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Introduction to 3D modelling

Computing

Modifying 3D objects

Make your own name badge

Making a desk tidy

Planning a 3D model

Make your own 3D model

In this unit pupils will discover how computers can be used to produce 3D models. They will experience working in a 3D space, moving, resizing, and duplicating objects. They will then create hollow objects using placeholders and combine multiple objects to create a model of a desk tidy.

3D Modelling

to view and design objects in detail before building them

Which of these is a reason to use a computer to create a 3D model?

What is the term for the angle or position from which you look at a 3D object?

View the shape from different perspectives.

Put these steps in order for creating a simple 3D model:

Architects use 3D modelling software to design real buildings.

3D models on computers can help people see designs before building them.

Computers are used only to create things that cannot exist in real life.

Designers use computer models to improve their work before making it.

Select the statements about computer modelling which are correct.

a solid shape with height, width and depth

seeing an object from a certain position or viewpoint

What do 3D shapes have that 2D shapes do not?

Name a 3D shape that has six faces, all the same size.

a flat shape with two long and two short sides

Match each shape with the correct description:

If you look at a box from above, what kind of shape do you see?

Starter Quiz

Which of these is a 2D shape?