PartDesign Examples

Introduction
Sometimes you need a hint how powerful a tool is, without too much explanation.

This is a collection of examples what can be achieved with certain tools. For detailed explanations see the tool descriptions and search the web for tutorials.

Additive Pipe
PartDesign Additive pipe is a tool to create AdditivePipe objects such as sweep objects, extrusion objects, rotation objects, cylinders, cones, cubes, pyramids, spheres...

Each object is based on at least of two lines (Preferably made with the Sketcher):
 * One outline (yellow), to define the cross-section shape.
 * One path (white), to sweep along.

Sphere



 * Outline: a180° arc and a line connecting the end points.
 * Path: full circle.

Sphere Segment



 * Outline: a 180° arc and a line connecting the end points.
 * Path: a 240° arc.
 * This function can create segments of any angle except 180° exactly, because it has a problem with start and end plane being coplanar.

Hemisphere



 * Outline: a 90° arc and two perpendicular lines connecting the end points.
 * Path: a full circle.

Torus



 * Outline: full circle.
 * Path: full circle.

Cone



 * Outline: triangle with one edge lying on the centreline.
 * Path: full circle.

Cylinder



 * Outline: rectangle with one edge lying on the centreline.
 * Path: full circle.

Pipe



 * Outline: rectangle.
 * Path: full circle.

Cylinder



 * Outline: circle.
 * Path: straight line.

Cube



 * Outline: square.
 * Path: straight line, same length as square edges.

Cuboid



 * Outline: rectangle.
 * Path: straight line.

Wedge



 * Outline: triangle.
 * Path: straight line.

Regular Prism



 * Outline: regular hexagon.
 * Path: straight line.

Star-shaped Prism



 * Outline: regular star-shape.
 * Path: straight line.

Double-T Beam



 * Outline: beam section.
 * Path: straight line.

Conical Objects
These objects use a scaled copy of the base shape. It can be scaled down to a point.

Cone



 * Outlines: Base: full circle, Top: point.
 * Path: straight line.

Pyramid



 * Outlines: Base: square, Top: point.
 * Path: straight line.

Tilted Pyramid



 * Outlines: Base: square, Top: point.
 * Path: straight line.