DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL (TELECOMMUNICATION) ENGINEERING

SUKKUR INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Computer Aided Engineering Design (Lab)

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Lab Practice # 07
Drawing 3D Shapes

Objectives:

To become familiar with 3d-shapes & draw different 3d shapes.

THEORY:

3D-SHAPES:
The Geometrical Shapes drawn in x, y & z co-ordinates. Having three parameters are
called 3D-Shapes.
OR
A Geometrical shape having three dimensions is called 3D-Shapes. Solids are the
examples of 3DShapes.
BOX:
A 6 Faced Geometrical Shape. It can be Cube as well as parallelepiped.
CONE:
A 3D round Figure whose both faces (generally: top and bottom) are circular
DISH:
A 3D Figure of Half Sphere, whose locus is at the constant distance from a fixed point.
MESH:
A 3D Figure, like a plain paper in 3D Space.
SPHERE:
A Circular 3D figure, which is defined as The Locus of a point, such that its distance
from a fixed point always remain constant.
TORUS:
A 3D Figure like a car wheel tube, having one hole in its centre and the distance from a
point in the centre of that hole and any point on tube is same.
WEDGE
A 3D Figure of 5 faces, from which two are triangular, two are rectangular and one is
square Figure.

ATTRIBUTES / ARGUMENTS / PARAMETERS:

Using 3D command all 3D shapes in Auto CAD can be listed, which are:
Box, Cone, Dish, Mesh, Sphere, Torus and Wedge.

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Note: The Figures will be made available in 2D View, to see its 3D View, 3dorbit command is
used and its different views can be seen through the rotation of figure through mouse (dragging).

Activity

BOX:
Parameters: Cube
Normally: The required values are Centre, Length, Width, Height and Axis of Rotation at Z-
axis.
Command: 3d
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: B
Specify corner point of box: 15, 15
Specify length of box: 10
Specify width of box or [Cube]: 15
Specify height of box: 12
Specify rotation angle of box about the Z axis: 0

CUBE:
After asking Length it gives a choice to draw a cube (whose length, width and height are
Same) of size length, which is asked.
Command: 3d
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: B
Specify corner point of box: 15, 15
Specify length of box: 10
Specify width of box or [Cube]: c
Specify rotation angle of box about the Z axis: 60

CONE:
Parameters: Diameter
Normally: The values required to draw a cone are: Centre of Base, Radius of Base, radius of top
of Cone, Height and Segments.
Command: 3d
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: C
Specify center point for base of cone: 15, 15
Specify radius for base of cone or [Diameter]: 10
Specify radius for top of cone or [Diameter] <0>: 0
Specify height of cone: 10
Enter number of segments for surface of cone <16>: 16
Diameter: In this all the information is same but instead of asking radius it asks for
Diameter
(Diameter = 2 x radius).

DISH:

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Parameters: Diameter
Normally: The required values are Centre of Dish, radius, longitudinal and latitudinal segments.
Command: 3D
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: DI
Specify center point of dish: 15, 15
Specify radius of dish or [Diameter]: 10
Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of dish <16>:16
Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of dish <8>: 16

MESH:
Parameters: <No Extra parameter>
Normally: The required values are four corner points and mesh size in M and N Directions.
Command: 3d
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: M
Specify first corner point of mesh: 15,15,0
Specify second corner point of mesh: 30,30,0
Specify third corner point of mesh: 34, 15, 80
Specify fourth corner point of mesh: 30, 45, 50
Enter mesh size in the M direction: 30
Enter mesh size in the N direction: 20

SPHERE:
Parameters: Diameter
Normally: The required values are centre point, radius and longitudinal and latitudinal segments.
Command: 3D
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: S
Specify center point of sphere: 15, 15
Specify radius of sphere or [Diameter]: 10
Enter number of longitudinal segments for surface of sphere <16>: 16
Enter number of latitudinal segments for surface of sphere <16>: 16

TORUS:
Parameters: Diameter
Normally: The required values are centre point, radius of torus and tube & segments on both.
Command: 3D
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: T
Specify center point of torus: 15, 15
Specify radius of torus or [Diameter]: 20
Specify radius of tube or [Diameter]: 5
Enter number of segments around tube circumference <16>: 16
Enter number of segments around torus circumference <16>: 16

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WEDGE:
Parameters: <No Extra Parameter>
Normally: The required values are corner point, length, width, height and angle of rotation.
Command: 3D
Enter an option
[Box/Cone/DIsh/DOme/Mesh/Pyramid/Sphere/Torus/Wedge]: W
Specify corner point of wedge: 15, 15
Specify length of wedge: 10
Specify width of wedge: 12
Specify height of wedge: 14
Specify rotation angle of wedge about the Z axis: 30

Exercise
1. Draw the 3d box with corner 20, 20, length 15, width 20, height 12 and rotation angle is
0o.

2. Draw the 3d cube with corner 20, 20, length 15, and rotation angles is 60o.

3. Draw the 3d cone with center point 10, 10, radius base of cone 5, specify top of the cone
0, height of the cone 5 number of segment 16.

4. Draw the 3d dish with center point 20, 20, radius 10, longitudinal segments16, latitudinal
segments 16.

5. Draw the 3d mesh with first corner point 10,10,0, second corner point 25,25,0, third
corner point 34, 15, 80, fourth corner point of mesh: 30, 45, 50, size in the M direction
30, size in the N direction 20.

6. Draw the 3d sphere with center point 20, 20, radius 15, longitudinal segments 16,
latitudinal segments 16.

7. Draw the 3d torus with center 20, 20, radius 10, radius of tube 5, segments around tube
circumference 16, and segments around torus circumference 16.

8. Draw the 3d wedge with corner point of wedge 10, 10, length of wedge 5, width 8, height
10, and rotation angle 30o.