Creating a Contour Model
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3 MINUTES
Important Commands and Actions:
- Scale the model using the _Scale command and type the scale factor into the command line.
- Use the _Contour command to generate a series of contour lines across a surface at a given spacing and direction.
- Use the _ProjectToCPlane command in the TOP Viewport to flatten linework to the XY Plane.
Alternative commands:
- Instead of _ProjectToCPlane, you can also use the _Make2D command to flatten the linework to the XY Plane.
4 MINUTES
Important Commands and Actions:
- Create a new sublayer by right-clicking on an existing layer and selecting 'New Sublayer' in the dropdown list.
- To select multiple objects in Rhino, hold down the shift key.
- To change the layer an object is on, select it, right-click on the layer you wish to change it to, and select 'Change Object Layer'.
- Generate surfaces from closed planar curves using the _PlanarSrf command.
- Split surfaces with curves using the _Split command.
- Select all the surfaces in your file using the _SelSrf command.
- To create polysurfaces (3D objects) from planar surfaces (2D), use the _OffsetSrf command, including typing the offset distance direction in the command line.
- To select all objects on a particular layer, right-click on the layer and select the 'Select Objects' option in the dropdown list.
5 MINUTES
Important Commands and Actions:
- Select objects in your file and use the _BoundingBox command to generate an enclosed box around what you have selected.
- Use the _Explode command to polysurfaces into separate surface objects.
- Use the _Scale2D command to readjust the dimensions of a surface in a single direction/axis.
- Split the surfaces using the _Split command and selecting polysurfaces as the splitting objects.
- Use the _SrfPt command to create a planar surface.
- Generate a polysurface using the _OffsetSrf command.
- Create notch trimming objects using the _Box tool in the toolbar.
- Use the _Copy command for the desired amount of notches you need, and use the _Scale1D to adjust their length to what you need.
- To create the notched profile in each polysurface, use the _BooleanSplit command, using the boxes created as the splitting objects.
This support base method is not compulsory for students to follow, but simply a recommendation and demonstration of a possible method you can use.
4 MINUTES
Important Commands and Actions:
- Turn on the _Gumball along the options panels and select objects to use it to move and rotate them.
- Generate 2D profile curves from 3D objects using the _Make2D command in the TOP Viewport.
- Use the _UnrollSrf command to unroll polysurfaces made up of flat, developable surfaces in the XY Plane.
- Use the _DupBorder command to generate boundary curves from selected surfaces.
- Use the _Offset command for edge curves you wish to create folded tabs.
Make2D Settings:
- Drawing Layout: set to 'Current View'.
- Options: tick 'Maintain Source Layers'.
- Visible Lines: set to 'CONTOURS' layer.
2 MINUTES
Important Commands and Actions:
- When copying objects from one Rhino file to another, select what you wish to copy and use the _CopyToClipboard command, followed by the _Paste command in the _New file.
- To place objects onto the provided layers in the template file, select the objects, right-click on the layer you wish to place them on and select 'Change Object Layer'.
- Double-click on the provided text to update the required information for your project.
- Use the _Scale1D command to adjust the dimensions of the sheet boundaries.
- Finally, use the _Move command to nest you linework within the sheet boundaries.
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