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Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
You will model a Slot Bracket as shown above using both IronCAD’s Drag and Drop Modleing techniques, Handles, and more traditional Sketc-/based Creation Techniques.
To understand how to integrate mutlipel modelign techniques to achieve the most productivity.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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In this lab, we will be working in millimeters as opposed to inches, so go to “File” > “New” > “Scene” > and click on the “Workspaces (Metric)” tab and select whatever color background color you desire from the menu as shown below. (I prefer as black background) If you started a “English” workspace, don’t worry. Just go to “Format” > “Units” > and under “Length” header scroll to millimeters. NOTE: you can toggle anytime during your design session to any units you wish. IronCAD will instantly update to work to these new units.
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Click on the “Extrude” icon and click anywhere on the scene background
Below shows the “Extrude Shape Wizard” there are four steps to this process.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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Step 1 of 4 : Click the “Next” button. (Since this is the first part being created in this lab, it defaults to “Stand alone” part. We also will be modeling a “solid not a “surface”. By default IronCAD is set at solid)
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Step 2 of 4 : Click “Away from the selected surface” option if not already set.
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Step 3 of 4: Type a distance of 100, and then the “Next” button.
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Step 4 of 4 : Click “Finish” button.
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To view the grid directly on, click on the “Look At” icon in the Camera toolbar. Then click anywhere on the grid. This orientates whatever you click on to a perpendicular view of it. (This applys to Grids and Surfaces).
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Lets draw the cross-section, Start by clickin on the “Polyline” icon.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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Left Click at the “Origin” point (Start /End) and right click drag a line to the left and release. In the pop-up menu type: Length = 50 Slope = 180 (You don not have to enter this value if you make sure the blue “horizontal” indicator is visbile before finishing line) TERM: Slope = Angle of Line
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Right Click a line upward. Type; Length = 10 Slope = 90 (You don not have to enter this value if you make sure the blue “vertical” indicator is visbile before finishing line)
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Right Click upward and to the right. Type;
As you drag lines in the !" 2D cross-section, geometric constraint icons pop-up, they are Blue by default. These can be lock to create design intent constraints bt right-clicking on the blue indicator and choose “Lock”. When locked, they will hightlight red for superior visual indication of your design constraints.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program Length = 100 Slope = 70 • • •
Click on Blue axis line when the “horizontal” indicator is visible. Click on the Start/End point on the endpoint of first line. Endpoint is indicated when Green dot pops up. Click “Finish Shape”
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Drag an H-Block from the shapes catalog onto right surface as shown.
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Resize H-Block to achieve the dimensions shown in image. (Use the techniques you had learned in the Guide Base Lab. Hint: Use SmartSnap.)
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While Intellishape is still active, click the TriBall.
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Hit the spacebar to temporarily deactivate the TriBall, it will change to a light grayish highlight.
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Grab the Center Red dot located in the center of the TriBall and drag the TriBall onto the midpoint of the top edge as shown. When green dot pops-up you can release, this indicates you have snapped to midpoint of edge.
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Hit spacebar again, The TriBall will highlight cyan again.
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Right click on the Inner handle that is parallel to edge as shown
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Click “Mirror”
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Click “Link” See Result in Inset
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Click on “Triball icon ” to deselect and click on background to deselect intellishape. Now not shapes or parts should be “active”.
Right click on bottom handle of H-Block and change value to; Width = 85
(Notice the mirrored H-Block updates also, this is because you had “linked” the two shapes while mirroring in previous command. NOTE: Linked shapes/parts/assemblies will highlight in purple by default)
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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Click on other H-Block surface (notice original Hblock highlights purple) and right click on the handle that is pointed inward of the part as shown.Change value: Height = 28. (See how once again both shapes update)
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Drag a H-Slot onto the rear faces Center as shown in Inset.
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Right Click on Right side handle as shown and change values to; Width = 25 Length = 60 Height = 50
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Turn ON TriBall and right click on the top outer handle as shown.
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Click “Edit Distance” on pop-up menu
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Enter value of 15
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
Typically, you would !" right click and drag outer handle in direction you wish to move shape and on release of mouse would select “Move” and then enter a numeric value. The above exercise is a shortcut by simply right-clicking on desired handle. NOTE: by entering 15, IronCAD assumes this is a positive number and moves the shape in the direction of the handle. If you were to enter “-15”, the shape would move in the opposite of the direction of the handle assuming a negative direction value.
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Right Click on the scene background. Click on “Rendering” and check “Draw part edges”, “Show hidden lines” and “Dashed” boxes so they have check marks in them. Notice how the right click popup menu has the same tabs as the following Scene Properties Menu. This allows you to click on desired tab without having to constantly exit and right click back on scene.
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Click “Blend” icon and pick vertex 1 and enter value of 6 mm in pop-up ribbon bar then pick Vertex 2, 3, and 4 as shown. IronCAD will automatically populate the value field with the last value enetered. Since the hidden
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program edges are shown, you can now selected edges through the model without having to rotate it to select.
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Click on blend until the intellishape mode highlights (yellow outline). While yellow highlighted right click on intellishape surface and selected “Edit Shape”.
