Translations:Engine Block Tutorial/7/en

Once you have your cube and are comfortable with how the mouse works, we will begin setting up the dimensions of the CAD model. Select the cube by clicking on it in the tree view and then click on the 'Data' tab of the Property View located below the tree view (go to View->Views->Property View if you have closed it). In the data tab you can modify the properties of the object you have selected in the tree view. Depending on what kind of object you select there will be different parameters for you to set in the data tab. For a box we need a 3 vectors, one for its position in 3D space, another for its orientation, and a third to specify the dimensions of the box. For a sphere you would be able to specify the central point, and the radius; cones have a radius, height, and position; and so on. We are building a small 2-cylinder engine block so set the size and position of the box to the following values (make sure you set the XYZ under 'Position', the ones under 'Axis' set the axis of rotation and the default values are what we want):