Construction curves: using the “Drawing” tools.
With simple mouse clicks, you will draw precise polylines, Nurbs curves, arcs and rectangles. They will be the basis of your creations, as you will use them as sections, profiles or contours of your future models. (See chapter User Manual/Tools/Construction/Drawing, for more details.)

Figure 1:
An extrusion created from a section and a profile

Figure 2:
Tube created from a section and a profile

Figure 3: Single section extrusion

Volumes:
Amapi 3D puts at your disposal tools to quickly create and position basic shapes such as spheres and cubes, or 3D text. (See chapter User Manual/Tools/Construction/3D Primitives, for more details.)

You will also be able to create complex volumes by extruding or sweeping a basic section, as follows:
¨ Creating directly with the mouse each section of the object (Figure 3).
¨ Designating a reference curve or profile. Each point of the profile curve will determine a section of the object (Figures 1 and 2).
(See chapter User Manual/Tools/Construction/Extrusion for more details).