Lathe Operation

Lathe is a powerful operation to build 3D geometry from a sketch by rotating it around an axis. For instance, rotating a circle around an axis can produce a donut.

You can also create more complex objects by drawing a bit more on the sketch and creating symmetrical objects, making sure the sketch is symmetrical around the axis of rotation.

Here, for example, is a sketch with a drawing of a push pin.

By applying the operation, here’s what we get: