED
allows
you to choose to position the revolved shape on one side or symmetrically
from the section curve.
The option Section
curve= VISIBLE or
HIDDEN
allows
you to keep visible or not the initial curve after the revolved shape
is created.
The NEW
CONTOUR button
allows you to directly created a contour.
You can dimension it with the AUTO
DIMENSION button.
Example(s):
Revolved curve and revolution axis are in red.
Specific point(s):
The red arrow that appear once the
revolved shape is created allows you to invert the rotation direction
by clicking on it.
You can select a text
as initial generatrix curve.
It's possible to use
several curves either included one in another one either disjoined.
Available modification(s):
By using the icon 
, you can:
choose an other rotation axis,
change the rotation angle,
change the type of shape (solid or surface type),
change the alignment,
