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.
Do it here
The model is on the left, the steps on the right. Do each step in the model: it ticks itself when it's done. Then press Check my work.
Follows the model you're drawing: each step ticks itself once it's done.
Press Set up the model. The three back battens are there, locked so they can't move.
You should see: The battens along the back wall, ready for one at each side.
RectangleR Click the top corner of the bottom back batten at the front, by the chimney breast. Press ↑ so the rectangle lies flat, move right and towards you, and type
18,282Enter. Push/PullP Click the rectangle, push it down and type44Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it, press G and name it Side batten.You should see: A batten on the chimney breast, from the front to the back batten, the same height.
MoveM With the side batten selected, tap Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to copy. Click its bottom corner at the front, move right, press → to lock it to the red axis and type
882Enter.You should see: One on each wall: 900 − 18 = 882.
SelectSpace Click the left batten, hold Shift and click the right one: both are selected. MoveM Tap Ctrl, click the left one's bottom corner at the front, move up, press ↑ and type
400Enter. Then typex2Enter.You should see: Six side battens, one at each end of every back batten.
Press Check my work.
You should see: 6 of 6 right.
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).
On a tablet or phone: press Full screen, tap to click, drag one finger to move the pointer while you draw (or to turn the view), pinch with two fingers to zoom, and type sizes on the keypad under the model (its red, green and blue keys lock an axis, as the arrow keys do). A mouse and keyboard is quicker.
Where it goes
The boards
Every size in millimetres. Battens 44 × 18, shelves from 18 mm board, in an alcove 900 wide and 300 deep.
Left batten, bottom
282 × 44 × 18282 long, from the front to the back batten, 44 high, 18 thick.
On the chimney breast, level with the back batten: its bottom 400 up.
Right batten, bottom
282 × 44 × 18The same as the left one: 282 × 44 × 18.
On the wall on the right, level with the back batten: its bottom 400 up.
Left batten, middle
282 × 44 × 18282 long, from the front to the back batten, 44 high, 18 thick.
On the chimney breast, level with the back batten: its bottom 800 up.
Right batten, middle
282 × 44 × 18The same as the left one: 282 × 44 × 18.
On the wall on the right, level with the back batten: its bottom 800 up.
Left batten, top
282 × 44 × 18282 long, from the front to the back batten, 44 high, 18 thick.
On the chimney breast, level with the back batten: its bottom 1200 up.
Right batten, top
282 × 44 × 18The same as the left one: 282 × 44 × 18.
On the wall on the right, level with the back batten: its bottom 1200 up.
Stuck?Show a hint
The side battens stop at the back batten: 300 − 18 = 282 long. Shift adds what you click to what's selected, so a move or a copy takes them all.
What Check my work looks at
- Every board's size, to 1 mm
- Where each board is, to 1 mm
- Which way each board is turned
- That each board is its own component
- That nothing is left loose