Learning Autodesk 123D Design

Explore the Autodesk 123D Design interface, including the design menu, undo/redo, view cube, navigation panel, work plane, and precise manipulator tools for building primitives.

Explore primitive shapes and sketch bucket sketches in Autodesk 123D design. Learn to cruise to a work plane, snap to the center, adjust sizes, extrude, and dimension sketches.

Learn to measure distances, angles, areas, and volumes with the measure tool and ruler in Autodesk 123D Design, selecting faces, edges, vertices, or bodies for precise readouts.

Explore sketch planes and work planes, seeing how sketches on different planes interact independently, and master copy, paste, trim, and extrude across same or different planes.

Learn how to save your work in Autodesk 123D Design, both locally and in the cloud account, name projects, add tags, and set public or private visibility.

Set units to inches, create a half-inch box and a circle, extrude to form a hole, then fillet edges with snap, and use combine and subtract to shape hair beads.

Design a funnel in Autodesk 123D Design by sketching on a cube, using a spline, and revolving the profile; then tweak with shell, trim, and extrude to shape the stem.

Learn to use mirror and offset sketch tools to create a cookie cutter, then apply a three-point arc and scale for precise thickness and size, finishing with extrusion.

Create a spur gear in Autodesk 123D Design by sketching a circle (80 mm radius) and gear tooth on the same plane, then pattern teeth around the circle.

Use the text tool to create a 3D business card, adjust font and styling, extrude into a solid, then group, move, and merge letters for 3D printing.

Split solid and chamfer demonstrates creating a bowl by splitting a solid body and chamfering the bottom edge. It also covers splitting faces to treat surfaces independently.

Master displays and materials to control a model's appearance, switch between materials and outlines, apply colors and textures, and use transparency to reveal embedded items.

Model a Lego Duplo block in Autodesk 123D Design by extruding a rectangle, adjusting nonuniform scale, adding studs, and creating a rectangular pattern to reproduce rows and columns.

Learn to design a 3D printable business card in Autodesk 123D Design by using sketch fill, text, and extrusion to create a merged card ready for printing.

Import an SVG file as a sketch in Autodesk 123D Design, fix unconnected lines, extrude shapes, and copy-paste scale to cut an outline, then subtract to finish the model.

Learn to model a trophy cup by using fill operations, cylinders, and shells; compare merge versus combine when joining solids, and apply fillets to edges for the desired appearance.

Learn to use the loft tool to fill space between sketches on separate work planes, selecting sketches individually in the correct order, and create a pitcher with a sweep handle.

Import and edit an STL file by inserting text, extruding letters through a phone case in orthographic mode, and using combine subtract to cut each letter completely.

Export the raw model to a 3-d file, then send it to Meshmixer or Shapeways for stl and 3-d printing, fixes, and modifications as needed.

Explore 123D meshmixer's analysis tools to inspect, auto-repair flaws, and adjust thickness and stability for a phone case, then determine optimal orientation and supports for 3D printing.

Discover how to work with primitives, sketches, and solids in Autodesk 123D Design, applying fillet, chamfer, combine, subtract, sweep, revolve, and loft, plus importing SPG and exporting SDL files.