Difference between revisions of "Creating custom vents"
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| − | Here are two ways to make a standard vent slot with rounded ends. If you use the grid, you can place (and evenly space) many of them quickly.<br><br> | + | Here are two quick and foolproof ways to make a standard vent slot with rounded ends. If you use the grid method, you can place (and evenly space) many of them quickly.<br><br> |
''To make a vent slot using the grid''<br> | ''To make a vent slot using the grid''<br> | ||
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''To make a vent slot without using the grid'' | ''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]]. | + | #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. |
| − | #Draw a circle at each end of the rectangle, and | + | #:[[File:vent-slot-2a.jpg]] |
| − | #Click the '''Measure''' tool, select the center of the rectangle and the center of one circle | + | #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"). |
| − | #[[Face_Editor#Path_editing:_Using_the_Trim_and_Merge_tools_to_create_cutouts | '''Merge''']] the three objects. | + | #:[[File:vent-slot-2b.jpg]] |
| − | #:The vent cutout is complete. | + | #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]] | ||
| + | #Change the '''distance''' to 0.0. | ||
| + | #:[[File:vent-slot-2d.jpg]] | ||
| + | #: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: | ||
| + | #:[[File:vent-slot-2e.jpg]] | ||
| + | #:and then the center of the second circle: | ||
| + | #:[[File:vent-slot-2f.jpg]] | ||
| + | #[[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]] | ||
| + | #: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]] | ||
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'''Note''': You can make a vent cutout of any shape using the [[Face_Editor#Draw_custom_paths | '''Path''' tool]]. | '''Note''': You can make a vent cutout of any shape using the [[Face_Editor#Draw_custom_paths | '''Path''' tool]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 10 September 2015
Here are two quick and foolproof ways to make a standard vent slot with rounded ends. If you use the grid method, you can place (and evenly space) many of them quickly.
To make a vent slot using the grid
- In the Face Editor, turn on the grid.
- Draw a rectangle and make it the size you want it to be. It will snap to the grid lines.
- Draw a circle at each end of the rectangle, and let them snap to the top and bottom of the rectangle.
- Click Edit, select the three objects, right-click within the selection box and choose Merge.
- The vent cutout is complete.
To make a vent slot without using the grid
- Draw a rectangle and specify its Width and Height in the Properties panel. Here, the slot is 0.5" wide and 0.25" high.
- 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").
- Click the Measure tool, and select first the center point on the left edge of the rectangle and then the center of one circle.
- Change the distance to 0.0.
- 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:
- and then the center of the second circle:
- Merge the three objects. (Click Edit, select the three objects, right-click inside the selection box and choose Merge.)
- The vent cutout is complete, as shown here in the Face Editor and the 3D View.
Note: You can make a vent cutout of any shape using the Path tool.
