Measuring Parts
Measuring your shapes will help you determine how well your part will fit your components. To measure the length and height of your object, select a desired outline while the object is selected. With the line selected, choose the Measure option in the top menu to pull out the measurement panel. Scroll down to see the length of your line.Modifying Objects
To modify an object, click on the shape to select it. It should have a highlighted blue stroke around the object. While selected, click on a desired face to bring up the gear settings.
With the face selected, select the press/pull option under the gear icon. Type in a value in millimeters or drag the arrow handle to tweak the size of the shape.
Now select the object you want to become the part first and then select the object you wish to be used to cut (subtracted) your part. You can hold down the shift key to select multiple objects. Remember, the first object that was select will be the main part, everything select after that will be subtracted from the first shape.
To accept and apply the subtract boolean operation, click on an empty area on the grid.
This guide was first published on Dec 28, 2013. It was last updated on Dec 28, 2013.
This page (Modeling) was last updated on Dec 26, 2013.
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