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LIST OF 3D COMMANDS IN AUTOCAD
BAUTISTA, KHATLENE CARYL N.
BSNAME - 2 A
ENGR. EUGENE KENNETH DAITOL
○ When a drawing is in a Perspective view,
3D COMMANDS starts the interactive 3D view and
enables you to drag the view horizontally
● 3DALIGN (Command) and vertically.
○ Aligns objects with other objects in 2D ● 3DPOLY (Command)
○ Creates a 3D polyline.
and 3D.
● 3DARRAY (Command) ● 3DPRINT (Command)
○ Sends a 3D model to a 3D printing
○ Maintains legacy behavior for creating no
service.
associative, 3D rectangular or polar
● 3DROTATE (Command)
arrays.
○ In a 3D view, displays the 3D Rotate
● 3DCLIP (Command)
gizmo to aid in revolving 3D objects
○ Opens the Adjust Clipping Planes
around a base point.
window, where you can specify what
● 3DSCALE (Command)
portions of a 3D model to display.
○ In a 3D view, displays the 3D Scale
● 3DCORBIT (Command)
gizmo to aid in resizing 3D objects.
○ Rotates the view in 3D space with
● 3DSIN (Command)
continuous motion.
● 3DDISTANCE (Command) ○ Imports a 3ds Max (3DS) file.
○ Starts the interactive 3D view and makes ● 3DSWIVEL (Command)
○ Changes the target of the view in the
objects appear closer or farther away.
direction that you drag.
● 3DDWF (Command)
● 3DWALK (Command)
○ Creates a 3D DWF or 3D DWFx file of
○ Changes the 3D view in a drawing
your 3D model and displays it in the DWF
interactively to create the appearance of
Viewer.
walking through the model.
● 3DEDITBAR (Command)
● 3DZOOM (Command)
○ Reshapes splines and NURBS surfaces,
○ Zooms in and out in a perspective view.
including their tangency properties.
● BOX
● 3DFACE (Command)
○ Creates a three-sided or four-sided ○ Creates a 3D solid box.
surface in 3D space. ● CONE
● 3DFLY (Command) ○ Creates a 3D solid cone.
○ Changes the 3D view in a drawing ● CONVTOMESH (Command)
interactively to create the appearance of ○ Converts 3D objects such as polygon
flying through the model. meshes, surfaces, and solids to mesh
● 3DFORBIT (Command)
○ Rotates the view in 3D space without objects.
constraining roll. ● CONVTONURBS (Command)
● 3DMESH (Command) ○ Converts 3D solids and surfaces into
○ Creates a free-form polygon mesh. NURBS surfaces.
● 3DMOVE (Command) ● CONVTOSOLID (Command)
○ In a 3D view, displays the 3D Move gizmo ○ Converts 3D meshes and polylines and
to aid in moving 3D objects a specified circles with thickness to 3D solids.
distance in a specified direction. ● CONVTOSURFACE (Command)
● 3DORBIT (Command) ○ Converts objects to 3D surfaces.
○ Rotates the view in 3D space, but ● CYLINDER
constrained to horizontal and vertical ○ Creates a 3D solid cylinder.
orbit only. ● EXTRUDE
● 3DORBITCTR (Command) ○ Creates a 3D solid or surface by
○ Sets a specific center of rotation in 3D extending a 2D or 3D curve.
Orbit view.
● LOFT
● 3DOSNAP (Command)
○ Sets the object snap modes for 3D ○ Creates a 3D solid or surface in the
objects. space between several cross sections.
● 3DPAN (Command) ● MESH
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LIST OF 3D COMMANDS IN AUTOCAD
BAUTISTA, KHATLENE CARYL N.
BSNAME - 2 A
ENGR. EUGENE KENNETH DAITOL
○ Creates a 3D mesh primitive object such ○Creates multiple viewports in model
as a box, cone, cylinder, pyramid, space or in a layout (paper space).
sphere, wedge, or torus. ● WEDGE
● PLANESURF ○ Creates a 3D solid wedge.
○ Creates a planar surface. SYSTEM VARIABLES
● POLYSOLID
○ Creates 3D wall-like solid. • DELOBJ (System Variable)
● PROJECTGEOMETRY o If you use a product that supports
○ Projects points, lines, or curves onto a 3D creation of 3D models based on existing
solid or surface from different directions. geometry, use this system variable to
● PROPERTIES control whether the original geometry is
○ Controls properties of existing objects. retained or removed.
● PYRAMID • ORBITAUTOTARGET (System Variable)
○ Creates a 3D solid pyramid. o Sets the Orbit Auto Target option of the
● REGEN 3DORBIT command on or off. The target
○ Regenerates the entire drawing from point displays temporarily as a small,
within the current viewport. dark sphere when you click to orbit. This
● REVOLVE behavior also applies when you
○ Creates a 3D solid or surface by temporarily enter 3D Orbit mode by
sweeping an object around an axis. pressing Shift and the mouse wheel as
● ROTATE you move the cursor.
○ Rotates objects around a base point. • STEPSIZE (System Variable)
● SPHERE o You can enter any real number from 1E-
○ Creates a 3D solid sphere. 6 to 1E+6.
● SURFBLEND • STEPSPERSEC (System Variable)
○ Creates a continuous blend surface o You can enter any real number from 1 to
between two existing surfaces. 30.
● SURFNETWORK • SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE (System Variable)
○ Creates a surface in the space between o In busy 3D environments with many
several curves in the U and V directions, objects, it can be helpful to filter certain
including surface and solid edge sub sub objects out of the selection
objects. highlighting.
● SURFOFFSET
○ Creates a parallel surface a specified
distance from the original surface.
● SURFPATCH
○ Creates a new surface by fitting a cap
over a surface edge that forms a closed
loop.
● SWEEP
○ Creates a 3D solid or surface by
sweeping a 2D or 3D object or sub object
along a path.
● TORUS
○ Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid.
● UCS
○ Sets the origin and orientation of the
current user coordinate system (UCS).
● VPORTS
