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post #21 of 579
2/18/10 at 4:13pm
thats what I've been trying to do, but how do I know that I start my line 4" from the corner, the measurement thing needs 2 edges to work
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post #22 of 579
2/18/10 at 4:14pm
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Do you know what snap points are? Draw a line, then select a tool and hover that tool over the middle of that line. The mouse should 'snap' to a blue dot in the middle of the line. That is the exact centre of the line. If you move the mouse to the end of a line, it snaps to a green point. So say you want to a circle in the middle of a square:


1. Draw the square
2. Get the line tool, find the middle of one of the sides, then click.
3. Now start to drag the line to the opposite side of the square. If you are moving it perpendicular, the line will turn blue/red/green to show it is on one of the axis. When it has locked like this, hold shift and the line should go thicker. Now if you move your mouse, the line is locked onto the line it was originally moving on.
4. Still holding shift, move your cursor to the middle of the edge perpendicular to the edge you originally drew the line from so it snaps in place.
5. Your line should end in the middle of the square. Click to place it.
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post #23 of 579
2/18/10 at 6:24pm
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I'd like some tutorials. I mainly use pro-e and solid works, but can't hurt to learn another! plus, I've never really done rendering. Mainly make a part and ship the design out to whoever needs it
Ditto on using Pro-E; I love it



Edit: also made this thread official
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post #24 of 579
2/18/10 at 6:36pm
Just a question, how do you guys make your models, like motherboard psu rad etc.?
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post #25 of 579
2/18/10 at 7:55pm
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Just a question, how do you guys make your models, like motherboard psu rad etc.?
With any 3D drawing/modeling, you decompose the part into simple features (e.g. extrudes, revolves, rounds, etc) and combine them sequentially to create the model.

When I made my radiator model in Pro-E, I first extruded one side rail of the main part of the rad, then mirrored it to get the other side. After that I made the octagonal cutout and screwholes for one fan location, grouped them, and patterned that group along the length of the side rails. Next I modeled one of the tubes (going between the end tanks) and patterned that across the width of the rad. Then I modeled one of the individual fins as a shell and patterned that across the RAD. Subsequently I did the end tanks as extrudes, cut the mitered angles, and rounded all the edges. All that remained was to cut the holes for the barb locations.

I don't know if Sketchup has mirroring or patterning tools, but they sure come in handy in Pro-E
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post #26 of 579
2/18/10 at 8:10pm
Man your Sketchup models (especially those rendered ones) make anything I've done look like crap. Oh well, guess I'll just need to practice more, and start actually making use of groups/components/layers. I have a very crazy design concept I'll post here when I'm satisfied with how it looks...
Of course, after viewing this thread it makes me feel inadequate at drawing.
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post #27 of 579
2/18/10 at 8:53pm
man Rado, that sounds extremely complicated, I think Ill leave my drawing without objects, I now have 3 panels done, only the back and under motherboard. Probably will never get to see the light off day But I'd love to be able to do that.
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post #28 of 579
2/18/10 at 9:05pm
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man Rado, that sounds extremely complicated
it's actually not that hard; the key is to visualize how to generate a complex part using only simple features, and use patterns for repetitive items (e.g. the fins) and mirrors for symmetry.

Another nice aspect of professional CADD suites is that they allow for family tables so that you can specify dimensions based on parameters and then create a table of instances and the associated parameter values, this will allow you to have multiple versions of the same part (e.g. a fan model with a family table to define different standard fan sizes)

Also, professional CADD suites use relations so that certain dimensions can be calculated base on others.
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post #29 of 579
2/18/10 at 9:22pm
I'm just starting this so it really sounds extremely complicated, now gimme a pair of plier, a tester and whatever else I need and I'll repair you phone line and DSL in no time.
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post #30 of 579
2/18/10 at 9:30pm
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I'm just starting this so it really sounds extremely complicated.
The hardest is the first few minutes or so getting used to how the app works; but once you've got that you can pick it up very quickly. At least that was the case with Pro-E, I never did figure out Sketchup.
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