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CreatingMultiPads
Thistaskshowsyouhowtoextrudemultipleprofilesbelongingtoasamesketchusingdifferent
lengthvalues.Themultipadcapabilityletsyoudothisatonetime.Attheendofthetaskyouwill
seehowtoedittheresultingfeature.
CreatingaMultiPad
EditingaMultiPad
AddinganExtrusionDomain
DeletinganExtrusionDomain
OpenthePad1.CATPartdocument.

CreatingaMultiPad

1.ClickMultiPad .
2.SelectSketch.2thatcontainstheprofilestobeextruded.Notethatallprofilesmustbeclosed
andmustnotintersect.Incaseaprofilewouldbeopen,theapplicationwouldnottakeitinto
account.
TheMultiPadDefinitiondialogboxappearsandtheprofilesarehighlightedingreen.Foreach
ofthem,youcandragassociatedmanipulatorstodefinetheextrusionvalue.

Theredarrownormaltothesketchindicatestheproposedextrusiondirection.Toreverseit,
youjustneedtoclickit.
TheMultiPadDefinitiondialogboxdisplaysthenumberofdomainstobeextruded.Inour
example,theapplicationhasdetectedsevenextrusionstoperform,asindicatedintheDomains
section.

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3.SelectExtrusiondomain.1fromthedialogbox.
Extrusiondomain.1nowappearsinblueinthegeometryarea.
4.Specifythelengthbyenteringavalue.Forexample,enter10mm.
Contrarytoacertainnumberofsketchbasedfeaturedialogboxes,theEdit
Formula...contextualcommandallowingyoutomanagelengthvaluesisnotavailablefrom
theLengthfield.
YoucanincreaseordecreaselengthvaluesbydraggingLIM1orLIM2manipulators.

5.Youneedtorepeattheoperationforeachextrusiondomainbyenteringthevalueofyour
choice.Forexample,selectExtrusiondomain.2andExtrusiondomain.7andenter30mmand
40mmrespectively.
Forcomplexsketches,thePreviewbuttonprovestobequiteuseful.

6.Notethatyoucanmultiselectextrusiondomainsfromthelistbeforedefiningacommon
length:multiselectExtrusiondomain.3,Extrusiondomain.4,Extrusiondomain.5and
Extrusiondomain.6,thenenter50asthecommonlengthvalue.

OnelengthvalueisnowdefinedforeachprofileofSketch.2.
7.ClickMore>>toexpandthedialogbox.

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8.IntheSecondLimitfield,youcanspecifyalengthvaluefortheoppositedirection.For
example,selectExtrusiondomain.1andenter40mmintheLengthfield.
NotethattheThicknesssectiondisplaysthesumofthetwolengths.Extrusiondomain.1'stotal
lengthis50mm.
UncheckingtheNormaltosketchoptionletsyouspecifyanewextrusiondirection.Justselect
thegeometryofyourchoicetouseitasareference.
9.ClickOKtocreatethemultipad.
Themultipad(identifiedasMultiPad.xxx)isaddedtothespecificationtree.

EditingaMultiPad
Therestofthescenarioshowsyouwhathappenswhen:
AddinganExtrusionDomain
DeletinganExtrusionDomain

AddinganExtrusionDomain
Example1:thenewprofileissketchedoutsideexistingextrusiondomains

10.DoubleclickSketch.2toeditit:forexample,sketcha

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closedprofileoutsideExtrusiondomain.1.

11.QuittheSketcher.Awarningmessageinformsyouthattheapplicationhasdetectedthatthe
initialgeometryhasbeenmodified.Closethewindow.
12.DoubleclickMultiPad.1.TheFeatureDefinitionErrorwindowdisplays,providingthedetailsof
themodification.

13.ClickOKtoclosethewindow.TheMultiPocketDefinitiondialogboxreappears.
ThenewextrusiondomainExtrusiondomain.8isindicated.
14.Selectitanddefinethevalueofyourchoice.

15.ClickOKtoconfirm.Multipad.1isnowcomposedofeightpads.

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Example2:thenewprofileissketchedinsideanexistingextrusiondomain

15.Doubleclicksketch.2andforexample,addaclosed
profileinsideExtrusiondomain.2.

16.QuittheSketcher.Awarningmessageinformsyouthattheapplicationhasdetectedthatthe
initialsketchhasbeenmodified.Closethiswindow.
17.DoubleclickMultiPad.1.TheFeatureDefinitionErrorwindowdisplays,providingthedetailsof
themodification.

Whensketchingaprofileinsideanexistingextrusiondomain,theapplicationdeletesthat
existingdomainandreplacesitwithanewone.Thisiswhythemessagewindowdisplays:
1extrusiondomaindeleted(Extrusiondomain.2)
2extrusiondomainscreated(Extrusiondomain.9,whichreplacesExtrusiondomain.2
andExtrusiondomain.10)
18.ClickOKtoclosethewindow.
TheMultiPadDefinitiondialogboxreappears.Extrusiondomain.2isnomoredisplayed.On
thecontrary,twonewextrusiondomainsExtrusiondomain.9andExtrusiondomain.10are
indicatedwith0mmastheirdefaultthickness.

19.SelectExtrusiondomain.9ifnotalreadydoneanddefine30mmasthelengthvalue.
20.SelectExtrusiondomain.10,thatisthecircle,anddefine60mmasthelengthvalue.
21.ClickOKtoconfirm.
Multipad.1isnowcomposedofninepads.

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DeletinganExtrusionDomain

22.DoubleclickSketch.2andforexample,deleteExtrusion
Domain.6.

23.QuittheSketcher:theapplicationhasdetectedthattheinitialsketchhasbeenmodified:

24.Totackletheproblem,youcan:
editordeleteMultiPad.1.
oryoucaneditordeleteExtrusiondomain.6
MakesurethatMultiPad.1isselectedandclicktheEditbutton.TheFeatureDefinitionError
windowdisplays,providingthedetailsofthemodification.

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25.ClickOKtoclosethewindow.
TheMultiPadDefinitiondialogboxreappears.Onlyeightextrusiondomainsareindicatedin
theDomainscategory.

26.ClickOKtoconfirm.
Thenewmultipadfeatureiscomposedofeightpads.

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