Creating custom vents - Revision history

Jfinney: /* Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool */

2017-08-04T13:00:44Z

‎Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool

Jfinney: /* Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool */

2017-08-04T12:57:44Z

‎Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool

Jfinney: /* Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool */

2017-08-04T12:57:13Z

‎Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool

Jfinney: /* Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool */

2017-08-04T12:51:14Z

‎Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool

Jfinney: /* Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool */

2017-08-04T12:50:23Z

‎Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool

Jfinney: /* To make a vent slot without using the grid */

2017-08-04T12:45:41Z

‎To make a vent slot without using the grid

Jfinney: /* To make a vent slot without using the grid */

2017-08-04T12:42:49Z

‎To make a vent slot without using the grid

Jfinney: /* To make a vent slot using the grid */

2017-08-04T12:39:37Z

‎To make a vent slot using the grid

Stownsend at 14:00, 11 September 2015

2015-09-11T14:00:12Z

Stownsend: /* To make a vent slot using the grid */

2015-09-10T17:46:29Z

‎To make a vent slot using the grid

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 #:The slot drawing is complete.
 #In the toolbar, click the '''Accept Changes and Close''' button [[File:Button-acceptclose_NEW.png]]. The screen returns to the Library Manager, with the slot selected.
-#:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13_NEW.png|300px]]
 #With the vent slot still selected, click the '''Place Item''' button.
 #:The Face Editor is displayed, with the cursor in a shape simulating the slot.
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 #Click anywhere on the enclosure.
 #:A cutout of the slot is added to the face, at the 45-degree angle.
-#:[[File:17NEW_NEW_STEP_16.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:17NEW_NEW_STEP_16_NEW.png|300px]]
-#In the Face Editor toolbar, click the '''Cut''' button [[File:18CUT_BUTTON_IN_TOOLBAR.jpg]], then the '''Grid''' button, then the '''Size''' button.
+#In the Face Editor toolbar, click the '''Cut''' button [[File:Button-Cut_NEW.png]], then the '''Grid''' button, then the '''Size''' button.
 #In the Grid Size dialog that opens, enter the following values and then click '''OK'''.
 #:'''Width''': 0.2
 #:'''Height''': 0.2
 #In the Face Editor, move the cursor to wherever you want to place the first slot in the cutout, then click the '''Paste'''  button. Repeat this a number of times on one side of the enclosure at equal intervals that look nice.
-#:[[File:20placing_cutout_at_equal_intervals_that_look_nice.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:20placing_cutout_at_equal_intervals_that_look_nice_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Now make a mirror image, using a -45 degree angle, on the other side of the enclosure:
 ##Select a cutout.

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 #:The slot drawing is complete.
 #In the toolbar, click the '''Accept Changes and Close''' button [[File:Button-acceptclose_NEW.png]]. The screen returns to the Library Manager, with the slot selected.
-#:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13_NEW.png|300px]]
+#:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13.jpg|300px]]
 #With the vent slot still selected, click the '''Place Item''' button.
 #:The Face Editor is displayed, with the cursor in a shape simulating the slot.

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 #:[[File:7vent-slot-cutout6_NEW.png]]
 #The grid for the new item is displayed. (By default, it is displayed in the lower left corner of the Face Editor screen. To center it, click the '''Pan''' button, drag the grid to the middle of the screen, then click the '''Draw''' button.)
-#:[[File:8vent-slot-cutout7a.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:8vent-slot-cutout7a_NEW.png|500px]]
 #Now draw the bottom edge of the slot. Click the '''Path''' tool [[File:8APath-button.jpg]], then click on the grid at -.4, -.05, and then again at +.4,-.05.
-#:[[File:9vent-slot-cutout8.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:9vent-slot-cutout8_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Now draw the right edge of the slot. First, click the '''arc''' button in the Properties panel, then click on the grid at +.4, +.05.
-#:[[File:10vent-slot-cutout9.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:10vent-slot-cutout9_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Click the '''Snap To Grid''' button [[File:11SNAP_TO_GRID_BUTTON.jpg]]to turn off the automatic snapping, then click on the grid at +.45, 0.
-#:[[File:12NEW_STEP_10_B.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:12NEW_STEP_10_B_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Now draw the top edge of the slot. First, click the '''line''' button in the Properties panel, then click the '''Snap to Grid''' button in the toolbar.
 ##Click on the grid at +.4,-.05.
-#:[[File:13NEW_STEP_11B.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:13NEW_STEP_11B_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Now draw the left edge of the slot. First, click the '''arc''' button in the Properties panel, then click on the grid at -.4, -.05.
-#:[[File:14NEW_STEP_12.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:14NEW_STEP_12_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Click the '''Snap to Grid''' button to turn off the snap, then click on the grid at -.45, 0.
-#:[[File:15NEW_STEP_12B.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:15NEW_STEP_12B_NEW.png|300px]]
 #:The slot drawing is complete.
-#In the toolbar, click the '''Accept Changes and Close''' button [[File:13AACCEPT_CHANGES_AND_CLOSE_BUTTON.jpg]]. The screen returns to the Library Manager, with the slot selected.
+#In the toolbar, click the '''Accept Changes and Close''' button [[File:Button-acceptclose_NEW.png]]. The screen returns to the Library Manager, with the slot selected.
-#:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:16NEW_STEP_13_NEW.png|300px]]
 #With the vent slot still selected, click the '''Place Item''' button.
 #:The Face Editor is displayed, with the cursor in a shape simulating the slot.

