FreeFor everyone
Alcove shelves in 3D
Draw shelves for an alcove the way a carpenter fits them: a batten along the back wall, wall to wall, one on each side, and an 18 mm shelf on top. Then copies of the lot up the wall, three at once.
Three lessons to take at your own pace. Watch each step as often as you like. Nothing to download, no account.
- Lessons
- 3
- Time
- about 35 minutes
- Points to win
- 450
0 of 3 lessons passed
The lessons
New boards in yellow
- 1
Lesson 1, 10 minutes
The back batten, wall to wall
Fix a batten along the back wall of the alcove, wall to wall: 900 long, 44 high, 18 thick, its bottom 400 up. Then copy it up the wall twice, 400 apart.
- 2
Lesson 2, 15 minutes
A batten on each wall
Fix a batten on each side wall, from the front to the back batten: 282 long, 44 high, 18 thick. Then copy the pair up to the other two back battens.
- 3
Lesson 3, 10 minutes
Three shelves
Lay a shelf on the bottom battens, 900 wide and 300 deep, from 18 mm board. Then copy it up onto the other battens.
Points and levels
100 points for each lesson you pass, and 50 more when it's right the first time you check.
- Measurerfrom 0 points
- Fixerfrom 150 points
- Fitterfrom 300 points
The keys you'll use
Keys and axes
Tools
- RRectangle
- PPush/Pull
- MMove
- SpaceSelect
- GMake Component (select the board first)
Axes: an arrow key locks the way you're drawing or moving
- →red axisleft and right: the width
- ←green axisfront and back: the depth
- ↑blue axisup and down: the height
- ShiftAlready moving along an axis? Hold Shift and it stays on it.
- CtrlWith Move: makes a copy (Option on a Mac)
- EscCancels what you're doing
Sizes: just type, they go in the Measurements box at the bottom right, then Enter. Two sizes: 1000,600 (1000;600 if your computer writes decimals with a comma).