iLogic Tutorial – 15 – Notching the Dovetail for the Bottom
Now you need to hog out the dado on the tail. Turn on the visibility of the Drawer Elevation sketch, and rotate the model so that you can see the profile, then hit the E key and select the dado profile as shown below…
Now select the Cut operation which will change the direction of the preview and turn it red, then change the Extents to All and click OK to perform the cut.
You can turn off the visibility of the Drawer Elevation sketch again, rename the Extrusion Tail Dado, and rotate the model to see the results…
This is all the geometry we need to pattern and mirror both sides. To begin the process, select the Rectangular Pattern tool from the Pattern panel, then select the Tail Loft feature in the Browser. Now click the red arrow under the Direction 1 option, then select the closer edge to the right of the tail as shown below…
…now, for the count, type in 4, and for the spacing, select list parameters and choose Tail_Spacing from the list, then add a space, a + sign, and another space, then go back to the parameter list and choose Cutter_Diam. You should have a preview that looks like the image below…
…clicking OK should give you a pattern of dovetails that look like those below…
Rename the new pattern Tail Pattern.
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