https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:49:00 +0000 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:32:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7655 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=7655&PID=19767&title=wireframe-drawing-tools#19767 Author: John Connor
Subject: 7655
Posted: 11.Apr.2012 at 15:32

I remember CadKey but never used it.

I'd do the drawing entirely in 3D solids and view it in a 2Dwireframe visual style.
]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:32:16 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=7655&PID=19767&title=wireframe-drawing-tools#19767 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=7655&PID=19765&title=wireframe-drawing-tools#19765 Author: Edward Fasula
Subject: 7655
Posted: 11.Apr.2012 at 15:12

Does anyone remember Cadkey? An old 3D wireframe drawing program that (together with SolidWorks) seems to have ruined me for 3D AutoCAD for life. Maybe the functionality I'm looking for has evolved and I'm missing it....

I have to do some wireframe modeling for a structural analysis program at a new job, so, while the structures are complex, the modeling is quite primitive.


Here's what I'd like to do:

In Cadkey I could draw on a "construction plane" in 2D.  All my snaps, extend's, and new objects would be drawn from the current view perspective, at a depth I could set, and relate to the objects on other planes as though they were projected onto my construction plane.  I could also trim lines on any other plane to their apparent intersection with objects on the construction plane.

The construction plane could be set to a depth from one of the standard views, or simply set using three 3D points. 

Without this, I feel severely handicapped to do the obvious.  I'm not sure where to look for these tools, if they exist. 

Any clues much appreciated!

Ed
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