Creating Pockets

Pocket lets you extrude a profile or a surface and remove the material resulting from the extrusion to create a pocket.

  1. To define a specific depth, set the Type parameter to Dimension, and enter the required length value.
  2. Click OK to create the pocket.
    The tree indicates this creation.

  3. Double-click Pocket.1 to edit it. As the app lets you choose the portion of material to be kept, you can remove all the material surrounding the initial profile.
  4. Click or alternatively, click the arrow as shown.
  5. Optional: Click to create the pocket outside the profile.

The app has removed the material around the profile.

 

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