Conceptual Design Session PDF

SpaceClaim 2009
SpaceClaim for
Conceptual Engineering
A SpaceClaim Support Document
SpaceClaim 2009 SpaceClaim for Conceptual Engineering
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Introduction
In this Class we will be focusing on
quick geometry creation through the
creation of a Medical Cart.
We will focus on:
• Quick Sketching
• Working in a 2D cross section
• Using Pull, Move, and Combine
• Importing parts into a design
• And Edge Manipulation
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Section One
Creating a Simple Assembly
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Options
To begin we will change some
options. Go to the application menu
in the top left corner of the screen.
Once there select SpaceClaim
Options.
Go to the units tab and make sure

you are in Metric.
Then go to the advanced tab and

make sure that “Auto-extrude…”
and “Automatically calculate…” are
on. These will allow you to create
solids in section mode and power
select quicker.
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Orient Sketch Grid

You will begin all SpaceClaim by
sketching on the top plane. To
sketch on the front click the select
new sketch plane button and then
click in the upper right hand corner
of the screen.
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Plan View and Shortcuts

To view a heads up display click the
“Plan View” button. Notice that the
shortcut is “V”. Shortcuts will be
given in all of the tooltips. This is
located in the bottom right hand
corner of your sketch grid, or
located in the upper left region of
the ribbon tool bar.
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Cylinder
The first thing we will sketch will be
a cylinder. Select “Cylinder” in the
upper right corner of the Ribbon
Bar.
Click once to start the cylinder.

Make the cylinder vertical and type
in a value of 400 for the height.
It will then look for a value for the

Circumference. Enter in a value of
280.
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Spin, Pan, and Zoom

You’ve just created a solid and we
can see it in the structure tree on
the far left of the screen.
To view it easier we can spin, pan,

or zoom around our model. To spin,
hold down the Middle Mouse Button
(MMB). To pan, hold Shift+MMB.
To zoom, hold Ctrl+MMB.
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Display Tab
To change the graphics or display of
your design, go to the “Display Tab”.
Here I like to turn “Fade Scene
Under Grid” off, and turn “Clip
Scene Above Grid” on. I encourage
you to play with these options to get
the graphics you prefer.
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Orient View
Go Back to the “Design Tab” and
click “Plan View (V)”.
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Cylinder
Now we will make another cylinder.
Start at the midpoint shown with the

triangle in the picture on the left.
Create a cylinder 1200 mm tall and

with a circumference of 100 mm.
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Sketch vs. Section Mode

Now go to the rectangle sketch tool.
Start the sketch on the midpoint of

the axis.
Create a rectangle 700 mm by 100

mm.
After sketching the rectangle click

“Section Mode (X)” located in the
middle of the ribbon bar. Notice that
the sketch turned into a surface.
Now we will be able to start
sketching solids.
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3D Direct Sketching
Create another rectangle to make a
keep out for a chair. Notice that you
now have three dimensions. The
dimension of “10” is the depth. This
depth will extrude both ways from
the sketch.
You can change the value if you

like, but once you click a second
time to complete the rectangle you
will get a solid as seen in the
structure tree below.
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Orient View
Rotate the view to see the solid
you’ve created.
Click “Plan View (V)” after looking at

it to go back into a heads up view.
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3D Direct Sketching
Create another rectangle for a tray.
We are still ball parking the design
so simply make a thin rectangle
starting within the last rectangle and
snap it to the edge of the cylinder.
Make the depth of this solid 600
mm.
Notice that we should now have

three solids and one surface in the
structure tree.
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Section Edits
Select the “Split Face” tool and click
on the rightmost edge of the large
chair rectangle.
Select “Pull (P)”. Select the large

green line indicated in the middle
picture and pull it back to form an
“L”.
Note: In section mode the cross-

hatching is not selectable.
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Cylinder
Select the “Cylinder” tool in the
upper right of the Ribbon bar.
Sketch a thin cylinder connecting

the chair to roughly the middle of the
surface indicated below.
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Cylinder
Sketch another thin cylinder to
create a keep out for a robotic arm.
Start the sketch on the edge of the
tall cylinder.
Create a second cylinder at an

angle from the first one.
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Sphere
Select the “Sphere” tool.
Starting from the intersection of the

two cylinders, make the sphere big
enough to encompass the entire
intersection.
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Sketching Completed
Look at the structure tree. You
should have four solids and one
surface: a Chair, Tray, Stand, and
Arm.
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3D Mode
Click “3D Mode (D)” button to bring
yourself out of the sketch.
Next select “Pull (P)” so we can start

to make edits to the geometry.
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Pull Options
Zoom into the surface below the
Chair shaped solid.
Select on the surface and look at

the mini toolbar which appears
towards the upper right of the
selection.
The mini toolbar houses tools from

the options panel on the middle-left
of the screen.
Select the both ways option to

stretch the surface from the middle.
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Pull and Undo

