Creating Datum Axes Tushar Suradkar www.oocities.org/ProeGuruCool

Topics covered   Through Edge.   Normal to Plane.   Point Normal Plane.   Through Cylinder.   Two Planes.

Axes Through Edge Feature - Create - Datum - Axis - Thru Edge Select edge of a part as shown Datum axis is created

Axes Normal to plane Feature - Create - Datum - Axis - Normal Pln Select face of a part as shown Axis will be created normal to this face

To locate the axis, click the face as shown Type distance from this face. Press Enter

Click another face as shown Type distance from this face Press Enter Axis (A_4) is created.

Axes Normal to plane through a point Feature - Create - Datum - Axis - Pnt Norm Pln Select face of a part as shown Axis will be created normal to this face. The axis will pass through point PNT0

Front view shows that the point is above the selected plane The point PNT0 must exist when creating this axis For a tutorial on creating datum points, Click Here

Select the datum point PNT01 Click Done

Axis A_8 is created

Axes through Cylinder Feature - Create - Datum - Axis - Thru Cyl Select a circular face as shown Axis will be created passing through the center of the circular face

Axes by two planes Feature - Create - Datum - Axis - Two Planes Select DTM1 and DTM3 Axis will be created at the intersection of the two datum planes.