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 ShellSolidObject that encloses volume. A surface becomes a solid if it encloses volume. or part that is hollowed out from a selected face, leaving a shell of designated thickness. in the Insert group on the Design 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.