Everything 3D Second Edition MicroStation Institute Course Guide TRN001960-1/0001 Trademarks AccuDraw, Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, MDL, MicroStation, Micro Station/J, MicroStation MasterPiece, MicroStation Modeler, MicroStation PowerDraft, PowerScope, QuickVision, SmartLine and TeamMate are registered trademarks; MicroStation/J stylized “J” logo is a trademark; SELECT Stream is a registered service mark; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, the Acrobat logo, Distiller, Exchange, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark and Win32s is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other brands and product names are the trademarks of their respective owners. United States Patent Nos. 5,815,415 and 5,784,068. 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Everything 3D Copyright © 2000 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Do Not Duplicate i Everything 3D Copyright © 2000 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Do Not Duplicate ii Table of Contents Basics of 3D _________________________________________________ 1-1 General 3D Concepts________________________________________ 1-1 3D design files _____________________________________________ 1-2 View volume_______________________________________________ 1-3 Display Depth and Active Depth ______________________________ 1-4 3D tool boxes ______________________________________________ 1-5 3D views and view control ____________________________________ 2-7 Standard 3D views __________________________________________ 2-7 View rotation in 3D _________________________________________ 2-9 Rotating relative to view or drawing________________________ 2-12 3D View Control tool box____________________________________ 2-14 Zoom In/Out tool _______________________________________ 2-15 Set Display Depth tool ___________________________________ 2-16 Show Display Depth tool _________________________________ 2-20 Set Active Depth tool ____________________________________ 2-21 Show Active Depth tool __________________________________ 2-21 Fitting 3D views ____________________________________________ 2-21 Visualizing a 3D design _______________________________________ 3-25 Visualization basics _________________________________________ 3-25 Render tool ________________________________________________ 3-26 Wiremesh render mode __________________________________ 3-26 Hidden Line render mode ________________________________ 3-27 Filled Hidden Line render mode ___________________________ 3-28 Constant render mode ___________________________________ 3-28 Smooth render mode ____________________________________ 3-29 Phong render mode _____________________________________ 3-30 Ray Trace render mode __________________________________ 3-31 Radiosity render mode ___________________________________ 3-31 Rendering used as a design aid _______________________________ 3-32 Change View Perspective tool ________________________________ 3-33 Camera Settings tool ________________________________________ 3-35 Navigate Camera view control tool ____________________________ 3-41 Working with QuickVisionGL_________________________________ 3-45 Setting up QuickVisionGL ________________________________ 3-45 Using Dynamic Display __________________________________ 3-46 Set View Display Mode tool __________________________________ 3-49 Everything 3D Copyright © 2000 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Do Not Duplicate iii Table of Contents Introduction to drawing in 3D ________________________________ 4-51 Basic element placement in 3D _______________________________ 4-51 Basic element manipulation and modification in 3D _____________ 4-54 Auxiliary Coordinate Systems (ACS) ___________________________ 4-58 Using AccuDraw in 3D _______________________________________ 5-59 Using the AccuDraw drawing plane in 3D ______________________ 5-59 Using AccuDraw to draw in 3D _______________________________ 5-63 Drawing plane rotation with AccuDraw ________________________ 5-65 Using AccuDraw with an Auxiliary Coordinate System (ACS) ______ 5-74 Tentative snaps with AccuDraw in 3D _________________________ 5-77 Introduction to 3D drawing tools _____________________________ 6-81 3D Curves _________________________________________________ 6-81 Place B-spline Curve tool _________________________________ 6-82 Place Helix tool _________________________________________ 6-88 3D Primitives tool box_______________________________________ 6-90 Place Slab tool __________________________________________ 6-91 Place Sphere tool________________________________________ 6-93 Place Cylinder tool ______________________________________ 6-94 Place Cone tool _________________________________________ 6-95 Place Torus tool_________________________________________ 6-96 Place Wedge tool________________________________________ 6-97 Introduction to SmartSolids __________________________________ 7-101 Solid modeling _____________________________________________ 7-101 SmartSolid Settings __________________________________________ 7-103 SmartSolids construction tools ________________________________ 8-105 3D Construct tool box _______________________________________ 8-105 Extrude tool ____________________________________________ 8-105 Construct Revolution tool _________________________________ 8-110 Extrude Along Path tool __________________________________ 8-112 Shell Solid tool __________________________________________ 8-116 Thicken To Solid tool ____________________________________ 8-120 SmartSolids modification tools ________________________________ 9-125 3D Modify tool box _________________________________________ 9-125 Construct Union tool_____________________________________ 9-126 Construct Intersection tool ________________________________ 9-128 Construct Difference tool _________________________________ 9-129 Cut Solid tool ___________________________________________ 9-131 Fillet Edges tool _________________________________________ 9-136 Chamfer Edges tool ______________________________________ 9-142 Modify Solid tool ________________________________________ 9-146 Remove Faces and Heal tool ______________________________ 9-150 Everything 3D Copyright © 2000 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Do Not Duplicate iv Table of Contents SmartSolids utility tools ______________________________________ 10-153 3D Utility tool box __________________________________________ 10-153 Align Faces tool _________________________________________ 10-153 Change SmartSolid Display tool____________________________ 10-160 Extract Face or Edge Geometry tool ________________________ 10-163 Intersect Solid/Surface with Curve tool _____________________ 10-165 Introduction to Surfaces ______________________________________ 11-167 Introduction to B-spline surfaces ______________________________ 11-167 SmartSurfaces creation tools __________________________________ 12-173 Create Surfaces tool box _____________________________________ 12-173 Construct Surface by Section or Network tool________________ 12-174 Construct Surface by Edges tool ___________________________ 12-179 Place Free-form Surface tool ______________________________ 12-183 Construct Skin Solid/Surface tool __________________________ 12-187 Sweep Along Two Traces tool_____________________________ 12-190 Construct Helical Surface tool _____________________________ 12-194 Offset Surface tool _______________________________________ 12-196 SmartSurfaces modifying tools ________________________________ 13-199 Modify Surfaces tool box ____________________________________ 13-199 Construct Trim tool ______________________________________ 13-200 Change Normal Direction tool _____________________________ 13-204 Project Trim tool ________________________________________ 13-206 Modify Trim Boundary tool _______________________________ 13-210 Stitch Surface tool _______________________________________ 13-212 Split Surface tool ________________________________________ 13-213 Convert 3D tool _________________________________________ 13-216 Change To Active Surface Settings tool _____________________ 13-218 Extend Surface tool ______________________________________ 13-221 SmartSurfaces filleting tools __________________________________ 14-227 Fillet Surfaces tool box ______________________________________ 14-227 Fillet Surfaces tool _______________________________________ 14-227 Blend Surfaces tool ______________________________________ 14-231 Extract Surface Rule Line tool _____________________________ 14-234 Blend Surfaces Between Rail Curves tool____________________ 14-237 3D Queries tool box __________________________________________ 15-241 Evaluate Surface tool ________________________________________ 15-241 Analyze Curvature __________________________________________