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Contents
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 6
Welcome to AC3D................................................................................................................... 6
AC3D terminology ................................................................................................................... 6
Windows/Views....................................................................................................................... 7
Control Panel ............................................................................................................................ 8
Toolbar....................................................................................................................................... 8
Orthographic views ................................................................................................................. 8
The grids................................................................................................................................ 9
Using Background Images.................................................................................................. 9
The 3D view ............................................................................................................................10
Getting help............................................................................................................................10
CREATING AC3D OBJECTS ................................................................................................. 11
AC3D Surfaces .......................................................................................................................11
Surface normals .................................................................................................................12
Creating new objects.............................................................................................................12
Polys/polylines/lines.........................................................................................................13
Spheres, boxes etc. ...........................................................................................................13
Creating other objects...........................................................................................................14
Lights.........................................................................................................................................15
Text...........................................................................................................................................15
Making your own fonts.....................................................................................................15
SELECTING, RESIZING AND MOVING ............................................................................... 17
Selecting ..................................................................................................................................17
Moving .....................................................................................................................................18
Resizing ....................................................................................................................................18
Extending/Negating the selection ......................................................................................18
Clearing the selection............................................................................................................19
Selecting in the 3D window..................................................................................................19
Hiding objects .........................................................................................................................19
Locking objects........................................................................................................................19
NAVIGATION AND VIEWING............................................................................................. 20
Moving and zooming the orthographic views...................................................................20
Navigation in the 3D window ..............................................................................................20
Spin mode ...........................................................................................................................20
Walk mode.........................................................................................................................20
Resetting views .......................................................................................................................21
Viewing the selection.............................................................................................................21
MODEL MANIPULATION ...................................................................................................... 22
Operations on objects ...........................................................................................................22
Revolving.............................................................................................................................22
Optimize Vertices ..............................................................................................................23
Optimize Surfaces .............................................................................................................23
Re-centre .............................................................................................................................24
Minimum-centre ..................................................................................................................24
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