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3D Printering: Making A Thing In AutoCAD, Part II

It’s time once again for another part in 3D Printering’s series of Making A Thing. Last week was a short tutorial on the beginnings of making a thing in AutoCAD. This is an extremely complex software ...
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Creating 2D Views From 3D Models in AutoCAD, Part 2

part 1 of this 2-part series. Using AutoCAD’s Section Plane, you can section 3D models by a user-defined cutting plane. This works with solids, surfaces, meshes, regions and point clouds. You have ...
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3D Printering: Making A Thing With AutoCAD, Part I

Octopodes and useless plastic baubles begone. It’s time yet again for another installment of learning how to make a thing with 3D design tools. This week, we’re making something with AutoCAD. It’s an ...
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Creating 2D Views From 3D Models in AutoCAD, Part 1

Best known for its 2D toolset, AutoCAD also has a full suite of 3D modeling features. With AutoCAD, you can create solids, surfaces and meshes from simple to complex models. It also supplies tools for ...