Designing the Desk Tidy base

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To add a new sketch on the top face


Fig. 5. Top face selected


Fig. 6. The New Sketch window
  1. Choose the Select Faces tool
  2. Move over the base you created until the edges of the top face are pre-highlighted in light blue
  3. Select the top face
  4. From the Workplane menu select New Sketch (or you can right click and select New Sketch from the pop-up menu)
  5. Name the the sketch 'tube hole'
  6. Check the Create Workplane option and name this workplane 'top face'
  7. If necessary, select Autoscale from the View menu

To draw a sketch for the tube hole


Fig. 7.

  1. Choose the Circle tool
  2. Move the pencil cursor to a point on the top face of the base 
  3. Press and hold and drag out the circle to approximately the desired size

To cut out the tube hole


Fig. 8. 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 tube hole
  3. In the dialogue box enter a distance of 6mm, check the Subtract material and Below workplane options
  4. Select OK.