Cut squares through walls

[bigmaz]

Hi guys

 

Learning AutoCAD 3D, I have drawn a box with 300mm thick walls, and I want to have rectangular and square holes through the walls, how do i do this?

 

Cheers

 

Martin

[danellis]

Create more boxes to match the holes you want to cut. Put them in the right place relative to your proper box. Subtract them from your box.

 

dJE

[bigmaz]

Brilliant, thanks dJE

 

Is there any way I can get grip marks to edit the cut through?

[ReMark]

You can also create a rectangle sized to the opening you wish to create on the face of your wall then use the PressPull command to punch a hole through the wall.

[ReMark]

Opening created using the PressPull command.

 

[ReMark]

Brilliant, thanks dJE

 

Is there any way I can get grip marks to edit the cut through?

 

In what way do you want to edit the cut through? Resize it?

[bigmaz]

In what way do you want to edit the cut through? Resize it?

 

I have put the cut through on the wrong place, i just need to slide it along the face of the box

[ReMark]

Use the Move Faces command. Watch your picks. AutoCAD may want to work on non-related items which you can "remove" using the "R" option. You just want to move the opening not the entire wall. I suggest you also enable Orthomode and use direct distance entry to be precise.