SelfCAD Cool Tips and Tricks

Learn 9 cool tips and tricks to use when designing in SelfCAD.

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• You can easily align a model on top of the other in SelfCAD instead of dragging and dropping.
• You can do this by selecting the object you want to align, select Align tool under the Advanced Transformation section.
• On the reference section, select the model you want to be placed on top then Select Top and finalize.

• Instead of using CTL+ C (learn more about Keyboard shortcuts here) when creating several copies of objects, you can use the Copy Offsets to do so.
• Go to Edit drop-down menu, select Copy offset and set the number of copies of the models you need.
• In order to align the objects, you have copied in a straight line, retain the position but change the value of the X-Axis to where you need it.

• Depending on the size of the model you are working on, you can easily customize the size of your workspace.
• To do this, select the Workspace settings from the View section and adjust the values of the Workspace and segment sizes.

• For those who have *eye disorders* you can be able to choose how your workspace will appear by playing around with the Opacity and Light values.

• You can do this by going to View >Worspace settings >Opacity & Light.

• Select the Camera tools in the Camera section and be able to change the view of your object.
• In the second tool to the right, the drop-down menu gives you the option for true Front, Back, Top, Bottom, Right and Left.

• In SelfCAD, you can easily twist objects using Twist Tool found in the Advanced Transformation Section.

• Applying planes on the sides of the workspace is sometimes important especially when 3D designing or 3D modeling complex models.
• You can customize them by going to Workspace settings Changing the values of Plane Show/Hide.
• By selecting Show, you will be given the option to show or hide Lines, Measurements, and Labels.

• Round Shapes option found in the Tools section allows you to easily round any 3D object in SelfCAD.

• This is one of our favorite tools and really makes using SelfCAD with 3D Printing in mind, easy.

• The Difference option in the Stitch and Scoop tool (found under tools) allows one to create a hole or a gap in any model by extracting one model from the other.
• You can achieve this by Selecting Difference under Stitch and Scoop tool ( [previously known as the Boolean tool) then select the object you want to extract.