A great reference for Rhino 3D can be found here: https://www.rhino3d.com/tutorials
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| What | How | Visual Aid |
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| navigating |
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| selection | depending how you drag your selection window either everything touched by the selection window is selected (bottom right to top left) or only objects that are fully enclosed by the window are selected (top lect to bottom right) | |
| create geometry | _line |
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| edit 2D | _move |
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_join _extend |
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| edit with gumball | Turn on control points Turn on gumball
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| create 3D geometry | primitives: _pipe operations: _sweep - |
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| boolean operations | _BooleanUnion |  |
| use a reference image | _BackgroundBitmap |
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| Make solids from surfaces | operations: _join _cap |
Exercise: 2D
Attempt to recreate the form in this technical drawing to scale.
image source: https://blog.draftsperson.net/metric-dimensioning-guide
Exercise: Extrude and Boolean
Make a simple house using a combination of the 2D drawing commands, extrude and boolean operations. Plan some abstracted details, like doors, windows and chimneys that could be added.
Commands:
_extrude
_BooleanUnion
_BooleanDifference
_BooleanIntersection
Exercise: Revolve
Reproduce the 2D form, and revolve it into a 3D solid
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- draw line; turning on gridsnap makes things easier
- join the line, if it is not a joined line already
- use _fillet to create the round inner edge
- revolve contour to create a 3d solid
Exercise
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: Gumball
Transform and extrude a 2D form using the gumball tool.
Tip: holding command (windows ctrl) after dragging an arrow will extrude in that axis.
Exercise
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: Advanved
Reproduce the form from this technical diagram.
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