Sandbox:Part Design Next

Part Design Next
What's new in PartDesign Next

Updated PartDesign workflow

PDN Combo view



Create body




To start a new project:
 * 1) click Create body
 * 2) click Create sketch
 * 3) select the plane (base plane) in the menu or in the 3D view
 * 4) click OK
 * 5) create a sketch, and use it in the traditional way, for example, for a pad

Plane selection



Result. Tree document structure, and pad options



New sketch properties

Map Mode. This property allows you to reset the sketch mapping. See User:DeepSOIC for options.



Placement. The old sketch placement is turned off. Now the sketch reposition is obtained through the property super Placement



Add items
When new items are added to the project, they are integrated into the existing ones. Example of a cylinder pad added to a rectangle pad.



Same thing for a pocket mapped on a face



New datum instruments
PD Next It offers new tools that allow you to insert the reference elements (construction elements) such as point, line and plane. They are available in the pull down menu, or in the toolbar.



Here it is added a plan, parallel to the horizontal plane, with an OffsetZ=6.



The datum objects have their properties and can be used as a reference to build the model. But the functions based on datum objects behave differently from the others.

In the figure below you can see how the slot that has been created on the datum plane does not blend with the shape, as opposed to a slot created by a sketch on the XY plane.



Additive/subtractive
It allows you to add or subtract primitive forms to the project.



Opens this menu



See User:DeepSOIC for options.

The Part Design Tools
PDN tools bar



PDN pull down menu