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ZW3D 3D Modeling Fun! 
Simple Feature Based Modeling!
StreamLined Sketching!
 
I saw this great simple part. I thought of the cool way I would model this. It is funny a Creo fellow said four steps! They count each sketch a step, I count each entity created a step.

The AID (drawing) is include further down the page if you would like to try this yourself.

ZW3D is a sketch based system so it is easy for the major CAD system users to get up to speed fast. But it also has Primitive Shape to work with the eliminate the sketch and extrude step.

Watch how fun this is the added functionality of primitive shapes.

We will set the units to MM and insert a primitive cylinder on the XZ plane and size it.



Now we will insert a primitive block on to the face of the cylinder. I could sketch the shape but I want to show you how the primitives work, they are quite fast when you learn the basics. We size it and set it to remove.



I have found that shelling is not one of features considered by many of the constrained sketching only users. I look at a part and see shapes. I can do this because I was first introduced to Boolean based solid modeling, now called direct edit. We will using shelling here.

We put in the 19 mm fillet and shell the shape at 5 mm wall and 10 mm on the farside.



We will add the fillets.

Working with primitive shapes it fun, but sketching is faster in many cases. So we will create the sketch on the front face.

I will use StreamLined Sketching by locating and sizing a circle and then a rectangle using the tangents of the circle to size it.



We trim the entities and we are done with the sketch. No constraints.



Exit the sketch and extrude the profile and set to remove.



We are done with our part. You can see I do this much differently than those that are only experinenced with constrained sketching.



ZW3D has the AIDs (Drawings) integrated into the part file. So this part is in one file.




It is very important that you look into how you or your engineers are creating the parts. Streamline Sketching and Feature Based Modeling is easy to learn and implement. It, alone, will increase productivity 10X. Now, ZW3D with its unique history and robust direct edit functionality can increase your productivity another 5X or more with changes! Again, time is money in engineering.

More on Streamline Sketching and Feature Based Modeling.


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To experience this increased level of productivity, please download ZW3D for a 30 day evaluation. Legacy data is no problem, ZW3D can read the native files of all of the popular programs including the PMI data of NX, Solidworks, Catia and Creo. ZW3D is a great replacement for the subscription only Autodesk and PTC products.

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