XYZmaker tutorial - Fish bone card holder part 4

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Next, create a base for the fish bone, add a cylinder, and adjust its dimensions to X: 100,Y: 35,Z: 20 mm.

 

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Clone the cylinder then take the copied cylinder and in the properties box, adjust its position to X: 0,Y: 0,Z: 5. Change the dimensions to X: 135,Y: 80,Z: 10 mm.

 

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Add a half pie (1,2) , single-click on the half pie icon and freely place the model in the work plane (3), then adjust its position.

 

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Next, adjust the half pie’s position and dimensions in the properties box as the shown in the image above(4). These objects will be called the base.

 

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Select the fish bone and move it toward the base so that the two overlap, use the image above as a reference.

 

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Next, add a pen holder to make the card holder more useful. Create a cylinder and change its dimensions to X: 20,Y: 20,Z: 40 mm, then drag it on the base.

 

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Clone the cylinder(1,2) and change new copied cylinder’s dimensions to X: 15,Y: 15,Z: 60 mm(3).

 

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Select the original cylinder(1), use the hole function (2,3,4) to create a hole for a pen. Call his new part the pen holder.

 

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Select the pen holder, and as shown above, rotate the part along the Y axis by 15 degrees.

 

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Create a sphere, freely adjust it using the control orb, and move it to the position above.

 

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Select the pen holder and using the hole function, select the sphere you just created to create a wave-like shape.

 

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Lastly check the model to see if there are any parts sticking out that need to be trimmed.

 

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Congratulations! The completed part should look like this, now you can prepare it for 3D printing.

 

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See what you can make using the same cutting and construction methods that you learn in this tutorial. Give it a go!

 

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