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parallel plane thru a "keypoint"

parallel plane thru a "keypoint"

parallel plane thru a "keypoint"

(OP)
I was running a S-E tutorial, and a mirror step called for creatng a parallel plane thru a key point, and that I should select the keypoint from a keypoint icon drop-down list on the ribbon-bar right next to the drop-down for selecting planes ("...select parallel plane").

This was in the sheet-metal tutorial, and the step was mirroring the tab with the hole in it.

There was no keypoint icon next to the mirror-type drop-down, so clearly I couldn't select the midpoint keypoint. This was a feature I was really interested in for other constructions I'm doing (I try to run a tutorial a day...), but I couldn't find it where it was supposed to appear according to the tutorial.

Any suggestions? Did I miss a step?

S-E v17

Tks-
C. Fee

RE: parallel plane thru a "keypoint"

Hi,

When you are in the mirror copy feature command :

1/ select the features and accept
1/ Select 'parallel plane' in the drop list
2/ click a plane you want to be parallel to
3/ some more icons appear. You should be able to pick your mid-point. If not, click on the icon directly to the right of the plane droplist (red dots on ble geometries) to specify the type of point to mid-point.

HTH

Fred

RE: parallel plane thru a "keypoint"

(OP)
Fredericmenage -
Thanks for your reply. I'll check it out and get back to you.
C.F.

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