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Digital technologies/3D printing/3D modeling- Beginner (view source)
Revision as of 19:18, 17 August 2021
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|<!--col2-->'''Workplane (W)''' tool allows you to change the work plane to an alternate workplane. Drag it onto the edge of another shape, to set a new work plane. An orange work plane will appear. If you drag a shape onto the plane, it will already appear perpendicular to that plane. You can copy/cut shapes from one plane and paste them to other planes. To get rid of the new orange plane, drag a new plane back to the original blue one.
|<!--col2-->'''Workplane (W)''' tool allows you to change the work plane to an alternate workplane. Drag it onto the edge of another shape, to set a new work plane. An orange work plane will appear. If you drag a shape onto the plane, it will already appear perpendicular to that plane. You can copy/cut shapes from one plane and paste them to other planes. To get rid of the new orange plane, drag a new plane back to the original blue one.
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|<!--col2-->'''Ruler (R)''' allows for you to easily change the dimensions of the shape. Just place it anywhere on the workplane and the dimensions will appear. Just click on the dimensions and you can change their value. Highlighted in blue are the overall dimensions, in green are the offsets between the shape's endpoint and that of the ruler. The ruler mode can be changed to illustrate the distance to the shape's midplanes as well.
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Next to the group button, there is another set of useful tools, '''Align (L)''' and '''Flip (M)'''.
Next to the group button, there is another set of useful tools, '''Align (L)''' and '''Flip (M)'''.