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    <title>tema Re: Modifying 3D solids in AutocCAD en AutoCAD Forum</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;There is absolutely no point in editing boxes through the properties panel when there is a universal, fast and convenient way to modify solids by moving faces. Editing dimensions in the properties panel is a fundamental mistake, because you do not control the direction of resizing and the part inside the assembly is shifted randomly. After that, you are forced to use the move command anyway. This is an extra waste of time. It's a completely different matter when you select the desired faces and rearrange them to a point specified by snaps to other parts of the assembly. Then you will not need to correct the position of the part. In addition, the method of moving faces works with all assembly parts at once in one command. I strongly advise everyone to forget that in some (very rare) cases you can change the size of a part in the properties panel. This is a habit from parametric programs and has nothing to do with professional work in AutoCAD.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>AVCPlugins</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-04-25T02:59:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Modifying 3D solids in AutocCAD</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11915758#M1104146</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am having difficulty understanding how AutoCAD allows accurate modification of 3D solids.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Using a simple example, when I create a 3D cube, AutoCAD allows me to easily adjust the height (highlighted in the picture "cube"), but won’t allow me to accurate and directly change the width &amp;amp; length.&amp;nbsp; Furthermore, when I add a feature, e.g a hole or radii, I can no longer adjust the height (shown in the picture "cube with feature").&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;With other CAD packages, such as Inventor &amp;amp; Solidworks, I can simply change a dimension contained in a sketch to modify geometry, but when I add dimensions to a sketch in AutoCAD, it doesn’t permit me to use them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What is the correct procedure to accurately and directly change geometry?&amp;nbsp; Can I use dimensions in a sketch before changing it into a solid, &amp;amp; if so, how to do it properly?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 10:13:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11915758#M1104146</guid>
      <dc:creator>leekennewell</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-23T10:13:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Modifying 3D solids in AutocCAD</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11915790#M1104148</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;AutoCAD is a direct solid modeling environment. Do not try to apply here your habits from the world of parametric programs. Sketching in most cases is a waste of time. You can immediately model solids, merge and subtract them, as well as modify them arbitrarily by dragging faces, edges and vertices. Just select the desired faces and move them where you want with the usual _Move command. This makes it easy to stretch and compress assemblies of hundreds of parts. You do not need to carefully plan the parameterization in advance. Easier than you can imagine. It is enough to be able to select subobjects. Use the surface selection mode for this, or just hold down CTRL. The selection frame also works with sub-objects.&lt;BR /&gt;I recommend you read my tips:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://sites.google.com/site/avcplugins/likbez" target="_blank"&gt;https://sites.google.com/site/avcplugins/likbez&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Also watch the video:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://youtu.be/lvAEymw_qyU" target="_blank"&gt;https://youtu.be/lvAEymw_qyU&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://youtu.be/VWynyE6p74I" target="_blank"&gt;https://youtu.be/VWynyE6p74I&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 10:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11915790#M1104148</guid>
      <dc:creator>AVCPlugins</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-23T10:43:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Modifying 3D solids in AutocCAD</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11918086#M1104226</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Try my Autodesk University class on 3D modeling in AutoCAD. I touch on solid modeling and editing.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A title="3D Modeling with the Best: AutoCAD: #AU2021" href="https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/class/3D-Modeling-Best-AutoCAD-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/class/3D-Modeling-Best-AutoCAD-2021&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11918086#M1104226</guid>
      <dc:creator>VincentSheehan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-24T15:17:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Modifying 3D solids in AutocCAD</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11918228#M1104233</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/13814836"&gt;@leekennewell&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.... when I create a 3D cube, AutoCAD allows me to easily adjust the height (highlighted in the picture "cube"), but won’t allow me to accurate and directly change the width &amp;amp; length.&amp;nbsp; ....&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;As for that part, that's because it's an Extrusion that happens to be of a Rectangle as base shape.&amp;nbsp; It can let you change the height of the Extrusion directly, but if the base shape were some amoeba-like thing, what could it list in the Properties that would let you "directly" change the shape of it?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Kent1Cooper_1-1682352786742.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1206081i2F8E83C027E8DCEF/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Kent1Cooper_1-1682352786742.png" alt="Kent1Cooper_1-1682352786742.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;For a rectangular prism shape at least, if you want to be able to change all three dimensions in Properties, use the BOX command, rather than Extruding a Rectangle:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Kent1Cooper_0-1682352694805.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1206080iB47615C48AB83E28/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Kent1Cooper_0-1682352694805.png" alt="Kent1Cooper_0-1682352694805.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;[But no, if you then round the corners as in your other image, you will no longer be able to change the original box's dimensions in Properties.]&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:17:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11918228#M1104233</guid>
      <dc:creator>Kent1Cooper</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-24T16:17:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Modifying 3D solids in AutocCAD</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11919268#M1104252</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;There is absolutely no point in editing boxes through the properties panel when there is a universal, fast and convenient way to modify solids by moving faces. Editing dimensions in the properties panel is a fundamental mistake, because you do not control the direction of resizing and the part inside the assembly is shifted randomly. After that, you are forced to use the move command anyway. This is an extra waste of time. It's a completely different matter when you select the desired faces and rearrange them to a point specified by snaps to other parts of the assembly. Then you will not need to correct the position of the part. In addition, the method of moving faces works with all assembly parts at once in one command. I strongly advise everyone to forget that in some (very rare) cases you can change the size of a part in the properties panel. This is a habit from parametric programs and has nothing to do with professional work in AutoCAD.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/modifying-3d-solids-in-autoccad/m-p/11919268#M1104252</guid>
      <dc:creator>AVCPlugins</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-25T02:59:15Z</dc:date>
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