Add a Profile Using a Guide Curve Part (Jig)

General

The profile cross-section is swept to a profile along the guide curve. Guide Curve

• The cross section selected from the profile library is attached to the cursor (A).
• When you move the cross section over a line of the guide curve (B), it is positioned perpendicularly to the line.
• You can then rotate the cross section, if necessary, and select the line. The cross section is displayed in the profile part (C). It is positioned at the point you clicked on the line.

The profile part created in this way is attached to the guide curve, and the length and position of the profile change if the length or position of the guide curve changes.

Add a profile to a guide curve

1. Start adding a profile:
   • Vertex G4: On the tab, in the Add group, select Add Profile.
   • Vertex G4 Plant: On the tab, in the Steel Structures group, select Add Profile.
   • Select the contextual function: Add > Profile
2. Select a profile cross section from the browser:
   • By using the context-sensitive function Select or
   • By double-clicking the cross-section.
   • Click the profile, drag it a little and release the mouse selection button.
3. Select the table ID determining the profile size from the list.
   • Or if the profile does not have a dimension table, enter the dimension in the dimension table that opens
4. If necessary, attach item data to the profile part.
5. Move the cross section to the guide curve line.
6. If necessary, rotate the direction of the profile, mirror the profile or change the profile reference point with auxiliary actions.
   • Use the auxiliary function or press the F8 key to change the reference point.
     • Change the Reference Point
   • Use the auxiliary functions , or press the F9 key to rotate the cross-section of the profile.
     • You can select , or enter a rotation angle.
     • Rotating a Cross Section
   • If necessary, use an auxiliary function or press the F9 key to mirror the cross-section of the profile.
7. Select the trimming method of the profile end:
   • No trimming, where the profile is swept to the length of the line, even if there is a part on the way.
   • To the face of another part: Automatic Trimming of a Profile Part to a Face
   • In miter with the next profile: Automatic Miter Joint of a Profile Part
8. Select a line from a guide curve as the position of the cross section. Note that the cross section will be positioned on the point you click on the line.
9. Add the next profile. If you want to change the profile you want to add:
   • Click the middle mouse button or
   • Press the V key. (V= Confirm).
   • Select the context-sensitive function: OK.
   • Select a new profile, etc.
10. When you want to stop adding profiles:
    • Select another function or
    • Press the Esc key.