From the course: AutoCAD: Advanced 3D Modeling
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Configure 3D workspaces - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD: Advanced 3D Modeling
Configure 3D workspaces
- By default AutoCAD is set up for drafting and we don't have any three-dimensional tools available on the ribbon. To change this we need to change the workspace. On the status bar, click on the Customization button in the lower right-hand corner. And make sure that Workspace Switching is enabled. It turns on this gear icon here. Open that up and choose 3D Basics. So this workspace has different tools on the ribbon. We have a number of 3D modeling tools on the create panel. I'd like to begin by drawing a rectangle on the ground just as a demonstration. It doesn't matter how big that is. I'll extrude that, select it, and when I select it, you'll notice here on the command line history that it's going to be a solid by default. This has a mode feature which allows you to select whether you're going to create a solid or surface. So, I'm creating a solid I'll press enter, move the cursor up and then click. So right now it looks like a wireframe representation and that's because we're using…
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