Discovering AutoCAD 2020

Chapter Twelve: 3D Modeling

Chapter Objectives

• Create and view a 3D wireframe box

• Define user coordinate systems

• Explore the 3D Basics workspace

• Create solid boxes and wedges

• Access different visual styles

• Create the union of two solids

• Work with DUCS

• Create composite solids with SUBTRACT

• Create chamfers and fillets on solid objects

• Practice 3D gizmo editing

• Render solid models

• Change viewpoints with the ViewCube

• Create layouts with multiple views

Introduction

In this chapter we will take a step-by-step journey into 3D AutoCAD space. We begin in the familiar territory of the Drafting & Annotation workspace. Then we bring the Z-axis into play and move your viewpoint so that your drawing begins to represent objects in 3D space that you can ...