1. 3D and Views.
Generating 3D Models.
Viewpoints or VPORTS.
Orientating Views Within VPORTS.
3D Icons.
Entering X, Y and Z Coordinates.
Exercise.
2. User Coordinate System.
The UCS Command.
UCS World.
Saving and Restoring UCS.
The UCS Icon.
The UCS and Views.
Exercise.
3. 3DFACE, Hide, and Shade with 3D Autotracking.
Generating 3D Images.
3DFACE.
The EDGE Command.
The HIDE Command.
The SHADE Command.
Rendering.
Auto Tracking.
Exercises.
4. THICKNESS, ELEVation, and 3DShapes.
The ELEVation Command.
The THICKNESS Command.
Changing Existing ELEVation and THICKNESS.
VPOINT, VPORTS and VIEW.
3D SURFACES.
Exercises.
5. Surfacing.
Sufaces in a CAD Environment.
Surface Display.
3D Polyline Meshes.
RULESURF.
Surface of Revolution or REVSURF.
Tabulated Surfaces or TABSURF.
Edge Surfaces or EDGESURF.
Exercises.
6. Three-Dimensional Solids.
What Are Solids?.
Creating Solid Objects.
Modifying Solid Objects.
Filleting and Chamfering Solids.
Exercises.
7. Revolving, Extruding and Mass Properties of 3D Solids.
The REVOLVE Command.
The EXTRUDE Command.
The SECTION Command.
The SLICE Command.
Mass Properties.
The MASSPORP Command.
Exercises.
8. Editing Solids and 3D Objects.
The 3DARRAY Command.
The MIRROR3D Command.
The ROTATE3D Command.
MOVE and COPY in 3D.
Exercises.
9. Preparing 3D Objects for Drawings.
AutoCAD's Model Space.
Using DVIEW Options.
3D Orbit.
3D Dimensioning.
Exercises.
10. Paper Space for 2 Dimensional Drawings.
Paper Space.
Accessing Paper Sapce.
Scaling Views Within a Drawing.
LAYERs within Viewports.
The VPLAYER Command.
Dimensioning in Paper Space.
AutoCAD's Template Drawings.
Exercises.
11. Paper Space, Model Space and 3D Drawings.
Model Space and Paper Space.
Paper Space.
Tilemode.
MVIEW.
Entering the Title Block.
Scaling Views Within a Drawing.
Locking the Zoom Factor Within a Viewport.
Dimensioning with the views.
Exercises.
12. Creating Attributes.
Introduction.
Attributes for Title Blocks and Notations.
Defining the Attributes.
Editing Attribute Definitions.
Displaying Attributes.
Creating Attributes for Data Extraction.
Exercises.
13. Editing and Extracting Attributes.
Editing Attributes Attached to Blocks.
Editing Attributes.
Data Extraction.
Exercises.
14. POINTS, DIVIDE, MEASURE, INQUIRY, and Trouble Shooting.
Point Display or PDMODE Options.
Using DIVIDA and MEASURE.
Inquiry Commands.
Exercises.
15. Advanced Blocking, Dynamic Blocks, and Xrefs.
Advanced Blocking.
Xrefs or External Reference Files.
The XBIND Command.
Dynamic Blocks.
Exercises.
