In the
Design For Manufacture panel, click
Flexistock.
Use the
Flexistock tool:
Workplane — This list contains the workplanes specified for the selected part. Select a workplane in the list to create the flexistock on that workplane. Select None to create the flexistock by clicking a location in the Graphics window.
Sketch a curve using the mouse — Click this button to sketch a flexistock on the part, then:
Click points on the part to specify the nodes the curve.
Click the start point again to complete the curve.
Edit a curve using the mouse — Select a curve and click this button to edit an existing curve.
Offset — Enter the amount to offset the selected curve.
Make all undocked stock sections planar — Select this option to flatten curves onto a plane.
Reverse the stock direction — Click this button to create the stock in the opposite direction.
Straighten the current stock — Click this button to straighten the selected stock.
Move, rotate or scale the stock — Click this button to show controls in the Graphics window. Drag a green control point to scale the stock, or drag the yellow wireframe to move or rotate the stock.
Preview Boolean — Click this button to test whether the flexistock can be exported with the model as a single entity.
Hollow — By default, the flexistock is solid. To create a hollow flexistock, select this option, and enter the
Wall thickness of the flexistock.
Length — For straight stock segments, enter the length of the stock.
Delete the current stock — Click this button to delete the selected flexistock.