[question] resize, stretch solids?

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by andrei, Nov 7, 2003.

  1. andrei

    andrei Guest

    I design furniture, and I often need to resize panels and bars
    (cylinder shape) in one dimension. For instance, I may have a bar that
    is 24" wide and I have to stretch it to be 36", without changing
    height/depth. Similarly, I'd have a panel that is 14" deep and I have
    to make it 12" deep, without touching any other dimension. Right now I
    do a very silly 'copy & union | subtract' trick, but there's gotta be
    a better way!

    Hope you can help, thanks!

    -AK
     
    andrei, Nov 7, 2003
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  2. Try Streamspace Solids, available at my website.

    Best Regards,

    Henrik Vallgren
    Stretchable 3D for AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT: www.stream-space.com
     
    Henrik Vallgren, Nov 7, 2003
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  3. andrei

    B.A.K. Guest

    Yes there are much easier ways. I used to use the same methods as you
    described. Instead type solidedit or open the solids editing toolbar, and
    there are face editing choices including extrude, move rotate etc. Just
    watch when you pick on the face to extrude, if you pick on the corner, you
    will extrude two sides. There are great editing tools in there for solids.
     
    B.A.K., Nov 8, 2003
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  4. andrei

    Smiley Guest

    Don't look to Autodesk software to solve this, it's been an issue
    for many years. There are other CAD programs which allow this, but if
    you want to use your exisiting Autocad knowledge, there are a few 3rd
    party add-ons which help significantly, and even allow the stretch
    command we want to use. Here are a few additions to what has already
    been mentioned.


    Here is a program which focuses on creating a Bill of Materials. It
    does this on native ACIS solids inside AutoCAD. It also adds some
    capabilities to edit and stretch ACIS solids.
    http://www.smartlister.com


    I'm not familiar with this software, but it sounds interesting;
    http://www.3dmetrix.com

    Another one I'm not familiar, but it sounds very interesting. It has
    parametric capability; http://www.cadmax.com/


    Joe Dunfee
     
    Smiley, Nov 10, 2003
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