SpaceClaim 2009

SpaceClaim Introduction
Training Session
A SpaceClaim Support Document
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Introduction
In this class we will walk through the
basic tools used to create and
modify models in SpaceClaim.

We will focus on:

• SpaceClaim User Interface

• SpaceClaim Options

• Import/Export

• Spin/Pan/Zoom

• Selection Methods

• Pull/Move/Combine/Fill

• Sketcher

• Component/Structure
Management

• Detail Drawing

• Help & Technical Support

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Section One

Creating Geometry

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Getting Started
Close the Welcome Screen if it
appears. Go to the Application
Menu (SpaceClaim logo in top left
corner) and click on SpaceClaim
Options.

Select ‘Units’ and change Metric to

Imperial.

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Sketch with Dimensions

Click the Rectangle Tool in the
Sketch group. Click once anywhere
to begin the sketch.

Type the dimensions by typing ‘4’.

Then press Tab to enter the next
dimension and type ‘2’. Hit enter to
finish the sketch.

Note: Spacebar will also freeze the

sketch and allow you to tab between
dimensions.

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Three-Point Arc
Click the ‘Three-Point Arc’ tool in the
Sketch group.

Click once to start a line at the

corner, again to determine the
length at the second corner of the
rectangle, and a third time to make
the arc 180 degrees.

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Bend
Click the ‘Bend’ tool in the Sketch
group.

Select the line on the other end of

the rectangle and drag the line until
it bends into a 180 degree arc.

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Trim Away
To remove extra lines from a sketch
click the ‘Trim Away’ button in the
sketch group.

Select any lines you’d like to remove

from the sketch. This will trim them
from your sketch.

Note: You need a closed sketch to

create a surface in 3D.

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Pull
Click the Pull icon to exit the sketch.
Clicking another tool will
immediately exit you from the
current tool.

Select on the surface by clicking on

it. Once a surface is selected it can
be pulled to create a solid from
anywhere on screen (you do not
need to click on the small yellow
arrow).

Hold the left mouse button and drag

the surface upward. Use the
Spacebar to freeze the dimension
and type ‘.5’ to make the solid half
an inch thick.

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Sketch on Face
After creating the solid, click the top
surface and then choose the ‘Circle’
icon in the Sketch group.

To bring the selected surface

parallel to the screen, select the
‘Plan View’ button from the Orient
group towards the left of the ribbon
bar.

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Sketching Circles
Click on the axis of one of the full
rounds (a small green circle will
appear to indicate concentric
alignment) and sketch a circle with a
diameter of .75in.

Repeat this process on the other

end of the model. Notice that the
second circle will snap the same
size of the circle you’ve already
created.

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Shift-Touch Dimensions
To dimension a sketch entity from
another object click the shift button
while hovering over an edge,
midpoint or vertex. Hover over the
middle of the lower line until a green
triangle appears (indicating the
midpoint). Press the Shift key and
dimension ‘1’ inch directly upwards
to start the circle as shown.

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Concentric Circles
Click once to start the circle and
make it 1.5 inches.

Make another coaxial circle with a

diameter of 1-inch.

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Exit Sketch
Click the ‘Pull’ button to exit the
sketch and enter 3D mode.

Click the ‘Home’ button to obtain a

trimetric view.

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View Navigation
Take a moment to explore
manipulating the view. The middle
mouse button (MMB) alone spins.

Shift+MMB pans.

Ctrl+MMB Zooms.

When you are finished press the

‘Home’ button to get back to a
trimetric view.

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Create Holes
Select on the center circular face.
Pull it down through the model to
create a hole.

Holding ‘Ctrl’ allows you to select on

multiple entities. Select the two
circular faces on either side and pull
them through to create holes.

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Create Protrusion
Click on the circular ring face in the
middle of the solid.

Pull it up an arbitrary distance and

click in white space to clear your
selection.

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Create Ruler Dimension

Select the top face of the cylinder as
indicated and choose the ‘Create
Ruler Dimension’ (either from the
Options window on the left or the
mini-toolbar popup).

Click the top face of the solid to

dimension from.

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Set Ruler Dimension

Once the dimension is set up, enter
‘.75’ as a value and hit enter to set
the height of the tube.

