These tutorials were designed to be part of the introductory courses taught by the Graphic Communications Program at NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. All of the directions used in this, and the other tutorials in this series, assume that you are running AutoCAD Release 2000i on an NT system. These directions will only work with Release 2000i. Other versions may not have the same commands or format.
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OBJECTIVES:
After this tutorial you will be able to:
- Convert a two-dimensional object to polylines;
- use the EXTRUDE command to create a solid from an object made of Polylines;
- use the REVOLVE command to create a solid from an object made of Polylines; and
- apply the practice of Revolution Conventions to the multiview representation of a model.
STEP 1
In this tutorial, you will create an advanced solid model, and convert the model to a multiview drawing through the Solview and Soldraw commands. FIGURE 1 provides a preliminary view of the model you will construct, with the subparts identified.
FIGURE 1
To begin this tutorial, locate and open the classtemplate file you have used before.
Now, save your file under the name tutorial5.
Finally, move to Model space by clicking on the Model tab. ![]()
