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Finally an Autodesk tutorial that isn't done in broken English! Excellent job explaining everything too

Right on! Thank you for actually saying out loud how non-intuitive some of the functions are in Inventor. As a newbie, it's comforting to know it's not just me missing something obvious. Not sure if I will ever need to use 3D Sketch but I am so glad to know what something I really wondered about is for explained in plain language. Autodesk needs to implement a Press-F1-for-Neil function because their existing F1 is pewp. Thanks, man!

Remembered this from 4 years ago needed it today. Thanks!

You just taught me everything I know about 3D sketch, thanks

Oh yes! now i know how to use this! I been using inventor to my work everyday works but i didnt to atempt to use that 3d sketch. now i know i will try that for sometimes. Thanks Fellows for your kind sharing this techniques.

That was wonderful tutorial. Very understandable, funny, stunning background music. Thank you for this video.

your channel is the best. best vids for inventor I wish I can find someone like to that teach AutoCAD electrical.....

A brilliant tutorial for beginners. Would be more helpful if we could get an detailed tutorial about the tools in the 3-D sketching and how to use them.

Great video! I had an application for this and you explained it so well. I will probably watch it 10 times and take notes. Great service to us professional Autodesk users.

Thank you man. you help me a lot in 2019. =]

Brilliant, completely understood your tutorial! Really well done :o)

Excellent! Learning and laughing. Will look for all your tutorials.

softs it was really confusing but thanks to you I've gotten more professional at it!! ✌

screen in the top left, look at where it says program and click on where it says “aggressive te” and change it to “analog app 1 te”

Very fun video and very informative! I kept having to pause it to take notes! I can't always say that.

Thanks for elaborating on the sketch's. Very informative and helpful to me

I lIke the way you did this video...very easy to follow and understand. Keep em coming.

Best tutorials i've found so far

This was helpful. As far as tutorials go, this was useful, which is more than can be said about a lot of other online technical tutorials...Thanks, CloudCAD Ltd

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!This is cool, well done!

Excellent! EXCELLENT!! Subscribed, enjoying all of your great tips, tricks and presentations. Thanks for the most helpful efforts...both thumbs up in much respect and appreciation!

Very useful video... The music playing background is also very good. Thank you so much :)

now i am in a good mood

Excellent video, super clear explanation of hidden tricks - many thanks :)

Way better than my Inventor videos 😅

Thank you. I have some books and videos about inventor training but I'd never find a good explanation about the 3D sketching.

Just wanted to express how helpful your videos are!! you are extrely good at explaining tNice tutorialngs in-depth but still at a basic level for

That was helpful. I just spent half a day trying to get a 3D frame for a rack made of wire. I got nowhere. Tomorrow I'll try again and I may be able to get the part done. Thanks.

handy for resetuping s or creating karaoke tracks. Thanks for the recomndation!

Much appreciation.

Very very good tutorial! Learnt what i needed. Thank You!

really well explained

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Nice tutorial.... Very helpful

Your videos are really good and super educational! :) Keep up the good work!

very clear explanation....much appreciated......Thanks much..

Thank you a lot! Great help hope to see much much more of these

I learn a lot from all your videos, thanks a lot I was wandering if you can show us how draw a rising dovetail? cheers

I would like to thank you for the tips you gave in this video!!! I learned a lot with it. Congratulations!!! Best regards: João Carvalho - Portugal.

Excellent video. It certainly helped me understand 3D sketching a bit better in Inventor (using Inventor 2015). Explanatory, good pace, easy to understand. A little quiet in my opinion though.

Love the WoW music! :p

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Good lesson, as aways . . . Now I need to know how to make a conical screw, or a screw conveyor with a conical cylinder . . . could you help me ?

My first ti ever gettin on soft soft was in 17 man it a whole year to use to soft soft

Very helpful! Thank you for your time!

Great video! Really well explained.

What a great video

Very nicely done. Thank you sir!

When I select the plane it just highlights it and won't bring me to the actual sketch menu.

Quick question: After i have my 3D sketchdone how can i modify it? thanks Great job man!

Thanks for a great tutorial!

WoW intro - I press like

more videos on 3D sketching please......thank you

Very good tutorial vid. Down to earth and practical. I've struggled the last few months with 3d sketchs in Inventor. I've come from ProE, which is difficult, and solidworks which is easy for 3d sketchs. The many articles I have read on the subject failed to mention little things like like selecting the planes on the Triad. Simple whenj you know but impossible to fathom when you dont. One thing that I'd like a little more knowledge on would be the include geometry feature. Why cant you select origin work features? Or can you? Keep up the good work. PS I like the music.

i have a problem when i will to make ( for example ) a lign with the 3D triedre . When i make a lign , the lign take automatically the direction of one lign of the triedre and not in any direction : why , where is the problem .Thanks

Cheers, That was a brilliant tutorial.

great video! very easy to understand. Only thing is my Triad is not oriented as yours. My Z is going front to back and X is left to right, Y top to bottom. Not sure why, its set to default.

Thanks, very useful videos like always.