You can create different blend values while in the command by simply changing the value as you pick edges. You can also change the type of radii (constant/variable as neede. The next step below, we will shown how to do this after the blend has been completed.
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Click on the NODE that corresponds to the edge you wish to edit value. In this case click Node 1 and change its value to 10 mm. Then click on NODE 2 and change its value to 10mm as well and then click green dot top finish command.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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Now Drap a “CYLINDER” from the shapes catalog onto the center of the bottom face of part. Then Edit its size to 40mm Diameter and 10mm height
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Drag a “CYLINDER” from the shapes catalog onto the center of the bottom of the first center and resize to 35mm Diameter and 8.5 mm height.
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Lets turn off the hidden edges now because I don’t wish to see them right now. Remember how to do this?, If not refer back in this lab to find out.
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Drag a “CUSTOM HOLE” from the “TOOLS” catalog onto the center of the bottom cylinder. Make to to change pop-up menu to metric mode on the bottom right of pop-up. Then change the settings as shown below. If you wish to save this settings for future holes, simply click the SAVE button (as shown below) and type a name that makes sense to you. IronCAD embeds this data into its registry and will be available from this point forward on a future project you work on. You can delete it at any time by simply hitting the delete button.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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Drag a “H CYLINDER” from the shapes catalog on surface as shown when the green dot pops up and Resize to 10mm Diameter and 50mm Height.
the inner release.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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Highlight the hole at the intellishape level (yellow highlight w/red handles) then click SmartDimension icon and click first point on the center of the hole (Large green dot pops up) and the second point on the inner bottom face as shown. You’ll know you have picked the face when the entire outline of the surface highlights green.
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Right Click on the Smart Dimension and Edit its value to 35mm.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
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While still in the intellishape mode right click on any surface that is common to the intellishape and click on “Intellishape Properties”.
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Click on “BEVEL” tab. Click “All Intersection Edges”. Then Click “Chamfer” and edit values for chamfer to 1mm. This will bevel any edgeof the hole that intersects the part. This will be embedded with the hole intellishape regardless if you copy, link or move it anyway on the part , hence the name “Intelli-Shape”,
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
CONGRATULATIONS!...YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR SECOND IRONCAD LAB IN RECORD TIME (I HOPE). IN THIS LAB YOU LEARNED HOW TO UTILIZE BOTH DRAG-N-DROP AND SKETCH-BASED MODELING TECHNIQUES TO BECOME CLOSER TO AN IRONCAD POWER USER.
You will model a Slot Bracket as shown above using both IronCAD’s Drag and Drop Modleing techniques, Handles, and more traditional Sketc-/based Creation Techniques.
To understand how to integrate mutlipel modelign techniques to achieve the most productivity.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
In this lab, we will be working in millimeters as opposed to inches, so go to “File” > “New” > “Scene” > and click on the “Workspaces (Metric)” tab and select whatever color background color you desire from the menu as shown below. (I prefer as black background) If you started a “English” workspace, don’t worry. Just go to “Format” > “Units” > and under “Length” header scroll to millimeters. NOTE: you can toggle anytime during your design session to any units you wish. IronCAD will instantly update to work to these new units.
•
•
Click on the “Extrude” icon and click anywhere on the scene background
Below shows the “Extrude Shape Wizard” there are four steps to this process.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
Step 1 of 4 : Click the “Next” button. (Since this is the first part being created in this lab, it defaults to “Stand alone” part. We also will be modeling a “solid not a “surface”. By default IronCAD is set at solid)
•
Step 2 of 4 : Click “Away from the selected surface” option if not already set.
•
Step 3 of 4: Type a distance of 100, and then the “Next” button.
•
Step 4 of 4 : Click “Finish” button.
•
To view the grid directly on, click on the “Look At” icon in the Camera toolbar. Then click anywhere on the grid. This orientates whatever you click on to a perpendicular view of it. (This applys to Grids and Surfaces).
•
Lets draw the cross-section, Start by clickin on the “Polyline” icon.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
Left Click at the “Origin” point (Start /End) and right click drag a line to the left and release. In the pop-up menu type: Length = 50 Slope = 180 (You don not have to enter this value if you make sure the blue “horizontal” indicator is visbile before finishing line) TERM: Slope = Angle of Line
•
Right Click a line upward. Type; Length = 10 Slope = 90 (You don not have to enter this value if you make sure the blue “vertical” indicator is visbile before finishing line)
•
Right Click upward and to the right. Type;
As you drag lines in the !" 2D cross-section, geometric constraint icons pop-up, they are Blue by default. These can be lock to create design intent constraints bt right-clicking on the blue indicator and choose “Lock”. When locked, they will hightlight red for superior visual indication of your design constraints.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program Length = 100 Slope = 70 • • •
Click on Blue axis line when the “horizontal” indicator is visible. Click on the Start/End point on the endpoint of first line. Endpoint is indicated when Green dot pops up. Click “Finish Shape”
•
Drag an H-Block from the shapes catalog onto right surface as shown.
•
Resize H-Block to achieve the dimensions shown in image. (Use the techniques you had learned in the Guide Base Lab. Hint: Use SmartSnap.)
