Union

Modify menu: Solids Editing

Union

Solids Editing toolbar:

Command line: UNI

Concepts
With UNION, we can combine the total volume of two or more solids or two or more regions
into a composite object.

Procedure
1. Click on Union icon or press UNI
2. Select the first object then second
3. Right click

Subtract
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Subtract

Solids Editing toolbar:

Command line: SU

Concepts
With SUBTRACT, we can remove the common area of one set of solids from another.

Procedure
1. Click on Subtract icon or press SU
2. Select the outer object
3. Right click
4. Select the inner object
5. Right click

Intersect
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Intersect

Solids Editing toolbar:

Command line: IN

Concepts

With INTERSECT, we can create a composite solid from the common volume of two or more
overlapping solids. INTERSECT removes the non overlapping portions and creates a
composite solid from the common volume.

Procedure
1. Click on Intersect icon or press IN
2. Select the objects
3. Right click

Extrude Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Extrude Faces

Command line: solidedit

F E

Concepts
With EXTRUDE FACES, we can extrude planar faces of a 3D solid along a path or we can
specify a height value and a tapered angle

Procedure
1. Click on Extrude Faces icon or press solidedit
2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify height of extrusion.10
5. Specify angle of taper for extrusion <0>:

F E

Move Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing Move Faces

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
We can edit a 3D solid object by moving selected faces of the object.

Procedure
1. Click on Move Faces icon or press solidedit
2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify a base point or displacement
5. Specify a second point or displacement

F M

Offset Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Offset Faces

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
With OFFSET FACES, we can uniformly offset faces by a specified distance.

Procedure
1. Click on Offset Faces icon or press solidedit
2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify offset distance

Delete Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Delete Faces

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
With DELETE FACES, we can remove faces and fillets from a 3D solid object.

Procedure
1. Click on the Delete Faces icon or press solidedit
2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER

Rotate Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Rotate Faces

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
With ROTATE FACES, we can rotate selected faces or a collection of features on a 3D solid
object.

Procedure
1. Click on the Rotate Faces icon or press solidedit
2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify an axis point
5. Specify the second point on the rotation axis
6. Specify a rotation angle

Taper Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Taper Faces

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
With TAPER FACES, we can taper selected faces with a draft angle along a vector direction.

Procedure

1. Click on the Taper Faces icon or press solidedit

2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify the base point
5. Specify another point along the axis of tapering
6. Specify the taper angle

F T

Copy Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Copy Faces

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
With COPY FACES, we can copy selected faces on a 3D solid object as separate regions or
bodies.

Procedure
1. Click on Copy Faces icon or press solidedit
2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify a base point or displacement
5. Specify a second point of displacement

F C

Color Faces
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Copy Faces

Command line: solidedit

COL

Concepts
With COLOR FACES, we can change the color of a selected face on a 3D solid object.

Procedure

1. Click on Color Faces icon or press solidedit

2. Select the faces
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Select the color
5. Click on O.K

F COL

Copy Edges
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Copy Edges

Command line: solidedit

Concepts
With COPY EDGES, we can copy individual edges on 3D solid object. All edges are copied as
lines, arcs, circles, ellipses, or spines.

Procedure
1. Click on Copy Edges icon or press solidedit
2. Select the Edges
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Specify a base point or displacement
5. Specify a second point of displacement

Color Edges
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Concepts

Copy Edges

Command line: solidedit

COL

With COLOR EDGES, we can assign colors to individual edges on our 3D solid object. We can
select a color from the seven standard colors or select a color from the Select Color dialog
box.

Procedure
1. Click on Color Edges icon or press solidedit
2. Select the Edges
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Select the color
5. Click on O.K

COL

Imprint
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Imprint

Concepts
With IMPRINT, we can create new faces on 3D solids by imprinting arcs, circles, lines, 2D and
3D polyline, ellipses, spines, regions, bodies and 3D solids.

Procedure
1. Click on Imprint icon
2. Select a 3D solid
3. Select an object to imprint
4. Delete the source object? [Yes / No]: N

Clean
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Procedure
1. Click on Clean icon

Clean

2. Select a 3D solid

Separate
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Separate

Procedure
1. Click on Separate icon
2. Select a 3D solid

Shell
Modify menu: Solids Editing

Shell

Procedure
1. Click on the Shell icon
2. Select a 3D solid
3. Right click and click on ENTER
4. Enter the shell offset distance

Check
Modify menu: Solids Editing
1. Click on Check icon
2. Select a 3D solid

Check

Box
Draw menu: Solids

Box

Solids toolbar:

Command line: BOX

Concepts
With BOX, we can create a solid box. The base of the box is always parallel to the XY plane of
the current UCS.

