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Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design

You're reading from   Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design Take your AuotoCAD design skills to the next dimension by creating powerful 3D models.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849699358
Length 374 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Introduction to 3D Design FREE CHAPTER 2. Visualizing 3D Models 3. Coordinate Systems 4. Creating Solids and Surfaces from 2D 5. 3D Primitives and Conversions 6. Editing in 3D 7. Editing Solids and Surfaces 8. Inquiring the 3D model 9. Documenting a 3D Model 10. Rendering and Illumination 11. Materials and Effects 12. Meshes and Surfaces Final Considerations Index

Editing with grips


If we select a solid or a surface without a command, grips are displayed depending on the type of object. Grips are the small blue squares (blue by default) that allow us to perform several editing operations.

On activating a grip, it turns red (by default) and we can move it elsewhere, thus changing the object. Let's see some examples:

  • Box: Activating one of the arrow grips, this allows us to adjust the length, width, and height; activating one of the square grips, it allows to change simultaneously length and width.

  • Pyramid: In addition to the box grips, we can control the top radius.

  • Extruded solid: We can change the source linear object as well as the height of extrusion.

  • Planesurf: With grips, it is only possible to move the surface.

  • Surfaces obtained from linear objects: We can adjust surfaces by moving any of the grips coming from the source linear objects. Additionally, with extruded surfaces it is always possible to adjust the height of extrusion.

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