The Construction Tutorial by Philip Staiger This Viewlet based tutorial on Amapi 3D v6.1 includes features such as: Drawing a 2D compound profile curve with CAD-like constraints closing an open curve drawing and snapping another perpendicular section curve (circle) to the profile use the Extrusion tool to lathe reducing the smooth angle limit for creasing sharp edges in the material editor saving the design through the catalog interface Important Notes: This viewlet requires that JavaScript and Java be enabled on your Browser. The screenshots were made at 1024x768 screen resolution. For best viewing, it is recommended that you have slightly higher resolution, such as 1280x1024 The viewlet is about 1 MB in size. Netscape 4.7 will show the progess of downloading in the status bar. With others you might just have to be patient and keep the faith :-) > Click here to start the tutorial viewlet < When the viewlet is running, hit the SPACEBAR or click the navigation buttons at right to stop & go If you have a slow connection or prefer to download once and view locally later, get the whole tutorial in a zip > here < (use right-click or equivalent to save the target or link on your local drive).