Advice on how to make simple through holes in 3D Modelling Space

[Hatman]

Hi,

 

I have Autocad 2013. This is probably going to sound really stupid but I am having some problem trying to put simple through holes in a 3D drawing I am doing. I have a 2D drawing of a round plate with four holes in it. I want to render this in 3D and make the plate 12 mm thick and show the 4 holes which go through it, simple right?

 

Following the video tutorials in Autocad 2013 I have changed to 3D modelling space, activated the SW Isometric view, Extruded the plate and made it 12 mm thick, all good so far. Now the problems....

 

I am able to extrude or push pull the holes and are able to create what appear to be the four holes in wireframe layout and when I change the setting to conceptual, the plate renders beautifully but the holes show nothing except a circle on the plate surface with no through hole. Change back to wireframe view and they are there! I am sure I am following all the correct steps. What am I doing wrong?? Appreciate any step by step advice. Thanks in advance.

[ReMark]

Post a copy of your drawing and someone here will take a look at it.

 

This plate you made is it a 3D solid?

[nod684]

Hi,

 

I have Autocad 2013. This is probably going to sound really stupid but I am having some problem trying to put simple through holes in a 3D drawing I am doing. I have a 2D drawing of a round plate with four holes in it. I want to render this in 3D and make the plate 12 mm thick and show the 4 holes which go through it, simple right?

 

Following the video tutorials in Autocad 2013 I have changed to 3D modelling space, activated the SW Isometric view, Extruded the plate and made it 12 mm thick, all good so far. Now the problems....

 

I am able to extrude or push pull the holes and are able to create what appear to be the four holes in wireframe layout and when I change the setting to conceptual, the plate renders beautifully but the holes show nothing except a circle on the plate surface with no through hole. Change back to wireframe view and they are there! I am sure I am following all the correct steps. What am I doing wrong?? Appreciate any step by step advice. Thanks in advance.

 

were you able to subtract the holes from the plate?

[ReMark]

Does the result look something like this?

[JD Mather]

Forget extrude, backup.

 

Presspull the plate and holes all at the same time.

Done!

[Hatman]

Thank You. I now have it figured thanks to your advice and have written the process for future reference.

[Hatman]

Yes mate, but with the plate 12 mm thick of course. If I go to the solid subtract button and follow the steps I got it happening, thanks

[ReMark]

So you forgot to subtract the holes? Yep. Been there and done that too a very, long time ago. Glad you got it figured out.

[JD Mather]

and have written the process for future reference.

 

Written the process?

Presspull. That's it, done.

 

You have draw a rectangle.

You draw circles.

Presspull and click in area between the rectangle and circles and drag direction and type distance.

Enter.

[ReMark]

Maybe he's writing a tutorial for the next unlucky person to venture down the AutoCAD path?

[Hatman]

Thanks JD, I did try the presspull and Wallaah!! Thank you mate. And yes REMark I did write the process down so I could look smart to my teenage kids Some of us do not use AutoCad too reguarly and I am learning to reride the horse again and having a lot of fun. Always appreciate the quickest way.

[JD Mather]

I figured out how to do something once and then lost my instructions for 3 years till one day I opened an old book for a previous release and found I had used it for a page marker.

[ReMark]

Nothing wrong with that although they are probably smarter than both of us and would have figured it out in about 5 seconds. LoL Have fun!