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If you need to re-center the line on the origin point (where the two green arrows meet), follow these steps. Change this number Change the length of the line to whatever the length of your car is, the line will automatically change to that measurement. (the pencil should change back to an arrow) Double click on the dimension and the properties dialog box should appear.
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Don t worry about the length, because we can now change to fit our needs! Hit escape and you will exit the sketch dimension command. Select this line then drag the dimension to this location. When you release the left mouse button, the dimension is drawn. A measurement along with dimension lines should appear. With the pencil click and hold the line you just drew and move the mouse down towards the bottom of the screen. Once you select the sketch dimension tool, your pointer should change into a pencil. To measure our line we will use the Sketch Dimension tool found at the top of the screen. Remember your car may not be longer then 10 inches in length. To make sure it s perfectly straight, hold down the shift key while drawing the line. Use it to draw a straight line through the green horizontal arrow in the middle of the screen. To draw a line select the line tool from the toolbar on the right side of the screen. Hold the shift key down while pressing the W key once. We want to turn the screen so we can look the workplane we are drawing in (lateral). Type in here.Ģ Drawing the Car Body We are going to draw the outline of the car body and then extrude it, (in other words pull it apart) to make it three-dimensional. In the New Sketch dialog box type in body for the sketch name. Pro/Desktop has you name each sketch you create. Right click on Lateral Workplane Left Click on New Sketch 6. Now the lateral Workplane should now be in red. In the Workplane Browser (the white section on the left hand side of the screen) right click on Lateral and select New Sketch with the left mouse button. We now need to tell the computer what plane we are going to draw in. Select Tools > Options > Units tab and select Inches in both pull down boxes. We need to tell the computer what unit of measurements we are going to use so. Close the Pallet window that appears, and maximize the design window. Once Pro/Desktop is open select File > New > Design 3. Open up PTC Pro/Desktop by either double clicking the icon or through the Start button and in Programs. Good luck with your roof rack, I'll have to keep an eye out for it here on OFN.1 Getting Started 1. Next I made a centerline to revolve around.Įxited sketch then went to Insert, Surface, Revolve then specified 360 degrees. This is a quick dimple die without accurate dimensions just to get the idea across. A tangent arc can be drawn as your radius and the a line for the flat raised part of the dimple.
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Then go to either the side or top profile of your hole and draw a centerline so that the following features will be located on the inside edge of your circle and not "floating" on the top or right side plane. Next added a couple circles with the dimension of the start dimple/flare from flat then cut extruded the holes. though it may not be the best way.įor the part picture I've included below I made my rectangle sketch then went to Insert, Sheet Metal, Base Flange then specified material thickness ex.
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I'm a little behind on the times.still using Solidworks 2003.īut, I've played around trying to make dimpled / flared holes in Solidworks and I found one way.