Thicken the surface into a solid by
holding the left mouse button down
and dragging in either direction.
Notice that most of the solids have

combined together and we only
have three solids in the structure
tree.
Click the “Undo” button (or Ctrl+Z) to

reverse that operation.
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No Merge
Now also select the “No merge”
option on the left side of the screen.
This will allow all of our solids to
remain separate after the Pull is
finished.
Begin thickening the surface, and

type in 200mm for a thickness.
Notice the surface has been

extruded into a new solid.
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Split Solid
Select the “Split Solid” button in the
upper left portion of the ribbon bar.
Click the green stand in the leftmost

picture, then select the top face of
the lower wide cylinder.
This will split that solid, about that

face. Notice that when a region
highlights in red SpaceClaim is
asking if you want to delete it.
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Combine and Toolguides

Select the “Combine (I)” button next
to “Split Solid”. First, select the
green highlighted box in the bottom
left image.
Next, hold down the Ctrl key. Notice

that the toolguides in the upper right
of the screen switches from a saw
icon to a merge icon. This is
because “Combine” both merges
and splits geometry.
While holding the Ctrl key, select the

lower wide cylinder to merge the two
together into one solid. The new
solid will be highlighted.
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Box Select
Click the “Select (S)” button in the
middle of the ribbon bar.
Box select all of the solids on screen

from upper left to lower right.
Next, Right Mouse Button (RMB) in

white space and pick “Move Each to
New Component”.
This will change the model from a

part to an assembly.
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Display Tab and Color

Select an edge of the thin
rectangular tray.
Go to the third tab above the Ribbon

bar which is the “Display” tab. This
houses all graphics information.
Select the down arrow next to the

“Color” button directly below the
Display Tab.
Change the color of the tray to blue.
Note: You can change the color of

individual faces. This means that to
change the color of a solid, choose
the entire solid or the edge of a
solid.
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Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

Select the down arrow to the right of
the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT).
Choose “Customize Quick Access

Toolbar” from the drop down list.
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Adding to the QAT

Tools can be added from nearly any
part of the interface.
To add “Color” to the QAT, choose

commands from the “Style” area of
SpaceClaim.
Next select Color, click “Add”, and

then leave the options panel by
clicking OK.
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Color
Select the top edge of the long thin
cylinder.
Select the down arrow on the

“Color” button in the QAT.
Change the color of the solid to

Red.
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Completed Section One

The assembly is now completed.
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Workshop One (optional)
Open Workshop1_Blender.scdoc.
Use Split Solid, Combine, and

reordering of the structure tree to
make the four new components as
seen in the bottom images.
Note: Try to use faces on the solids

to split with before combining them
back together.
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Section Two
Replacing Components and Edge Manipulation
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Replace Component
Select on the “Design” Tab above
the ribbon bar.
Right click on the Component

containing the Chair. This will most
likely be named Component1.
Select on “Replace Component…”

from the drop down list.
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Opening Files
Sort file types by SolidWorks files.
Select “_office_chair.SLDASM” and
click open.
Note: If you do not have translators

there will be a SpaceClaim
Document with the same geometry
to open.
The office chair will replace the old

keep out in the assembly.
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Hiding Components
Go to the structure tree and expand
“_office_chair” by clicking the “plus
box” next to it.
Then click the check box next to

“wheels” to hide the lower portion of
the imported assembly.
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Replace Component
Right click on the component
housing the arm on the top right of
the assembly.
Most likely this will be Component3.
Select “Replace Component…” from

the drop down list.
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Opening Files
Sort the file types by Pro/E files.
Select “_tmnt83972.asm.1” and click
open.
Note: If you do not have translators

there will be a SpaceClaim
Document with the same geometry
to open.
A new robotic arm should be

imported.
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Temporary Axis
Select the “Pull (P)” button in the
middle of the ribbon bar.
Highlight over the red cylinder. This

will make a temporary axis appear
through the cylinder.
Click the axis when it appears.
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Pull Toolguides
Select the “Pull Direction (Alt+click)”
toolguide on the right side of the
screen.
Select the blue edge indicated in the

