Solid Primitives

Predefine solid shape

Box

Define by length, width, height
Create building, structure, furniture, mechanical, electrical parts

 

Wedge

Similar to box, but has been slice off
Create side roof, tapered part

Pyramid

A base with 3 or more equare sides
Top only a point or equal /un-equal radius with base

Cone

The base can be circular or elliptical
Top can be a point or different radius

Cylinder

Column with circular or elliptical shape
Create wire, pipe

Sphere

Similar with 2D circle
Create ball

Torus

With a outer and inner radius
Create donut or tube shape object

Polysolid

Similar to 2D polyline
Define by width, height, justify
Create wall-like solid

Justify - Left

Measure based on exterior face

Justify - Center

Measure based on center of wall

Justify - Right

Measure based on interior face

Modify Solid Primitive

You can modify the solid primitives by the triangle grips

Appearance of Solid

Isolines

Isolines = 4                  Isolines = 8

Isolines display on curved object

Silhouette Edges

Dispsilh = 0             Dispsilh = 1

Control by dispsilh variable

Facet Resolution

Facetres = 0.2              Facetres = 1

Control the smoothness of shaded

Ex: Creating Cabinet by Solid Primitive

Solid tab > Primitive panel > Box

Draw a box 20 x 300 x 730

Create the 2nd panel 720 x 300 x 20

Change the visual style to X - Ray

Create a back panel 720 x -20 x 710

Create a front door 360 x 20 x 710

Copy a right door and right panel

Create a top panel from top-left corner 798 x -315 x 20

Select the top panel

Move the top panel to left 19 by Move Gizmo

Create a Knob

Draw a guide line to left 50 from the mid of the left door

Solid tab > Primitive panel > Cylinder

Create a base R12.5 H3 by cylinder

Create a support R2 H3

Create a ball R10 by Sphere

Select the sphere

Move the sphere up 10 by Move Gizmo

Rotate and Move the Knob

Solid tab > Selection panel > Rotate Gizmo

Select all the parts of the knob

Rotate the whole knob 90 degrees by X axis

Move the knob to the endpoint of the guide line

Copy another knob to the right door at the same location

Composite Solid

Merge 2 or more solids into a single, more complicated solid by Union, Subtract, Intersect Boolean operations

Boolean Operation

Union
Combine 2 or more 3D solids/ surfaces/ regions into a single composite solid/ surface/ region
Only same type of object can be combine

Subtract
Combine selected objects by Subtraction
Select 1st set of objects (keep), press Enter
Select 2nd set of objects (subtract), press Enter

Intersect
Create a solid/ region from selected overlapping objects

Modify Composite Solid by History

History must be record before the Boolean operation

The you can show the history

Solid tab > Primitive panel > Solid History

Ctrl + Select the subtracted object

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