Very helpful as always!! Thanks!

Thanks always thought it was the UI that let down 3d sketching in Inventor down as I use solidworks too and found it easier with that at first.I would say there would be some interest in the new freeform tools as they seem to have given us more options or confusion=)

great content mate! very informative.

VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY helpful video. Nice music too. Thanks a lot!!

Whenever I use GMS, it softs notNice tutorialng like yours, even though it has the sa settings... It's just a buzzing noise. Weird.

Thanks - fun & easy learning! (I wish You said how did You offset the plane so quickly - shortcut or something). Great tutorial!

Love it!!! Thanks.

Hi! I'm a student and I just started working with Autodesk Inventor and I love it! What would your biggest advice be to me if my goal is to become an absolute expert on Autodesk Inventor as fast as possible? Btw your videos are great!

Since I am deaf, I can't hear the "stunning" background music, as some comments seem to suggest. LOL. However, the video seems to be very clear with the help of subtitles captions. I need to practise some of this tips. :p Thanks for you efforts, you make engineering sound cooler, like the math language, sometimes is more mysterious and frustrating than should be lol

Thanks for the help,

What I'm missing is when I actualy have for instance a oilsystem and have 2 positions in an angle of lets say 72° that are determined true the assembly of all the components. How do I get from there to create a 3D sketch at a quick way to create a pipe or flexible hose to connect these two point in a correct way. The rest of it is all good!

Hello, I am trying to draw a wreathed handrail. The handrail profiles are not always circular, so I am trying to keep the top of the handrail horizontal while stile using the spline and sweep function. Please help

Could you please show how to draw a golf ball in 3D. 42.7mm dia, with 2.5 mm dimples all over. Thanks!

No... thank u very much..... I like it allot :).... i'm learning to much from u... i dont think you talk 2 much :):).... have a nice weekend..

Great tutorial Subscribed & Liked. If I may say so, you are definitely a dynamic and interesting enough of an instructor that you could lose the background music - it's a bit distracting & annoying. Otherwise - 5 stars & Thanks!

Many thanks..i have always wonder how 3D skecth was supposed to work..being used to a more intuitive way of 3D sketching from solidworks, i would curse at my computer every time i tried 3D sketching on inventor

Thanks for the tutorial, helpful for a newbie to this program :) Also I like the WoW song in the background, hehe.

Can I make a pattern in 3D of a 2D sketch?

My Inventor 2015 "Professional" does not have the down arrow for the 3D sketch option. Is it somewhere else inside the software?

God bless you mate

Hello. I don't understand something. WHen I draw triangel in 3d, I can't face it... why?

my invetor does not show those yellow planes? when i start a part it seems to be 2d only in xy plane? how do i get to other planes?

Sehr gutes Video, danke

Great videos. Could you do one on sketching on multiple planes in 3d space and applying constraints to those sketches to create rails for Loft? I'm having a hell of a time. I can use constraints no problem on a single plane but they don't seem to have the same properties when there are multiple planes in 3d space. T-spline handles can't be manipulated either. I am clearly doing something wrong!

Excellent!!!! BRAVO

It doesn’t let me pick a plane to sketch on :(

thanks bro, it's more easier now

I wont to design a motorcycle frame with 1 1/8 OD tubing. This will need to be made with 3D sketching. The tubing will need to be arc’s starting @ 0,0,0 on X plane from rear axis to the seat. Approximately 17”,9” (arc offset about 3”) - y plane arc @45 deg. to offset X Plane offset 5” (arc offset 1.5”) then on offset X plane to front of bike strait for 4”. The 4” length will be split in half for welding to another tube. I can’t get it right each time I have tried it. Once you show me how to do this, I will be able to design all the tube frames.

good clear tips n tricks more of the same please....beats autodesk..

Very good video, thanks for posting it this really clarified my understanding of 3d sketching. One thing that I was looking for in the video, was if I can create a sketch on a plane that I can then extrude to a cylinder, so that I can have one cylindrical part, and a separate part that would essentially attach to the cylinder so that I can maybe glue the two pieces together on the tangeant, do you have another video that shows that kind of use for 3D sketch?

thank you very much❤

Can you give some advice on how to constrain in 3D? I am having trouble with dimensions and constraints switching sign. When I try to further constrain the sketch I receive an error that the sketch is over constrained.

well explained... bravo

Is there a book for working with 3D sketches. I have Inventor Books 2015, 2016, and 2017. And none of them contain this information.

As always great video, keep it up. How do you offset the the YZ Plane so quickly, I know the shortcut for doing it on a flat surface but have never seen it done so quickly on your existing plane without making it visible then un selecting the visibility after. Please help.

Thanks alot.. 😊😊

good video. How important is to have a basic drawing course, before trying to learn Autodesk Fusion or Fusion 360. Is there a book of homeworks for drawing 101, where students can begin to learn how to draw in in general, and then later learn 3D in Autodesk or CAD???

Quick question mike....

Awesome, thank you very much!

How would you make a 3d sketch solid/have surface? Is it possible?

Thanks very much. Good stuff.