7
Solids
image         A solid is a closed, solid body that is created in the “Part Design” workbench. A solid is generally represented by the Shape class. Depending on the geometry to create, a solid is based on a sketch, surface, operation, or transformation (Table 7.1). These respective solids are represented by child classes of the Shape class.
TABLE 7.1 Solids and Their Classes
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A sketch-based solid is defined by a sketch, which is drawn along a direction or rotated about an axis. These solids are assigned to SketchBasedShape class.
A surface-based ...

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