Spun profile dialog

Use the Spun Profile dialog to create a profile curve from a revolved surface. This is useful to generate the curves needed to create turning features.

To display the Spun Profile dialog:

1. Display the Curve Editor tab.
2. Click Curve Editor tab > Create panel > Curves > Spun Profile.

The dialog contains the following options:

• Axis of Rotation — Select an option from the list to specify which axis of the active workplane to revolve around.
  • X — Revolves around the X axis.
  • Y — Revolves around the Y axis.
  • Z — Revolves around the Z axis.
• Origin — Use to specify the point of origin of the spun profile.
  • — Click to switch to position mode, which enables you to specify the origin point of the spun profile.
  • — Enter the X, Y and Z coordinates of the origin point of the spun profile.
  • Position — Click to display the Position dialog. Use this to enter coordinates of the plane origin.
• Surface — Use to select a surface on the model which the curves are created on. If nothing is selected, the entire model is used.
  • — Click to switch to surface selection mode.
  • — Hover over this button to display information about the selected surfaces.
• Tolerance — Enter a value to determine how accurately the toolpath follows the contours of the model.

Note: For an example of creating a spun profile, see Creating a spun profile example.