Amapi Pro 7.5 Tutorial

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Getting Started Modelling
Creating Freehand Primitives - Lesson 1
Creating Freehand Primitives - Lesson 2
Creating Precise Primitives
Modified Primitives
Creating Grid Planes
Move Tool
Rotate Tool - Lesson 1
Rotate Tool - Lesson 2 (Global/Local Toggle)
Stretch Tool - Lesson 1 (Point Editing)
Stretch Tool - Lesson 2
Scale Tool
Some Basic Selection Techniques
Freehand Extruding
Freehand Extruding and Sweeping

Selection Techniques in Full
Selection Techniques - - Lesson 1
Selection Techniques - - Lesson 2
Selection Techniques - - Lesson 3

Drawing Curves & Polylines
Introducing Polylines
Polylines
Circles
NURBS Curves
Interpolated Curves
Bezier Curves
Editing Basic Curves (Stretch tool)
Editing Derived Curves (Stretch tool)
Editing Bezier Curves (Stretch tool)
Deleting Points on a Curve
Adding Points to a Curve
Arcs
Helix
Composite Curves
Symmetry
Extracting Curves - Lesson 1
Extracting Curves - Lesson 2
Extracting Curves - Lesson 3

Object Creation Using Curves
Extruding Curves (Freehand)
Sweeping Curves (Freehand)
Extruding Along a Path - Lesson 1
Extruding Along a Path - Lesson 2
Sweeping Along a Path
Double Sweep Tool
Ruled Surface Tool
Coons Surfaces
Gordon Surfaces (From Open Curves)
Gordon Surfaces (From Closed Curves)
Facet Creation Tool - Lesson 1
Facet Creation Tool - Lesson 2

The Modeling Palette
Chamfer Tool - Lesson 1
Chamfer Tool - Lesson 2
Chamfer Tool - Lesson 3
Chamfer Tool - Lesson 4
Thickness / Offset Tool - Lesson 1
Thickness / Offset Tool - Lesson 2
Cut Tool - Lesson 1 (Booleans)
Cut Tool - Lesson 2 (Punch)
Cut Tool - Lesson 3 (Extract / Slice)
Delete Tool
Tesselate Tool (Standard Tessellation)
Tesselate Tool (Custom Tessellation)
Deform Tool (Control Box)
Deform Tool (Bend / Twist / Taper / etc)
Bend Tool
Mold Tool
Bump / Soften Tool

Smoothing Objects
Smoothing Surfaces & Volumes - Lesson 1
Smoothing Surfaces & Volumes - Lesson 2
Smoothing Curves & Polylines - Lesson 1
Smoothing Curves & Polylines - Lesson 2
Smoothing Summary (With Box Modeling Exercise)

Dynamic Geometry
The DG Palette - Lesson 1
The DG Palette - Lesson 2
Working with DG - Lesson 1
Working with DG - Lesson 2
Smoothing and DG - Lesson 3
NURBS and DG
Working with DG Turned Off

The Control Panel
General Comment
Grouping / Ungrouping Objects
Absolute / Relative Modes
Simplified Display
The Ghost Icons (Hidden Layer)
Backface Culling

Working Planes (Advanced)
When to Change the Working Plane
Changing the Working Plane
The Camera Plane
Changing the Orthonormal Base Origin

NURBS Modelling
What is NURBS Modelling?
Basic Principles
Creating NURBS Primitives
Editing NURBS Volumes
Adding Geometry to Nurbs Surfaces
Creating & Editing NURBS Curves
Adding Geometry to Nurbs Curve
Deleting
Creating NURBS Surfaces from Curves
Trimming NURBS Surfaces
Ruled Surface Tool - Lesson 1
Ruled Surface Tool - Lesson 2
Chamfer / Fillet Intro
Chamfer / Fillet Usage
Using the Thickness / Offset tool

Advanced NURBS
Using the Manifold Tool
Understanding BREPS
Correcting NURBS Display Problems
Customising NURBS Display
Projecting a NURBS Curve
Converting NURBS to Polyhedral
Match Tangents Tool

The Assembly Palette
Duplicate Tool
Duplicate (on a Support)
Symmetry Tool
Close Tool
Snap / Align Tool
Lay-on Tool
Weld Tool - Lesson 1
Weld Tool - Lesson 2
Decimate Tool
Measurements Tool

NURBS Project
Nurbs Project Intro
NURBS Project Step 1.
NURBS Project Step 2.
NURBS Project Step 3.
NURBS Project Step 4.
NURBS Project Step 5.
NURBS Project Step 6.
NURBS Project Step 7.
NURBS Project Step 8.
NURBS Project Step 9.
NURBS Project Step 10.

Managing Your Scenes
The Object Information Panel
The Scene Graph
Search Objects
Layers
Naming Objects
Enter / Leave Group
Context-Sensitive Menu

The Rendering Room
Assigning & Editing Materials - Lesson 1
Assigning & Editing Materials - Lesson 2
Rendering Conditions

The Catalog Room
Working with Directories

The Preferences Editor
Setting Preferences

The Shortcuts Editor
Customising Shortcuts

Normals
Object Normals

Preparing Models for Export
Exporting Poly-Models
Exporting Nurbs for CAD / CAM

Amapi Pro Patches
Downloading

Last Word
What Has Been Covered
Credits / Thanks
About the Author