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Create rectangles and arcs

Create rectangles and arcs - Inventor Tutorial

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Create rectangles and arcs

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and arcs, but rather than just create a new sketch and show how to create a rectangle and how to create an arc, I wanted to start moving you towards creating something that has meaning or purpose. So, on the screen, you see a simple computer mouse shape, and we won't build this entire shape, but I wanted to create the main body using rectangles and arcs. as your template, and we're ready to begin. As I mentioned early in the course, every part begins with a sketch on a flat face. We can do that by going to the 3D Model tab under the Sketch panel and clicking Start 2D Sketch, or we can right-click in the graphics window and do the same. When the origin geometry is presented, we can select the XY-plane to being our sketch, and then use the middle mouse button to click and drag and pan down into the left to give yourself a little bit of room to work, and we're now ready to create our first rectangle. The rectangle is very similar to the Line command in that you only need two points to…

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