HiCAD neXt tutorials

by: Marcel de Klein, oktober 2007

Chapter 2: Sketching

We'll start sketching the upper contour of the lever.

Click in the Sketch toolbar on sketch c-line (3D sketch). Click on a random position in your screen to start.
Now you're in the HiCAD sketch modus. When you move the cursor you'll see that HiCAD immediately shows you the length and the angle of the line. The grid of the length is depending on how far you're zoomed in or out and will adjust itself automatically.

Move the cursor to the left untill the sketcher shows an angle of 180° and a length of 40 mm. Now click once on your LMB.

Now move the cursor up untill the sketcher shows an angle of -90°. Now press the [ - ] key (minus key) so many times untill when you move your mouse the sketcher uses a grid of 0,5 mm. Drag the line so the length is 23,5 mm and click on the LMB.

HiCAD sketcher
Sketch your contour

Now continue to the right with an angle of -90° and a length of 60 mm. End the sketcher with your MMB.
Click with your RMB on Sketch c-line in the sketch toolbar and select the function Optional to draw free lines. Move your cursor towards the end of the line you've just drawn. When the end of the line is within the circle of the cursor (that's the Autopilot) the pointoption Endpoint will appear. This looks like a yellow line with the character I close to it. Now click with your LMB to select the end of the line.
Press the [R] key on your keyboard to continue working relative. HiCAD asks you for a relative X-distance and Y-distance separated by a space. Type in: 120 -12.5 . This means that HiCAD draws a line from the last point 120 mm to the right and 12,5 mm to the bottom.

Parallel lines

Use the function parallel to draw a mirror line. Choose in the sketch toolbar the function parallels and click below the bottom horizontal line of our sketch.

By clicking below the horizontal line HiCAD neXt knows already the direction where the parallel line should be placed. Fill in a distance of 1.5 mm. End the function with your MMB.

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