Tag Archive: revolve

Illustrator technical drawing part 2

by Design Workshop Sydney

In the last Illustrator blog post we looked at how to create technical drawings in Adobe Illustrator. We continue this theme by exploring how to make the drawn objects three-dimensional. We show you the whole process in our Adobe Illustrator training courses. To create the hexagonal nut we first need to measure the gap between the top and the bottom... Read more...

Autocad 3D operations

by Design Workshop Sydney

Various 3D operations are combined to create most components in the Autocad 3D interface. We explore the main functions in our Autocad 3D training courses. For example, to create the 3D Sparkplug shown here, we could modify an existing 2D Drawing. After switching to the 3D interface from the bottom right Workspace Shifter, go to the Top view and either... Read more...

Autocad 3d pulley

by Design Workshop Sydney

Creating objects like a 3D pulley in Autocad’s 3D interface is a straight-forward process which we illustrate in our Autocad 3D training courses. First of all we need to create two items: a 2d profile for the pulley wheel and an axis of rotation. This will allow us to use the Revolve function to rotate the profile around the axis,... Read more...