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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