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Rib reference

The Rib tool creates a thin feature from an open sketch profile, in a direction parallel to the sketch plane, extruded to the nearest faces on a solid body in Fusion.

Design > Solid > Create > Rib rib icon

Presets

  • Last Used Values: Uses the last used values.
  • Default Values: Uses the default values for the new rib.
  • Plus: Adds a new preset.
  • Reset: Resets the entered values to the values specified in the Set As Default selection list.
  • Save: Saves the current values as a preset.
  • Rename: Renames the selected preset.
  • Delete: Deletes the selected preset.
  • Soft By: Enables to specify how the presets are listed in the drop-down.
  • Set As Default: Specify which values are used when creating a new rib.

Profile

Select an open sketch profile.

Direction

  • symmetric icon Symmetric: Extrudes half the thickness value to each side of the sketch profile.
  • one side iconOne Direction: Extrudes the full thickness value to one side of the sketch profile.

Start

  • Bottom: Measures thickness starting from the bottom.
  • Top: Measures thickness starting from the top.

Thickness

Specify the distance to extrude the web, in a direction parallel to the sketch plane.

Extent Type

  • To Next: Extrudes the web from the sketch profile to the nearest faces on a solid body.
  • Depth: Extrudes the web from the sketch profile to a specified depth.

Depth (Depth option only)

Specify the distance to extrude the rib, in a direction parallel to the sketch plane, toward the nearest faces on a solid body.

Flip Direction

Flips the direction in which the web feature is extruded.

Draft Angle

Specify draft angle value for web.

Draft Pull Direction

Select a face or plane to define the pull direction.

Flip Direction

Flips the direction of the pull vector.

Fillet Radius

Specify the fillet radius value.

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