modeling-app/docs/kcl-std/functions/std-sketch-startProfile.md

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title	subtitle	excerpt	layout
startProfile	Function in std::sketch	Start a new profile at a given point.	manual

Start a new profile at a given point.

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [0, 0])
  |> line(end = [10, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, 10])
  |> line(end = [-10, 0])
  |> close()

example = extrude(exampleSketch, length = 5)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Required
startProfileOn	Plane or Face	What to start the profile on.	Yes
at	Point2d	Where to start the profile. An absolute point.	Yes
tag	TagDecl	Tag this first starting point.	No

Returns

Sketch - A sketch is a collection of paths.

Function signature

startProfile(
  @startProfileOn: Plane | Face,
  at: Point2d,
  tag?: TagDecl,
): Sketch

Examples

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [0, 0])
  |> line(end = [10, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, 10])
  |> line(end = [-10, 0])
  |> close()

example = extrude(exampleSketch, length = 5)

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(-XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [10, 10])
  |> line(end = [10, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, 10])
  |> line(end = [-10, 0])
  |> close()

example = extrude(exampleSketch, length = 5)

exampleSketch = startSketchOn(-XZ)
  |> startProfile(at = [-10, 23])
  |> line(end = [10, 0])
  |> line(end = [0, 10])
  |> line(end = [-10, 0])
  |> close()

example = extrude(exampleSketch, length = 5)