Modeling a Staircase with AutoCAD
54mIntermediate2015-01-08
Authors
Kacie Hultgren
Multidisciplinary Designer
Course details
This project-based AutoCAD course is perfect for flexing your 3D modeling skills. Learn to master a wide variety of AutoCAD's 3D tools while modeling a complex spiral staircase. Author Kacie Hultgren shows how to extrude 3D steps from a 2D layout, draw on faces, create chamfered edges, and build out the complete staircase from 3D blocks, primitives, and sweeps. The course covers multiple approaches to the same tasks, so you can tailor the techniques to your own workflow.
Skills covered
AutoCAD2D Drafting and DrawingBIMAutodesk3D ModelingProjectVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know before watching this course
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Modelling the Step
- 04 - Setting up the project
- 05 - Creating a 2D layout
- 06 - Extruding 3D shapes
- 07 - Drawing on faces
- 08 - Slicing with surfaces
- 09 - Using Imprint and Offset Edge
- 10 - Creating chamfers and fillets in 3D
- 11 - Working with 2D blocks
2. Building the Staircase
- 12 - Using the Revolve tool
- 13 - Defining a block
- 14 - Duplicates and arrays
- 15 - Editing blocks
- 16 - Using primitives
- 17 - Creating sweeps
Conclusion
- 18 - Next steps