Subtract tool in AutoCAD
This tutorial will be about subtract tool in AutoCAD.
I will show you how to use this tool when you do 3D modeling in AutoCAD.
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Step 1:
Now, I am gonna use a sphere (ball) which you can see on the picture for demonstration of the subtract tool.
You can draw something else.
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Step 2:
You need to have 2 bodies to preform subtract command,so my second body will be this pyramid.
What is actually a subtract tool you may ask?
Subtract is the command which allows you to cut one body by using another body.
I will show you that in next steps with these bodies on the picture.
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Step 3:
Make sure that you have pyramid inside the sphere,It does not need to be like on the picture,I just want to show you what this command does.
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Step 4:
You can see on the picture where you can find Subtract (you can always type it).
Click on the command.
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Step 5:
It will ask you to select solids,surfaces and regions to subtract from.
I will select the ball (sphere,call it however you want) because I want to make a cut on the ball.That cut will have the same shape as the pyramid solid.
Click Enter after you select the ball.
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Step 6:
After that it will ask you to select solids,surfaces and regions to subtract,that is the pyramid,click on it and press Enter.
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Step 7:
This is what we have got now,a nice cut in the ball.
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Step 8:
If we selected the pyramid as a body to subtract from this is what we would get.
I hope you understand how subtract works,it can be used for more advanced cuts which cant be done just by using press-pull command.
Karajko CAD
