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3 planes, 3 sketches, 1 shape...help?
ella_eleven
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Hey guys. Very new here. Sorry if people have answered a question like this before I've looked but found nothing that helped me!
I want to model an airplane. I have a three view drawing which was traced into a sketch.
How do I make a shape conforming to these sketches since they're on different planes? I can't seem to make the Use tool work or the Splines. Extrude can't handle all three planes at once and if I only extrude one side of one sketch I can't move the points to fix the shape.
I am just having a very hard time getting the program to do what I want at all. The 'best' option is to fill in the space I've already made, but if I have to build it from the ground up I can... not that I know how. If somebody could tell me a good procedure for going about this I would be very grateful!!
Pictures: the three sketches I have. I know it's hard to interpret what's going on so there's also a picture of the original 3 view. Right now all I'm trying to do the is the fuselage/body. Also shown are my attempts at selectively extruding/cutting the sketches. Lastly, my first attempt, which is considerably more of a shape, but doesn't have the dimensions I want and I can't figure out how to manipulate it correctly.
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Welcome to Onshape and the Forum. You are jumping in the deep end for an early design and have a good start in laying out the views in position. Make sure to go through the tutorials at https://learn.onshape.com/ as they are excellent. You will also find the help files very good.
A couple of tips to get further - look at commands 'Projected curves' and 'Loft'. A model design like the plane will use surface and solids, so things like 'Enclose' 'Fill' 'Ruled Surface' and the various 'Curve' creation tools.