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AutoCAD 3D

AutoCAD provides several tools and interfaces for working with 3D models, including workspaces, ribbons, and panels for 3D modeling. It supports various 3D digital models like wireframes, surfaces, and solids, and allows users to create and edit 3D objects using commands like extrude, loft, and solid primitives. Visual styles and the viewcube help visualize and navigate 3D models.

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AutoCAD 3D

AutoCAD provides several tools and interfaces for working with 3D models, including workspaces, ribbons, and panels for 3D modeling. It supports various 3D digital models like wireframes, surfaces, and solids, and allows users to create and edit 3D objects using commands like extrude, loft, and solid primitives. Visual styles and the viewcube help visualize and navigate 3D models.

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AutoCAD 3D

3D Interface
Workspaces

AutoCAD workspaces are sets of


menus, toolbars and dockable
windows that are grouped and
organized so that you can work in a
custom, task-oriented drawing
environment.
3DBasics Interface

3D Basic ribbons
• Create
• Edit
• Draw
• Modify
• Selection
• Coordinates
• Layers and Views
3DBasics Interface

3D Basic pulldown menus


 Home
 Render
 Insert
 Manage
 Output
 Plug-ins
 Online
 Express Tools
3DModelingInterface

3D Modeling panels
 Modeling
 Mesh
 Solid Editing
 Draw
 Modify
 Section
 Coordinates
 View
 Selection
 Layers and Groups
Wireframe: Consists of edges and vertices only. Although they do occupy 3D
space, they’re totally unrealistic and difficult to read correctly. AutoCAD can
help you create wireframe models.
3D Digital Models
Surface: Consists of infinitely thin skins that stretch from edge to edge
of a model. AutoCAD can create two types of surfaces.
• Wireframe • Mesh surfaces are composed of thousands and thousands of
• Surface three- or foursided faces. closer you can see that it is made up of many
• Solid small, flat patches.
• NURBS surfaces: NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational Bezier Spline)
surfaces are far more precise (as you’d expect with a name like that!) and are
frequently used in consumer product design.

Solid: Has edges, surfaces, and mass. It’s a true 3D model, so you can do
interference checking between them to make sure that the parts of an assembly
will fit together properly. You can also find the surface area, volume, center of
gravity, and moments of inertia of 3D models.
Untying the
Ribbon and
opening some
palettes
Viewports

1. Open a drawing or create simple objects as shown below.


2. Click the dropdown menu in the shortcut tools and
choose Show Menu Bar.
3. Choose View, Viewports, 4 Viewports.
OR
4. Type -VPORTS at the command prompt.
Command: -VPORTS
Enter an option [Save/Restore/Delete/Join/SIngle/?/2/3/4]
4: enter
Enter a configuration option [Horizontal/Vertical/Above/
Below/Left/Right] <Right>: enter
SteeringWheel

SteeringWheels are menus that track the


cursor over the drawing window, and
provide access to 2D and 3D navigation
tools from a single interface.
SteeringWheels, or “wheels,” are divided
into wedges; each wedge contains a single
navigation tool. You can start a navigation
tool by clicking a wedge or by clicking
and dragging the cursor over a wedge.
Thickness Command
1. Begin a new drawing using a 3D Modeling
workspace.
2. Choose View, Viewports, 2 Viewports.
3. Press ENTER for the default of two vertical
viewports.
4. Type PLAN and World in the left viewport.
5. Choose SE Isometric for the right viewport.
6. Type THICKNESS at the command prompt.
Command: THICKNESS
Enter new value for THICKNESS <0.0000>: 3
7. Draw a 5”,2” rectangle using in the LINE command
in the
left view.
Elevation

Stores the elevation for new objects relative to


the current UCS for the current space.

1. Type ELEVATION at the command prompt.


Command: ELEVATION
Enter new value for ELEVATION <0.0000>:
1.00
2. Draw two circles in the left view at the new
elevation.
Note that they appear to be “floating” 1 unit
above the ground.
Elevation Shortcut

1. Type ELEV at the command


prompt.
Command: ELEV
Specify new default elevation:
<1.0000>: 2
Specify new default thickness:
<3.000>: .5
2. Draw a new line in the left view to
see the elevation and
thickness settings.
Visualizing
Your Model
Visual Styles

A visual style is a collection of settings that


control the display of edges and shading in the
viewport.
VisualStyles
Viewcube

The ViewCube provides visual feedback


about the current orientation of a model.

The ViewCube can help you adjust the


viewpoint of a model.
Creating Solids

• Solid Primitives
• Polysolid Command
• Extrude
• Extrude with Taper
• Extrude with Path
• Sweep Command
• Loft Command
SolidPrimitives

Solid primitives can easily be


drawn from from the 3D Modeling
panel, Solid Panel .
Polysolid Command

With the POLYSOLID command,


you can convert an existing line, 2D
polyline, arc, or circle to a solid with
a rectangular profile. A polysolid can
have curved segments, but the profile
is always rectangular by default.
Extrude

Creates unique solid primitives by


extruding existing two-dimensional
objects. You can extrude multiple
objects with EXTRUDE.
Extrude with
Taper
Extrude with
Path
Sweep
Command
Loft
Command
3D Edits
ConverttoSolid

Converts polylines and circles with


thickness to 3D solids. With the
CONVTOSOLID command, you
can convert the following objects
into extruded 3D solids:
Convert to Surface

Converts polylines and circles with


thickness to surfaces.
3DMove

Displays the move grip tool in a


3D view and moves objects a
specified distance.
3D Rotate

Rotate the 3D object.


Solid
Composites
Union
Subtract
Intersect

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