Simple AutoCAD 3D practice drawing tutorial

In this tutorial I will show you the step by step method of making the 3D part shown down below.

You can try it yourself using the dimensioned drawing or follow along the tutorial.

Step 1: Making Circles

Create the following circles using CIRCLE command from draw panel of home tab.

Make sure circle with radius 2.5 units has its center on the circumference of the circle with radius 26 units.

Step 2: Polar array

Select Polar Array from the Modify panel of Home tab and select two small circles on the top of geometry.

Now specify the center of the largest circle as the center of the array and enter 4 in the Number of Items field.

You will get an array like the one shown in the image below.

Step 3: Clean geometry

Delete the biggest circle and select FILLET command now enter R on the command line and type 7 as the fillet radius.