Sketch centerline for revolution

In the sketch, select the line and click "for construction".

BTW, in 2004 you don't need a centerline for rotation.

Richard

In 2004 you can use and axis or object as the centre axisfor a rotation.

Just used it myself and it was a pleasant suprise from previous versions of sw where you had to use a construction line and if you had two in a sketch I could never get it to work!

Regards

Jonathan Stedman

Perhaps a moot point now, but in 2003 and previous, you had to have the 'correct' centerline selected when you did your revolve if you had more than one centerline in the sketch.

Mike, Exactly Right!! That is why it is USELESS!!! Half-Bake Functionality. Eddie

Not true necessarily. No, you cannot specifiy a diameter dimension initially on the sketch. But once you revolve the part and edit the sketch the dim is shown as a radius. Change it to a diameter dimension (via properties) and it imports into the drawing as such. Maybe quarter-baked would be a better description.

Richard

Well, maybe not quite quarter-baked either. Try this: while in the dimension command select the centerline you are going to revolve about, then select the line you want to dimension to. Now with these selected drag your cursor to the opposite side of the center line (180 degrees from the line you just selected). Doing this will allow you to create a diameter dimension instead of a radial, however the diameter symbol will not show up until after you revolve the sketch.

Hope this helps.

Brian

How can you do that when there is no centerline in the sketch? :-)