This page contains training movies in QuickTime(TM) format. QuickTime
is available for all platforms supported by TouchCAD. A free copy of QuickTime
can be downloaded from Apple Computer's website. Download
QuickTime.
To watch these movies you need to have QuickTime installed, a screen
resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and sound abilities.
The Basics section presents the tools and features and the Projects section shows various examples of how to model various objects in TouchCAD 3.5
These movies cover basic features of TouchCAD 3.5 such as the palettes, menus, drawing methods, unfolding features, etc. The purpose is to provide a fairly detailed live demonstration of the features. The user's manual also covers these features, but some things are easier to understand when seen demonstrated visually.
Getting
Started 
covers basic concepts, methods, etc.
and provides a general overview of TouchCAD 3.5. (20,7 Meg/ 20 minutes).
Tool Palette shows how the
tools in the Tool palette work (16.1 Meg/ 25 minutes).
Menus shows how the
menu commands work (15.4 Meg/ 30 minutes).
The upcoming TouchCAD 3.5 is now in beta. This free upgrade (for 3.5 users) contains many new and exciting features such as support for background images, stretch unfold calculations, image mapping and unfolding, etc. Below as short presentation.
News in TouchCAD 3.5 (13.9 Mb - 21 Minutes)
Support for background images, in scale, they follow the model when pan and zoom. This is a key feature when recreating existing objects on the screen and when doing reversed engineering.
The import dialog allows you to scale, rotate, skew and deform the picture, for example to flatten the perspective. The background image import features support very high resolution images.
A new dialog allows you to fine-tune the location of the background image in the main drawing window.
Image import (QuickTime
movie 10.4 Mb 5 minutes) Shows the new Background image features
This section contains examples showing how to model various objects and to provide various method examples. The purpose is primarily to give an introduction to various methods within its context and to suggest methods how to proceed.
The movies essentially shows all the steps and have only been edited to reduce unnecessary repetition. The movies can therefore be seen as a rough indication how long it takes for a experienced user to reach a basic level, but should by no means be seen as the time it takes to finalize a project. Even experienced users tend to spend lots of time experimenting and refining a shape to reach the desired shape.
Car Body introduces some
basic methods how to model a car body. Many of these techniques are applicable
to other types of free form objects such as air crafts, inflatable objects,
etc, where a model is designed using a set of connecting surface elements.
(27,5 Meg/ 21 minutes).
Marine design provides an introduction
to various methods and techniques used in marine design and how to make
use of the built in marine specific calculation features. (11.0 Meg/
16 minutes).
Clinker Built Planking
shows how to convert a rounded hull to a clinker built
planking hull such as used in older wooden boats (600 K / 2 minutes)
Reversed Engineering illustrates some techniques how to recreate already existing objects
and converting them into unfoldable objects. (5.9 Meg/ 8 minutes).
Sheet Metal Designillustrates how
to use some of the relevant tools found in TouchCAD as they are or as a
base for modeling custom objects based on them. (7.2 Meg/ 12 minutes).
T-Tube Joints illustrates some
useful techniques when jointing T-tubes manually at any angle. (5.6 Meg/
5 minutes).
House illustrates some
basic techniques used when generating a house and terrain model. (10.7
Meg/ 9 minutes).
Kitchen Chair illustrates how
to model a free form shape, how to add a thickness, and how to use the extrude
and Sweep commands to generate the legs. (5.2 Mb / 8 minutes).
Human Shape illustrates how
to model a basic human body. The model can be enhanced further depending
on what it is used for, but for inflated objects it is usually a good idea
to keep the model as simple as possible. The movie can also be used as an
example how to model animal shapes. (6.1 Mb / 11 minutes).
Image Balloon illustrates how to model a balloon shape based on a background
image, how to apply the image on the finished 3D model, and how to unfold
the image. (7.2 Mb / 8 minutes).
Sail Roof illustrates how
to generate a simple sail roof, a hypar and some other similar objects.
(6.1 Mb / 11 minutes).
Conic Sail Roof and Hypar. Two new and often requested movies showing how to model a conic and a hypar sail roof. Some features only available in TouchCAD 3.5 where used.
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