•
While Intellishape is still active, click the TriBall.
•
Hit the spacebar to temporarily deactivate the TriBall, it will change to a light grayish highlight.
•
Grab the Center Red dot located in the center of the TriBall and drag the TriBall onto the midpoint of the top edge as shown. When green dot pops-up you can release, this indicates you have snapped to midpoint of edge.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program •
Hit spacebar again, The TriBall will highlight cyan again.
•
Right click on the Inner handle that is parallel to edge as shown
•
Click “Mirror”
•
Click “Link” See Result in Inset
•
•
Click on “Triball icon ” to deselect and click on background to deselect intellishape. Now not shapes or parts should be “active”.
Right click on bottom handle of H-Block and change value to; Width = 85
(Notice the mirrored H-Block updates also, this is because you had “linked” the two shapes while mirroring in previous command. NOTE: Linked shapes/parts/assemblies will highlight in purple by default)
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
Click on other H-Block surface (notice original Hblock highlights purple) and right click on the handle that is pointed inward of the part as shown.Change value: Height = 28. (See how once again both shapes update)
#$ •
Drag a H-Slot onto the rear faces Center as shown in Inset.
•
Right Click on Right side handle as shown and change values to; Width = 25 Length = 60 Height = 50
•
Turn ON TriBall and right click on the top outer handle as shown.
•
Click “Edit Distance” on pop-up menu
•
Enter value of 15
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
Typically, you would !" right click and drag outer handle in direction you wish to move shape and on release of mouse would select “Move” and then enter a numeric value. The above exercise is a shortcut by simply right-clicking on desired handle. NOTE: by entering 15, IronCAD assumes this is a positive number and moves the shape in the direction of the handle. If you were to enter “-15”, the shape would move in the opposite of the direction of the handle assuming a negative direction value.
•
Right Click on the scene background. Click on “Rendering” and check “Draw part edges”, “Show hidden lines” and “Dashed” boxes so they have check marks in them. Notice how the right click popup menu has the same tabs as the following Scene Properties Menu. This allows you to click on desired tab without having to constantly exit and right click back on scene.
•
Click “Blend” icon and pick vertex 1 and enter value of 6 mm in pop-up ribbon bar then pick Vertex 2, 3, and 4 as shown. IronCAD will automatically populate the value field with the last value enetered. Since the hidden
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program edges are shown, you can now selected edges through the model without having to rotate it to select.
•
Click on blend until the intellishape mode highlights (yellow outline). While yellow highlighted right click on intellishape surface and selected “Edit Shape”.
You can create different blend values while in the command by simply changing the value as you pick edges. You can also change the type of radii (constant/variable as neede. The next step below, we will shown how to do this after the blend has been completed.
•
Click on the NODE that corresponds to the edge you wish to edit value. In this case click Node 1 and change its value to 10 mm. Then click on NODE 2 and change its value to 10mm as well and then click green dot top finish command.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
Now Drap a “CYLINDER” from the shapes catalog onto the center of the bottom face of part. Then Edit its size to 40mm Diameter and 10mm height
•
Drag a “CYLINDER” from the shapes catalog onto the center of the bottom of the first center and resize to 35mm Diameter and 8.5 mm height.
•
Lets turn off the hidden edges now because I don’t wish to see them right now. Remember how to do this?, If not refer back in this lab to find out.
• •
Drag a “CUSTOM HOLE” from the “TOOLS” catalog onto the center of the bottom cylinder. Make to to change pop-up menu to metric mode on the bottom right of pop-up. Then change the settings as shown below. If you wish to save this settings for future holes, simply click the SAVE button (as shown below) and type a name that makes sense to you. IronCAD embeds this data into its registry and will be available from this point forward on a future project you work on. You can delete it at any time by simply hitting the delete button.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
Drag a “H CYLINDER” from the shapes catalog on surface as shown when the green dot pops up and Resize to 10mm Diameter and 50mm Height.
the inner release.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
Highlight the hole at the intellishape level (yellow highlight w/red handles) then click SmartDimension icon and click first point on the center of the hole (Large green dot pops up) and the second point on the inner bottom face as shown. You’ll know you have picked the face when the entire outline of the surface highlights green.
•
Right Click on the Smart Dimension and Edit its value to 35mm.
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
•
While still in the intellishape mode right click on any surface that is common to the intellishape and click on “Intellishape Properties”.
•
Click on “BEVEL” tab. Click “All Intersection Edges”. Then Click “Chamfer” and edit values for chamfer to 1mm. This will bevel any edgeof the hole that intersects the part. This will be embedded with the hole intellishape regardless if you copy, link or move it anyway on the part , hence the name “Intelli-Shape”,
Magnacad Design Inc.s PULSAR Program
CONGRATULATIONS!...YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR SECOND IRONCAD LAB IN RECORD TIME (I HOPE). IN THIS LAB YOU LEARNED HOW TO UTILIZE BOTH DRAG-N-DROP AND SKETCH-BASED MODELING TECHNIQUES TO BECOME CLOSER TO AN IRONCAD POWER USER.
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