Boards, not boxes
Draw the box: a top and a bottom, 1000 × 600, over two sides, 1964 × 600. Each one its own component. The box sits 100 off the floor: the plinth goes under it in lesson 2.
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 floor, the wall and a dashed outline, 1000 × 600: the wardrobe stands here.
RectangleR Click the dashed corner at the front left, move towards the back right and type
1000,600Enter. Push/PullP Click the rectangle, pull it up and type18Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click the board to select all of it, press G and name it Bottom.You should see: A board on the outline. Entity Info says Component: Bottom.
MoveM Click a corner of the bottom and start moving it up. Press ↑ to lock it to the blue axis, so it can only go up or down, then type
100Enter.You should see: A gap of 100 under the bottom, the same all round.
RectangleR On top of the bottom, click its front-left corner and type
18,600Enter. Push/PullP Pull it up and type1964Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it, press G and name it Left side.You should see: The side stands on the bottom, flush at the front and the back.
MoveM With the left side selected, tap Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to copy. Click its front corner, move right and press → to lock it to the red axis, then type
982Enter.You should see: Two sides, 1000 apart on the outside: 1000 − 18 = 982.
SelectSpace Click the bottom. MoveM Tap Ctrl to copy, click its corner, move up, press ↑ for the blue axis and type
1982Enter. Then press Check my work.You should see: A closed box, 4 of 4 right. The top is a copy of the Bottom component: the same part twice.
Keys and axes
Tools
- RRectangle
- PPush/Pull
- MMove
- LLine
- 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, worked out from the wardrobe's 1000 × 2100 × 600.
Bottom
1000 × 600 × 181000 × 600, the full width and depth.
It sits 100 off the floor, for the plinth.
Left side
1964 × 600 × 182100 − 100 plinth − 18 top − 18 bottom = 1964 high, 600 deep.
It stands on the bottom at the left end, flush at the front and back.
Right side
1964 × 600 × 18The same as the left side: 1964 × 600.
It stands on the bottom at the right end, flush at the front and back.
Top
1000 × 600 × 181000 × 600, like the bottom.
It sits on the two sides, its top 2100 from the floor.
Stuck?Show a hint
Type the sizes as you draw: start the Rectangle, then type 1000,600 and press Enter. The top and bottom run over the sides, so the sides are 2100 − 100 − 18 − 18 = 1964.
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