Alex watches intently as Rachel creates a new 3D model from scratch. "Let's start with a simple object, like a cube," she says. She uses the 'Cube' tool to create a 3D box, and then demonstrates how to manipulate it using the various 3D tools.

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Once you have multiple 3D shapes, you can combine them using these tools:

At noon, she orbited the model, took a screenshot, and placed it on the drawing sheet with VIEWBASE (creates 2D views from 3D).

She had her first 3D solid: a flat box (like a thick plate).