Cube Tutorial Ashlar-Vellum 1 Introduction

Introduction
This tutorial describes how to use Ashlar-Vellum software to create a model of
the Apple G4 Cube. This is not intended to represent the idea that Apple used
Ashlar-Vellum software to create the Cube (in fact, I have no clue what they
used). It is intended to provide documentation for the user to learn the tools
provided in Ashlar-Vellum software to do product design.
The complete tutorial covers close to 35 tools within the application as well as
many concepts to help make your work more efficient. At the end of each
section you will be asked to save the file (which is just good practice to develop).
At the beginning of the next section there will be a file available to download that
represents the model up to that point. If you get lost, or the tutorial gets
complicated you can skip to the next tutorial and get the most recent file. I don't
recommend this, but it’s an option if you need to.
This tutorial was created in Cobalt v5 using a 467mhz Dell with 512 mb of RAM
(There is something a little funny about building a Mac on a PC, something about
the irony.) This model is built using inches for the units. If your default units are
millimeters, you may want to change them to inches in File>Preferences.
Most of the tutorials are for creating the five different parts of the model, with the
last tutorial dedicated to lighting and rendering. So, without further adieu, lets get
started.
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