Lesson Summary

For a project, the user needed a pipe shell at a specific angle, which could not be bought straight from a store. The user documented their design process, starting with a sketch of a rectangle for a solid block with dimensions of 160 by 55 millimeters. They then extruded the sketch symmetrical. To give the cutout an angle, they constructed a plane at an angle and selected the middle axis. They also widened the rectangle. With the sketch plane created, they created a sketch on that plane. They defined the size of the pipe and added lines and arcs to create the inside and outside cutouts of the pipe. They also added wings for screw holes. They then mirrored the sketch to get both sides of the design. With closed profiles, they extruded the design. They added screw holes and completed the design with fillets and chamfers. The design can be adjusted by changing the angle of the plane and the size of the basic block.