Edge copy

This command copies a curve, edge, profile, loop, border edges of a surface shape, or all edges of a shape.

Creation Stages / Use:

Click on the icon or choose the command 3D Sketch > Edges Copy... from the drop down menu.

Select the type from the drop-down list. (description below).
Select the entities to group together.
Validate the edge copy with the button.

If the copied edge is based on a geometry that has minor discontinuities, the copy will automatically generate a sewn sketch to fill the holes. The same is true for edges with near tangencies; the copy will automatically create a tangency constraint between them. It results in a possible geometry difference between the reference edge and the resulting sketch.

This automatic cleaning may sometimes take time. You can interrupt the copy with the Esc key.

Available Types:

All Border Edges:

Allows border edges to be copied. The edges that delimit a surface are its border edges. A volume shape does not have any border edges.

All Shape Edges:

Allows you to copy all edges of a shape.

Edges or curves:

Allows edges from a shape or curves to be copied.

Path between two edges:

Allows to copy an edge path by selecting a start and end edge.

Angle mode: all tangent edges (or inside the given angle tolerance limit) between the two selected edges will be copied.
Border mode: all bounder edges between the two selected edges will be copied. The is not tangency criterion in this mode.

Path around faces:

	Allows to get the contour of several faces

	The selected faces (in blue)	The resulting contour (in black)

Profiles or loops:

Allows sketches or loops (contour of a surface of the shape) to be copied.