Introducing 3d Autocad

by McFarlane, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780340614563
• ISBN10: 0340614560
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold

Summary

Introducing 3D AutoCAD offers a straightforward introduction to three-dimensional drawing with AutoCAD release 12, through a series of tutorial exercises presented in the author's familiar 'user-friendly' style. Examples are drawn from a variety of contexts, making the book an ideal introduction to 3D drawing whether for applications in engineering or construction.

Table of Contents

Preface Using the book	v	(1)
Acknowledgements	vi
1. Isometric drawings	1	(12)
Setting the isometric grid
Isoplane
Summary
Isometric activities
2. Extruded 3D drawings	13	(11)
Basic terminology
Setting ELEVation and THICKness
Extruded 3D standard sheet
VPOINT
Summary
Extruded 3D activities
3. 3D co-ordinate systems	24	(7)
The WCS
The UCS
Orientation of the UCS
The UCSICON command
Summary
4. Drawing a 3D wire frame model	31	(20)
Drawing the 3D component
Moving around with the UCS
Editing in 3D
UCS from the screen
UCS from the menu bar
UCSICON
PLAN
VIEW
UCSFOLLOW
Summary
3D drawing activities
5. 3D co-ordinate input	51	(9)
Keyboard entry
Worked examples 1 and 2
Absolute input
Relative input
Polar input
Point filters
2D point filter example
3D point filter examples 1 and 2
Summary
6. Viewports	60	(15)
3D viewport examples 1 and 2
REDRAWALL and REGENALL
Summary
Viewport activities
7. Viewpoint	75	(10)
The VPOINT command
The bull's eye target
VPOINT R
The preset viewpoint dialogue box
Summary
8. UCS entity	85	(1)
9. Dimensioning in 3D	86	(6)
3D dimensioning examples 1-3
Summary
3D dimensioning activities
10. 3D drawing exercises	92	(7)
Exercise 1: Bob's cuboid
Exercise 2: Bob's pyramid
Exercise 3: Bob's house
Summary
11. 3DPOLY and 3DFACE	99	(7)
3DPOLY
3DFACE
Explanation of the 3DFACE command
The invisible 3D face (edge)
Summary
3DFACE activities
12. 3D hatching	106	(11)
3D hatching examples 1-5
Summary
Activities
13. 3D surfaces	117	(27)
3DMESH
RULESURF 1
3DMESH activity
Summary
RULESURF activity
TABSURF
TABSURF activity
Summary
REVSURF
REVSURF activity
EDGESURF
PFACE
RULESURF 2
RULESURF activity
14. Model space and paper space	144	(6)
Model space (MS)
Paper space (PS)
TILEMODE
Paper space icon
Toggling between paper space and model space
15. 3D multi-view drawings	150	(15)
MVIEW example 1: WORKDRG
Viewport alignment
ZOOM XP
MVIEW example 2: PYRAMID
DVIEW example 3: a new drawing using 3D objects
VPLAYER Summary
16. 3D geometry	165	(8)
Align
Mirror 3D
Rotate 3D
Array 3D
Summary
17. Dynamic viewing	173	(16)
What is DVIEW?
DVIEW example 1: AutoCAD's DVIEW drawing
DVIEW example 2: a saved drawing
DVIEW example 3: a new drawing
Summary
Index	189