How-to guides

Each page answers one question. They assume you know what the regions of the screen are called; if not, read the interface, named first.

Drawing

Draw with each tool	Exact click sequences, and how each one ends
Snapping, the grid and the view	Point snap, grid snap, Fit, and centring on the origin
Select things	Clicks, drag boxes, and the four select modes
Move what you drew	Dragging geometry about, and what moves with it

Constraining

Apply a constraint	What to select for each one
Edit a dimension	In the docket, or on the canvas
Use arithmetic in a field	Worked examples
Diagnose a sketch	Leftover freedom, conflicts, and open profiles

Solids

Navigate in 3D	Orbit, standard views, X-ray
Measure in 3D	Distances, angles and diameters off the solid
Extrude, add and cut	Depth, direction, midplane
Turn a shaft	Revolving a cross section, and cutting a groove
Sketch on a face	Adding a boss or a pocket
Sketch in the 3D view	Drawing on a face directly, and projecting the parent
Trace the model	Bringing an edge, a corner or a hole off the solid into a sketch
Emboss and engrave text	A string on a face, raised or sunk
Blend a rim	Rounding every edge of a face at once
Blend an edge	One edge, a tangent chain, or a whole loop
Manage the timeline	Switching, deleting, colouring, adding a body
Move a body	Pushing a body with the arrows, or by the numbers
Hold two bodies together	A joint between two bodies, and swinging it

Files

Save, open and clear	Keeping work, and starting over
Undo, copy and paste	Including where undo does not reach
Export a mesh	STL and OBJ
Import a geometry file	A DXF, or a board outline and its drills
Import a solid	A STEP file, as a body to build around
Import a mesh	An STL or OBJ, as a body to build around or one face to work against