picture below to set a new pull
direction.
Select the both ways option from the

mini toolbar when it appears or
select it from the options panel
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Pull Axis
Start to Pull the axis and watch the
cylinder begin to pull into a solid
slot.
While pulling, hit Spacebar to freeze

the action.
Type in 240 and hit enter.
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Slot Association
Select on the face of the slot
indicated below.
Drag the face out and watch all of

the faces expand and keep the
shape of the slot.
Hit the escape key to cancel that

operation.
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Remove Association
Select on the face of the slot again
and right click. You should see at
the top of the list an option to
remove the slot association.
Now click on the same face as

before and pull it one way or the
next.
Take note of the different behavior

before hitting the escape key to
again cancel the operation.
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Split Face
Select the “Split Face” button in the
upper right of the ribbon bar.
Select the top face of the slot.
Select the bottom toolguide on the

right of the screen which looks like a
saw.
Select the full round on the slot to

split the top face and make a circle
on top of the model.
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Split Face (cont.)

Select the larger region of the top
face.
Next select the other full round to

make a second circle on top of the
model.
You should be able to select

through the model without rotating
around to the other side.
Select the “Pull (P)” button and

select on the region indicated in the
bottom right image.
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Pull to Cut Material

Drag that middle face down 550mm.
Remember you can type a
dimension in at any time, or hit
spacebar to freeze your current
action.
After pulling it down rotate the

model close the image to the right.
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Pull Copy
Hold Ctrl as you pull the selected
face up to copy it just like you would
hold Ctrl to copy text in Microsoft
Word.
Copy it up 200mm.
After copying it up, thicken it 20mm.
After thickening, copy the upper

surface up again 250mm.
Thicken the second surface 20mm.
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Combine Solids
Notice you now have two additional
solids in the structure tree.
Select the “Combine (I)” button and

click on the red solid.
Hold Ctrl and click the two green

solids.
There should now be no additional

solids in the structure tree as they
were combined onto the stand.
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Assemble Components
Click the “Select (S)” button.
Click the Green axis through the

mount of the arm (1).
Hold Ctrl and select on the red axis

through the stand (2).
Click the “Center” button in the top

right of the ribbon bar to assemble
the components.
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Move Components
Select the “Move (M)” button and
click “_tmnt83972” in the structure
tree.
Select on the blue arrow and move

the entire component into place
between the mounts.
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Selection
Select the “Pull (P)” button.
Double click the cylindrical surface

on the red solid.
This will select all faces that are

tangent.
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Up To Toolguide
Drag the solid larger and smaller to
see how the geometry adapts.
Select the “Up To” toolguide which

is the lowest on the right-hand side
of the screen.
Select the inner cylindrical face of

the mount indicated in the middle
picture to snap the geometry into
place.
Note: To help select through the

model use the scroll wheel to make
your selection move through the
model.
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Round Edges
Select the red edge in the image to
the right.
Pull the edge inward to create a

round.
A round is the default way to

manipulate an edge.
Click “Undo” or (Ctrl+Z) to remove

the round.
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Copy Faces
Select the third edge option in the
Options panel on the left of the
screen. This will extrude the edge
into a surface when you pull it down.
After pulling the edge down, select

on the newly created surface and
thicken it into a solid as seen below.
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Structure Tree
You should now see a new solid in
the top level of the structure tree.
When geometry is created it is
placed into the active component.
Right Click on “Design1” and then

click “New Component” from the
dropdown list. Component6 should
be created.
Right Click on “Component6” and

then select “Rename” from the
dropdown list. Rename the
component “Monitor”.
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Drag and Drop Components

Drag the solid below Design1 into
Monitor.
If you expand monitor you should

now see a solid there.
Select on the edge indicated in the

picture and choose the fourth edge
option from the mini toolbar, or the
options panel.
This option copies edges and will

split a face to create a new region.
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Edge Manipulation
Copy the edge about half way in by
clicking and dragging your cursor to
the right.
Select on the region indicated to the

right.
Pull the face up about this high.
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Tab between Arrows

Select on the two edges. To select
multiple objects remember to hold
the Ctrl key.
Notice that there are two arrows. To

change the direction of the arrow
you can press the Tab key to switch
between them. You can also select
on the arrows to Pull them in a
particular direction.
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Edge Manipulation
Drag the edges outward. Notice
that if it cannot copy the edges into
a face it will create a new surface.
You should have a surface and a

solid in the structure tree.
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Pull Multiple Faces

Hold the ctrl key and select on the
two surfaces and the front face of
the green solid.
Thicken these three surfaces and

notice that they all merge together
into one solid.
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Copy Edges
Double click on the edge indicated
with the Pull icon. This will select an
entire loop of edges.
While still in the copy edge option,

drag the edges inwards to create an
offset.
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Pull to Cut a Depression

