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.
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 nine battens are there, locked.
You should see: Three levels of battens, 400 apart, ready for the shelves.
RectangleR Click the top corner of the bottom left batten, at the front. Move right and away from you, and type
900,300Enter. Push/PullP Click the rectangle, pull it up and type18Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it, press G and name it Shelf.You should see: A shelf wall to wall, resting on all three battens.
MoveM With the shelf selected, tap Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to copy. Click its bottom corner at the front on the left, move up, press ↑ and type
400Enter. Then typex2Enter.You should see: Three shelves, each on its own three battens.
Press Check my work.
You should see: 3 of 3 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.
Shelf, bottom
900 × 300 × 18900 wide, wall to wall, 300 deep, 18 thick.
On the battens, its top 462 up from the floor.
Shelf, middle
900 × 300 × 18900 wide, wall to wall, 300 deep, 18 thick.
On the battens, its top 862 up from the floor.
Shelf, top
900 × 300 × 18900 wide, wall to wall, 300 deep, 18 thick.
On the battens, its top 1262 up from the floor.
Stuck?Show a hint
A shelf held only at its two ends sags under books once it's much longer than about 800. This one is 900, so the back batten holds it all along its back edge too.
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