Tutorial 1

Step 1

1. Open thinkdesign and open a New Model . Close the History tree.
   
2. Right click in workspace and select Options.
3. Click on the General tab and set the unit of measure to Inches and OK the dialog box.

   

4. Select the Rectangle button from the Drafting toolbar.
5. Set the Cen+Sizes to 4 and 3 in the parameter areas, center the profile and hit Esc to exit the command.

   

6. Drag the rectangle to the center of the workspace.

7. Right click a line segment and Select-Chain from this.
8. Select Linear Solid and set the Depth to 2.

9. Hit to create the solid.

10. Right click to dynamically rotate the solid to check the depth of the Linear Protrusion.
    
11. Double click on the face to set the Workplane and let's start working. First we'll construct a hole through the face.

12. Select the Simple Hole command. Set Extension to thru all and Diameter at 1.0. Set Type from 2 edges and set the distances for 1.5 and 2.0 for the first and second distances.

    

13. Hit and Dynamically rotate the Solid.

    

14. Right on track! Next we'll shell the block.
15. Select the Shell Feature command. Select faces to be removed and set the Global Thickness at 0.125.

16. Hit and exit the command.

    

17. Dynamically rotate to inspect the shelled solid. The solid should now look like this.

    

18. We'll now add a simple shaft to one end of the shelled block.

19. Set the workplane on one end of the block and select the Simple Shaft command.

20. Center a .5 diameter shaft 2 inches in length on the workplane. Check your dimensions.

21. Hit .

    

22. Dynamically rotate to check the location of the shaft.

    

23. We'll have to change the dimension of the length of the shaft. Double click on the dimension of the shaft that reads 2 inches. A dialog box will appear with a rebuild button. Change the value from 2 to 1 and hit the rebuild button.

    

24. Notice the immediate change in the length of the shaft.

    

25. Lets chamfer the edges next.

26. Set the chamfer to 0.065.

    

27. Hit and dynamically rotate the solid to check all chamfered edges.

    

28. One last step. Place a Fillet with a .125 radius on the top of the shaft inside the block.

    

29. Here's the completed shelled block. Next we'll work on the handle.