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A Pro/DESKTOP Tutorial (Module 13a)		 [Radio]
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To form a hollow casing so that the radio components can be fitted

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Fig 4.


  1. Rotate the object through 360 degrees using the arrow keys on the keyboard until the rear of the casing is visible.
  2. Choose the Select Faces [Select Faces button] tool
  3. Select the back of the casing. (A red line appears on the perimeter of the back to show that it has been selected.)
  4. Choose Hollow Solids [Hollow Solids button] tool
  5. In the dialogue box set the Offset to 3mm which will give the wall thickness. You will now see the hollowed out casing
  6. From the View menu choose Front Elevation.

Adding grill cavity feature to the casing

[Figure 5]
Fig 5.


A holes will be inserted for the front face for the speaker grill and the tuning and volume controls.
  1. From the Workplane menu choose New Sketch
  2. Name the sketch ‘Grill cavity’ and check Add to workplane is showing Frontal
  3. Select OK
  4. Select the Create Circle [Create Circle button] tool
  5. Using the origin as a centre point drag out a circle to within about 15mm from the outside of the casing.
  6. With the Constrain Size [Constrain Size button] tool select on the circle and drag out the constraint
  7. Double click on the radius constraint
  8. In the Properties window change the radius length to 48mm
  9. Choose the Select Lines [Select Lines button] tool an highlight the circle
  10. Choose the Project Profile [Project Profile button] tool
  11. In the Dialogue box check:Through to next face, Below Workplane and Subtract material.
  12. Select OK
  13. Rotate to see the effect
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