Ex: Create Shaft Holder by Boolean Operation

2D drawing

Home tab > Modeling panel > Box

Create a box 233 x 24 x 59

Create a cylinder R86 H24

Create a cylinder R57.5 H84 at the same location

Create a cylinder R35 H84

Create a box 233 x 24 x 86

Change the visual style to Wireframe

Home tab > Solid Editing panel > Subtract

Select the biggest cylinder as the 1st set

Press Enter

Select the new created box

Press Enter
Change the visual style to Conceptual
You can see the biggest cylinder subtract by the box

Create a cylinder R20 H30

Copy another cylinder at 102

Change the visual style to Wireframe

Draw guide line 20 x 51 from the midpoint of the back of box

Create another 2 cylinders R11 H30 & R9.38 H30

Subtract them

Move the 2 cylinders by top center point to the end of the guide line

Start the Subtract command

Select all solids except the 3rd cylinder, press Enter

Select the 3rd cylinder, press Enter

Create a box 115 x 84 x 57.5 to cover the top portion of the cylinder

Start the Subtract command

Select the bottom solid, press Enter

Select the box on top, press Enter

Create 2 cylinders R11 H30, R9.38 H60 on the 2 holes

Subtract them

Free-Form Design with Mesh Modeling

Free-Form Design uses a simple and intuitive modeling techniques

 Based on press & pull vertices, edges, faces of mesh

Create Mesh Primitive

Similar to creating solid primitive

Mesh Primitive Options

You can set the tessellation division for individual primitive

Mesh Smoothness

You can control the smoothness level by Quick Properties

Convert Solid Model to Mesh Model

Convert solid to mesh by Smooth Object command

Mesh Edit

Extrude the mesh face

Split Face

Split the mesh face into 2 or more

Merge Face

Merge multiple faces into one

Close Hole

Selecting the edges of the surrounding mesh faces
The faces should be on the same plane

Refine Mesh

Smoothness of mesh object must be more than 0

Multiple the faces number of selected face of mesh depending on the smoothness level

Multilple the faces number of the selected mesh model

Smoothness level reset to 0 after refine the mesh object
This will allows you continue to smoothing the mesh object

Convert Mesh Object to Solid or Surface

Convert mesh model to smooth solid or surface

Smooth Optimized Options

Optimized option create less complex solid or surface
Not Optimized option create the same number of faces as the mesh model

Optimized options will take less time to convert the mesh object

Ex: Create a Plastic Seat

Mesh tab > Primitives panel - slant arrow

Change all tessellation divisions to 1

Create a mesh box 100 x 80 x 10

Extrude 3 faces at 10

Extrude left and right faces at 30

Extrude the back face at 90

Mesh tab > Selection panel > Edge

Select the 2 edges on the back extruded meah
Right-click on the grip, select Relocate Gizmo

Snap to the midpoint of the back mesh

Make sure the Scale Gizmo display

Click on the X axis (red), enter 0.7 for the scale factor

Select the 4 edges of the left and right mesh

Relocate the Scale Gizmo at the midpoint on one of the selected mesh

Enter 0.7 for the scale factor

Select the whole mesh

Turn on the Quick Properties
Change the smoothness to Level 4

Mesh tab > Selection panel > Move / Face

Select the back of mesh

Move the back by Move Gizmo 8 units toward back

Working with UCS

Any 2D or 3D objects can create on XY plane only

Dynamic UCS

Detect the face of solid automatically

XY plane automatically align on the face when cursor hover over

UCS Icon

Show UCS Icon at Origin (Default)
Displays UCS icon at origin only

Show UCS Icon
Display UCS icon either at origin or at the corner of the viewport

Hide UCS Icon
Hide the UCS icon

UCS and Icon Settings

If the icon set to be selectable - You can change the options in the Properties palette
Each viewport in model space can be set to different UCS

Moving UCS Origin

Moving UCS from one point to another allows you to work on the different location

Face UCS

 

Working with faces that points are not easy to select

3 Point UCS

Allows you to define the direction of X, Y Z axis

View UCS

Allows you to add text to the Isometric view

Named UCS

Allows you to reuse the custom UCS