Select on the inner region shown to
the right.
Pull the face inwards to make a

depression in the solid.
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Color Faces
With that face still selected, click the
down arrow next to the “Color”
button in the QAT.
Choose the black color from the

Basic Colors palette.
Note: Remember that the actual

"Color" Button is on the Display Tab.
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Activate Components
“Monitor” should be the active
component in the structure tree. In
SpaceClaim you can only make
edits to the active component.
Right click on “Design1” and choose

“Activate Component”.
“Design1” will now be bold and you

can make edits to any of the
components.
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Section Mode
Select on the top face of the blue
solid indicated below.
Click the “Section Mode (X)” button.

You will now be able to make edits
in a 2D cross section.
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Section vs. 3D
In Section mode there are a few
things to keep in mind:
Note: The cross hatching will not be

selectable.
A line in section mode represents a

face in 3D.
A point, or vertex, in section mode

represents an edge in 3D.
Select on a point as indicated on the

right and also make sure the round
option is highlighted.
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Powerselect
In the structure tree there are tabs
below it.
Click on the Selection tab. This

helps you select similar geometry on
the model.
With the vertex still selected click

“Edges with the same length” or
click the magnifying glass to select
search for more results.
With all four corners are selected,

round them.
Click on the Structure tab again to

view the assembly.
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Bend
Click the “Bend (B)” button in the
upper right corner of the sketch
group.
Select on the front edge of the blue

solid and drag it out from a straight
line into an arc.
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Edge Manipulation
Click the “3D Mode (D)” button to
exit the section.
Double click the indicated edge to

get the entire edge loop.
Choose the fourth edge option to

copy the edges into the face.
Drag the loop inwards as indicated

below.
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Pivot Edges
Double click the outer edge again
and choose the fourth edge option
which is Pivot.
Pivot allows you to translate the

edges in space and have the rest of
the geometry update.
Drag the edges along the down

arrows about half way down the
solid to get the model shown below.
Note: Remember you can tab

between multiple arrows.
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Round Edges
Double click both edge loops
indicated as you hold the ctrl key to
select both loops.
Select the round option from the

mini toolbar to round both edge
loops at the same time.
Zoom out to see the entire model.
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Completed Section Two

The assembly is now completed.
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Workshop Two (optional)
Open Workshop2_Desk.scdoc.
Click Pull and use the edge

manipulation to create some
finished touches to the desk as seen
on the right.
Note: Remember that Extrude will

create new surfaces and Copy will
copy the edge to split a face.
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Section Three
Blending and Base Creation
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Open Component in Separate Window

Right click on the green solid below
the red stand.
Click “Open Component” from the

dropdown list.
Notice that the solid opens up in its

own window and there are two tabs
at the lower left hand corner of the
design window.
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Insert Plane
Click on the axis running through
the cylinder.
Select the “Plane” button on the

upper right section of the ribbon bar.
This will place a plane through the

axis, usually in a front or right
orientation.
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Insert Plane with Direction

Select the axis and ctrl select the
end of the rectangular protrusion.
Select the “Plane” button. This will

place a plane through the axis,
normal to the selected face.
Note: Check the help to see all of

the other ways planes and axes can
be inserted.
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Combine to Split
Select the “Combine (I)” button.
Click the green solid.
Notice that the Saw toolguide on the

right of the screen is now
highlighted. It now wants you to
select a cutter.
Click on the plane indicated below

to cut the solid with the plane.
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Combine Result
The original solid should now be
split into two.
We can see the two solids and two

planes in the structure tree.
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Delete Planes
Select the two planes in the
structure tree, or the design window
while holding the ctrl key.
Press the delete key on the

keyboard to remove them from your
model.
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Move Solids
Select the “Move (M)” tool and
select on a solid from the structure
tree.
Move it away from the other solid to

create a gap between the two along
the green move vector.
Move it out 300mm.
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Move Solids
Select the other solid in the
structure tree.
Move that solid away from the other,

300mm.
There should now be a 600mm gap

between the two models.
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Copy Surface
Select the face indicated in the
image to the right.
Hold ctrl and move that face along

the blue arrow 300mm.
Holding ctrl will copy the face just

like copying text in Microsoft Word.
You should now have two solids and

a surface in the structure tree.
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Edit Surface
Select the edge indicated to the
right.
Move it out along the green arrow to

the right 200mm.
This will make the surface larger.
Select the edge to the left.
Move this edge to the right along the

green arrow 220mm.
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Blend between Faces

