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Revolve

At a glance

  • Spin a sketch face around any line axis
  • Full 360° or any partial angle
  • Join, cut, or new body modes
  • Great for shafts, pulleys, knobs, and any turned geometry

Revolve (R) spins a closed sketch face around a line to make turned geometry — shafts, pulleys, knobs, and anything else you would chuck in a lathe. Pick the profile face, then click a sketch line for the axis; the preview appears immediately and OK commits it to the feature history, where face, axis, mode, and angle all stay editable.

Full or partial

Mode is Full Circle or Partial. Partial revolves take an Angle in degrees (1–360, expressions welcome) for half-rounds, cradles, and anything that stops short of a full turn; the last angle is remembered across sessions.

Cut, Join, or New Body

Like Extrude, when the revolved preview intersects an existing body an Operation dropdown offers Cut, Join, or New Body, and remembers your last choice. A revolved Cut is the fastest way to put a groove, gland, or undercut into an existing part.

Tips

  • Draw the profile entirely on one side of the axis line — the face is swept around it, so the axis works best along the profile's open edge or outside it.
  • The axis is just a sketch line, so dimension it like anything else: move the line and the bore or rim diameter follows parametrically.