Tutorial - how to design WoodCraft Model example: Dragon
Dragon WoodCraft you can get the picture here!
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14 answers
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J E Paz about 1 year ago
tutorial for this model Dragon WoodCraft
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Step 1
We start of with new part and sketch on the right plane
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Step 2
go to tools - sketch tools - sketch picture
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Step 3
download the pic
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Step 4
Select the pic on sketch picture
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Step 5
position it..
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Step 6
start drawing the contour of the body (middle section)
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Step 7
then on the same sketch start drawing diferent sections,
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Step 8
another few more details...
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Step 9
all the sections I need
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Step 10
then extrude the mid section I used the mid plane in direction to have the model centered..
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Step 11
mid section
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Step 12
I made this section with an offset from the mid section to make my model wider and able to stand correclty
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Step 13
2 sections
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Step 14
3rd section touching the 2nd
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Step 15
legs section
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Step 16
legs added
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Step 17
final section on the right side
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Step 18
right side
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Step 19
I made this section with an offset from the mid section to make my model wider and able to stand correclty
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Step 20
2 sections
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Step 21
3rd section touching the 2nd
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Step 22
legs section
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Step 23
legs added
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Step 24
final section on the right side
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Step 25
Right side complete
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Step 26
notice the offset
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Step 27
on the left side of we have to start drawing the LEFT side sections it helps to see the picture
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Step 28
all the left sections are drawn on the same sketch
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Step 29
the more asymmetric your model is the better it will look ( at least change the leg positions)
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Step 30
more..
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Step 31
when the left sections are done start extruding
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Step 32
When extruding always check the symmetries of the sections my first sections needs to have an offset!
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Step 33
2nd section left
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Step 34
2section left
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Step 35
legs
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Step 36
legs
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Step 37
last left section
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Step 38
last left section
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Step 39
notice the simmetry (spacing simmetry)
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Step 40
back to the right section sketch and extrude the right section of the face
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Step 41
right side of the face
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Step 42
from the left section sketch extrude the left side of the face
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Step 43
left side of face
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Step 44
on the right side we position the right side fixtures make sure they fit as centered as posible to avoid weak parts
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Step 45
extrude them up to the first left side section (not through it) and offset it outward a bit too
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Step 46
now we have to work on the rear fixture making some cuts to hold the parts in place one to hold the mid section and one to hold the end section
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Step 47
make the fixture nicer by adding some fillets
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Step 48
this hole is made to the end section so that they fit perfectly and this piece holds the rest of the sections in place
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Step 49
then the corresponding hole to the mid section
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Step 50
here you can see the shape of the fixture (it still needs some work to hold the other parts in place)
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Step 51
The front Right fixture is made the same way I made the holes depth half the height of the fixture and made them both exaclty the same to ease the assembly
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Step 52
then we go to the other side.. and position the left side fixtures too, you have to make sure theyre not colliding with the ones from the right side.. then the cutting procedure is pretty much the same as before just sketch over the fixtures face the cut profiles and make sure you are only cutting that part
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Step 53
here is a view of the four fixtures I made them all the same size..
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Step 54
to complete the fixtures we need a spacer so we will just add a little height to the open section its needed only on one side
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Step 55
they end up looking like this
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Step 56
now to fill the hole in the back I sketched on the RIGHTPLANE (symmetry plane), 3 lines then made them equal and made a rectangle over each one of them making sure they touched only on one point
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Step 57
extruded them to fill the hole on a mid plane
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Step 58
then on the same plane sketched a cut section that will be filled by the center section to hold these blocks
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Step 59
extruded the cut on a mid plane
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Step 60
added fillets to each block they have to be on separate fillet features because they are different bodies
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Step 61
Then using Indent Feature with the center section as the target and the bottom of each block as tool we can get a precise fit for each block on the dragons spine!
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Step 62
now back to the hole sketch we use it to extrude the fins to hold the blocks in place
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Step 63
now finally to the face fixture we need to position it and extrude it it doesnt have to have much offset outside the face we will have to work on it to make it look better
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Step 64
a simple way to finish this fixture can be just to make some more spikes come out of it so extruding this profile we can get it done
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Step 65
now I cutted the side face sections to be held bythe fixture
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Step 66
cut extrude the corresponding holes for the fixture to hold the side face sections
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Step 67
made the cut on the mid face section a little higher to make it different from the side ones
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Step 68
then cutted the corresponding piece on the fixture
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Step 69
and thats about it!! =) hope you enjoyed it
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Step 70
after taking those shots I figured it would look better this way...
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Step 71
how about that??
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jon jacson 8 months agoI´ve been for months wondering how to do this, excellent tutorial. Appreciated!
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