Drawing in three dimensions

Paper drawings typically represent two-dimensional views of three-dimensional entities. With IntelliCAD® 2001, you can create three-dimensional models of three-dimensional entities.

This section explains how to:

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Creating three-dimensional entities

Editing in three dimensions

Hiding, shading, and rendering

Viewing entities in three dimensions

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Change the thickness and elevation of an existing entity

Create a box

Create a cone

Create a cylinder

Create a dish

Create a dome

Create a fully rendered image, use any of these methods

Create a hidden-line image, use any of these methods

Create a polyface mesh

Create a pyramid with a planar top

Create a quickly rendered image, use any of these methods

Create a rectangular mesh

Create a revolved surface mesh

Create a ruled surface mesh

Create a shaded image, use any of these methods

Create a sphere

Create a tetrahedron

Create a three-dimensional face

Create a three-dimensional polar array

Create a three-dimensional rectangular array

Create a torus

Create a wedge

Create an edge-defined Coons surface patch mesh

Create an extruded surface mesh

Display a plan view of the current drawing

Dynamically set a view direction

Mirror an entity about a three-dimensional plane

Rotate an entity about an axis in three dimensions

Set a new viewing direction

Set the current elevation

Set the current elevation and thickness using a dialog box

Set the current thickness

Create a fully rendered image, use any of these methods

Create a quickly rendered image, use any of these methods