Set me on a workflow path, please....

[crichmobile]

Hello fellow quaranteeners.

My first post/project - I’m very new to this, but have watched hours and hours of tutorials and done some dabbling.

Want to work up this small part that contains a threaded sleeve, 4mm round flange above it, and a 10mm hexagonal shape above that.

What’s the best strategy here? Start with a cylinder, ‘shell’ it and thread it? Would I need to use offset planes to add the extruded flange and hex section?

If you can just put me on a path, I’m more than happy to do the legwork.

Thanks much in advance.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try it this way:

Only 1 sketch!

günther

[crichmobile]

Ah, thank you.  Looks straight-forward enough.

There's that circular flange I need to add in there, between the threaded bits and the hex shape, but I'll bet I can work that out....

Thanks for that!

[chrisplyler · Accepted solution]

If  a sketch becomes quite cluttered, it is better to separate it into multiple, simpler sketches. But in this case, all you need is a few circles and a hexagon. Plenty simple enough to just put it all in one sketch. You're dimensions may be different, but something like this:

Then, you can Extrude each section using the appropriate Profiles in the sketch and using the Start options in the Extrude tool (profile plane, offset plane, or from object) to establish the relative positions of the three sections.

[crichmobile]

Thanks so much. 

I will plug away and report back!

-chris

[crichmobile]

I'm sure this is a silly question, but how do I get my dimensions back after I switch back into sketches from an extrude?

[TheCADWhisperer]

Right click on sketch and select Show Dimensions.

When you finish your first part - I recommend that you File>Export and Attach the *.f3d file here for constructive critique of the modeling techniques used.

[crichmobile]

Here's something.  Sort of a first pass.

Hopefully that will come through.

[chrisplyler]

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@crichmobile wrote:

I'm sure this is a silly question, but how do I get my dimensions back after I switch back into sketches from an extrude?

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Your question is confusing. Switch back into sketches?

All dimensions within a particular sketch will display WHILE you are editing that sketch. The same dimensions can be made to display even when you aren't editing the sketch, by right-clicking on the sketch in the Project Browser, and selecting Show Dimensions from the context menu that pops up.

In my example workflow, I said to do it all in one sketch, then do all the extrudes, so you shouldn't have to go back into editing the sketch, unless you want to edit the dimensions there.

[crichmobile]

Thanks Chris -  Yes, the CADwhisperer told me about right click-show dimensions.

I did a few extrusions and then wanted to tweak the dimensions and could not figure out how to get them back.

But I see them now....  Thanks again.

[chrisplyler · Accepted solution]

You can do dimension edits in several ways.

You can turn on the aforementioned Show Dimensions setting for a sketch.

You can EDIT the sketch, which actually puts you back into sketching mode.

You can change parameter values for the desired dimensions within the Change Parameters dialog box.

In some cases, adding a Push/Pull event changes a related dimensions for you.

[crichmobile]

Excellent, super-helpful.  I'd made the sketch using parameters, so that was a good tip, too.

Thanks much, guys.

Chris