Tutorial - how to design WoodCraft Model example: Dragon

Juan Esteban Paz (JEPaz)

26 Apr, 2012 05:40 AM

tutorial for this model Dragon WoodCraft

1. Step 1:

   We start of with new part and sketch on the right plane
   

   

2. Step 2:

   go to tools - sketch tools - sketch picture
   

   

3. Step 3:

   download the pic
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Select the pic on sketch picture
   

   

5. Step 5:

   position it..
   

   

6. Step 6:

   start drawing the contour of the body (middle section)
   

   

7. Step 7:

   then on the same sketch start drawing diferent sections,
   

   

8. Step 8:

   another few more details...
   

   

9. Step 9:

   all the sections I need
   

   

10. Step 10:

    then extrude the mid section I used the mid plane in direction to have the model centered..
    

    

11. Step 11:

    mid section
    

    

12. Step 12:

    I made this section with an offset from the mid section to make my model wider and able to stand correclty
    

    

13. Step 13:

    2 sections
    

    

14. Step 14:

    3rd section touching the 2nd
    

    

15. Step 15:

    legs section
    

    

16. Step 16:

    legs added
    

    

17. Step 17:

    final section on the right side
    

    

18. Step 18:

    right side
    

    

19. Step 19:

    I made this section with an offset from the mid section to make my model wider and able to stand correclty
    

    

20. Step 20:

    2 sections
    

    

21. Step 21:

    3rd section touching the 2nd
    

    

22. Step 22:

    legs section
    

    

23. Step 23:

    legs added
    

    

24. Step 24:

    final section on the right side
    

    

25. Step 25:

    Right side complete
    

    

26. Step 26:

    notice the offset
    

    

27. Step 27:

    on the left side of we have to start drawing the LEFT side sections it helps to see the picture
    

    

28. Step 28:

    all the left sections are drawn on the same sketch
    

    

29. Step 29:

    the more asymmetric your model is the better it will look ( at least change the leg positions)
    

    

30. Step 30:

    more..
    

    

31. Step 31:

    when the left sections are done start extruding
    

    

32. Step 32:

    When extruding always check the symmetries of the sections my first sections needs to have an offset!
    

    

33. Step 33:

    2nd section left
    

    

34. Step 34:

    2section left
    

    

35. Step 35:

    legs
    

    

36. Step 36:

    legs
    

    

37. Step 37:

    last left section
    

    

38. Step 38:

    last left section
    

    

39. Step 39:

    notice the simmetry (spacing simmetry)
    

    

40. Step 40:

    back to the right section sketch and extrude the right section of the face
    

    

41. Step 41:

    right side of the face
    

    

42. Step 42:

    from the left section sketch extrude the left side of the face
    

    

43. Step 43:

    left side of face
    

    

44. Step 44:

    on the right side we position the right side fixtures make sure they fit as centered as posible to avoid weak parts
    

    

45. Step 45:

    extrude them up to the first left side section (not through it) and offset it outward a bit too
    

    

46. 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
    

    

47. Step 47:

    make the fixture nicer by adding some fillets
    

    

48. 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
    

    

49. Step 49:

    then the corresponding hole to the mid section
    

    

50. Step 50:

    here you can see the shape of the fixture (it still needs some work to hold the other parts in place)
    

    

51. 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
    

    

52. 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
    

    

53. Step 53:

    here is a view of the four fixtures I made them all the same size..
    

    

54. 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
    

    

55. Step 55:

    they end up looking like this
    

    

56. 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
    

    

57. Step 57:

    extruded them to fill the hole on a mid plane
    

    

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    then on the same plane sketched a cut section that will be filled by the center section to hold these blocks
    

    

59. Step 59:

    extruded the cut on a mid plane
    

    

60. Step 60:

    added fillets to each block they have to be on separate fillet features because they are different bodies
    

    

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    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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    now back to the hole sketch we use it to extrude the fins to hold the blocks in place
    

    

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    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
    

    

64. 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
    

    

65. Step 65:

    now I cutted the side face sections to be held bythe fixture
    

    

66. Step 66:

    cut extrude the corresponding holes for the fixture to hold the side face sections
    

    

67. 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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    then cutted the corresponding piece on the fixture
    

    

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    and thats about it!! =) hope you enjoyed it
    

    

70. Step 70:

    after taking those shots I figured it would look better this way...
    

    

71. Step 71:

    how about that??