To draw a sketch of the boat
Fig 1.
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- Open Design Wave
- From the File menu select New
- Choose Design
- Select OK
- Maximise the screens
- Choose the Create Rectangle
tool.
- Move the pencil cursor to the workplane (Green rectangle with arrow on).
- Move to just inside the top left of the green rectangle.
- Press and hold and drag the cursor down to the right to create a rectangle. Release the mouse button to finish creating the rectangle.
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To constrain the rectangle to a set size
Fig 2.
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- Choose the Constrain Separation
tool
- Move over a side of the rectangle (The selected line goes light blue)
- Select the line by clicking the left mouse button. (The line turns red)
- Select the opposite line, press, hold and drag the cursor to create the constraint outside the rectangle
- Repeat on the other two lines that make up the rectangle
- Double-click the left mouse button on the constraint to open the Properties dialogue window.
- Enter a length of 150mm for the length and then repeat on the other constraint to set this to 75mm. These will constrain the dimensions of the rectangle.
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To change the shape of the sketch to form the bottom of the boat.
To round the end of the rectangle;
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- Choose the Select Lines
tool
- Select the shortest side of the rectangle (right hand side) Cursor changes to an arc
- Hold the left mouse button down and drag out the line to form an arc
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To draw the pointed end of the boat
Fig 3.
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- From the View menu choose Plan
- Choose the Select Lines
tool
- Draw two lines from the ends of the rectangle to form a triangle.
- Select the line that forms the base of the triangle
- Delete the line using the Del key
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