SpaceClaim Online Help

Add an opening

Copy the top edge of the block to create the edge for the opening:

1. Click PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. in the Edit group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab.

2. Double-click a top edge of the rectangle.

3. This will select four contiguous edges. You can double-click again to cycle through the possible selections. Keep double-clicking until the top four edges are selected, as shown in the sequence below. 

4. Select the Copy Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. option in the mini-toolbar or the Options panelArea of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools.. This option is shown in the mini-toolbar here:

    

   

    

5. Drag the edge about 7 mm (or .3 inches) toward the center of the top.

   This creates a copy of the edge that is offset from the original edge by the amount that you drag or type.

    

Shell the solid

1. Click ShellSolid or part that is hollowed out from a selected face, leaving a shell of designated thickness. in the Insert group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab.

2. Click the face you created by copying the edge.

3. Change the shell thickness:

   • If you are working in Metric units, change the thickness to 1mm and press Enter.
   • If you are working in Imperial units, change the thickness to .04 and press Enter.

   The solid will be shelled and the face you selected will be removed.