Polygon

In this Task 

A polygon will be drawn onto a face of the solid using the center of extentssnap mode to define the center of the face.

Associated Tasks 

Using the Simple Extrude tool to extrude the 2D polygonal shape.

Before you Start 

View is set to Isometric North East. Workplane is displayed.

Center of Extents snap is required. 

Take Note 

Remember to deactivate any snap mode when not essentially required.

Polygon

Ribbon : Draw | Draw 2D | Line | Polygon

Default Menu : Draw | Polygon

Palette : Sketch | Line | Polygon

Creates a regular polygon about a center point.The size of the polygon is defined by providing either the radius or the side length.

Set the view to Isometric North East Workplane is displayed.

Select the 2D Polygon tool from the menu options above, then activate the center of extents Right click on the SNAP tab at the base of the editor. Make sure No Snaps is activated, then activate Center of Extents snap.snap mode.

Place the cursor in the position indicated by the pointer, below.  The center of extents magnetic snap point will automatically snap to the center of the entire object, shown by the arrow, below.

Left click to define the center point, then immediately deactivate the center of extents snap mode.

Now TAB to the data fields and input the following values :

Make sure the Polygon is set to Segment mode, shown by the pointer, above.

Press enter.  The result, from different viewpoints, is shown below.

Isometric North West	Plan View	Front view

Simple Extrude

Ribbon : Draw | Draw 3D | Simple Extrude

Default Menu : Draw | 3D Object | 3D Profile Based | Simple Extrude

Palette : 3D Model | 3D Object | Simple Extrude

This extrusion tool sweeps a 2D profile in a plane perpendicular to the workplane to create a 3D object.

 

Deactivate the snap mode, then select the Simple Extrude tool from the menu options above to extrude this object to create a below-Workplane depth of 40, shown below.

Model shown from isometric view, above left and Right side view, above right