Pro/DESKTOP 1: Constructing 3D objects

 This sheet will show you how to use the basic drawing tools in Pro/DESKTOP to construct 3D objects.

1. Open Pro/DESKTOP and click on File then New. Select Design and click on OK.

2. Maximise the screen. You should have a green rectangle with two arrows in the centre.

3. Click on the rectangle tool from the right hand side icon menu. Draw another rectangle on inside the green rectangle. This is the base of your object.

4. Click on Feature then Extrude Profile. A dialogue box appears. Type 100 in the Distance box and click OK. You should have a solid block.

5. Click on Select then Faces. Highlight the top of the block.

6. Click on Workplane then New Sketch then OK.

7. Draw a circle on the top of the block. Make sure it does not get too close to the sides of the block.

8. Click on Feature then Extrude Profile. In the dialogue box select Subtract Material and Below Workplane. Type 100 in the Distance box and click OK. You should now have a hole through the workpiece.

9. Click on Select then Edges. Highlight each of the top edges of the block by holding down Shift and clicking on each edge. When all four are highlighted click on Feature then Chamfer Edges. Type 15 in the Setback box. The edges should all be chamfered.

10. Click on Select then Edges. Highlight the circle. Click on Feature then Round Edges and type 10 into the Radius box. The edge of the circle should round over.

11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 on the bottom of the block; this time rounding the edge of the block and chamfering the circle.

12. Save your work as Block 1.

13. Click on File then New then Album then OK.

14. Click on Image then New Image. Select Block 1 in the list in the dialogue box then click OK.

15. Click on Tools then Materials Browser. A list of materials will appear on the right of the screen.

16. Open up the non-metal list by clicking on the "+" sign.

17. Click on brick and drag it onto the block. When the wire-frame of the block appears let go of the mouse button.

18. Click on the green Update button on the menu bar. The block should be rendered as brickwork.

19. Experiment with other materials until you are happy with one. Save your file.