'Up to Plane' Pads
 |
This task shows how to create pads using the Up to plane option. | ||
 |
Open the Pad4.CATPart document. | ||
 |
1. | Select the profile to be extruded. | |
|
|
|||
| 2. | Click the Pad icon  .The Pad Definition dialog box appears and the application previews a pad with 10 mm as the default dimension value. |
||
| 3. | In the Type field, set the Type option to 'Up to plane'. | ||
| An Offset option is now available. |  |
||
| 4. |
Select Plane.1. The application previews the pad to be created. The plane is going to limit the extrusion. |
 |
|
| 5. | Enter -20 as the offset value. This offset is the distance between the plane and the top face of the pad to be created. | ||
| Optionally click Preview to see the result. | |||
| 6. | Click OK. The pad is created. The specification tree indicates this creation. |
 |
|
|
By default, CATIA extrudes normal to the plane used to create the profile. To see how to change the direction, refer to Pad not Normal to Sketch Plane . | ||
 |
|||
