3D Modeling a Touch Tool in SelfCAD
Introduction:
The Touch tool is a beneficial tool that helps to limit your contact with surfaces. With this tool, you won’t have to touch dirty surfaces again with your bare hands as the tool will be helpful in handling doors, push buttons, etc.
In this tutorial, we are 3D designing the touch tool using SelfCAD software. There are other 3D modeling software that can do the same task, but SelfCAD is much preferred as it’s easy to use and powerful at the same time. And in addition to helping you create 3D models, SelfCAD allows you to prepare your designs for 3D printing using its in-built slicer.
In this guide, we shall be using the 3D Sketch tool to draw the object and then add the thickness to the created design to make it 3D. We shall also use the Fill Polygon tool to fill up the area as we are just drawing the borders. So after we fill the polygon and add the thickness, we get the exact object we want. The 3D Sketch tool is another tool available in the Drawing tool. The 3D Sketch enables us to draw a variety of Profiles in any shape that can be converted into 3D models.
The 3D-Sketch has various customizing factors. There are various Freehand access modes. For creating the Touch tool, we are using the Arc tool from the 3D-Sketch.
So, let’s have a go at it!
Step 1: Using the 3D-Sketch tool to Draw the design
From the Toolbar, choose the Drawing Category and choose 3D Sketch. Here in the Tool Panel, choose Arc 2. Here we will draw the arc. For that, we have to click on points.
Close the 3D Sketch Transformation Panel.
Click ‘X’ to close the 3D Sketch Panel.
This is the shape that we got.
Step 2: Fill the polygon in the design
Choose Fill Polygon from the toolbar and select “Finalize the Polygon”.
Select Face Selection from the selection modes. Next, select Polygon Selection.
Click Selection Setting Button to Change selection settings. Set Part Selection to True. With this, we will select the region to delete.
Click on the Delete button to delete the selected object.
Step 3: Converting the Drawing into a 3D Model
Activate Add Thickness Tool found in the Modify Category of the Toolbar and set Thickness to 30 then finalize.
Click Object Selection, select the section from a cube. Now click on the Isolate button to isolate the object.
Step 4: Color the Object
Now we color the created object.
Click on Color Picker to apply the color to the selected object. Click on the Yellow color.
Click on the Okay button or confirm.
Done with Final Object.
Conclusion:
As you can see, we’ve created the 3D Object with the help of the 3D sketching tool and other important features of Selfcad. It’s a doodle! Anyone can do it. We just need to understand the object and its design. Some of the tools make our work smooth and you can also use the same tools and techniques to create more beautiful and complex designs. Don’t hesitate to experiment! And reach out to us if you have any queries or concerns. We’ll get back to you in two ticks.
Enjoy powerful modeling, rendering, and 3D printing tools without the steep learning curve.
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