| A | B |
| Defaults | values provided by software |
| Pan tool | hand |
| Scale | trasforms bigger or smaller |
| Local Coordinate | aligns to an object |
| Top | which view to align legs on a table |
| copy and mirror | to make matching eyes |
| Rotate | to animate a spinning top |
| Extrude | 2d shape and add thickness |
| Wireframe | simplest data representation |
| Highlights | what happens when an object is selected |
| Array | several of the same things rotated around a point |
| Orthographic | 3 views |
| Perspective | all proportions can be seen in one view |
| Chamfer | rounded off box |
| Tetrahedron | pyramid above and below the surface |