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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

Walking and flying in a 3D model


For complex projects or intricate mechanisms, it may be useful to walk around or inside a model using both a keyboard and a mouse, such as a computer game. Besides walking (the Z coordinate constant), we can also fly (the Z coordinate variable).

Walking and flying

There are two commands for walking and flying. Both can be found on the Walk and Fly toolbar, the View | Walk and Fly menu bar, and ribbon's Render | Animations panel:

  • 3DWALK: This command (alias 3DW) allows you to walk through or around the model while maintaining the Z coordinate

  • 3DFLY: This command (no alias) allows you to fly through or around the model while changing the Z coordinate

These commands only work in the perspective mode. When entering one of these commands, if the model is in the parallel mode, the activation of the perspective mode is requested. Then, a small green cross, which is the target, is positioned at the center of the viewport and the Position Locator palette is displayed...

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