AutoCAD 2013 - 3D Modeling Basics - Desk - Brooke Godfrey 

This tutorial was just perfect. No unnecessarily long and boring explanations like the other videos. Plain, lean, simple, to-the-point. Excellent job.

Thank you very much Brooke Godfrey, through this one tutorial I was able to learn a lot of the basics!

I have just started learning autocad from a tutor, however I can learn much better from your video. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

Mrs. Godfrey, you are awesome. I love to sit and listen you.

Awe! You are so sweet!!!! Thanks for watching my tutorials, I should have more soon. ;)

Thanks for watching! :)

this was my first attempt at 3d modeling. the array tripped me up at first, but i was able to complete with your instrustion

Thanks! Agreed, SketchUp rocks! It's super easy to learn, far less painful. These videos are review material for classes I teach; they're intended to cover very basic concepts of 3D modeling before we move on to more complicated topics. Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much, I have watch your videos, that is the best tutorials in AutoCAD. your voice sound like an angel, I am very excited and enjoy your videos. Your are the most pretty girl I ever seen. I have recommended all my engineering classmates to watch your videos. They love it. We love you so much.

The dimensions of object can be annotated with dimension lines, or you can go to the Properties Palette to see info about any selected object.

Type in "units" or "UN" or go to the Application Button and Drawing Utilites, then Units. Select Architectural.

Oh God i love CAD so much,thank you very much for the tutorial !

Glad you like them!

A shortcut to the cross braces for the legs would be to select the face, to which the braces are connected, and draw a line from the midpoint, at the bottom of one leg, to the midpoint at the bottom of the opposite leg. Then, stretch one end of the line up 12". Mirror that brace and draw your circles at the endpoints and sweep them. I know everyone has their own drawing style though.

Just saw this...and yes, you are getting surfaces. You need to JOIN the lines together into a POLYLINE to get a solid. :)

Well, when you use inches odds are good that it will look small initially if you're zoomed out. When you use inches, you don't need to type anything else in - for example, if you want 5 inches, you can just type 5, or 5" if you want to be safe. If you do feet, then you would type 5'. If you're breaking the measurement down further, it would be something like 5'6-1/2" and so on.

Yes, I believe that should be correct.

There are many reasons that something like that might happen. Check your UCS, if that's 'off' you won't be able to move things in the direction you want. Also check your object snap settings, sometimes that can cause trouble too.

Very true, 13 and 08 are quite different. They make noticeable changes every year. It's hard to keep up!

Good question. Generally when something is 3D I put materials on objects...so I'm not quite sure about the hatching option exactly. My guess is no, although I might be very wrong about that. My best suggestion is to put materials on your objects, which are under the Rendering options.

I think you are probably getting surfaces, not solids. Is that correct? If so, you have to make sure to JOIN the lines together before you extrude. If you don't, you'll get surfaces, which can look like tall lines because they have no thickness. I believe that's the trouble your having...

I suspect you need to modify your Object Snap settings. Right click on the Object Snap button at the bottom and select Midpoint. That should help. If you're still struggling, a simple guideline/construction line is helpful. Then you can delete it when you're done with the mirror command.

I'm not sure what you mean. Your layers will be saved with the file. Are you saving you're drawing?

These furniture models are based on typical modern designs, so I have a vague idea of the measurements before I get started. Sometimes I have to make them up to get things to work out since I don't have the actual plans to work from.

You bet!

Glad to help!

Excellent!Thank you Brooke.This was very helpful.

I'm so glad to hear that I was helpful! Good luck. :)

Thank you so much for this videos, learned little by little by im getting there

Thanks, this is exactly what i was looking for thanks again.

Create template file with the layers that you use. When you want something to draw, simply open that file and draw. When you finish click on "Save as" and save that with new name. Ili na hrvatski :D za susjedu. jednostavno kreiraš jedan autocad .dwg fajl i u njemu kreiraj sve layere koje koristis. Spremi taj file i ostavi ga negdje na desktopu. Sledeci put kada zelis crtati,otvori taj fajl i crtaj u njemu ali kada zelis spremiti klikni na save as umjesto na "save.Da bi ostao templejt prazan.

Brook ur the best .. God bless u

Great job. Thank you for this tutorial.

Make sure your UCS is in the "world view."

Sometimes when you're in the middle of a function, AutoCAD won't let you make changes. Have your tried escaping out of all commands first?

I believe that I just used acad and changed the units to architectural. You could also open an architectural template and skip that step. It shouldn't matter too much. Often the templates deal more with the printing aspects than modeling.

Hmm. I'm not quite sure what happened there. My first guess is that it has something to do with constraints. Check the parametric tab - make sure the constraints aren't on.

Thank you so much ....the best tutorial till now

I like your voice :) On topic, autocad is a way to complicated version of Google SketchUp. It's like using a console vs using a visual interface :) I understand it's use, in actual important designs (like factory components, engine parts and such), but a desk like that is done in no time in sketchup. Anyway, thanks for posting the clip!

Sure thing!

Check your units. Type the word UNITS in the command line. Make sure it's architectural. If it's set to decimal, it won't work. :)

I will be using this tutorial quite a bit soon. It is very informative.

Not sure...are you getting surfaces?

