SKETCH TOOLS

LMB Mirror→Select the desired Entities→LMB Mirror Selection Box→Select Centerline→Check-it-Out

NOTE: Often you'll want your Mirror-about-Line to be Construction Geometry

First sketch your Symmetry Line (Usually a Construction Line)

Menu Bar→Tools→Sketch Tools→Dynamic Mirror→LMB Centerline→Sketch Entities

NOTE: Make sure you get the "=" symbols on the centerline, this indicates Dynamic Mirror

To follow along, download TRIM/EXTEND.SLDPRT HERE

Super-useful for cleaning up Sketches

Trim Closest - Cuts to the nearest intersection with a LMB (Click)

Power Trim (Lightsaber) - Continuously cuts through multiple Entities

Hold LMB→Drag across Entities

Extend will attempt to attach your entities to the next intersection

LMB Extend→LMB Entity on edge, nearest to the side you'd like to extend to

If there's nothing that an Extended Entity would intersect, you may receive an Error

Menu Bar→Tools→Sketch Tools→Trim→Power Trim

NOTE: Drag over the Red Dot to undo

Trim to Closest→LMB Entity

Arcs cannot be Extended fully

Use the Trim to Simplify your Sketch Entities

Offset→Select Entities→Enter Distance→Check-it-Out

Use options to:

• You may Reverse the direction or go both directions with Bi-Directional

• You may select the entire Chain by selecting only a single Entity

• If you do not select the entire Chain, you may "Cap Ends" which will turn it into a rectangular or slot-like chain

• Convert Entities to Construction automatically

NOTE: While playing around with this, you can RMB an entity→Select Chain→Delete

If you have prior geometry, let's say your first Extrusion, you can offset the profile or Edges by 0 AKA Convert Entities

• This is useful if you'd like to reuse geometry

• Sometimes it's difficult to see Converted Edges

Menu Bar→Tools→Sketch Tools→Fillet→Select Corner Vertices→Type in Radius→Check-it-Out

Menu Bar→Tools→Sketch Tools→Chamfer→Select Vertices→Enter Dimensions/Angle→Check-it-Out

NOTE: This is not very useful and should be avoided

Rarely used, but useful when needed

Move→Usually Keep Relations, From/To→Select Entities→LMB Start Point→LMB Anchor Point

Rarely used, but useful when needed

Rotate→Usually Keep Relations→Select Entities→LMB Start Point→Rotate Selector or Enter Angle→Check-it-Out