Become a Certified 3D Creator Role & xDesign Associate

Explore the ECS design interface and navigation, including major parts, action bar canvas, and design manager; learn to start a new UX design part and adjust the parts measurement system.

Start a new component in the Xdesign app on the 3D experience platform, using the welcome dashboard or compass access, then name and open the session.

Import a 3D model into the X design interface, then explore the action bar, canvas, and design manager, including sketches and features and the coordinate system.

Learn to use measurement systems in Xdesign, modeling with millimeters, centimeters, meters, inches, kilograms, and pounds for manufacturing, and switch the coordinate system units before starting.

Compare mouse and keyboard interfaces with touch interface for 3d modeling, and learn to enable touch mode from the view tab to enlarge icons and add a touch command bar.

Master Xdesign mouse controls: zoom with wheel, rotate by holding scroll button. Use left and right clicks to select and access options; keep settings, close components, and recenter with F.

Follow a three-step process: select a plane, create a sketch, and apply a feature such as an extruded boss to build 3D models, repeating steps to develop more complex rods.

Master two-dimensional sketches in x design by identifying sketch planes and drawing shapes, then define sketches with relations and dimensions, using mirrors, offsets, and patterns to create complex 3d models.

Select one of the three basic planes—xy, yz, or zx—to start sketching a 3D model, then enter sketch mode and draw shapes like circles.

Anchor every sketch to the origin in X design, using the origin as the reference point on any plane. Practice aligning shapes, like centering a circle, coincident with the origin.

Start a new component, enter sketch mode on the xy plane, draw lines with the line command to form shapes, recognize closed areas by gray shading, and exit with escape.

Explore sketching rectangles in sketch mode using corner rectangles defined by two corners and center rectangles defined from a center, with examples of origin-based placement and the more options menu.

Learn how to delete sketch elements using right-click and delete, including single lines, enclosures, and entire sketches, with the delete key for quick editing.

Learn to sketch circles and arcs in UX design using center-circle creation, three point arc and center-arc methods to define arcs from a center to endpoints.

Explore ellipses: learn the definition of an ellipse as a closed curve with major and minor axes, then create multiple ellipses by defining centers and axes, press escape to finish.

Understand sketch definition in parametric 3D modeling by distinguishing underdefined, fully defined, and over defined sketches. Aim for fully defined sketches to ensure stability and clearly express design intent.

Learn to set units to inches and define sketches with dimensions for rectangles, circles, and ellipses, using sketch dimension and origin anchoring to achieve a fully defined design.

Learn to add angles to sketches and distinguish driven versus driving dimensions, using a triangle example to define interior and exterior angles and verify driven dimensions.

Define sketches using line relations like horizontal, vertical, coincident, and equal; anchor to the origin, apply dimensions, and achieve a fully defined sketch.

Learn to use horizontal, vertical, tangent, equal, and concentric relations to sketch a figure with four circles, two ellipses, and three lines, defining and preserving the sketch through dimensions.

Identify and delete active relations in a sketch by entering sketch mode, inspecting parts for vertical, tangent, coincident, and other relations, and using view sketch constraints to view all relations.

Explore how Xdesign automatically applies snapping relations, such as horizontal and coincident with the origin, saving time while sketching; learn to turn off snapping and apply manual relations when needed.

Explore construction geometries and construction lines to create sketch entities without affecting 3D models, convert shapes to construction geometry, and use hints, snapping, and construction mode.

Explore three dimensional modeling in this teaser by applying extrusion to multiple circle profiles, turning 2D sketches into a solid 3D model with a 50 mm extrusion.

Explore file management in a collaborative web-based UX design environment, organize files in the 3D space app, and learn how to locate cloud-saved files for a smooth design flow.

Explore the 3D space app within the 3D experience platform to store, manage, and share 3D models and designs in collaborative spaces, enabling teamwork across locations.

Learn two methods to open designs in x design: search and drag a component into the app, or open files from the collaborative space via the 3D space app.

The 3D drive stores, accesses, and shares cloud files via browser or a synced desktop folder. Import files into Xdesign for collaboration; updates save only to the collaborative space.

Master basic three-dimensional features to turn two dimensional sketches into extruded and cut models with fillets and chamfers. Learn to combine, edit, and delete features while applying design intent.

