drawing 3d objects from plan & elevation views

i'm a newbie at autocad and i need to know how (if possible) to draw a
3d object if you are given 2 views, say, plan & elevation of the object.

 

There are a number of ways to draw in 3d, and the right approach depends on
the object to be drawn and the final views and output required. If you know
how to do this on paper, doing it on autocad will only require your learning
a few more commands. You should get your hands on a tutorial-there is no
magic toolbar button!

You should also know that LT for example will not do 3D, and that newer
versions seem to have gradually improved working in 3D though many serious
deficiencies still exist in the 3D capabilities of acad.

Having said that, just a few days ago there was a post here about 3D in acad
2007 which looked very promising,,,

 

please ive me a link to the tutorial or a search string i've had no
luck for the last hour

 

please give me a link to the tutorial or a search string i've had no
luck for the last hour

 

do you have a copy of a cad program? which one & which version?

 

Oh, come on. What have you tried?

"3d tutorial autocad drawing" yields 732,000 hits.

 

well, you know,, some of those are actually porn sites & one thing leads to
another, then I get all sleepy.. ;-)

 

3d porn.....eeewwww.

 

thanks for the advice. i have autocad 2005. i dont know what exactly
i'm searching for but the general idea i have is what i put in the
query here.

 

read up on "extrude", "union", & "subtract" those are the main 3d commands.
also learn to manipulate the UCS & "orbit" around your object. good luck.

 

Hi

I will answer your question even the answer is not such that usealy are
given if you just started with AutoCAD ---- you see it is acturly an
interesting challance that is solved easy and the solution don't just
bring you a drawing but point to a way to produce the things you drawn
3D by using just two planes.
Think about it , we usealy need 3 planes all projecting and drafting
work with an idea that we need 3 planes for a 3D model , where in fact
only 2 are needed.
But what is difficult about it, and the reson this usealy are not an
amaturs question, is that 99 pct. will turn to the tradisionla 3
planes, front,side and top planes. Still what if you only needed two
planes to project the foundations for a house, a ship, an aeroplane
fuselage ,that would indicate that manufactoring the framework also
will be only two thirds of the efford.
Please check the 3*D-H or 3D-Honeycomb method ------ a couple of month
ago I had a 12 page article published in a Chinese architecture and
engineering magazin ; halve in english and halve in Chinese with 5
pictures showing just how you can draw and in particular project a 3D
structure from two independant planes ,check this link ;

http://home20.inet.tele.dk/h-3d/kineserier.jpg

there are an english text ,the one translated into Chinese ,and if you
read the pages you will know the answer to your question in this link ;

http://home20.inet.tele.dk/h-3d/

P.C.