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Before using these instructions, it is very helpful to watch this video screencast of the CAD drawing
actually being done in the software. Click this link for the video instructions
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Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk
Click on the
same start and
end points to
draw the next
arc so it mirrors
the first arc.
Select the point on the arc one
square below the centre of the
circle.
Now start the next arc 2 small
squares above and below the
circle point on the arc, one
square to the side of the centre.
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Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk
SAVE YOUR
WORK!
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Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk
SAVE YOUR
WORK!
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Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk
Select Modify Fillet and then left click on each of the inner
spoke edges in turn to select them. Fillet by radius of 1,
then press enter to finish.
Your
drawing
should look
like this.
SAVE YOUR
WORK!
Add the centre solid piece of the wheel with a rounded top piece
Select Construct Extrude and click on the centre circle sketch extrude by 5.5mm.
Remember that you extruded the rest of the wheel by 4mm, so
the centre circle will protrude by 1.5mm (5.5 4 = 1.5).
Use Modify
Fillet to
round off the
centre piece
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Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk
Rotate the screen to look at the underside of the wheel and you will see there is a hole
(this is because you mirrored the wheel before you extruded the centre circle.
You can extrude this
centre piece now by
selecting Construct
Extrude and clicking
on the centre circle.
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Diane Burton, STEM Outreach. D.S.Burton@warwick.ac.uk