TUTORIAL 2

Surface Slicing
Learning Objectives
After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:
Use the new 3D Modeling tools in AutoCAD 2007 for surface slicing.

Required Competencies
Before starting this tutorial, you should have been able to:
Use AutoCAD at an intermediate to advanced level
Manipulate the UCS
Create Planar Surfaces
Revolve Surfaces
Rotate Surfaces
Loft Surfaces.

Thenew3DmodelingtoolsinAutoCAD2007allowyoutomodelcomplexfreeform
shapesthatpreviouslywerenotpossibletomodelinAutoCAD.Thistutorialassumes
thattheuseriscompletelyfamiliarwithcreatingprecise2Dsketchesofarcs,lines,
polylines,andsplinesinanylocationaswellasthe3Dtoolsfrompreviousreleases.

Putty Knife

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 1. OpenthefilenamedTutorial2PuttyKnife.

Figure 1

2. TurnoffalllayersexcepttheHandleBaseSketchandtheHandleSolid
layers.MaketheHandleSolidlayertheactivelayer.

Figure 2

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 3. Setthedelobjvariableto0sothatthesketcheswillnotbeconsumed.That
wayifyoumakeamistakeyoucangobacktotheoriginalgeometry.(Tip:There
arenewoptionsforthedelobjvariablebesuretocheckthemout.)Extrudetheprofile
adistanceof.75.(AlternativelyyoucouldhaveusedthenewPresspulltooltopull
thesolid.AnadvantagetothePresspulltoolisthattheprofiledoesnotneedtobea
closedpolyline,onlyaclosedboundary.)TurnofftheHandleBaseSketchlayer.

Figure 3

4. Adda.5radiusfillettothe5edgeshighlightedinFigure4a.

Figure 4a

Figure 4b

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 5. IntheVisualStylescontrolpaneloftheDashboardselectRealisticastheshade
style.Asyouareworkingyoumaywanttochangetoxraymodefromtimeto
time(shownherecircledinred).

Figure 5

6. MaketheHandleHangerHoleSketchlayerandtheConstructionlayervisible.
Revolvetheopencyanprofilearoundthecenterline.Becausetheprofileisopen
theresultwillbeasurface.

Figure 6

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 7. MovethecursorarrowtotheareaoftheMake3Dcontrolpanelinthe
DashboardasshowninFigure7.Adownpointingchevronwillappearto
expandthecontrolpanelrevealingmoretools.Clickonthechevron.

Figure 7

8. ClickontheSlicetool.

Figure 8

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 9. SelecttheSolidandthenpressEnter.

Figure 9

10. RightMouseButton(inthefutureIwillrefertoRMB)andselectSurfacefrom
thelist.Thenpicktherevolvedsurface.

Figure 10
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 11. Thenfollowingtheprompts,selectthepartofthesolidyouwishtokeep.Move
therevolvedsurfacetotheHideSurfaceslayer.Ifyoushadethepartyouwill
seeaholeinthehandle.

Figure 11

12. MaketheRivetHoleSketchlayervisibleandextrudethecircle.Youdonthave
toenteraheightdistance,simplystretchthepreviewbeyondthehandlesolid
andpressEnter.Subtracttheextrudedcylinderfromthehandle.

Figure 12

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 13. MaketheHandleReliefSketchlayervisible.

Figure 13

14. Extrudethearcasasurfacestretchinganydistancebeyondthefarsideofthe
solidatleastthewidthofthesolid.NoticethatthedynamicUCSchangedonits
own.

Figure 14
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 15. Highlightagripandmovethesurfacedownalongtheyaxisbeyondthebottom
edgeofthesolidasshown.

Figure 15

16. Ifthesurfacedoesntgocompletelythroughthesolid,selectthearrowshaped
gripandstretchthesurfaceoutalongthetemporaryUCSzaxis(z)asshownin
Figure16.Thegoalistohavethesurfacecompletelyslicethroughthesolidat
bothends.

Figure 16

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 17. Slicethesolidwiththesurfaceandthenhidethesurfaceandanyvisiblesketch
layers.

Figure 17

18. MaketheBladeSketchlayervisibleandExtrudetheloopshownadistanceof
1/32intothehandle.Subtracttheresultingsolidfromthehandle.Mirrorthe
handletotheoppositesideandthenturnoffthevisibilityoftheHandleSolid
layer.

Figure 18

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 19. MaketheBladeSolidlayertheactivelayer.

Figure 19

20. Extrudetheloopagain1/32down.

Figure 20

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 21. WhileholdingtheCtrlkeyselectthefaceofthesolid.

Figure 21

22. Selectthegripandstretchthefaceadistanceof1/32foratotalthicknessof1/16
midplaneaboutthesketch.

Figure 22

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 23. SelecttheLofttoolintheDashboardandthenclickthetwosplinesinthesketch.
PressEnterandthenRMBchangetheoptionfromCrosssectionstoGuides.
Selectthetwolinesateitherendofthesplinesastheguides.(Howwouldyouhave
createdasplineboundedsolidinearlierreleases?)

Figure 23

24. Select the Thicken surface tool in the Dashboard and then thicken the lofted surface a
distance of 1/32. Move the lofted surface to the Hidden Surfaces layer keeping only the
solids visible.

Figure 24

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 25. Determinewhichfaceofthebladeneedstobestretchedtomatchthethicknessof
thetab.HoldingtheCtrlkeyclickontheface,selectthegripandstretch1/32as
youdidwiththetabinStep22.Unionthetwosolidstogether.TurntheRivet
Holelayerbackonandmakeaholeinthebladetabforarivettoholdthe
assemblytogether.

Figure 25

26. MaketheBladeCompoundAnglelayervisibleandtheselectthenewPlanar
surfacetoolfromtheDashboard.RMBselectObjectandthenclickonthe
rectangle.

Figure 26

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 27. Usetheresultingplanarsurfacetoslicethecompoundangleonthebladeand
thenhideanyvisiblesketchesorsurfaces.

Figure 27

28. MakeaRivetfortheassembly.

Figure 28





After doing later Tutorials come back to this one and experiment with making the same
assembly using the new Presspull command.

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