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Using EXTRUDE to create 3D solids

Using EXTRUDE to create 3D solids - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Using EXTRUDE to create 3D solids

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- [Instructor] We're now going to look at another AutoCAD tip and trick from lynda.com. We're going to have a look now at the extrude command in AutoCAD. Now extrude is a wonderful command because it transitions between 2D and 3D drafting. So we've got a new drawing open for you here. You can download that from your lynda.com exercise files to follow along with the video. Now you may recognize this if you've actually done the region command tip and trick in our recent tips and tricks on lynda.com, and what we've got here is an AutoCAD region if I hover over it there. It's a region and it's on the layer region, and we've developed that region so that we can extrude it in a 3D environment to become a 3D solid. Right now it is a flat 2D region in a flat 2D drawing. So how do we move into a 3D environment and extrude our region to make it into a 3D solid? Well it's actually quite easy, and you don't have to move into 3D drafting. You can stay in your 2D settings in AutoCAD, no problem at…

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