SLICE Divide

a solid

object

into tw

o or m

ore

separa

te 3D o

bjects SHELL Remo

ve mate

rial fro

m a pa

rt inte

rior,

creatin

g a ho

llow cav

ityCOMBINE Uni

te two

bodie

s or com

ponent

s into a

single

compon

ent

MESH A col

lection

of ver

tices, e

dges, a

nd

faces t

hat can

descr

ibe the

shape

of

a 3D ob

ject

TANGENT A line or p

lane to

uching

, but no

t

interse

cting, a

curve o

r curve

d surfac

e SYMMETRY Twin part

s facin

g each

other,

or in

multip

les, spa

ced eq

ually a

round

an axi

s

W

H

D

DIMENSIONS A measura

ble ext

ent, su

ch as le

ngth,

width,

or heig

ht

SUBTRACTION Shape a de

sign b

y remo

ving m

aterial

from i

t

GROUPLin

k two o

r more

shapes

togeth

er

PRIMITIVE Basic geom

etric s

hape th

at's a b

uilding

block f

or 3D d

esignPLACE Drag a

nd dro

p an o

bject t

o start

or

add on

to a de

sign

SCALE Change th

e size o

f an ob

ject wh

ile

mainti

ng its

origina

l propo

rtions

CROSS SECTION To cut an

object

off at

right an

gles to

an axi

s

FLIP Create the

mirro

r image

of an

object

or

turn it

over al

ong an

axis

HOW TO

SPEAK

FILLET Make a roun

ded ed

geCHAMFER A symm

etrical

slopin

g surfac

e at an

edge o

r corne

r of a s

hape

ROTATEMo

ve in a

circle

around

an axi

s or cen

ter

EXTRUDE Create a 3

D shap

e by ext

ending

a 2D

shape

outline

away i

n a str

aight l

ineCONCENTRIC Circles

or sha

pes wh

ich sha

re the

same ce

nter po

int

EMBOSSAdd

raised

shapes

or des

igns to

a surf

ace

LOFT Tran

sitioni

ng fro

m one

shape

to a

differe

nt shap

e over a

specifi

ed

distan

ce

REVOLVE Crea

te a 3D

solid o

r surfac

e by sw

eeping

an obj

ect aro

und an

axis

ALIGNPla

ce or ar

range

things i

n a str

aight l

ineWORK SPACE The large

, blue

grid wh

ere you

create

your de

signs

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