Affiliates


Eng-Tips Forum
Amazon.com


Popular CAD Related Websites

CAD Digest 

3DCADTips 

Solid Professor

SolidWorks 

Autodesk

Dassault Systemes

MCADCafe



SolidWorks Tips and Tricks    

SolidWorks Tips and Tricks for beginner
Welcome to 3D CAD Resources - You are at the right place if you need Free online tips, tricks, tutorials for beginners covering the following applications - Catia, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, etc.,

Google

  SolidWorks Tutorials
Draft - Step Draft - Tutorial for beginners  
 
Written by Rame Gowda  
Tuesday, 19 march 2007
 
This illustrated step by step tutorials shows you how to create taper on a face of the existing solid using draft tool using step draft as draft type. 
 
1) Create a cube as shown in Figure 1. {Follow the steps shown in Extrude - Tutorial for beginners to create a cube}
 
Figure 1.
 
2) Select Draft tool from toolbar or from Insert menu as shown in figure 2 and 3 respectively.
 
Figure 2.
 
Figure 3.
 
3) In draft PropertyManager let us select "Step Draft" then select perpendicular steps radio button and enter 30 degrees for "Draft Angle" as shown in figure 4.
 
Figure 4.
 
4) Let us select face 1 as direction of pull and Edge 1 as parting line as shown in figure 5.
 
Figure 5.
 
5) Now Click in draft PropertyManager and the resultant solid part with taper created between two faces using draft tool would be as shown in figure 6.
 
Figure 6.
 
SolidWorks tips and tricks

Advertisement



Advertisement



Copyright © 3DCADResources
A Division of Gurijala and Company, 2006
Home - Tips and Tricks - Resources - Links - Contact - Privacy Policy - Email Webmaster