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• Advanced solid modeling: LOFT - With AutoCAD 2008, 3 dimensional drawing capabilities have increased dramatically. From now on, it is possible to draw helix and spiral. Moreover, it is also possible to use these entities as PATH, so that you can drag different profiles along them and create new 3 dimensional entities. By this way, main disadvantage of AutoCAD against Microstation™ has been overcome, thus now it is possible to draw screws or similar 3 dimensional entities. Besides, LOFTING has been added to the program as of the 2007 version, which was possible in 3D Studio for years but not possible in AutoCAD. In this article, I will try to explain LOFT command to you by giving two examples.

• 3D Modeling 5: POLYSOLID POLYSOLID is probably one of the most useful tools for creating 3D solid entities. It is available since AutoCAD 2007. By using this command, you can draw solid entities that are in forms of polylines that have constant width and height very fast, just like using the POLYLINE command. The most useful way of using POLYSOLID command is drawing a 3D wall.

• Creating Standards, Part 1 - What is a Standard?
A standard is really just a way to use software to get a desired result.

• Setting Text Height in Dimensions - Where to set the text height for a dimension style. This has long been a source of confusion for AutoCAD users.

• Introduction to AutoCAD 3D - You actually draw in 3D in AutoCAD without being aware of it.

• 3DROTATE - Those who make drawing in 3D by AutoCAD may want to rotate objects also out of Z axis.

• Workstation Performance: Tomorrow's Possibilities - Ever since digitization became commercially viable in the 1970s, one thing has remained constant: Hardware performance never seems to match our growing need to maximize productivity by working faster with less effort. This is true whether your first CAD system was MEDUSA on a Prime 2250 or Inventor 2008 on a Dell PC.

• 3D Without Glasses - The first time I used a 3D monitor was at the end of the nineties. The problem was that to see the 3D image clearly I had to sit directly in front of the screen and even then it gave me an absolutely massive headache. With Philips' new WOWvx 3D display you don't have to sit directly in front of the screen and it doesn't give you a massive headache.

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