Procedure
Cube
1. Click on Box icon or press BOX
2. Specify corner or [cube / Length]: C
3. Specify length

Length
1. Click on Box icon or press BOX
2. Specify corner or [cube / Length]: L
3. Specify length
4. Specify width
5. Specify height

Sphere
Draw menu: Solids

Sphere

Command line: sphere

Procedure
Radius
1. Click on Sphere icon
2. Specify the center of sphere
3. Specify radius of sphere or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius

Diameter
1. Click on Sphere icon
2. Specify the center of sphere
3. Specify radius of sphere or [Diameter]: D
4. Specify diameter

Solids toolbar:

Cylinder
Concepts

With CYLINDER , we can create a solid cylinder with a circular or an elliptical base. The base
of the cylinder lies on the XY plane of the current UCS.

Procedure
Radius
1. Click on Cylinder icon
2. Specify base point for center of cylinder
3. Specify radius for base of cylinder or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius
5. Specify height of cylinder

Diameter

1. Click on Cylinder icon

2. Specify base point for center of cylinder
3. Specify radius for base of cylinder or [Diameter]: D
4. Specify Diameter
5. Specify height of cylinder

Cone
Draw menu: Solids

Cone

Solids toolbar:

Command line: CONE

Concepts
With CONE , we can create a solid cone defined by a circular or an elliptical base tapering to a
point perpendicular to its base.

Procedure

Radius
1. Click on Cone icon
2. Specify center point for base of cone
3. Specify radius for base of cone or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius
5. Specify height of cone

Diameter
1. Click on Cone icon
2. Specify center point for base of cone
3. Specify radius for base of cone or [Diameter]: D
4. Specify diameter
5. Specify height of cone

Wedge
Draw menu: Solids

Wedge

Solids toolbar:

Command line: WE

Concepts
With WEDGE, we can create a solid wedge. The base of the wedge is parallel to the XY plane
of the current UCS with the sloped face opposite the first corner. Its height, which can be
positive or negative, is parallel to the Z axis.

Procedure
Cube
1. Click on Wedge icon or press WE
2. Specify first corner of wedge
3. Specify corner or [Cube/Length]: C
4. Specify length

Length
1. Click on Wedge icon or press WE
2. Specify first corner of wedge
3. Specify corner or [Cube/Length]: L
4. Specify length
5. Specify width
6. Specify height

Torus
Draw menu: Solids

Torus

Solids toolbar:

Command line: TOR

Concepts
With TORUS, we can create a ring-shaped solid similar to the inner tube of a tire. The torus is
parallel to and bisected by the XY plane of the current UCS. A torus is defined by two radius
values, one for the tube and the other for the distance from the center of the torus to the
center of the tube.

Procedure
Radius
1. Click on Torus icon
2. Specify center of torus
3. Specify radius of torus or [diameter]: R

4. Specify radius of torus

5. Specify radius of tube

Diameter
1. Click on Torus icon
2. Specify center of torus
3. Specify radius of torus or [diameter]: D
4. Specify diameter of torus
5. Specify diameter of tube

Extrude
Draw menu: Solids

Extrude

Solids toolbar:

Command line: EXT

Concepts
With EXTRUDE, we can create solids by extruding selected objects. We can extrude closed
objects such as polylines, polygons, rectangles, circles, ellipses, closed splines, donuts and
regions.

Procedure
1. Click on Extrude icon or press Ext

2. Select objects
3. Right click
4. Specify height of extrusion or [Path]..10
5. Specify angle of taper for extrusion <0>:

Revolve
Draw menu: Solids

Revolve

Solids toolbar:

Command line: REV

Concepts
With REVOLVE, we can create a solid by revolving a closed object about the X or Y axis of the
current UCS, using a specified angle. We can also revolve the object about a line, polyline, or
two specified points. Similar to EXTRUDE, REVOLVE is useful for objects that contain fillets or
other details that would otherwise be difficult to reproduce in a common profile.

Procedure
1. Click on Revolve icon or press REV
2. Select objects
3. Right click
4. Specify first point of axis
5. Specify endpoint point of axis
6. Specify angle of revolution <360>:

Slice
Draw menu: Solids

Slice

Solids toolbar:

Command line: SL

Concepts
With SLICE, we can create a new solid by cutting the existing solid and removing a specified
side. We can retain one or both halves of the sliced solids. The sliced solids retain the layer
and color properties of the original solids.

