Profile Terminology- SolidEdge

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• The following video will show you some of the highlights in this unit. This file contains sound, so be sure to adjust your volume accordingly.
• This unit:
  - Familiarizes you with the different types of profiles.
  - Shows you how to create the most common curves.
  - Demonstrates how to apply constraints on a profile.
  - Shows how to dimension a profile.
  - Demonstrates how to modify a profile.

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Prerequisites

• User interface experience

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Completion Time: 2 hours

Profile Terminology

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Overview: Profiles are used extensively in Solid Edge. A profile is a collection of curves and constraints that define a shape. The use of profiles is widespread throughout Solid Edge. You can create a profile in every module of Solid Edge, including Drafting.
Play the video to get an overview of how profiles work. This is a sound video, so please adjust your volume accordingly.

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Closed Profile

A closed profile is a set of curves forming a closed loop without any overlapping lines. Closed profiles are used in any one of the following protrusion types: Protrusion, Revolved, Lofted, Swept, or Helical.

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Base Profile

A base profile is a closed profile on the first solid feature created in the part. Solid and Sheet Metal parts require the creation of base feature.

Nested Profile

A nested profile consists of one closed profile completely enclosed within another closed profile, with none of the closed profiles intersecting at any point. If the feature is a protrusion, the outside profile defines the exterior extent of the solid, and the inside profile defines the interior extent of the solid, creating a cutout in the solid. If another profile nests inside the first nested profile, it creates a second solid that is not connected to the first.

Open Profile

Open profiles help you create features with additional design intent incorporated, and come into play after you create the base solid. Only use open profiles once you fully understand how they work.

Constraints

Solid Edge uses two different types of constraints, geometric and dimensional. Geometric constraints are used to control the shape of a profile. Tangent, Horizontal and Vertical, Connect, and Collinear are just a few types of common geometric constraints. Dimensional Constraints, or Dimensions, are used to define the size of the profile. Most dimensions can be edited to change the size of the profile.