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The document provides a tutorial on creating 'U-shaped' and 'L-shaped' parts using the Fast Shell Technique in KeyCreator 3D modeling software. It outlines the steps to create a basic block, apply blends, shell it, and drill holes efficiently compared to traditional methods. The tutorial emphasizes the ease and speed of using this technique for direct modeling.

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KC2101

The document provides a tutorial on creating 'U-shaped' and 'L-shaped' parts using the Fast Shell Technique in KeyCreator 3D modeling software. It outlines the steps to create a basic block, apply blends, shell it, and drill holes efficiently compared to traditional methods. The tutorial emphasizes the ease and speed of using this technique for direct modeling.

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KEYCREATOR 3D Direct Modeling Software

KeyCreator Lesson KC2101


Using Fast Shell

You can quickly produce “U-shaped” and “L-


Shaped” parts by using the Fast Shell Technique.
Instead of laboriously creating the shape by first
making a profile and then extruding it, you can
quickly take a basic block and shell it to the
finished shape.

Let’s look at how the simple “U-shaped” block at


right is created using this technique.

We’ll start with a new file in View 1. (The Top View.)

Click on the CREATE BLOCK Icon.


A Dialog Box appears.

Use the Key In Option.

Type 3 for the Width, 1 for


the Length, and 3 for the
Height.

Use the Current Cplane option and hit the ENTER


Key.

Using the Cursor Option, click anywhere on the


screen.

Now, switch to the Isometric View. (View 7.)

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KEYCREATOR 3D Direct Modeling Software

Your screen should look like this:

Click on the CONSTANT RADIUS BLEND Icon.

A Dialog Box appears.


Type 0.5 for the Radius and hit the ENTER Key.

Select the two, long, top edges of the block and hit the ENTER
Key.

Your part should now look like this:

Now, click on the SHELL Icon.

A Dialog Box appears. Type 0.75 for the Shell


Thickness and hit the ENTER Key.

Select the front face, the top, curved face, and


the hidden, rear face of the part. (Use the
SPACEBAR or TAB Key to access the hidden
face.) Then, hit the ENTER Key.

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KEYCREATOR 3D Direct Modeling Software

You will now have a “U-shaped” block.

Use the CONSTANT RADIUS BLEND Tool again to add 0.25


blends to the inner corners. Then, add 0.05 radius cosmetic blends
on the vertical edges and top curves. (With Blend along Smooth
Edges selected in the Dialog Box, these blends will propagate
automatically along the tangent paths.

Finally, click on the DRILL Icon.

A Dialog Box appears.


Select the Through Hole Option.
Type 0.501 for the diameter and hit the ENTER
Key.

Click on the right face of the part and then,


using the CtrMid Option, click on a top curved
edge of the part.

Your finished part should look like this:

Notice how this approach compares to the traditional


approach of creating a complete “U-shaped” profile in
View 2 (The Front View.) After creating a rectangle and
additional lines and then trimming them into a “U-shape”,
you would extrude, blend, and drill to get a finished part.

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