Overview
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Learn how to move from 2D design in AutoCAD into the 3D modeling environment.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Why should you transition into 3D?
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- The new AutoCAD interface
- The AutoCAD 3D environment: Using the 3D Modeling workspace
- Standard 3D views: View control and the ViewCube
- Applying perspective to 3D views
- Working with tiled viewports in the Model tab
- The VPORTS command
- Applying visual styles
- Creating named views
- Using the ELEV command to alter the drawing plane
- Working with absolute and relative 3D coordinates
- Altering the UCS manually in 3D AutoCAD
- Altering the UCS dynamically in 3D AutoCAD
- Using the AutoCAD 3D gizmos
- Working with object selection in 3D AutoCAD
- Using Boolean functions in 3D AutoCAD
- Creating plate outline in 2D AutoCAD: Circles and polylines
- Converting the 2D AutoCAD objects to AutoCAD regions
- Boolean functions: Convert existing region to 3D
- Using EXTRUDE to convert the region to a 3D solid
- Using PRESSPULL: Add 3D elements and 3D holes to a 3D solid
- Adding material to the 3D solid to give it a real-world look
- Preparing your 2D floor plan
- Polylining the necessary linework
- Using EXTRUDE and PRESSPULL to develop 3D entities
- Developing a simple floor for the building
- Developing a simple roof for the building
- Creating 2D and 3D sections and elevations for viewports
- Creating a 2D flatshot from a 3D model
- Generating sections from a 3D model
- Updating sections and elevations in 3D AutoCAD
- Using live sectioning in 3D AutoCAD
- Adding views to a simple title block through viewports
- Updating sections and elevations in 3D AutoCAD
- Dimension annotation: Views, flatshots, sections, elevations
- Finalizing finished document: Materials and visual styles
- Creating 3D camera views in AutoCAD
- Applying a 3D camera view in a layout
- Working with rendering in your 3D AutoCAD world
- Adding a rendered view to your layouts
- Next steps
