Turning this off will prevent 123D from combining objects when you snap. Under the combine menu, there is a separate tool. This tool will create multiple objects from solids that have been bisected. When you cut a solid in half, 123D will sometimes consider the new parts to still be part of a single solid. Use Combine Subtract to subtract a cylinder from a cube. This creates a hole (void).
Navigating
When your first starting out learning 123D, it may seem a bit difficult to navigate around objects and space. If your using a trackpad, it may be a bit of a hassle to manually switch between the orbit and pan tools. With a three button mouse or tablet, you can easily switch between the two using right-click and a middle button. You can however, avoid panning all together by simply scrolling to zoom in and out of areas to ‘pan’ across space. Selecting an object and hitting the “F” key will reposition your perspective to the center of the select object(s), this is very handy when you want to quickly change your views orientation.
Shortcut Keys
Using shortcut keys are a great way to quickly run functions and commands, saving you time! With Autodesk’s latest 1.4 update, they added some new shortcut keys and a lovely hotkey legend. My favorite is “F! It’s probably my most used shortcut key.
Views
You have the option to view your work in either Perspective or Orthographic. I tend to keep my view set to Orthographic since it gives you a better representation of symmetrical geometry. By default your view may be set to Perspective. You can change this by clicking on the eject arrow icon thats on the top right, just below the navigation cube. You can reset your view to ‘home’ by clicking on the house looking icon.
Navigation Cube
The navigation cube can be used to orbit around your workspace. Click+hold and move your mouse to pivot your view. This navigation cube also serves as reference guide, letting you know what ‘side’ you are currently looking at. If you click on a surface, your view will automatically be repositioned to that corresponding side. When you hover over the navigation cube, you get four triangle icons and two arrow icons. Clicking on these will change your view to the adjacent side, this is great for getting an absolute flat view of your workspace. The two arrow icons will rotate your view in 90 degree increments. Clicking on the edges and corners of the cube will also reposition your view, relative to the navigation cube.
If you’re looking for more information, support, tutorials or even looking to share feedback (Autodesk is listening!) hover over that question mark icon in the top right of the app window to get a list of everything you need.
I hope these simple tips help you on your 123D Design projects. Sometimes it’s the simple things that makes using software easy. If there’s a feature you’d like us to talk about, let us know in the comments below! Thanks for reading, and until next time – learn, make, share, repeat.
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Autodesk 123D Design is a freeware CAD designer software app filed under 3d design and made available by Autodesk for Windows.
The review for Autodesk 123D Design has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
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Free, powerful, yet simple 3D creation and editing tool for 3D printers
Autodesk 123D Design was created as a user-friendly and powerful 3D modeling application.
With Autodesk 123D Design you can quickly create precise and makeable objects using smart tools that allow you to start with simple shapes.
123d Design Cut Objects
Features and highlights
- Support for opening, inserting, and saving meshes in STL and OBJ formats
- Perform Combine, Subtract and Intersect operations between meshes and solids
- Option for combining objects on STL export in order to support printers that read first body only
- Import SVG files and use them as sketches or as simple extrusions
- Drop selected objects to the grid with a simple key (F10)
- Toggle for enabling or disabling implicit grouping when snapping between parts.
- Option for defining snapping increments for different operations
- 3D Print sends model to Meshmixer for processing before 3D printing
- Premium members can now download unlimited models from 123D Content Library
Autodesk 123D Design on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from 3d design without restrictions. Autodesk 123D Design 2.2.14 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows 10 PCs but also without a hitch on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Compatibility with this CAD designer software may vary, but will generally run fine under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. A separate x64 version may be available from Autodesk.
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- Major release: Autodesk 123D Design 2.2
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