Select the “Pull (P)” tool.
Next select the three faces indicated

in the order given.
You should automatically see the

blend points appear on screen.
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Complete Blend
To complete the blend you can hit
the enter key.
Additionally you can choose the

“Full Pull” option on the left side of
the screen.
Note: Full Pull is also available in

the mini toolbar.
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Round Edges
While still in Pull, select the two
edges indicated below.
Pull them outwards to create large

rounds.
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Box Select
Box select the blended region we
just created from left to right.
Box selecting from left to right will

pick everything inside the box.
Note: Box selecting from right to left

will pick everything touching the
box.
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Draft Faces
Select the “Draft” toolguide on the
right side of the screen.
Click the top face to specify the face

we will be drafting about.
Draft the surfaces selected outward

10 degrees.
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Ruler Dimension
Select the face indicated to the right.
Select the “Ruler” icon from the mini

toolbar.
Note: The “Ruler” icon can also be

found in the Options panel on the
left side of the screen.
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Ruler Dimension
Now you are picking the object you
will be dimensioning from.
Pick the surface indicated to the

right.
Enter the dimension of 750mm to

change the length of the protrusion
to a specific dimension.
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Pivot Edges
Select the two edges indicated in
the image on the left and pick the
Pivot option for the edge.
Make sure the arrows are pointed

towards each other by tabbing
between the arrows.
Pivot the edges inward as indicated

below.
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Full Round
Select the three faces indicated to
the right.
Right Click in white space.
Choose “Full Round” to place a full

round between the three surfaces.
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Completed Assembly
Click on the Design1 tab to go back
to the overall assembly.
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Move Components
Select the “Move (M)” tool.
Select the office chair component

and the component holding the
base.
Move them along the red arrow until

the stand is in the center of the
base.
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Move Components
Select on the component holding
the blue tray.
Move that component down along

the blue vector about 200mm.
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Completed Section Three

The base is now completed.
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Workshop Three (optional)
Open Workshop3_Lamp.scdoc.
Click Pull and use blending to go

from the starting objects to the
finished objects.
Note:
The order you select the objects will

be the order they are blended.
The red blend points can be

dragged to a new position to affect
the blend.
Take-off vectors in the Blend

options will allow you to angle the
blend.
A periodic blend will allow you to

blend back to the starting object.
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Class Completed
Congratulations!
You’ve completed our Conceptual

Engineering Class.
I hope you’ve learned how to:
Directly sketching solids
Replace components
Use Pull, Move, and Combine
Use Edge Manipulation
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Conceptual Design Session PDF

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SpaceClaim 2009

We will focus on:

• Working in a 2D cross section

• Using Pull, Move, and Combine

• Importing parts into a design

• And Edge Manipulation

Creating a Simple Assembly

Go to the units tab and make sure

Then go to the advanced tab and

Orient Sketch Grid

Plan View and Shortcuts

Click once to start the cylinder.

It will then look for a value for the

Spin, Pan, and Zoom

To view it easier we can spin, pan,

Start at the midpoint shown with the

Create a cylinder 1200 mm tall and

Sketch vs. Section Mode

Start the sketch on the midpoint of

Create a rectangle 700 mm by 100

After sketching the rectangle click

You can change the value if you

Click “Plan View (V)” after looking at

Notice that we should now have

Select “Pull (P)”. Select the large

Note: In section mode the cross-

Sketch a thin cylinder connecting

Create a second cylinder at an

Starting from the intersection of the

Next select “Pull (P)” so we can start

Select on the surface and look at

The mini toolbar houses tools from

Select the both ways option to

Pull and Undo

Notice that most of the solids have

Click the “Undo” button (or Ctrl+Z) to

Begin thickening the surface, and

Notice the surface has been

Click the green stand in the leftmost

This will split that solid, about that

Combine and Toolguides

Next, hold down the Ctrl key. Notice

While holding the Ctrl key, select the

Box select all of the solids on screen

Next, Right Mouse Button (RMB) in

This will change the model from a

Display Tab and Color

Go to the third tab above the Ribbon

Select the down arrow next to the

Change the color of the tray to blue.

Note: You can change the color of

Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)

Choose “Customize Quick Access

Adding to the QAT

To add “Color” to the QAT, choose

Next select Color, click “Add”, and

Select the down arrow on the

Change the color of the solid to

Completed Section One

Workshop One (optional)

Use Split Solid, Combine, and

Note: Try to use faces on the solids

Replacing Components and Edge Manipulation