Line in the 3D solid

[Hrcko]

I get error on trying to download the new file.

Sorry, here is the attachment again:

 

Stern post.dwg

 

I hope that the attachment is now OK.

[ReMark]

It was the only one on sale.

 

You wouldn't buy the wrong size shoes just because they were on sale would you? Yes, they would still be a pair of shoes but they wouldn't fit your needs.

[ReMark]

Sorry, here is the attachment again:

 

[ATTACH]50563[/ATTACH]

 

I hope that the attachment is now OK.

 

What purpose do all the Xlines serve in this particular drawing? Seems a bit much for what you have actually drawn (the blue, rectangular solid).

 

Your drawing has 6 points, a line, and 9 Xlines all to draw a single 0.04x0.271x1.624 rectangular solid tilted 4 degrees. You could draw the rectangle in 2D using the Rectangle command. Extrude or PressPull to the required height then rotate it 4 degrees using the Rotate command. By the way, the PressPull command was not part of AutoCAD 2000 therefore the book you bought is lacking a piece of useful information regarding the 3D capabilities of AutoCAD 2014.

Edited August 26, 2014 by ReMark
It's PRESS mark not PUSH. OMG!

[JD Mather]

.... By the way, the PushPull command was not part of AutoCAD 2000 ....

 

And does not exist in the current release either?

I think you meant "presspull"?

[ReMark]

Press...Push...Pulverize...Pulitzer. Must have the Push-Pull Theory on my mind. I stand corrected and will fix my mistake forthwith if not sooner.