Étiquette : Intermediate

Creation of a new document
Navigation in the workspace
Selection modes (green, blue, select similar, quick selection)
Grid adjustment and display
Resol mode: grid magnetism
Marking: orthogonal / polar / object
Snaps to objects (end, midpoint, intersection, extension, etc.)
Snaps to 3D objects (vertex, midpoint of the edge, center of the face, etc.)
Selection cycle
Discovery of the working environment: 3D modeling ribbon
From the importance of hardware acceleration in 3D

Zoom in / out
Mouse zoom options
Pan
Orbit, free orbit, and continuous
3D compass
Navigation disc
Predefined views (top, bottom, left, right, front, back and isometric views)
Parallel or perspective mode

2D Wireframe
Conceptual
Hidden
Realistic
Shaded
Shaded with edges
Grayscale
Sketches
Wireframe
X-rays

General coordinate system
User coordinate system (UCS)
Define a new UCS: 3-point UCS / Z-axis UCS
Dynamic user coordinate system

Rectangle tool
Ellipse tool
Line tool
Polyline tool
3D polyline tool
Spline tool
Helix tool
2D / 3D object snap

Move
Copy
Offset
Symmetry
Rotation
Align
Stretch
Scale
Fit / extend
Decompose / join

Move 3D
Rotation 3D
Scale 3D
Rectangular network: columns, lines, levels
Polar network: elements, lines, levels
Network along a path: elements, lines, levels
Particularities of associative networks in 3D

Presentation of the Gizmo
Gizmo 3D movement
Gizmo 3D rotation
Gizmo 3D scaling
Positioning of the Gizmo
Selection of modification axes
Selection of modification planes

Workshop: all the points discussed above are subject to manipulations

Dimensionalize 2D drawings 
Difference between solids and surfaces
Creating regions
Different types of extrusions
Path revolution
Different types of path sweeps
Smoothing paths
Associative properties of surfaces
Surface types: smoothing with cuts only / nurbs
Handles

Union
Subtraction
Intersection

Workshop: model mechanical parts using extrusions / revolutions / sweeps / smoothing and boolean operations

Solids and surfaces

General information on 3D primitives
Box
Cylinder
Cone
Sphere
Pyramid
Bevel
Torus
Polysolids

Press – Pull
Section
Thicken
Indent
Interference 
Edge extraction
Shell
Fillet edges
Chamfer edges
Trim faces
Extrude faces
Offset faces

Workshop: make mechanical parts from 2D drawings

Summary workshop: model a house in 3D

Create views (paper)
Create projected views (paper)
Create sections (paper)
Create details (paper)
Modify the appearance of views
Modify the scale of views
Modify the styles of sections and details
Dimensions of 3D views in paper space

Workshop: present the house on several paper formats by exploiting views, sections, details and projections

Import of the 2D plan in .dwg
Checking the units
Preparation of the layers to organize the project

Preparation of polylines for the main slab
Configuration of polysolids in order to make the walls: thickness, height, justification, etc.
Creation of walls
Breaking openings: doors, windows
Preparation of polylines for room floors
Creation of room floors
Insertion of doors and windows
Assignment of materials for layers or objects
Modeling of roof elements

Realization of some renderings to be inserted in the presentations
Preparation of the presentations: layout manager
Creation of views from model space
Creation of sections from views
Scales of sections and views
Modification of visual styles
Modification of line thickness on the layers of 3D presentations
Preparation of dimension styles
Dimensions of the different views

PDF export of the presentations
DWF export of the project

Basic configuration
Predefined rendering quality
Resolution
Exposure
Environment
Presentation of the rendering window 
Information
Menu

Workshop: create simple renderings from previously created volumes