


Remember the commands remain active until we press the Escape key. However, you can also choose to make a large functional box to your desired dimensions. These dimensions are recommended to test the print-in-place hinged box fairly small so you don’t waste filament.

I’ll define 70mm for the length, followed by the Return key to place the rectangle. Starting from the origin point is a best practice, as it’ll help us dimension the sketch in the desired direction.Īs you drag the mouse away from the origin, we can define 20mm in width, followed by the Tab key to switch to the other input. Let’s start with a Sketch and the default diagonal rectangle command. This will allow us to sketch on the side of the box to create the hinge shape. We’ll first create the top and bottom boxes, followed by the hinge itself. Simply select Millimeter if yours is not. Let’s double-check that our units are set to millimeters. Select the plus symbol in the upper right. I’m Kevin Kennedy and today we’ll take a look at hollowing out 3D bodies, copying parts, offsetting sketches, aligning 3D bodies, and more. Welcome to Day #3 of Learn Shapr3D in 10 Days for Beginners.