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 #:Width: 0.1
 #:Height: 0.05
-#:[[File:7vent-slot-cutout6.jpg]]
+#:[[File:7vent-slot-cutout6_NEW.png]]
 #The grid for the new item is displayed. (By default, it is displayed in the lower left corner of the Face Editor screen. To center it, click the '''Pan''' button, drag the grid to the middle of the screen, then click the '''Draw''' button.)
 #:[[File:8vent-slot-cutout7a.jpg|500px]]

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 You can make a cutout of any shape using the [[Face_Editor#Draw_custom_paths | '''Path''' tool]]. In this example, the same type of vent slot is created as in the first two examples, but using more manual methods than the first two examples above, and creating the cutout in the Cutout Library.
 #Start a new file (from the 3D View, choose '''File''' > '''New'''), select the plain rackmount, and click '''OK'''.
-#:[[File:1ventslot.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:1ventslot_NEW.png|500px]]
 #In the 3D View window that opens with the rackmount displayed, click the '''Select a Face to Edit''' button on the top toolbar, then click anywhere on the front cover.
 #:The Face Editor opens, displaying the face of the front cover.
 #Open the Cutout Library by choosing '''Cutout Library and Fasteners''' > '''Cutout Library'''.
 #In the Library Manager window that opens, click the '''New Item''' button.
-#:[[File:3vent-slot-cutout4.jpg|500px]]
+#:[[File:3vent-slot-cutout4_NEW.png|500px]]
 #In the New Library Item dialog that opens, enter the following values and then click '''OK'''. (Note that inches is the unit of measure.)
 #:'''Name''':	Vent Slot (or any name you wish)
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 #:'''Height''': 0.1
 #:'''Origin Placement''': Click the center dot.
-#:[[File:4vent-slot-cutout5.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:4vent-slot-cutout5_NEW.png|300px]]
 #In the toolbar, click the '''Size''' button [[File:5Size-button.jpg]] and then click the '''Grid''' button [[File:6Grid-button.jpg]].
 #In the Grid Size dialog that opens, enter the following values and then click '''OK'''.

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 #:[[File:vent-slot-2e_NEW.png|600px]]
 #:then change the '''distance''' to 0.0:
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2f.jpg|600px]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2f_NEW.png|600px]]
 #[[Face_Editor#Path_editing:_Using_the_Trim_and_Merge_tools_to_create_cutouts | '''Merge''']] the three objects. (Click '''Edit''', select the three objects, right-click inside the selection box and choose '''Merge'''.)
-#:[[File:Vent-slot-2f1.jpg]]
+#:[[File:Vent-slot-2f1_NEW.png]]
 #:The vent cutout is complete, as shown here in the Face Editor and the 3D View.
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2complete.jpg]] [[File:vent-slot-2complete2.jpg]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2complete_NEW.png]] [[File:vent-slot-2complete2_NEW.png]]
 ===Creating a custom vent with arcs, lines, and the Path tool===

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 ===To make a vent slot without using the grid===
 #Draw a rectangle and specify its '''Width''' and '''Height''' in the [[Face_Editor#Managing_object_properties | Properties panel]]. Here, the slot is 0.5" wide and 0.25" high.
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2a.jpg|600px]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2a_NEW.png|600px]]
 #Draw a circle at each end of the rectangle, and change each '''Diameter''' to be the same as the '''Height''' of the rectangle (in this exercise, 0.25").
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2b.jpg|600px]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2b_NEW.png|600px]]
 #Click the '''Measure''' tool, and select first the center point on the left edge of the rectangle and then the center of one circle.
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2c.jpg|600px]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2c_NEW.png|600px]]
 #Change the '''distance''' to 0.0.
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2d.jpg|600px]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2d_NEW.png|600px]]
 #:Notice that the '''y difference''' and '''x difference''' change automatically.
 #Repeat this for the second circle. Select first the center point on the right edge of the rectangle, then the center of the second circle:
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2e.jpg|600px]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2e_NEW.png|600px]]
 #:then change the '''distance''' to 0.0:
 #:[[File:vent-slot-2f.jpg|600px]]

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 #In the Face Editor, turn on the [[Face_Editor#Using_the_grid | '''grid''']], and ensure that the [[Face_Editor#Change_grid_size_and_offset| '''grid size''']] (width and height) are compatible with the size that you want the rectangle to be.
 #Draw a rectangle and make it the size you want it to be, as it snaps to the grid lines.
-#:[[File:Vent_grid1.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:Vent_grid1_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Draw a circle at each end of the rectangle, and let them snap to the top and bottom of the rectangle.
-#:[[File:Vent_grid2.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:Vent_grid2_NEW.png|300px]]
 #Click '''Edit''', select the three objects, right-click within the selection box and choose '''Merge'''.
-#:[[File:Vent_grid3.jpg|300px]]
+#:[[File:Vent_grid3_NEW.png|300px]]
 #:The vent cutout is complete, as shown here in the Face Editor and the 3D View.
-#:[[File:vent-slot-2complete.jpg]] [[File:vent-slot-2complete2.jpg]]
+#:[[File:vent-slot-2complete_NEW.png]] [[File:vent-slot-2complete2_NEW.png]]
 ===To make a vent slot without using the grid===