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Lockdown Exercise Series – 3D Piston

By Clement Hiew

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a piston using 3D geometry in AutoCAD. You will be guided to use 2D drafting commands, annotations as well as some 3D features (EXTRUDE, REVOLVE, SUBSTRACT, CHAMFEREDGE, FILLETEDGE, TORUS).

The final model should look something like this image in 3D.

This exercise is […]

May 18th, 2020 | Category: General AutoCAD tip | One comment

Clip and Wipeout: Useful Tools to help manage your drawings

By Clement Hiew

One of the tools we often use by technical professionals such as architects and engineers is the computer-aided design (CAD) program. Nowadays, it is one of the crucial tools in delivering contract documents for construction and other technical businesses. It is initially meant to aid us in realizing projects by producing drawings that are […]

April 6th, 2020 | Category: General AutoCAD tip | Leave a comment

101 interesting Technical Drawing Exercises to improve your practical skills FAST

By Clement Hiew

Viktor Rask has written a very practical book where he introduces 101 technical drawings to beginners or anyone who wants to improve their speed and efficiency in drafting. At this end of this article, there is a special code for AllaboutCAD readers to get this book at a discount price.

But first, […]

August 11th, 2019 | Tags: , , | Category: Drawing, General AutoCAD tip, Training | One comment

Autocad Tutorial: Using Xref effectively for grid system on floor plans

By Clement Hiew

Xref in AutoCAD means ‘external reference’ to other drawing files. One file can reference many other files and display them as an overlay (or background) on the main file.

Xrefs are usually used in larger projects to manage complexity of the main files, however, it is also beneficial in smaller and less complex […]

July 22nd, 2019 | Category: General AutoCAD tip | 7 comments