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Creating a Sheet Metal Design

3. On the Standard toolbar, click the Look At tool and

then select the circle.

Next, we need to append a line segment to the sketch.

1. On the Panel bar, click the Line tool.

2. Move the cursor over the lower-right quadrant of the

circle. When the point is coincident with the circle and

the icon is displayed, select the circle to create the

first point of the line.

3. Move the cursor below the circle. When the line is

exactly vertical and when the icon is displayed, click

to define the second point of the line.

4. To quit the Line tool, right-click and choose Done.

Your sketch should look similar to the image on the upper right.

Drawing Construction Lines

You can also create construction lines in your sketches. Construction lines can be used as geometric tools.

Here, we will use a construction line to mirror other objects in our sketch.

1. Click the Line tool again.

2. On the Standard toolbar, click the down arrow next to

Normal and then select Construction.

3. Create a construction line that starts at the center of the

circle, ends slightly above the circle and is parallel to the

previous line.

Note: Rather than seeing a vertical constraint icon on the

construction line, a parallel constraint icon will appear.

This means the construction line will be parallel to your

vertical line segment near the bottom of the circle.

4. To quit the Line tool, right-click in the graphics window

and choose Done.

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