SofTutor for MicroStation V8i 3D
Over 4.75 hours of instruction 98 topics
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Section |
Topic |
1 |
Overview |
| 1.1 | Creating a 3D File |
| 1.2 | Overview of the Working Environment |
| 1.3 | Overview of Working Environment Options |
| 1.4 | Dialog Options |
| 1.5 | Modified Working Environment |
| 2 | 3D Concepts |
| 2.1 | Working Units |
| 2.2 | Models and Sheets |
| 2.3 | Views and Their Orientations |
| 2.4 | Rotating a View |
| 2.5 | Perspective View |
| 2.6 | View Display Modes |
| 2.7 | Setting Active Depth |
| 2.8 | Setting Display Depth |
| 2.9 | Volume Clipping |
| 2.10 | Export to 2D File |
| 3 | Using AccuDraw |
| 3.1 | Compass Orientations |
| 3.2 | Working with Compass Orientations in 3D |
| 3.3 | Auxillary View Setup |
| 3.4 | Auxillary Plane Snap |
| 4 | Using Primitives |
| 4.1 | Slab |
| 4.2 | Cylinder |
| 4.3 | Cone |
| 4.4 | Sphere |
| 4.5 | Torus |
| 4.6 | Wedge |
| 4.7 | Pyramid |
| 4.8 | Polyhedron |
| 4.9 | Elliptical Cone |
| 4.10 | Ellipsoid |
| 4.11 | Editing 3D Elements Using the Main Toolbar |
| 4.12 | Assembling Solids Together |
| 5 | Creating Solids |
| 5.1 | Solid by Extrusion |
| 5.2 | Solid by Extrusion with Holes |
| 5.3 | Solid by Revolution |
| 5.4 | Solid by Extrusion Along a Path |
| 5.5 | Solid by Thicken Surface |
| 5.6 | Linear Solid |
| 6 | Modifying Solids |
| 6.1 | Draw On Solid |
| 6.2 | Using Modify Solid |
| 6.3 | Delete Solid |
| 6.4 | Taper |
| 6.5 | Shell |
| 6.6 | Replace Face |
| 6.7 | Boolean: Unite |
| 6.8 | Boolean: Intersect |
| 6.9 | Boolean: Subtract |
| 6.10 | Trim Solids |
| 6.11 | Cut Solids |
| 6.12 | Fillet Edges |
| 6.13 | Chamfer Edges |
| 6.14 | Edit Primitive |
| 7 | Solids Utilites |
| 7.1 | Convert to Solid |
| 7.2 | Align 3D: Face to Face and Plane to Plane |
| 7.3 | Align 3D: Plane to Curve |
| 7.4 | Extract Face or Edge Geometry |
| 7.5 | Remove Entity by Size |
| 8 | Surface Modeling Using Curves |
| 8.1 | Overview of Bspline Curves |
| 8.2 | Surface Displays |
| 8.3 | Primitives |
| 8.4 | Create Surfaces |
| 9 | Free Form Surface Modeling |
| 9.1 | Loft |
| 9.2 | Loft Triangle to Circle |
| 9.3 | Loft: Vertices |
| 9.4 | Swept |
| 9.5 | Helix |
| 9.6 | Surface by Network |
| 9.7 | Surface by Edges |
| 9.8 | Surface by Corner Points |
| 9.9 | Bspline Surface by Points |
| 9.10 | Planar Surface by Points |
| 10 | Modify Surfaces |
| 10.1 | Trim |
| 10.1.1 | Trim Surfaces |
| 10.1.2 | Trim by Curves |
| 10.2 | Untrim |
| 10.3 | Stitch |
| 10.4 | Offset |
| 10.5 | Change Surface Normals |
| 10.6 | Extend |
| 10.7 | Merge |
| 10.8 | Fillet |
| 10.9 | Fillet Along Curves |
| 10.10 | Blend |
| 10.11 | Modify Bspline Surface |
| 10.12 | Surface Utilities |
| 10.13 | Mesh |
| 11 | Cells |
| 11.1 | 3D Cells |
| 11.2 | Patterning |
| 11.3 | Google 3D Warehouse Tools |
| 12 | Drawing Composition |
| 12.1 | General Overview |
| 12.2 | Creating a Layout of Model Ortho Views |
| 12.3 | Dimensioning |
| 12.4 | Hidden Line View Presentation |
| 12.5 | Place Fitted Section |
| 13 | Lights and Camera Setup |
| 13.1 | Camera Positioning and Perspective |
| 13.2 | Types of Lighting |
| 13.3 | Light Placement |
| 14 | Luxology Rendering |
| 14.1 | Photorealistic Rendering |
| 14.2 | Saving Renderings |
| 15 | Assigning Materials to Models |