83 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown
83 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown
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Draw a two outline using lines and arcs
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Extrude the ouline into a 3d solid
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combine multiple solids to form the part you desire
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uplaod your design to a 3d printer
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General Workflow for part creation
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Specify a sketch plane
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Draw a closed loop shape
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Extrude 2D sketch
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the program consists of 4 major areas labelled below
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Dialog Box
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Normally hidden. This box appears when the user is adding or editting a sketch or extrusion
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input area: This specifies the extrusion amount
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flip icon: This flips the extrusion direction
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green check: When clicked the program will proceed with adding or editting a sketch/extrusion
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red x: allows the user to bail out of adding or editting a sketch/extrusion
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Toolbar
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sketch: Initiates a new sketch, before clicking this button, the user must first select a plane, or three points on existing extrusions to define a sketch plane.
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extrude: Intiates new extrusion dialog. before clickin gthis button. The user must firs select a sketch to extrude from
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boolean add: Creates a new solid that is a boolean union or two selected solids.
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boolean subtract: Creates a new solid that is a boolean subtraction of the second selected solid from the first selected solid.
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boolean add: Creates a new solid that is a boolean intersection or two selected solids.
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new document: Wipes the current workspace and starts a fresh document
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save: saves current document. on the inital save the user can specify save location and file name
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open: loads an existing document from the local disk.
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STL: Exports selected solid to 3d print friendly stl format
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extrude: creates a new extrusion from the current sketch.
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line: initiates line sketch mode. Subsequent clicks on the canvas define the vertices of the line segment chain.
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arc: initiates arc sketch mode. Subsequently, a three click sequence on the canvas spefies the arc shape. The first sets the start point, the seconds the endpoint, and the third the radius.
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dimension: allows hte user to add distance or angle constraints to the sketch. When 2 points, or 1 point and 1 line are selected, a distance contraint is added. When two lines are selected, an angle constraint is added
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coincident: Adds a coincident contraint between two points, or a line and a point
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vertical: adds a vertical constraint the the selected line, or two selected points
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horizontal: adds a horizontal constraint the the selected line, or two selected points
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tangent: adds a tangent constraint between selected two arcs, or a line and a arc. The selected entities must first between connected by a coicident contraint on their endpoints
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User can click this again or escape to exit this mode
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Design Tree
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