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Sketch Mode
Select the front face of the model
and hit the ‘Rectangle’ button (this
will put you into Sketch mode).

Click ‘Plan View’ in the upper left to

orient the sketch.

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Shift-touch Dimension
Hover over the middle of the line
and click ‘Shift’ when the green
triangle appears. Move the cursor
directly to the left to make a
dimension of 0.375in.

Click once to start the rectangle and

make one that is .625 by .75 inches.

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Create Surface
Click ‘Pull’ to exit the sketch and
click ‘Home’ to orient it in a trimetric
view.

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Pull Up To
Select the new surface you’ve
created and go to the toolguides on
the right of the screen.

Click the bottom toolguide which is

‘Up To’. This allows us to snap a
surface or face up to another. After
the Tool guide is selected select the
outer cylindrical face behind the
surface.

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Fillet Rounds
Click the edge of one of the holes.
Notice that it will highlight in bright
green. While holding the left mouse
button, drag your mouse to place a
round on the hole.

To enter a dimension, hit Spacebar

and type in ‘.2’. Repeat this on the
other hole.

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Fillet a Chain of Rounds

Double click one of the outer edges
to grab the a loop of edges. Place a
round of .1 on the model.

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Apply Full Round

Hold down ‘Ctrl’ and select on the
three surfaces highlighted at right.
RMB and select ‘Full Round’ from
the pop-up menu to create a full
round based on the three surfaces.

Note: The context-sensitive RMB

menu allows common tasks to be
completed with little cursor
movement.

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Save Part
Save the part as ‘Base.scdoc‘ in the
IntroTraining folder.

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Completed Section One

The base is now completed.

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Workshop One (optional)

Using the image as reference,
create a new part.

Use Sketch and Pull to make the

model.

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Section Two

Working With Assemblies

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Open Assembly
Go to the SpaceClaim Application
Menu and select Open.

Select ‘Assembly.scdoc’ and hit

Open.

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Insert File
Click the ‘File‘ button from the Insert
group towards the right of the
Ribbon bar.

Select ‘Base.scdoc’ and hit Open to

insert the document into your
design.

The part is added to your Structure

tree.

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Create New Component

Select the Assembly in the Structure
tree and RMB-click. Select ‘New
Component’ from the Context Menu.

Name the new component ‘Ram

Screw’ and hit Enter.

Note: New components are active

by default.

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Reordering Structure Tree

Select the three components with
‘ram_screw’ in the name.

Drag and drop these components

into the active ‘Ram Screw’
component.

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Active Components
Only the solids inside the Ram
Screw sub-assembly are now
active. The other components
appear greyed out.

To activate the whole assembly,

RMB-click on the Assembly in the
Structure tree and select ‘Activate
Component‘.

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Assembly Conditions
Select the green face indicated on
the base. Hold the Ctrl key down
and add the light green face from
the bracket to the selection.

Press the ‘Align’ in the upper right

corner of the screen.

Next select on the green cylindrical

wall on the base then hold the Ctrl
key and add the light green
cylindrical wall of the bracket to the
selection.

Press the ‘Center’ button.

Note: The first selection always

moves to meet the second
selection.

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Open Component
RMB-click on the green Y-shaped
bracket and select ‘Open
Component’.

Note: You can also RMB-click the

component in the Structure tree.

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Round Selection
The bracket should now appear in
its own design window.

Select the round indicated at right in

the bracket.

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Fill
Once the round is selected hit the
‘Fill’ button to remove the round. Fill
works by removing the selected
geometry and attempting to extend
the surrounding geometry to close
the gap that is created.

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Rotate
Rotate the model (using the Middle
Mouse button - MMB) and Fill the
matching round on the other side.

Note: There are also

Spin/Pan/Zoom controls at the top
left and bottom right of the screen.

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Selection Tab
Go to the Selection tab which is
below the Structure window. Select
the round indicated in the picture
below.

Select the ‘Find’ button (magnifying

glass icon) in the Selection window
to search for geometry with similar
characteristics.

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Selecting Rounds
Select ‘Equal or smaller radius
rounds’.

Once they are selected as indicated

in the picture, hit ‘Fill’ to remove
them from the model.

