Modeling a Basic Door Lock

Houses use doors to keep some of their areas safe. As a matter of fact, houses use various types of doors. To apply these safety measures, doors use locks. Doors in turn use various types of locks. For example, external and internal doors may use different types of locks. Normally, locks used on external doors use keys. In this exercise, we will model a simple door lock.

Practical Learning: Modeling a Basic Door Lock

1. Start Blender
2. Click the default cube to select it (it should be selected already)
3. On your keyboard, press Delete to remove that cube
4. On the top menu bar, click Add -> Mesh -> Cone
5. In the bottom-left section of the 3D Viewport, click Add Cube to expand its window
6. In the Add Cube window, change the following characteristics:

   Radius 1:    0.0165
   Radius 2:    0.0125
   Depth:       0.0115
   Location X:  0
            Y: -0.00885
            Z:  0.52
   Rotation X: 90

   

7. In the Object section of the Properties window, click Cone to select the name
8. Type Door-Lock-Base as the name and press Enter
9. To edit the cone, on the top-main menu of Blender, click Modeling
10. Click and drag the Rotate button to see the large back face of the cone

    

11. On the top menu, click the Face button
12. Click the large vertical face to select it

    

13. Press E to extrude and press Enter
14. In the bottom-left section of the 3D Viewport, click Extrude Region and Move to expand its window
15. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the Z value to 0.085:

    Move Z: 0.085

    

16. Position the mouse on the shape. Press Ctrl + R to create some loop cuts
17. Roll the mouse to get two loop cuts and click
18. In the Loop Cut and Slide window, change the Factor value to 0.555:

    Factor: 0.555

    

19. Make sure the Edge button is clicked.
    Press and hold Alt
20. Click the loop cut in the center of the shape
21. Release Alt
22. Press G to move the loop cut
23. Press Y to move horizontally and click
24. In the Move window, change the Y value to

    Move X: 0
         Y: 0.0335
         Z: 0

    

25. Position the mouse on the cylinder between the previously created loop cuts. Press Ctrl + R to create some loop cuts
26. Roll the mouse to get two loop cuts and click twice
27. Press S, then press Y
28. Move the mouse away from the shape until the new loop are as close as possible to the others

    

29. Press S to resize the middle cylinder
30. Move the mouse slightly and click
31. In the Resize window, change the following values:

    Scale X: 0.585
          Y: 0.995
          Z: 0.585

    

32. On the top bar, click the Face button
33. Rotate the shape so you can access its back face
34. Click the back face to select it:

    

35. Position the mouse in the 3D Viewport. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
36. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.955:

    Scale: X: 0.955
          Z: 0.955

    

37. Press G to move the face
38. Move the mouse slightly and click
39. In the Move window, change the following values:

    Move: X: 0
          Y: 0.00055
          Z: 0

    

40. Position the mouse in the 3D Viewport. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
41. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.85:

    Scale: X: 0.85
          Z: 0.85

    

42. Rotate the shape so you can access its front face
43. Click the front vertical face to select it

    

44. Press E to extrude and press Enter
45. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the Z value to 0.025:

    Move Z: 0.00105

    

46. Position the mouse in the 3D Viewport. Press S to resize. Slightly move the mouse and click
47. In the Resize window, change the X and the Z values to 0.95 each:

    Scale: X: 0.95
           Z: 0.95

    

48. While the face is still selected, position the mouse in the 3D Viewport. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
49. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.875:

    Scale: X: 0.875
           Z: 0.875

    

50. While the face is still selected, position the mouse in the 3D Viewport. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
51. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.95:

    Scale X: 0.95
           Z: 0.95

    

52. While the face is still selected, position the mouse on the 3D Viewport window. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
53. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.985 each:

    Scale: X: 0.985
           Z: 0.985

    

54. While the face is still selected, position the mouse on an empty area of the 3D Viewport window. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
55. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.95 each:

    Scale: X: 0.985
           Z: 0.985

    

56. While the face is still selected, position the mouse on an empty area of the 3D Viewport window. Press E to extrude, then press S to resize, then press Enter
57. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and the Z values to 0.95 each:

    Scale: X: 0.975
           Z: 0.975

    

58. On the top tool menu, click the Edge button
59. Press and hold Alt
60. On the shape in the 3D Viewport, click one of the edges of the 5th circle from the external circle
61. Release Alt

    

62. Press G slightly and click
63. In the Move window, change the values as follows:

    Move: X: 0
          Y: 0.0175
          Z: 0

    

64. Press and hold Alt
65. Click one of the edges of the 4th circle from the external circle
66. Release Alt

    

67. Press Ctrl + B and press Enter
68. In the Bevel window, change the following values:

    Width:    0.00025
    Segments: 2

    

69. While the Edge option is still selected, press and hold Alt
70. Click one of the edges outside the inner circle
71. Release Alt

    

72. Position the mouse in the 3D Viewport window. Press Ctrl + B and press Enter
73. In the Bevel window, change the following values:

    Width:    0.000125
    Segments: 2

    

74. On the top bar, click the Face button
75. Click the large central face to select it
76. Press E to extrude
77. Then press S to resize, then press Enter
78. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the X and Y values as follows:

    Scale X: 0.75
          Z: 0.75

    

79. Position the mouse in the 3D Viewport window. Press G to move the face
80. Move the mouse slightly and click
81. In the Move window, change the following values:

    Move X:  0
              Y:  0
              Z: -0.0015

    

82. While the face is still selected, press E to extrude
83. Then press S, then press Enter
84. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the following values:

    Move X: 0.975
         Z: 0.975

85. While the face is still selected, press E to extrude
86. Tthen press S, then press Enter
87. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the following values:

    Move X: 0.975
         Z: 0.975

88. While the face is still selected, press E to extrude
89. Then press S, then press Enter
90. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the following values:

    Move X: 0.255
         Z: 0.85

    

91. Press E to extrude and press Enter
92. In the Extrude Region and Move window, change the following values:

    Move X:  0
         Y:  0
         Z: -0.0155

    

93. Position the mouse close to the oval hole. Press Ctrl + R to create a cut and click once
94. Move the cut as close as possible to the oval hole. Then click to confirm the cut

    

95. Position the mouse on the interior of the oval hole. Press Ctrl + R to create a cut inside the oval hole and click once
96. Move the cut as close as possible to the outside of the oval hole. Then click to confirm the cut

    

97. On the top tool menu, click the Edge button
98. Press and hold Alt
99. Click one of the edges of the circle between the three circles that were just drawn
100. Release Alt

     

101. Press G. Move the mouse slightly and click
102. In the Move window, change the values as follows:

     Move: X: 0
            Y: 0.0035
            Z: 0

     

103. Create bevels on all sharp borders as folows:

     

     

     

     

     

     

104. On the main menu of Blender, click Layout

     

105. While the lock is still selected, in the Properties window, click the Modifiers button
106. Still in the Properties window, click Add Modifier -> Generate -> Subdivision Surface
107. In the Properties window, set the Levels Viewport to 2:

     Levels Viewport: 2

108. Right-click the lock and click Shade Smooth:

     

109. To save, on the main menu, click File -> Save As...
110. Set the document name Door-Lock-Simple-2
111. Click Save As

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