Thank u Brooke Godfrey

right click on osnap and turn on midpoint by highlighting it

very nice tutorial .very clear and simple .keep up the good works.

thank you so much! one question - why did you have to explode the array of cylinders?

type ucs in the command line and choose what you want For more info, type ucs, then f1

because the subtract did not work, explode the array first, then do subtract, select the post first then enter and then select the cylinders one by one then enter, to check click conceptual view, it should be all white now

受益匪浅，谢谢了

SW or sweep

Brooke Godfrey thank you so much.and i want to be student of you.really

do you plan the drawing measurements first, or you take the measurements as you making the drawing?

Hello. Just a quick question. How do I get my measurements to the proper scale? When I set my units to inches and type in the lengths in the command, I get a very small rectangle that isn't anywhere near as large as the one in the tutorial. I even added an extra digit and went 600 by 280 and it still didn't measure up.

You're very welcome. :)

digging all the style!

Thank you!

Hello Brooke! One quick question...On side panel of the desk 13:10 how did u align the third polyline right before u closed it? I noticed part of it was dashed towards aligning it...is there a setting for that? Thanks! Great Video by the way.

PERFECT TUTORIAL. THANKS

For some reason I'm having problems selecting the "snap to mid-point" option when I'm trying a move an object. When I right-click, the snap overrides become unavailable to me. Suggestion?

very helpful video! thank you thank you thank you 💖💖💖

Thanks for nice Sharing @Brooke Godfrey

I need to know how to change the dimension settings so I can draw lines to measurement on the z axis (horiz. lines have been drawn in 2D model space so far because when I type in 20'-0", nothing happens.

HI, This is Bipin Which software is the best for designing wooden furniture like a kitchen cupboard or an antique looking wardrobe....Could you post such a video ?, if you don't mind

Greetings, do you happen to still have a copy of AutoCAD 2013 by any chance? Need to see what some older icons button images stand for.

question, do i can insert hatch to the 3d models, after you done with extrude and make the solid?

awesome! thanks and God bless you

I'm in the US. You can send a private message/email on RU-vid if you have a question or something like that. A few people have done that. :)

does this program let you view the actual dimensions of the things you create so that I can buy the materials. I'm looking forward in building a professional studio desk.

You're welcome!

miss Brooke , i hve an situation here , how come your autocad have the command entry down there while mine dont ? my software is autocad 2013 same to yours ,

Ms. Godfrey, when opening a new drawing to do this lesson, what kind of template should I pick? For example, acad, acad3D... Thanks again.

You are very welcome! :)

Babe oops, Brooke I think your right I did what you said and now I could draw the polyline without locks, Thanks so much. Do you like to drawing 3d furniture and have you ever rendered them as well?

I'm pursing Architecture and I'm going to download Autocade. I have to watch all of your tutorial videos in order to get used to the program. If I'm not done with a project, can I just simply save it or do I have to start all over again ?

You can just save and come back to it later.

Very nice tutorial! Thanks

Thank you for these tutorials ! One question: at 2:58 you create a cylinder and give it the depth manually ( 1 inch ) . Is there a way you can snap on the intersecting surface automatically ? Thanks again

Is it possible to print the design, its components with the measurements ? it's my first ever AutoCAD tutorial i have no clue

On 05:09 my circles are not white the edge lines are white but its still purple inside. Why is that?

Thank you Brooke...

hey! i was watching your tutorial and made a 3d model with only polylines and lines but i cant get any like surfaces and when i try to extrude its just the lines that gets taller, plz help me! :s

hello Brooke! i am having trouble having " drawing & Annotation" view...mine ribbon is as default!!! therefor i am having problem doing array which i did but i am having issue with spacing it after having 24 created>>> looking forward for your help

Hello Brooke! Nice tutorial.... I created a greenhouse plan with Sketchup but I'm pretty much interested doing my second greenhouse plan with Autocad. Is this something I can do with Autocad?

I need help on the array part. Every time I set the arrays the cylinders go to the left instead of straight up!

Very nice presentation, albeit a little too fast for me. Very pleasant voice.

Hey Brooke, first great video :) I have a problem, when i use the "mirror" to cope the table legs, it cant find the middle point. It only wants to find the corners ??? is it a setup to changes ? plss help me :D

Thank you so much, very helpful

great vid brooke where can I go to learn more about commands and settings for nearest point ???

Thank god people like you make videos for idiots like me!!

Hey. Thanks for thre good video and excellent teaching. I got one problem so far, I cant move the droor handle once on the droor (08:40) help!

dear Brooke your performance is excellence. i have got a problem downloading this video.I did not get the " down load this video" statement !!! I have set up many video players but I got nothing?? please help

Great Vid Brooke, I am using acad again and for got alot of basic commands to set up dwgs ex: with 2014 Acad I was trying to do your table but when I type in 60" I got a red box with a pad lock and creating the box for the leg it kept snaping to end point and again i out value in but box turns red. So I am having problems with the basics can you help or send me link to tutorial ?? TY

when you sweep, what did you type in the command? to do it so quickly

Interesting! Thank you very much :D

Can you please tell me how to save my layer so that each time dont have to make all over again

so which is it, Ms. Godfrey or Mrs. Godfrey

To the point explanation . Keep it up .... :)

how do you select the midpoint of the line?

thank you miss