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Fill Conic Faces

Rotate the model (using MMB) so
you have a view of the bottom. Hold
Ctrl and select the four conical
surfaces shown.

Use ‘Fill’ to remove them from the

model.

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Changing Design Windows

Use the ‘Home’ button to get back to
a trimetric view.

Select the ‘Assembly‘ tab at the

bottom left of the screen to return to
the top-level assembly.

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Create an Axis
Select the cylindrical surface
indicated.

Click the ‘Axis’ tool. This will place

an axis through the part.

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Section Mode
While the axis is selected press the
Section button in the Middle of the
Mode group.

Select the ‘Plan View’ button to

orient the view as shown.

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Moving Components
Expand the Structure tree and
select on base_screw.

Select the ‘Move’ tool.

Drag the base_screw along the red

arrow ‘.4’ inches.

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Combine
Select the ‘Combine’ button and
check ‘Keep Cutter’ from the
Options window.

Note: In cross section a vertex

represents a 3D edge, and an edge
represents a 3D face.

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Remove Material
Click an edge of the dark green
base, and then the pink screw. This
will cut away the intersecting
geometry. Click on an edge of the
intersection to delete it from the
model.

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Change Hole Diameter

Click the ‘Pull’ tool. Select the
green edge indicated in the picture.
Pull the edge one way or the next to
see how the geometry changes.

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Pull Up To
Select the ‘Up To’ toolguide on the
right of the screen. Select the light
green edge indicated to snap the
geometry into place.

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3D Mode
Click the ‘3D Mode’ button to exit
section mode. Click the ‘Home’
button to get to a default view of the
model.

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Zoom
Zoom into the top of the model to
see a screw that came in as
separate parts.

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Combine
Click the ‘Combine’ tool and select
the pink solid then the green solid.

Note: This will generate red areas

which you can delete by clicking on
them.

Delete the red cylindrical depression

created.

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Merge Solids
Holding Ctrl switches the toolguide
on the right side of the screen to
merge solids instead of split them.

Hold Ctrl and click the purple solid

to combine the two together.

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Save the Assembly

Click the ‘Select’ button and the
‘Home’ button to center the model.

Save your document.

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Completed Section Two

The assembly is now completed.

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Workshop Two (optional)

Open the ‘Workshop2.scdoc’ file.

Using the techniques in this section,

such as Structure Tree ordering,
creating components, and Assembly
conditions, reconfigure the model
shown on this page to look as it
does on the next.

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Section Three

Detailing

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New Drawing Sheet

To make a drawing go to the
Application Menu in the far upper
left of the screen. Go to ‘New’, then
‘Drawing Sheet’.

This will open up a new tab with a

drawing of the assembly.

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Detailing Tab
Here you will be brought to the
‘Detailing Tab’ where you can add
Dimensions, Cross Sections,
General Views, and Annotations.

First, take a look at the Structure

tree. Expand the ‘Drawing Sheets’
and then ‘Sheet 1’ to show the
Views on the sheet.

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General View
Select the ‘General View’ button in
the Views Ribbon group.

Place the preview box in the empty

area on the sheet.

Note: Select a View (inside the

dashed grey outline) and drag to
move it on the Drawing Sheet.

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Cross Section View

Select the ‘Cross Section’ button.

Select View 3 (the Side view).

Drag the mouse over View 1 (the

Front view). As you move the
mouse, View 3 should appear as a
cross section.

Click to place the section plane.

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Bill of Materials
Select the Bill of Materials button in
the Annotation Ribbon group.

Select Indented from the dropdown.

Place the BOM in the corner of the

Drawing Sheet.

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Add a Dimension
Select the ‘Dimension’ button.

Select one side of the ‘bracket,’

then the other.

Note: Placing a dimension with one

reference will display the length of
the edge, and with two references
will display the distance or angle
between them.

Click below the base to place the

dimension.

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Completed Section Three

The drawing is now completed.

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Workshop Three (optional)

Open the file ‘Base.scdoc’ created
in Section One. Create a Drawing
Sheet that matches the image
below.

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Class Completed
Congratulations!

You’ve completed our Introduction

Training Class.

If you have any questions or

comments please contact
[email protected]

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