Plan steps ahead to create a 3D model with extruded boss and extruded cut, turning a 2D sketch into a cube.

Apply full round fillets in Xdesign for a smooth, rounded surface. Try constant radius fillets on edges or faces with previews for radii like 5 mm or 15 mm.

Edit the extruded boss from 150 mm to 250 mm, adjust the top fillet to five millimetres, and update the base sketch to 250 mm, noting how linked features respond.

Learn how to convert fillets to chamfers and apply three chamfer methods—distance angle, distance, and asymmetric—by adjusting distance and angle to shape edges and preview results.

Explore design intent by comparing two modeling approaches for a 100 mm square and 20 mm extrusion, showing how hole centering versus dimensioning affects behavior when sizes change.

Learn to use Xdesign's super features to modify a feature's parameters and operation type without starting over, enabling efficient 3D modeling with extrude, extrude cut, revolve, and sweep.

Practice building a 3D model from a given drawing by planning, sketching on the XY plane, using construction lines, extruding, chamfering, and through cuts with inches units.

Explore mass properties by evaluating various structural materials like plastic, wood, copper, and steel; assign materials to models, calculate weight and center of mass, and measure volume to determine space.

Assign a core material and up to three coverings to a part using the material browse in xdesign. Apply AC 1020 steel and coatings such as blue cotton to faces.

View weight properties in Xdesign, including density, volume, surface area, center of gravity, principal axis of inertia, and principal moments of inertia, and learn to change materials and units.

Master advanced x design features such as revolved boss and cut, swept boss, and lofted boss and cut, using one or more sketches and reference geometries and sketch planes.

Explore revolve, revolve cut, and revolve boss to transform 2d sketches into 3d models, including a sphere and a slotted cylinder, with step-by-step sketching and dimensioning.

Apply sweep and sweep cut to create and remove material using two sketches—a path and a profile—and verify the result with a cross-section view.

Master seven plane construction methods—three points, line and point, two lines, other planes, plane and line, plane and point, and plane and curve—to build 3d models with sketches and extrusions.

Learn to use loft and loft cut in xdesign to build a 3d model from multiple cross sections without guide curves, creating planes, sketches, and a loft.

Explore loft features in xdesign using guide curves to constrain and shape multiple profiles. Create splines as guide curves, adjust control curves, and generate varied lofts for complex organic forms.

Plan and build a 3d model using sketches, revolved shells, sweeps, extrusions, and mirrored cuts, applying offsets, planes, and fillets to create inner pipes, slots, and a lid.

Explore assembling parts into an x design assembly and using mates such as coincident, parallel, perpendicular, distance, and angle. Identify, edit, and delete existing mates to build complete assemblies.

Open an assembly in xdesign by starting a new component, and adding parts via drag-and-drop. Import from 3d drive or desk; adjust instances; use the 3d experience search.

Assemble four parts in x design by applying coincident, parallel, and perpendicular mates around a fixed anchor. Explore degrees of freedom and switch to rigid constraints with a triad move.

learn to import parts, fix components, and use tangent and concentric mates to assemble with coincident constraints, then let tangent movement keep surfaces in contact.

Master distance and angle mates to build a five-part assembly, using a fixed base, coincident relations, and precise inch-based measurements to position the wings.

Practice assembling a multi-part model in xdesign by importing parts from various formats, applying fixed, coincident, concentric, and distance mates, and simulating motion to match the drawing.

Explore design maturity markers and the process of creating revisions and branches to track changes, support collaboration and decision making, and manage design projects effectively.

Explore design maturity in the 3d experience platform, from private and in-work to frozen, released, and obsolete states, and streamline collaboration, ensuring quality.

Learn to adjust component design maturity via the lifecycle tab, moving between private, in-work, released, or obsolete, with directional limits and the option to create revisions or branches after release.

Learn how design revisions track evolving versions and how design branches explore multiple concepts in parallel, helping teams compare outcomes and protect the main design path.

Learn to manage design evolution with revisions and branches, creating and saving new revisions, and documenting changes. Explore starting a branch for a rectangular cut and comparing outcomes across revisions.

Celebrate your mastery of advanced X design and 3D creator tools, and demonstrate the skills expected from a certified X designer 3D creator associate.