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Create the heater cylinder

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Create the heater cylinder

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- [Instructor] The next part that we're going to make is the heater cylinder. This is another pretty simple part, it only has two features, and this is the part that the heater piston actually fits inside, this is where the air is heated by the burner to give energy for the movement of the engine. Start a new part, and let's start a sketch on the right plane. First, we're going to make a revolve feature. So the first thing we'll do is draw a center line. Start the origin, and go horizontally to the left, set this as 120 millimeters long. Then use the line tool and draw something like this. So start the end point of that center line. Go vertically up, go over to the right horizontally until you're above the origin, then go up a little bit. And now we'll add some smart dimensions. So this diameter is 35.5. Remember when you're using the smart dimension tool you can click on the line you want then click on a…

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