AutoCAD AutoCAD
®
2008
Creating and Presenting 3D Models
Autodesk
®
Official Training Courseware
00128-050008-1706A
April 2007 © Copyright 2007 Autodesk, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
This publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose.
AUTODESK, INC., MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS, AND MAKES SUCH MATERIALS AVAILABLE SOLELY ON
AN "AS-IS" BASIS. IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTODESK, INC., BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR SPECIAL, COLLATERAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF ACQUISITION OR USE OF THESE MATERIALS. THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY TO AUTODESK,
INC., REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE, IF ANY, OF THE MATERIALS DESCRIBED HEREIN.
Autodesk, Inc., reserves the right to revise and improve its products as it sees fit. This publication describes the state of this product at the time of its
publication, and may not reflect the product at all times in the future.
Autodesk Trademarks
The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and other countries: 3DEC (design/logo), 3December,
3December.com, 3ds Max, ActiveShapes, Actrix, ADI, Alias, Alias (swirl design/logo), AliasStudio, Alias|Wavefront (design/logo), ATC, AUGI, AutoCAD,
AutoCAD Learning Assistance, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Simulator, AutoCAD SQL Extension, AutoCAD SQL Interface, Autodesk, Autodesk Envision,
Autodesk Insight, Autodesk Intent, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Map, Autodesk MapGuide, Autodesk Streamline, AutoLISP, AutoSnap, AutoSketch,
AutoTrack, Backdraft, Built with ObjectARX (logo), Burn, Buzzsaw, CAiCE, Can You Imagine, Character Studio, Cinestream, Civil 3D, Cleaner, Cleaner
Central, ClearScale, Colour Warper, Combustion, Communication Specification, Constructware, Content Explorer, Create>whats>Next> (design/logo),
Dancing Baby (image), DesignCenter, Design Doctor, Designers Toolkit, DesignKids, DesignProf, DesignServer, DesignStudio, Design|Studio (design/
logo), Design Your World, Design Your World (design/logo), DWF, DWG, DWG (logo), DWG TrueConvert, DWG TrueView, DXF, EditDV, Education by
Design, Extending the Design Team, FBX, Filmbox, FMDesktop, GDX Driver, Gmax, Heads-up Design, Heidi, HOOPS, HumanIK, i-drop, iMOUT,
Incinerator, IntroDV, Kaydara, Kaydara (design/logo), LocationLogic, Lustre, Maya, Mechanical Desktop, MotionBuilder, ObjectARX, ObjectDBX, Open
Reality, PolarSnap, PortfolioWall, Powered with Autodesk Technology, Productstream, ProjectPoint, Reactor, RealDWG, Real-time Roto, Render Queue,
Revit, Showcase, SketchBook, StudioTools, Topobase, Toxik, Visual, Visual Bridge, Visual Construction, Visual Drainage, Visual Hydro, Visual Landscape,
Visual Roads, Visual Survey, Visual Syllabus, Visual Toolbox, Visual Tugboat, Visual LISP, Voice Reality, Volo, and Wiretap.
Autodesk Canada Co. Trademarks
The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk Canada Co. in the USA and/or Canada and other countries: Backburner, Discreet,
Fire, Flame, Flint, Frost, Inferno, Multi-Master Editing, River, Smoke, Sparks, Stone, Wire.
Third Party Trademarks
All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
Third Party Software Credits and Attributions
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
ACIS Copyright © 19892001 Spatial Corp.
Copyright © 19992000 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. This product includes software developed by the Apache Software
Foundation (http://www.apache.org) subject to its license terms and conditions (http://xml.apache.org/dist/LICENSE.txt).
Typefaces from the Bitstream® typeface library Copyright © 1992.
HLM © Copyright D-Cubed Ltd. 19962006. HLM is a trademark of D-Cubed Ltd.
AutoCAD® 2008 and AutoCAD LT® 2008 are produced under a license of data derived from DIC Color Guide® from Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
Copyright © Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. All rights reserved. DIC and DIC Color Guide are registered trademarks of Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
Portions of this software are based on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
Active Delivery 2.0 © 19992004 Inner Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
ISYS and the ISYS logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of ISYS® Search Software Inc.
Copyright © 19881997 Sam Leffler. Copyright © 19911997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Copyright © Lingea s.r.o. 2006.
The New Features Workshop contains Macromedia Flash Player software by Macromedia, Inc. Copyright © 19952005 Macromedia, Inc. All rights
reserved. Macromedia® and Flash® are registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States or other countries.
Copyright © 19962006 Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 19962006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2002 Joseph M. OLeary.
PANTONE® Colors displayed in the software application or in the user documentation may not match PANTONE-identified standards. Consult current
PANTONE Color Publications for accurate color. PANTONE® and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc. © Pantone, Inc., 2004.
Pantone, Inc. is the copyright owner of color data and/or software which are licensed to Autodesk, Inc., to distribute for use only in combination with
certain Autodesk software products. PANTONE Color Data and/or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the
execution of this Autodesk software product.
Typefaces from Payne Loving Trust © 1992, 1996. All rights reserved.
RAL DESIGN © RAL, Sankt Augustin, 2004.
RAL CLASSIC © RAL, Sankt Augustin, 2004.
Representation of the RAL Colors is done with the approval of RAL Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung e.V. (RAL German Institute
for Quality Assurance and Certification, re. Assoc.), D-53757 Sankt Augustin.
This product includes code licensed from RSA Security, Inc. Some portions licensed from IBM are available at http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu4j/.
The Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine Copyright © 19942003 Wintertree Software, Inc.
Portions of this product include one or more Boost libraries. Use of the Boost libraries is subject to its license agreement
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt.
Government Use
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR 12.212 (Commercial Computer Software-Restricted
Rights) and DFAR 227.7202 (Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software), as applicable.
Published By: Autodesk, Inc.
111 Mclnnis Parkway
San Rafael, CA 94903, USA
v
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1: 3D Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Lesson: Introduction to 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Types of 3D Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Navigating and Displaying 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Orbiting Your 3D Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Changing the Model Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting Viewport Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Exercise: Interact with 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lesson: Creating Solid Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
About Solid Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating a Solid Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Creating a Solid Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Creating a Solid Cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a Solid Cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Creating a Solid Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Creating a Solid Torus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Creating a Solid Pyramid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exercise: Create Individual Solid Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Exercise: Create Solid Primitives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 vi Contents
Lesson: Creating Models from 2D Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .