I am a Noobie and am having a big fight with AutoCAD.
I want to draw out some basic office shelfs that I am trying to build.
I have Wall bracket railings about an inch square and of varying lengths: 47.5, 30.5, & 25"
I have 4 different sizes of shelf brackets (one bracket at each end): 7", 11.5", 13", & 20.5" deep
I have a bunch of lumber
30"L x 6"W x 3/4" H
42"L x 6"W x 3/4" H
42"L x 3"W x 3/4" H
30"L x 1.5"W x 3/4" H
I can use any length of the lumber but I want to keep things symmetric: 42/2=21, 42/3=14, 42/4=10.5 and not waste any lumber. The depth of the shelfs will be fastened together so by the 1.5" slats extending just the left and right edges of the shelf.
I want to draft a simple parametric drawing that lays out what I can do.
I can't seem to keep rectangles to stay rectangles, I can't get 3D cubes to align by the faces of each other or set measurements from edges using the parametics, its only 2D...
I played with trying to make blocks out of my parts but they would not insert right.
I also can't constrain a block to a length....
Any help on this simple project would be useful, I am considering going to powerpoint!
