Activity: Create an emboss feature

Activity: Create an emboss feature

Activity objectives

Open the activity file

1. Start QY CAD 2022.

2. Open emboss_activity_01.par.

Start the Emboss command

1. Select the Home→Sheet Metal→Dimple→Emboss command .

2. Click the Emboss Options button on the command bar.

3. Ensure the options on the Emboss Options dialog box match the illustration.

   

Select the target body

1. Move the cursor over the highlighted body and click to define the target body to be embossed.

   

Select the tool body

1. Move the cursor over the highlighted body and click to define the tool body.

   

2. On the Emboss command bar click the Accept button, and then press the Esc key.

   

Observe the results

1. Rotate the model so that you can see the bottom of the model.

   Notice that the solid part model that you started with is now an embossed body.

   

2. Save and close the sheet metal document. This concludes this activity.

Activity summary

In this activity you used design bodies to create a emboss feature in a solid model. The target body defined the body to emboss. The tool body defined the design for the emboss.

• Click the Close button in the upper - right corner of this activity window.

Test your knowledge - Creating emboss features

Answer the following questions:

1. What is an emboss feature?

2. In which two environments can you use the Emboss command?

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