The Revolve Command.

The revolve command.

Today I will be talking about the revolve command. The revolve command comes in handy when you want to creative spheres. I will give you step by step instructions on how you can use this command. If you are new to this feature don’t worry. By following these steps you will get familiar with it.

A with any other drawings you first have to use a plane to draw on. The planes are located on your left side of the screen in your property manager. When you first begin you can either right click on a plane and create a sketch or you can go to the sketch tab and create a sketch, then you can choose the plane you want to use.

After you create a sketch on a plane you will create a centerline that will be using to revolve or sketch.  The purpose of the centerline is so that when you use the revolve command you will need some sort of revolving axis. Now that we have made or line it is time to make a 3 point arc.

Lets create a 3 point arc. Once you click the arc command you will click either end of your line and drag it to the other end of the line. Do not finish the command yet. Since you already clicked the two ends now you have to draw out the arc. Depending on how much you drag it out will determine how your sphere will look.  If you move it slowly you will see that it will make a perfect half circle. Once it looks like that finish the command.

It is now time to use the revolve command! Click the revolve command. In the property manager below the “Axis of Revolution” there is a blue lighting inside the bar. What you have to do is click the axis that you will be revolving against. Click the line you draw in the beginning. If you did it right you will have a profile of what it will look like. Under direction 1 make sure it is to 360 degrees. Click the green check mark, you have used the revolve command. Keep practicing with this command.

 Perhaps try to draw strange object to see what you can come up with. If you put the time into it you will be able to do this very easily. Knowing this command will help you out a lot in the future. The amount of time you put in will be reflected on your work. Work hard and move forward.

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