Posts in the corners and the middle
Stand a post 50 × 50 and 450 high in each corner, inside the boards, and one in the middle of each long side, so the long boards don't bow out under the soil.
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 eight boards are there, locked so they can't move.
You should see: The bed's boards all round, ready for the posts inside them.
RectangleR Click the top corner inside the bed at the front left, where the end board meets the front board. Press ↑ so the rectangle lies flat, move right and away from you, and type
50,50Enter. Push/PullP Click the little square, push it down and type450Enter. SelectSpace Triple-click it, press G and name it Post.You should see: A post in the front left corner, down to the ground and level with the top of the boards.
MoveM With the post selected, tap Ctrl (Option on a Mac) to copy. Click its top corner at the front on the left, move right, press → to lock it to the red axis and type
1674Enter. Then type/2Enter.You should see: Three posts along the front: /2 shared the 1674 between two copies, one in the middle and one in the corner.
SelectSpace Click the left post, hold Shift and click the other two. MoveM Tap Ctrl, click the left one's top corner at the front, move away from you, press ← to lock it to the green axis and type
774Enter.You should see: Six posts: one in each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
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. Scaffold boards 225 × 38, posts 50 × 50, capping from decking boards 120 × 28.
Post, front, left end
450 × 50 × 5050 × 50, 450 high: as high as the boards.
Inside the front boards, at the left end.
Post, front, middle
450 × 50 × 5050 × 50, 450 high: as high as the boards.
Inside the front boards, in the middle.
Post, front, right end
450 × 50 × 5050 × 50, 450 high: as high as the boards.
Inside the front boards, at the right end.
Post, back, left end
450 × 50 × 5050 × 50, 450 high: as high as the boards.
Inside the back boards, at the left end.
Post, back, middle
450 × 50 × 5050 × 50, 450 high: as high as the boards.
Inside the back boards, in the middle.
Post, back, right end
450 × 50 × 5050 × 50, 450 high: as high as the boards.
Inside the back boards, at the right end.
Stuck?Show a hint
x2 after a copy makes more copies, the same distance apart. /2 shares the distance you moved between two copies: half way and all the way. The posts are 1800 − 38 − 38 − 50 = 1674 apart from the first to the last.
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