Plain Text
Text as Object
Text as Object Along Path
Editing Text Control Lines
Symbols - likes ACAD 'blocks' and Microstation 'cells'
Symbol Palette
Symbol Libraries
Create Symbol Definition
Placing Symbols
Exploding Symbols
Attaching - more magnetic attraction - the first is attraction to the second
Whole Object
Part of Object
by Point
by Line
by Face
by Object (1st is attracted to each side of the second)
Extending - extends lines to meet faces
Placing - places shapes on lines like beads on a string - often used the to generate c-mesh; use Self/Copy/Repeat Copy/Multi-Copy to make it faster
Joining
Separating
Separate Volumes
Separate along a stitch
Separate along selected segments
Separating at boundary of faces
Grouping
Attributes
Attributes Tools
Set Attributes
Get Attributes
Transparency
Ghosting
Shadow Casting
Texture Map controls
Smooth Shading
Layers
Why Layers?
Layers Palette
Set Layers Tool
Placing Objects on Layers
Ghosting and making layers invisible
Locking and Unlocking layers
Snapping and Unsnapping
Querying Objects & their Parts
Views
Set View
Rotate View
Views Palette
Saving Views
More RenderZone Options
Window Level Effects
Smooth shading
Shadows
Bumps
Transparencies
Reflection
No Environment
Cubic Environment
Spherical Environment
Rendered Environment
Depth Effects
Background
Project Level Environment Settings
READING for further reference FormZ User's Manual - Tutorial. AutoDesys. pp.121-147, 151-153, 172-175 FormZ User's Manual - Modeling. AutoDesys. pp. 4-211 to 4-234; 4-250 to 4-277; 4-307 to 4-326 FormZ User's Manual - RenderZone. AutoDesys. pp. 6-1 to 6-120