Being able to create in 3D is what actually got me into CAD back in the day. I loved the fact that I can go from nothing but a thought and use the power of CAD to come out with something someone else can actually see from all viewpoints. While I will not hold myself …
It is important to know the units of your drawing while working on AutoCAD. AutoCAD units are most time what you should care about before starting any project. The default units is set to inches. We have a good article that will help you handle your settings in AutoCAD when you have just started. AutoCAD units …
A comparison between two CAD applications is one that must be conducted with empirical facts in order to enable the public easily to choose between them. Therefore, comparing and contrasting between AutoCAD/SolidWorks must be done by first outlining the important features these CAD applications have as well as discussing their abilities as design tools. To …
It is common knowledge that the average CAD task can be simplified with the right workstation. By workstation, I mean everything that plays a part in ensuring that you stay comfortable during your entire design career. Therefore, the first step every aspiring design professional must aspire to is building the perfect workstation to simplify your …
By definition, a Break line in AutoCAD is a polyline in which a break line symbol is incorporated. Such a line may be manually created using the LINE command or most conveniently created using the BREAKLINE command. How to create a Break line in AutoCAD To create a Break line in AutoCAD Type BREAKLINE and press …
Have you ever had a situation where you had 290+ drawings to print or plot all? Even more gruesome, would be to have different pencil widths and other options for each of the drawings. If you ever fell into this, you will know the pain it feels to manually plot a large number of drawings. …
Since the inception of the phrase computer-aided design—which means the use of computer software to design 2 and 3-dimensional objects—AutoCAD has to lead the CAD industry in terms of producing popular drafting software applications that have been accepted worldwide by engineers, architects, and graphic designers. The popularity of Autodesk’s AutoCAD simply means every other design …
Loosely speaking, in AutoCAD, XREF is the command that helps embed a file to the current drawing. The XREF command allows to attach files such as raster images, DWG, DWF, Microstation DGN files and more. DWG (from DraWinG) DWF (Drawing Web Format) AutoCAD XREF An xref is a reference to an external file, that appears …
With this exercise, we are heading toward advance modeling sessions using CAD. Here you will learn how to use what you have learned so far to model about anything you want to model in real life using AutoCAD (or other CAD software). We will model a stool using elementary 3D commands in AutoCAD, all by …
This command is the least used one of these 3 commands (UNION, SUBTRACT, INTERSECTION) but it shares the same properties and requirements with the others. This command will help you have an object resulting from the intersecting area/volume of two surfaces/solids. intersection command in AutoCAD To use the INTERSECT command in AutoCAD Type INTERSECT and …
Here comes the SUBTRACT command, one the most used command in 3D while working in AutoCAD. By now, you must be able to use the UNION command which we worked with lately. This command in a complementary command to the UNION command and is almost unavoidable while working in 3D in AutoCAD. 3D Subtraction in …
Here, we move forward with learning how to modify 3D objects in AutoCAD. I recommend you check the past posts if you have not, since you will need them in order to use this command efficiently: Your first 3D piece in AutoCAD Sweep in AutoCAD SHELL in AutoCAD The SHELL sub-command converts a 3D solid …
Let’s quickly visit the ROTATE command in AutoCAD 3D. That might help you find your way around some difficulties while modeling. This command helps rotate objects in 3D. In 3D, rotating objects will be a lot more needed than it was in 2D. Now we will be working in three dimensions, meaning, we will have three …
The rectangle is one if not the most basic shape in geometry. Here, we will deal with creating a 3D rectangle using AutoCAD. It is one of the easiest figures to get while using AutoCAD in 3D. Creating a 3D rectangle will take close to a second if you know how to go about it. …
Nothing is going banana yet. The title of this post is referring to a pain most of you must have had after the last experiment. Here is the problem. We have recently learned how to use the 3Drotate command, and the SWEEP command. And we were able to build the following 3D object in AutoCAD …