KEYCREATOR 3D Direct Modeling Software
KeyCreator Lesson KC2109
Creating a Cast Bearing Block
Let’s create the cast bearing block
illustrated to the right.
We’ll start with a new file in View 1.
Use the construction color YELLOW.
Click on the CREATE ROUNDED RECTANGLE WIDTH
HEIGHT Icon.
Type 0.25 for the Radius.
Click on the MidCtr Anchoring Option.
Type 2.75 for dXC and 1.625 for dYC.
Click on the KEYIN Option. Hit the ENTER Key three times
to center the rectangle on the origin of the file.
Click on the SET ATTRIBUTE Icon.
Select a new construction color. I’m going to use RED
Click on the BACKUP Button. Use 0.25 for the Radius.
Type 1.5 for dXC and 0.875 for dYC.
Hit the ENTER Key twice and type 1 for ZC. Hit the ENTER Key.
Switch to the Isometric View (View 7.) and Autoscale the display.
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Your screen should look like this:
Click on the EXTRUDE Icon. Type 1 for the Length.
Type 5 for the Draft Angle and click on the Outward Option.
Then, click on the OK Button.
Click on the ALL DSP Option and then on the BY TYPE
Option. The MASKING BY TYPE Dialog Box appears.
Click on the BROWN Option and then on the OK Button. Click on the downward-facing
Vector.
Click on the BACKUP Button.
Type 0.35 for the Length, use the
same draft, and click on the OK
Button. This time, mask on the
YELLOW Option. We’ll extrude
this profile downward also.
Your screen should look like this:
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Now, click on the CREATE CYLINDER Icon.
A Dialog Box appears.
Click on the Two Positions Option. Type 0.625 for
the Radius and click on the OK Button.
Using the CtrMid Option, click on the top,
left edge of the brown solid and then the top,
right edge.
Your construction should now look like this:
Now, click on the EXTRUDE OUTWARD
FACE OF A SOLID Icon.
A Dialog Box appears.
Type 0.25 for the Distance and click on the
OK Button.
Position the cursor over the right circular face
of the cylinder and click on it when it
highlights.
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Repeat the process, bumping out the hidden, left
circular face of the cylinder. (Use the TAB Key.)
Your construction should now look like this:
Now that we have the
three parts of our
elephant, let’s join
them into one body!
Click on the BOOLEAN UNION Icon.
Click on the base piece and then each of the other solids. Then,
click on the ACCEPT Button.
Next, click on the DRILL Icon.
A Dialog Box appears. Use the Through Hole
Option. Type 0.75 for the Diameter and click
on the OK Button.
Click on the circular face at the top, right
side of the part.
Then, using the CtrMid Option, click on the
circular edge of this face.
Your part should now look like this:
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Click twice on the BACKUP Button. The Dialog Box
reappears.
Type 0.25 for the Diameter and click on the OK
Button.
Now, click on the top face of the base portion of the
part. Then, using the CtrMid Option, click on the
fillet at each corner.
You will now have a hole centered at each corner
radius.
Finally, click on the CONSTANT RADIUS BLEND Icon.
A Dialog Box appears. Type 0.125 for the Radius and click on
the OK Button.
Click on an outside edge at the top of the base portion.
Next, click on an edge at the intersection of the base portion
and the center support column.
Then, click on an edge at the intersection of the cylinder and
the center support column. Click on the ACCEPT Button.
Click on the BACKUP Button.
The Dialog Box reappears.
Type 0.05 for the Radius and click on the
OK Button.
Click on the circular edge at the right end
of the cylinder and then on the circular
edge at the left end of the cylinder.
Then, click on the ACCEPT Button.
Your completed part should look like this:
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