Sketch Plane to be extruded

[cardiomed]

I have a 2D sketch plane containing bunch of closed contours each has to be boss extruded separately because of different depths. If I select a closed contour at the beginning and boss-extrude it, i will lose the rest of the 2D drawing. And if I extrude a plane on which the contours are located to make it 'physical' again I lose the whole drawing. I tried the "extruded surface" feature to have an imaginary plane/surface but didn't get anywhere either.
Hope I was clear, Any idea out there??

I am uploading the 2D drawing for your reference,
Thanks a lot for the reply,

 

[dgowans]

cardiomed,

Use your sketch with the multiple contours as your master sketch. Then for each extrude of different depths, create a new sketch and convert the sketch entities of interest from your master sketch. One master sketch to edit, multiple features of different lengths based from the master sketch.

 

[JMirisola]

Better yet, utilize the 'sketch contours' box in the extrude dialog. If you have two contours that will be the same depth, choose both and extrude. Start another extrude and when prompted to select a sketch or sketch plane, expand the first extrusion and select its sketch. You can now choose one or more contours to extrude. Repeat as necessary. This can be used for bosses and cuts.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog

 

[handleman]

Please forgive me if I'm a bit dense (and not in front of a SW PC right now), but what do you mean by "lose the whole 2D drawing"? You mean the sketch disappears from view? Just RMB the sketch in the feature tree and choose "show". If it still doesn't show, go to View->Sketches to make it visible again. You can still use that same sketch for multiple different extrude features. Just click on the sketch in the feature tree or graphics area (once you've shown it) and hit the button for extrude.

If I totally misread I apologize.


-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I find the master sketch method outlined by dgowans to be the easiest and most stable method.

 

[rgrayclamps]

Reusing the sketch for different extrudes as Jeff Mirisola suggested is the way to go. One sketch for all extrudes!

Best regards,

Alex

 

[JMirisola]

I think rgrayclamps hit the nail on the head.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog

 

[cardiomed]

JMirisola and others,

1) Thanks for your reply
2) I was so busy that didnt get the chance to work on this drawing till this week, I tried your hints but no success yet, ..Can you please explain more about "utilize the 'sketch contours' box in the extrude dialog" on this thread?

Thanks again,

 

[dgowans]

cardiomed,

Search the help for "Contour Selection" - you should find examples that clarify how to re-use a single sketch to create multiple features.