In this tutorial, you build a hand-held car vacuum cleaner using a modeling technique called overbuilding and trimming. With this technique, create simple swept surfaces to define the main shape of the design. Then combine these surfaces using intersecting and trimming. As the vacuum cleaner design is symmetrical, save time by only building and detailing one half of the model. When the design is complete, copy and mirror the surfaces to create the full model. Then, fillet the surfaces and add design details, further trimming the main shape.
- Category
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New Users
- Time Required
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90 minutes
- Tutorial File Used
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vacuum.wire
Objectives
This lesson introduces you to more surface building techniques. Learn how to:
- Create swept surfaces.
- Trim off the excess areas of surfaces.
- Create rounded edges.
- Use Layers to organize complex models.
Prerequisites
- Alias is installed.
- The courseware files have been downloaded and installed. See Install the tutorial courseware files.
- Alias is open in a blank document state.
- You have watched the Alias Essential Skills videos.