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Revolve

Creates a solid by revolving a sketch contour.

Property Panel

Axis

Defines the axis to revolve around by selection of one of the three base axes of the local or the world coordinate system.

Offset from Axis

The distance of the center of revoltion from the selected coordinate system base axis.

Without Offset, with Offset
Revolve Offset

Segment

If this value is smaller than 360°, a segment of the revolved shape is built using the given angle.

Segment = 180°
Revolve Segment 180

Remarks
Important note Important

Only closed contours can be revolved. If you want the resulting shape to be solid, close the contour on the axis
you want to revolve around.

Example of a contour and the revolved result (complete and segment).
Revolve Sample
Creating a Revolve

Creating a revolution by using a sketch contour.

  1. Select the sketch which defines the profile.

  2. Select Revolve from ribbon menu.

  3. Adjust the axis and other settings in the property panel.