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Revolve Cage dialog box

Section

Select Face Edge or Polyline

Lets you select edges or a polyline to be revolved.

Axis

Specify Vector

Lets you specify the orientation of the axis of rotation.

Select Point

Lets you specify the point on the axis that you want to rotate about.

Limits

Start Angle

Sets the start angle of the revolution.

End Angle

Sets the end angle of the revolution.

Segmentation

Number of Segments

Sets the number of cage segments of the cross section.

Settings

Sew Selected Open Edges

Sews any open edges of the new cage to adjacent faces.

Continuity

Lets you switch continuity between Smooth and Sharp.

  • Smooth sets the continuity to C2 continuous and also sets weight to 0%.

  • Sharp sets the continuity to C0 continuous and also sets weight to 100%.


How do I

  • Revolve a polyline converted from a spline

Learn more

  • Revolve Cage

Revolve Cage dialog box, NX 2212 Series © 2023 Siemens

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