Creating a Negative?

Can I create a negative of an object?

Here at DesignSpark we have heaps of DS Mechanical tutorials, how to guides and videos to help you make the most of your design time. In this short article, which can be found in the DSM Zendesk area, we take a peek at creating a negative version of a 3D object.

There’s plenty more DesignSpark Mechanical hints and guides right here.

This will create a reverse/ negative design for use as a mould or similar

To do this we use the combine tool which is found in the Intersection menu

To start, draw two shapes, one will be the base (1) and the other the cutter (2)

Move the cutter into the base

Selecting the combine tool from the intersection menu

Select the base and then the cutter, this then creates a third object which is the waste material. Notice the saw against the cursor when selecting the cutter object.

Delete the waste material and the cutter object to leave the base with a negative object of the cutter.

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