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AutoCAD 3D Modeling Just for Architects

By Popular Demand!

You are an Architect or Architectural Drafter/Designer, an Interior Designer, a Space Planner, a Facilities Manager, etc. and you want to learn AutoCAD 3D Modeling - You DON'T want to learn mechanical modeling. Relax you will never again see a mechanical part when you come to Cybertek Training Centers for our 3D Modeling Just for Architects class. EUREKA!

 

For almost twenty years AutoCAD training centers have offered AutoCAD 3D classes and in all time the focus has always been on mechanical modeling. Our Architectural customers requested a class that concentrates all the emphasis on Architectural modeling. The result of this request is our 3D Modeling Just for Architects class.

 

Course Description:

The objective of this class is to introduce 3D Solid Modeling features to AutoCAD users in the Architectural environment. It is essential for 3D users to understand the concepts of drawing and navigating the 3D environment and solid modeling as it applies to the Architectural disciplines.


Course Length - 2 days

 

Because we know that students learn best by doing, all Cybertek classes are instructor-led classes featuring "hands-on" lectures with students participating with the instructor step-by-step through commands and application features augmented by detailed step-by-step exercises.

Basic 3D Concepts

  • Introduction to 3D
    • Types of 3D Models
    • Navigating and Displaying 3D Models
    • Orbiting Your 3D Model
    • Changing the Model Display
    • Setting Viewport Display
  • Creating Solid Primitives
    • About Solid Primitives
    • Creating a Solid Box
    • Creating a Solid Sphere
    • Creating a Solid Cylinder
    • Creating a Solid Cone
    • Creating a Solid Wedge
    • Creating a Solid Torus
    • Creating a Solid Pyramid
  • Creating Models from 2D Profiles
    • About Models from 2D Profiles
    • About the Right-Hand Rule of Rotation
    • About Choosing a Model Creation Method
    • Creating a Model Using the Planar Surface Command
    • Creating a Model Using the Polysolid Command
    • Creating a Model Using the Extrude Command
    • Creating a Model Using the Presspull Command
    • Creating a Model Using the Revolve Command
    • Creating a Helical Path
    • Creating a Model Using the Sweep Command
    • Creating a Model Using the Loft Command
  • Creating Composite Solids
    • About Composite Solids
    • Creating Solids Using Union
    • Creating Solids Using Subtract
    • Creating Solids Using Intersect
    • Checking Interference
  • Working in 3D
    • About the Cartesian Coordinate System
    • Changing the Coordinate System
    • Changing the UCS Icon Display
    • Changing the Coordinate System Dynamically
    • Acquiring Points in 3D Space

Editing Models

  • Adding Detail to Your Solid Models
    • Filleting Solid Models
    • Chamfering Solid Models
    • Slicing a Solid Model
  • Converting Objects
    • About Converting 2D Objects to Solids or Surfaces
    • Converting to Surfaces
    • Converting to Solids
    • About Thickening Surfaces into Solids
    • Thickening Surfaces to Solids
  • Editing Solid Models
    • About Solid History and Editing Methods
    • About Grip Editing Solid Models
    • Extruding Faces
    • Moving Faces
    • Offsetting Faces
    • Deleting Faces
    • Rotating Faces
    • Tapering Faces
    • Creating a Shell
    • Imprinting Edges
    • Separating Solids
  • Extracting Geometry from Solid Models
    • Copying Faces
    • Copying Edges
    • Extracting All Model Edges
    • Exploding 3D Models
  • Changing the Model Position
    • Moving in 3D
    • Aligning in 3D
    • Rotating in 3D
  • Duplicating the Model
    • Mirroring in 3D
    • Arraying in 3D
  • Getting Information from 3D Objects
    • Checking Solid Model Integrity
    • Viewing Mass Properties
    • Changing Face Color
    • Changing Edge Color

Working Drawings and 3D Objects

  • Section a Solid Model and Generate 2D Geometry
    • About 2D Geometry from a Model View
    • Creating Section Planes
    • Manipulating Section Planes
    • Generating 2D/3D Sections
  • Creating Drawings from 3D Models
    • Types of Views from 3D Models
    • Shaded and Hidden Views
    • Views from Flatshots and Sectionplanes
    • About Trans-spatial Dimensions
    • Creating Associative Trans-spatial Dimensions