How to Design Furniture Linear Cart Wheels using 3D CAD Software
Furniture linear cart wheels play a vital role in ensuring smooth movement, stability, and durability for sliding furniture and storage systems. Designing these components in SelfCAD is an excellent way to develop practical 3D modeling skills while creating a functional part suitable for real-world applications. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to design furniture linear cart wheels step by step in SelfCAD, using precise modeling tools to create a clean, customizable, and 3D-printable design that delivers reliable performance
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Once you launch the editor;
From the 3D Shapes category on the toolbar choose cube; Set height to 10, depth to 50
Tick the checkmark finalize cube
Click to activate edge selection; Click on highlighted region to select it
From the modify category on the toolbar choose fillet; Set level to 10.
Tick the checkmark to finalize fillet
From the 3D Shapes category on the toolbar choose cylinder; Set top radius to 25, Bottom radius to 25, height to 4, horizontal segments to 3, , position y to 9, position z to 23,, rotation x to -90.
Tick the checkmark to finalize cylinder
Click on highlighted region to select it; Click move on the toolbar; Set y to 30.
Click ‘x’ to close transformation panel
From the modify category on the toolbar choose fillet; Set intensity to 4, level to 10
Tick the checkmark to finalize fillet
From the 3D Shapes category on the toolbar choose cylinder; Set top radius to 8, Bottom radius to 8, height to 40, horizontal segments to 50, position y to 15, rotation x to 90.
Tick the checkmark to finalize cylinder
From the modify category on the toolbar choose extrusion; Set extrusion amount to 6.
Tick the checkmark to finalize extrusion
Click copy button to copy selected objects; Click move on the toolbar; Set z to -23.
Click ‘x’ to close transformation panel
Click on mesh 8, 4 to select
Click Boolean on the toolbar; From the tool panel choose union.
Tick the checkmark to finalize union
From the 3D Shapes category on the toolbar choose cylinder; Set top radius to 6, Bottom radius to 6, height to 2, horizontal segments to 50, , position y to 17, position z to 27, , rotation x to 90.
Tick the checkmark to finalize cylinder
Click Boolean on the toolbar; from the tool panel choose difference, Choose union 2 to subtract and set keepsubtractedobject to true
. Tick the checkmark to finalize difference
From the generators category on the toolbar choose screw & nut generator; Set radius to 5, pitch to 2, rotations to 5, tip scale to 5, position x to 40
Tick the checkmark to finalize
From the 3D Shapes category on the toolbar choose cylinder; Set top radius to 7, Bottom radius to 7, height to 2, horizontal segments to 50, position x to 40, position y to 12.
Tick the checkmark to finalize cylinder
From the 3D Shapes category on the toolbar choose cube; Set width to 1, height to 2, depth to 8 position x to 40, position y to 13.5.
Tick the checkmark finalize cube
Click copy button to copy selected objects; Click rotate on the toolbar; Set y to 90.
Click on mesh 24, 20 to select
Click Boolean on the toolbar; from the tool panel choose difference, Choose mesh 24. 24(1) to subtract.
Click on screw 1 to select
Click Boolean on the toolbar; From the tool panel choose union.
Click copy button to copy selected objects
Click move on the toolbar; Set x to -40
Click on union 3, union 1 to select
Click Boolean on the toolbar; from the tool panel choose difference, Choose union 3, 3(1) to subtract and setkeep subtracted object to true.
Tick the checkmark to finalize difference
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