The floor and the back
Start the bird box: a back, 150 wide and 380 high, and a floor in front of it, 150 × 150, from 15 mm board. Each one its own component.
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.
You should see: The top of a workbench, a dashed square for the floor and a thin dashed strip behind it for the back.
RectangleR Click the dashed corner on the left where the square and the strip meet. Move right and away from you, and type
150,15Enter. Push/PullP Click the thin rectangle, pull it up and type380Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it to select all of it, press G and name it Back.You should see: A tall back on the strip. It's taller than the box, so you can fix it to a wall or a tree.
RectangleR Click the same corner, at the bottom of the back. Move right and towards you, and type
150,150Enter. Push/PullP Pull it up and type15Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it, press G and name it Floor.You should see: A square floor on the dashed square, against the back.
Press Check my work.
You should see: 2 of 2 right.
Keys and axes
Tools
- RRectangle
- PPush/Pull
- LLine
- CCircle
- MMove
- QRotate
- 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, from one plank 150 wide and 15 thick.
Back
380 × 150 × 15150 wide, 380 high, 15 thick.
On the dashed strip at the back, standing on the bench.
Floor
150 × 150 × 15150 × 150, 15 thick.
On the dashed square, against the back.
Stuck?Show a hint
Type the sizes as you draw: start the Rectangle, then type 150,15 and press Enter. The first size goes along the first way you move (right), the second along the other (away from you).
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