Designing the Desk Tidy base

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To draw a sketch of the base

[Figure 1]
Fig. 1. The 'New' window

[Figure 2]
Fig. 2.

  1. Open Pro/DESKTOP
  2. From the File menu select New
  3. Choose Design
  4. Select OK
  5. Maximise the screens
  6. Choose the Create Rectangle tool.
  7. Move the pencil cursor to the workplane (Green rectangle with arrow on).
  8. Move to just inside the top left of the green rectangle,.
  9. Press and hold and drag the cursor down to the right to create a rectangle. Release the mouse button to finish creating the rectangle.

To constrain the rectangle to a set size

[Figure 3]
Fig. 3.

  1. Choose the Constrain Separation tool
  2. Move over a side of the rectangle (The selected line goes light blue)
  3. Select the line by clicking the left mouse button. (The line turns red)
  4. Select the opposite line, press, hold and drag the cursor to create the constraint outside the rectangle
  5. Repeat on the other two lines that make up the rectangle
  6. Double-click the left mouse button on the Constraint to open the Properties dialogue window.
  7. Enter a length of 150mm and repeat for the other constraint to make the width 75mm.

To create a solid feature from this sketch


Fig. 4. The 'Extrude Profile' window

  1. Choose the Extrude Profile tool from the Features toolbar
  2. Ensure that the Sketch to use as profile box is set to use the sketch initial
  3. In the dialogue box enter a distance of 18mm, check the Add material and Above workplane options
  4. Select OK.