Creating
the volume of the wheel
- Visualize the "profile" layer and activate it. The volume of the wheel will
be created in this layer. Deactivate the "prism" layer.
- In the Copy window, choose Translation and Surfaces.
A translation of 10 units will be made. To do this, enter two points that
define a vector for this translation, for example (0, 0, 0) and (0, 0, -10).
- Choose the option Do Extrude Surfaces from the Copy window.
The volume that is defined by the translation will be created.
- Click Select and select the surface of the wheel. Press ESC.
- Choose Geometry
Create
Volume.
- Select all the surfaces forming the part and press ESC. Again, press
ESC to exit the function of creating volumes.
- Select the two layers and click them On so that they are visible.
- Choose Render
Flat lighting from
the mouse menu to visualize a more realistic version of the model (Figure
32).

Figure 32. Image of the wheel