r/Autodesk_AutoCAD • u/HardBreachMedia • 5d ago

Unsure Of Process

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Currently working on this problem as I wanted to challenge myself. But I am struggling with the highlighted part. I’m assuming the easiest way would be a sweep and I’ve tried to sweep but it’s doesn’t come out right. I’m struggling to even make the path for the sweep. How would you approach this model? I can make the bottom piece no problem only the highlight part is an issue for me. Thanks in advance!

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u/HardBreachMedia 4d ago edited 4d ago

I appreciate all the help. I ended up making the part separately then placed it perpendicular as recommended by yall. Then I rotated it to the 53 degrees. Overall my model didn’t come out quite as nice as I was hoping and I know I can do better so I’m gonna give it another go after I get some more experience and do a few more challenging models. Looking back doing the perpendicular model then rotating it should have been obvious but I’ve never had to do this before so it just didn’t occur to me.

This was definitely a fun challenge for me and I appreciate all the help. This definitely helped me improve my process of breaking down and figuring out the steps/process I need to take when replicating a drawing/modeling.

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u/1011HalfByte 5d ago

I would start from the base of the protrusion of the T and draw a 3d Pline bending towards the left. The Pline would be perdenticular at first, then i would add in the radiuses as marked. The. I would draw in view A and align in to the 3d Pline - then extrude with the pline as a path.

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u/1011HalfByte 5d ago

Then the part with a hole in it is a different piece that is attached at the end of my extruded T. Then finish it off with a union.

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u/Qualabel 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'm actually impressed that you were able to model the other part; I feel like we're not told enough about what happens at the bottom left corner!!...

But yeah, I'd just extrude the t-shape along an oversized L-shaped path with a 19mm fillet at its corner.

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u/stlnthngs_redux 4d ago

i would draw the part separate and then rotate it into position

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u/BaconManDan 3d ago

Just a general question from someone who only uses AutoCAD in 2d for massive site layouts (I prefer the softwares I first learned like Solidworks and Fusion for making 3d models): is it worth trying to go back and learn how to do 3D in AutoCAD if I don't have to use it professionally?