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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced
Three-Dimensional Design and Three-Dimensional Design and
Modeling Modeling
Chapter 1
Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 2
Creating Primitives and Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Chapter 3
Viewing and Displaying Three-Dimensional Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Chapter 4
Understanding Three-Dimensional Coordinates and User Coordinate Systems. .93
Chapter 5
Using Model Space Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Chapter 6
Model Extrusions and Revolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Chapter 7
Sweeps and Lofts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 8
Creating and Working with Solid Model Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Chapter 9
Mesh Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Chapter 10
Advanced Surface Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Chapter 11
Subobject Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
Chapter 12
Solid Model Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Chapter 13
Text and Dimensions in 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
Chapter 14
Model Documentation, Analysis, and Point Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
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