Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Hi. Wich is the best way to do a solar panel? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Depends on which particular design you're going with. Do you have an image you can share with us? AutoCAD 2005? You'll have to make frequent use of the EXTRUDE command and I would recommend you create most of the objects as solids not surfaces. But we'll have a better idea once you post an image or describe in further detail the elements you will be trying to create. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Something square or rectangle area with four circle feet to put in a plan roof. With not much detail. Something lije the phot but withou much details. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 In that case simply extrude a rectangle for the frame and extrude circles for the tubular supports. Have you worked with any of the 3D commands yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Yes i did, in the past, i´m rusty. How can i give the rectangle rotation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Give the rectangle rotation? Use the regular ROTATE command or 3DROTATE if it exists in 2005. Do you also know how to manipulate the UCS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Give the rectangle rotation? Use the regular ROTATE command or 3DROTATE if it exists in 2005. Do you also know how to manipulate the UCS? Yes i know how to manipulate the UCS. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Small solar panel without a lot of detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 How did you do the blue geometrie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 The blue "wafer" was created using a square with chamfered corners that I extruded a minimal amount. I set the wafer into my frame which was constructed with a void sized to accept the wafer. Make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Surface of panel created using regions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Yes thanks. One off topic, wich comand is the oposite of union, how can i desagroup some object that i've grouped with union? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Union does not group objects as much as it combines them into a single entity. There is no "Un-union" command so it is always wise to retain your 2D geometry by setting the system variable DELOBJ to a value of "0". If you did not do this then maybe, depending on the shape of the 3D object you created, you could use the SLICE and/or SEPARATE commands. Have you used either of these commands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 No i didn´t use those commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 No time like the present to experiment with them. How about MOVE or OFFSET FACES? INTERFERE? IMPRINT? COLOR FACES? Are you familiar with the REGION command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 You can UNDO to go back to before the UNION command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 No time like the present to experiment with them. How about MOVE or OFFSET FACES? INTERFERE? IMPRINT? COLOR FACES? Are you familiar with the REGION command? Not all of them. Yes i am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 You can UNDO to go back to before the UNION command. It was a opened drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Then as stated by ReMark, you will need to learn to use the SOLIDEDIT commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Then as stated by ReMark, you will need to learn to use the SOLIDEDIT commands. Yes off course. Thats what i'm doing with the big help here. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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