Next, create a spline on the offset plane which starts at the center-point of the proper side of your cube. The yellow offset plane and the circle on the cube. Create a circle tangent to the bottom edge as in the screenshot below. In addition, create a sketch on one of the sides of the cube where you want your wire/tube to start. Then construct an offset plane above the large surface with offset equal to your wire/tube radius.
Usually you would have a set place to start and end your wire/tube, but in this case we don’t have anything like that. It will also underline an important technique later on. This cube is not necessary, but it makes it easy to define a start position and angle. For our Ø8 mm tube, we’ll just create a 10x10x10 mm cube. Then create a smaller cube with sides large enough to house the cross section of your wire or tube. In this example we’ll create an 8 mm outer diameter tube with 1 mm walls which just lays on a flat surface.įirst, create a flat surface in the form of a box. How do we model this tube? Read this post to find out! Flat Surface
These methods and principles will also probably work in other CAD programs, given they have similar tools, of course. We’ll start with laying everything on a flat surface, then on an uneven surface and lastly mix things up a bit more. In this blog post we’ll show you how to create wires and tubes in different ways.
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