How to Design a Decorative Steel Grill With SelfCAD

Learn How to Design a Decorative Steel Grill using SelfCAD with the help of this tutorial

How to Design a Decorative Steel Grill with SelfCAD

Welcome to our tutorial on designing a sleek and functional steel grill using SelfCAD. If you are a designer interested in creating innovative home accessories, you're in the right place. From choosing the right dimensions and materials to adding personalized touches and practical features, you'll learn everything you need to bring your steel grill vision to life. By the end of this tutorial, you'll be ready to fire up your grill and impress everyone with your unique creation.

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Once you’ve launched the editor; 

From the Generator’s category on the Toolbar choose Shape Generator

Set Top Radius to 8, Bottom Radius to 8, Number of Edges to 20, Height to 140, Bevel offset to 2, Bevel level to 3

Click to finalize Shape Generator

Click to activate Face selection

Click on highlighted region to select it

Click Copy button to copy selected objects

Click Isolate button to isolate selected objects

From the Modify Category on the Toolbar choose Add Thickness

Click to finalize Add Thickness

From the Modify Category on the Toolbar choose Round object. Set Smoothness to 2

Click to finalize Round object

From the Tools category on the Toolbar choose Copy offsets

Set Operation to Pivot. Set x to 10. Set Amount of copies to 10

Click Copy button to create copies

Click ‘x’ to close copy offsets panel

From the Deform category on the Toolbar choose Twist. Set y to 180

Click ‘x’ to close Transformation panel

From the 3D Shapes Category on the Toolbar choose Cylinder

Set Top Radius to 20, Bottom Radius to 17, Height to 5, Position x to 10, Position y to 2

Click to finalize Cylinder

Click on shape 1(3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 1, 7, 11, 10, 8, 9) to select them

Click Stitch & Scoop on the Toolbar. From the Tool panel choose Union

Click to finalize Union

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