Concepts Tutorial 3 : Paper Clip
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1. affecting the validity of any trade mark or service mark Copyright 2005 CSi All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form by any means without the prior written permission of CSi The information contained in this publication is believed to be accurate and reli able However CSi makes no representation or warrantees with respect to the program material described within and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further CSi reserves the right to revise the program material and make changes therein from time to time without obliga tion to notify the purchaser of the revisions or changes In no event shall CSi be liable for any incidental indirect special or consequential damages arising out of the purchaser s use of the program material Revision 1 0 8 May 05 Original Creation Jol Yates www csi concepts com2. or 2 5 mm Leave the inside diameter as zero Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 e Now draw a fence a box around the entirety of your Paper Clip Provided the pipe diameter is not too large the Paper Clip should now be seen with material thickness stated See Fig 9 below Fig 9 Finished Paper Clip 6 Additional Notes and Comments If you are not seeing the clip as it appears in Fig 7 it may be that you are viewing in vvireframe mode as opposed to shaded mode Try clicking the shade mode buttons at the bottom of the toolbar See Fig 10 Fig 10 The Shade Mode buttons are at the bottom of the Tool Bar Try experimenting using the right click contextual menu on your paper clip to change the color resolution or transparency of the object See Fig 11 Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 Hide Show Only gt Resolution Black Layer White Object Info Red Change Object Type Yellow Select Cyan Blue Magenta More Part_151 Duplicate Part As Instance Duplicate Part With History Transparency Construction Lines Fig 11 Right Click on any object to see a contextual menu of object related settings License Notes All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capi talized CSi cannot attest to the accuracy of this information Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as
3. Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 Concepts Tutorials 3 Paper Clip Figs amp 2 Paper Clip Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 About this tutorial Application Concepts 3D Concepts Unlimited Description in this tutorial we learn to make connected lines with the multi line tool how to use the select chain and how to apply the pipe tool Level Beginner Requires reading the Getting Started section of the User Manual NOA Further Information Please refer to the product User Manual Additionally the Concepts User Forum provides discussion and assistance www csi concepts conceptsunlimited Fig 2 Connected Line Fillet Three Curves Solid Pipe Tools Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 Making the Paper Clip can be broken down into the following process Drawing the 2D Profiles from which to create the 3D 2 Using the Solid Pipe tool to generate the Paper Clip from it s profile Fig 3 Profile A shown is lathed around axis B Setting Up e Open Concepts e Change view to Top View View gt top Alternately right click on the drawing window and use the contextual menu e Set the zoom extents of your screen by drawing a horizontal line from the origin a little longer than the length of your Paper Clip Press the fe key on the keyboard to comfortably fit that line and thus your model to your screen e You are now ready to draw the profiles necessary to create your Paper Clip 2 Draw Pro
4. erpendicular e Pass the origin point by a short distance and place the 4th point e Continue this process until you have a multi line that looks like Fig 4 below Fig 4 Seven Segment Multi Line e When you have placed the 8th point ie seven segments as shown press the ESC key on the keyboard to exit the tool 3 Now use the Fillet Three Lines tool to round the ends of the Clip e You are now ready to round the ends of the Paper Clip e Choose the Fillet Three Lines tool from the fillet palette Select three objects for curve fillet e Click the 3 lines approximately as marked in fig 5 below Fig 5 Click these points to create a 3 Line Fillet e You should now have a rounded ended paper clip Fig 6 Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 Fig 6 First end rounded Repeat this process on the left hand end of the clip Fig 7 Fig 7 Two ends rounded e And one more time for the last curve You should now have a drawing of a Paper Clip as shown below in Fig 8 Fig 8 Paper Clip profile complete 4 Creating a Pipe Solid from the Clip profile e In order to give material thickness to the Paper Clip you will now use the Solid Pipe tool e Choose the Solid Pipe tool from the solids from profiles palette Select curve for pipe path Outside Diameter 2 50 Inside Diameter 0 0 e Enter an appropriate value for the outside diameter of the solid pipe that the clip will be respresented by e In this case it is 0 1 inch
5. files e Start by choosing the multi line tool e The connected line tool is in the line palette of the tool bar e Note To reveal the line palette left click on the line tool and drag to the right Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 e Once selected the tool name in the top bar changes to read multi line e The multi line tool allows multiple segments of straight and arced line to be drawn consecutively The endpoint of one segment being the startpoint of the next e Beneath the tool name are prompts relative to that tool e Note Always keep an eye on the prompt it will assist you through any given operation Select line start point e Click on the origin to place the Ist point of your multi line e Move your cursor to the right an arbitrary distance from the origin to near the right side of the screen e Note To assist you in drawing a horizontal line you will see the dotted helper line of the intelligent snaps and a point at the origin marked align x e Click to place the 2nd point e From here move your cursor up the screen about a third as far as the first part of the line e Again watch for the helper line of the intelligent snaps to ensure that you are perpen dicular to the first part of the line Paper Clip CSi Tutorials 3 e Click to place the 3rd point e Next move your cursor to the left again Keep horizontal by ensuring you can see a horizontal helper line and the segment start point marked p
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