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Build the drive unit using Extrude and Loft - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD: Advanced 3D Modeling
Build the drive unit using Extrude and Loft
- [Instructor] Now that the rear wheel and drive train are complete, let's turn our attention to the next are of interest which is the drive unit over here. I'm just going to zoom in there, and let's go ahead and turn on all the 2D layers. I'll right click on the 2D layers property group and say on, and then I want to isolate some of the layers so I'll go to the Home tab, Layers, Isolate, and I'll isolate this layer and also I'd like to isolate the belt, which is a 3D solid. I have selection cycling on, so I'm seeing that dialog box appear when I click on something where there's more than one possibility to select. So now we have a sketch here of the drive unit and we have a belt showing up above that will give us a sense of how much space we have to work. So let's begin by establishing a new layer, this is currently on the DriveUnit layer which is a 2D layer, let's make a corresponding 3D layer for that. Dash DriveUnit, and I will go to all, and then select that 3D layer up here and…
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