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Estimate Length of a Trimmed Pipe from Control Points

The following algorithm calculates the length of a pipe based on its control points. It automatically identifies whether each face of the pipe represents a cylindrical or tabulated surface and then measures the distance that the surface’s control points extend along its main axis. The resulting val…

by Martina Balla | November 07, 2025 | Share

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Belt Roller Support

Block b1 = new Block("Base"); b1.Entities.Add(Base(), Color.Purple); design1.Blocks.Add(b1); Block b2 = new Block("Roller"); b2.Entities.Add(Roller(), Color.Red); design1.Blocks.Add(b2); Block b3 = new Block("Bracket"); b3.Entities.Add(Bracket(), Color.LightGreen); design1.Blocks.Add(b3); Blo…

by Mattia Suzzi | October 31, 2025 | Share

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Valve Body Assembly

In this article, we will use Assembly Mates to assemble the valve attached.    Step 1 : Fix Valve Body and add Concentric Mate to Retainer with Concentric Mate To begin, we fix the Valve Body in place and then add Concentric mates between the valve body and retainer faces to align them concentrica…

by Martina Balla | September 26, 2025 | Share

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Reinforced Bracket

// "L" profile devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region r1 = devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region.CreatePolygon(Plane.YZ, new Point2D[]{ new Point2D(0, 0), new Point2D(30, 0), new Point2D(30, 10), new Point2D(7, 10), new Point2D(7, 55), new Point2D(13, 55), new Point2D(13, 75), n…

by Martina Balla | September 02, 2025 | Share

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Connecting Rod

In this article, we will use Assembly Mates to assemble the connecting rod attached.Step 1To begin, we fix the rod and add a ConcentricMate between the rod and the bearing bush. For each mate, we identify the defining faces and, for each face, its corresponding chain of parents. You can identify th…

by Davide Angiolini | June 05, 2025 | Share

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CAD Practice Drawings 27

const string Dimensions = "m"; const string DashDot = "DashDot"; design1.Grid.Visible = false; design1.Layers[0].LineWeight = 2; design1.Layers.Add(new Layer(Dimensions, Color.CornflowerBlue) { LineWeight = 0.2f }); design1.LineTypes.Add(DashDot, new float[] { 7, -2, 2, -2 }); Circle c1 = new Cir…

by Davide Angiolini | May 15, 2025 | Share

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Modeling Practice Drawings 57

CompositeCurve cc1 = new CompositeCurve( new Line(65, 0, 0, -65, 0, 0), new Arc(Plane.XY, new Point3D(-45, 0, 0), 20, Math.PI, 3 * Math.PI / 2.0), new Line(-45, -20, 0, 65, -20, 0), new Line(65, -20, 0, 65, 0, 0) ); devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region r1 = new devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Reg…

by Davide Angiolini | May 15, 2025 | Share

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Modeling Practice Drawings 135

devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region front = devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region.CreatePolygon(Plane.XZ, new Point2D[]{ new Point2D(-120,0), new Point2D(-150,0), new Point2D(-150,-60), new Point2D(-134,-60), new Point2D(-134,-25), new Point2D(-120,-25), }); front.Translate(0, 38…

by Davide Angiolini | May 15, 2025 | Share

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Part2

devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region front = devDept.Eyeshot.Entities.Region.CreatePolygon(Plane.XZ, new Point2D[]{ new Point2D(0,0), new Point2D(12.5,0), new Point2D(12.5-5,8), new Point2D(17.5,8), new Point2D(17.5,16), new Point2D(-17.5,16), new Point2D(-17.5,8), new Point2D(-…

by Davide Angiolini | May 13, 2025 | Share

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2D Exercise 900

Define layer names and text size. private const string DimLayer = "Dimension", ThinLayer = "ThinLayer", DashDot = "DashDot"; private const double TextHeight = 2.5; Draw the component and its dimensions. design1.Layers[0].LineWeight = 2; design1.Layers.Add(new Layer(DimLayer, Color.CornflowerBlue…

by Federico Gherardi | April 22, 2025 | Share