Procedure
Keep One Side
1. Click on Slice icon or press SL
2. Select objects
3. Right click
4. Specify first point on slicing plane by [Object/Zaxis/View/XY/YZ/ZX/3Points]: 3Points
5. Specify second point on plane
6. Specify third point on plane
7. Specify a point on desired side of the plane

Keep Both Sides

1. Click on Slice icon or press SL

2. Select objects
3. Right click
4. Specify first point on slicing plane by [Object/Zaxis/View/XY/YZ/ZX/3Points]: 3Points
5. Specify second point on plane
6. Specify third point on plane
7. Specify a point on desired side of the plane or [keep Both Sides]: B

2D Solid
Draw menu: Surfaces

2D Solid

Surfaces toolbar:

Command line: SO

Procedure
1. Click on 2D Solid icon
2. Specify first point
3. Specify second point
4. Specify third point
5. Specify forth point
6. Right click to exit

3D Face
Draw menu: Surfaces
Command line: 3F

Procedure

3D Face

Surfaces toolbar:

1. Click on 3D Face icon or press 3F

2. Specify first point
3. Specify second point
4. Specify third point
5. Specify forth point
6. Right click to exit

Box

Procedure
Cube
1. Click on Box icon
2. Specify corner point of box
3. Specify length of box
4. Specify Width of box or [Cube]: C
5. Specify rotation angle of box about Z axis30

Length
1. Click on Box icon
2. Specify corner point of box
3. Specify length of box
4. Specify Width of box or [Cube]:
5. Specify height of box
6. Specify rotation angle of box about Z axis30

Wedge

Procedure
1. Click on Wedge icon
2. Specify corner point of wedge
3. Specify length of wedge
4. Specify width of wedge
5. Specify height of wedge
6. Specify rotation angle of wedge about Z axis30

Pyramid
Procedure
1. Click on Pyramid icon
2. Specify first corner point for base of pyramid
3. Specify second corner point for base of pyramid
4. Specify third corner point for base of pyramid
5. Specify forth corner point for base of pyramid
6. Specify apex point of pyramid

Cone

Procedure

Radius
1. Click on Cone icon
2. Specify corner point for base of cone
3. Specify radius for base of cone or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius of cone5
5. Specify radius for top of cone <0>:
6. Specify height of cone8
7. Enter number of segments for surface of cone <16>:

Diameter
1. Click on Cone icon
2. Specify corner point for base of cone
3. Specify radius for base of cone or [Diameter]: D
4. Specify Diameter of cone5
5. Specify Diameter for top of cone <0>
6. Specify height of cone8
7. Enter number of segments for surface of cone <16>:

Sphere
Procedure
1. Click on Sphere icon
2. Specify center point of sphere
3. Specify radius of Sphere or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius
5. Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of sphere <16>:
6. Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of sphere <16>:

Dome

Procedure

Radius
1. Click on Dome icon
2. Specify center point of dome
3. Specify radius of dome or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius dome
5. Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of dome <16>:
6. Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of dome <8>:

Diameter
1. Click on Dome icon
2. Specify center point of dome
3. Specify radius of dome or [Diameter]: D
4. Specify Diameter of dome
5. Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of dome <16>:
6. Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of dome <8>:

Dish

Procedure
Radius
1. Click on Dish icon
2. Specify center point of dish
3. Specify radius of dish or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius of dish
5. Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of dish <16>:
6. Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of dish <8>:

Diameter
1. Click on Dish icon
2. Specify center point of dish

3. Specify radius of dish or [Diameter]: D

4. Specify Diameter of dish
5. Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of dish <16>:
6. Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of dish <8>:

Torus
Procedure
Radius
1. Click on Torus icon
2. Specify center point of torus
3. Specify radius of torus or [Diameter]: R
4. Specify radius of torus
5. Specify radius of tube
6. Enter number of segments around tube circumference <16>:
7. Enter number of segments around torus circumference <16>:

Diameter
1. Click on the Torus icon
2. Specify center point of torus
3. Specify radius of torus or [Diameter]: D
4. Specify diameter of torus
5. Specify diameter of tube
6. Enter number of segments around tube circumference <16>:
7. Enter number of segments around torus circumference <16>:

3D Array
Modify menu: 3D Operation

Procedure

Array

Command line: 3A

Rectangle
1. Click Modify menu Array or press 3A
2. Select the object to array
3. Specify Rectangle
4. Enter the number of rows
5. Enter the number of columns
6. Enter the number of levels
7. Specify the distance between rows
8. Specify the distance between columns
9. Specify the distance between levels

Polar
1. Click Modify menu Array or press 3A
2. Select the object to array
3. Specify Polar
4. Enter the number of items to array
5. Specify the angle that the arrayed objects are to fill
6. Press Y to rotate the objects or enter N to retain their orientation
7. Specify the start point and endpoint of the axis about which the objects are to be rotate