contents
- Introduction
- Use this book.
- Disks and file storage.
- Starting AutoCAD
- Keyboard and mouse functions Function Buttons
- Entering commands and coordinates in Windows toolbars
- Scroll Bars
- Opening or accessing drawings while exiting AutoCAD
- Options Dialog Box
- Introductory Geometry and Setting Up
- Start a Drawing in Metric or Imperial
- The UNITS Command
- Choosing the Origin
- Using PAN to Get Started
- The LIMITS command
- Entry of Points
- Coordinate entry using absolute, relative, and polar values. Coordinate entry using the SNAP, ORTHO, POLAR, and DYNAMIC Geometry Commands.
- View Commands
- Alternate Units
- Using Draw Commands and Limits
- Using Draw Commands without Limits
- Units Practice 1
- Units Practice 2
- Practice
- Architectural
- Mechanical
- Woodwork
- Help Files, OSNAP, OTRACK, BREAK, TRIM, and ERASE: Understanding Command Strings
- Object SNAPs
- TRACK
- BREAK, TRIM, and ERASE
- GRIPS
- ERASE with Window and Crossing
- UNDO and REDO
- Using SNAP, OSNAP, and TRIM
- Using OSNAP and OTRACK Practice
- Architectural
- Mechanical
- Challenger
- Object selection and modifying commands Selecting Objects Within the Modify Commands Modify Commands
- Editing with Grips
- Setting LINETYPEs
- Changing LTSCALE
- Using ROTATE, COPY, and MIRROR
- Using ROTATE, COPY, and MIRROR Practice
- Architectural
- Mechanical
- Challenger
- STRETCH, TRIM, EXTEND, OFFSET, and ARRAY: Removing and Adding Objects
- More modifiable commands
- Tutorial4 Modify Commands Exercise4a Practice
- Exercise 4 Practice
- Exercise 4: Architectural
- Exercise 4: Mechanical
- Exercise 4: Mechanical
- Exercise 4 Challenger
- Entity Commands with Width
- The PLINE Command
- The PEDIT Command
- The POLYGON Command
- The SOLID Command
- The DONUT Command, the TEXT Command, and Multiplanes
- Using PLINE and SOLID Practice
- Architectural Mechanical
- Wood
- Challenger
- Entity Properties: Layers, Colors, and Line Types
- About LAYERs
- Creating a New Layer: Changing LTSCALE
- Match Properties and CHPROP Layer Filtering
- Layers, colors, and line types: practice
- Architectural
- Mechanical
- Challenger
- Dimensioning
- About Dimensioning: Entering Dimensions Dimension Styles
- The Text Tab
- The Fit Tab
- The Primary Units Tab
- The Alternate Units Tab
- The Symbols and Arrows Tab
- Saving Dimension Styles Editing Dimensions
- Dimensions for mechanical applications
- Dimensioning for Architectural Applications Practice
- Architectural
- Mechanical
- Wood
- Challenger
- Textual and pictorial views
- Linear Text
- Paragraph Text
- Text Styles and Fonts
- Editing Text
- Using LEADER to Create Notations (SNAP) and GRID
- Tutorial 8a: Using Text and Text Styles
- Using Rotated SNAP and GRID to Make a 2D Isometric Practice
- Architectural
- Mechanical
- Wood Millwork
- Challenger
preface
Students at Mohawk College and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada have tested the exercises in this book for years. Since the publication of the student edition in January 1993, the book has received numerous positive comments and constructive criticisms. I would like to thank all my students who have been teaching CAD for the last 27 years for their cooperation in developing new projects and providing tutorials and exercises.
I would like to thank Brian McKibbin, Diego Gomez, and Trevor Garwood Jones for their generosity in allowing me to use Designs to present modern architectural projects to students.
I would also like to thank Robert Deeks and Henry Brink for their assistance in revising the mechanical models and Ken Mercer for his careful review of the woodworking drawings.
Finally, I would like to thank Catriona Dixon and Madeleine Metcalfe of Blackwell Publishing for their work in editing this document.
AutoCAD is a popular, lightweight software system that allows users to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawings. This book provides a series of exercises to help you learn 2D drawing techniques in AutoCAD. Most of the 2D commands in the 2006, 2007, and 2008 versions have not changed since the 2000I version. You can use this exercise for all versions from 2000i to 2008. For those familiar with computers, learning AutoCAD will be as easy as knowing the default response and system settings.
System speed and user responses This book’s text contains all instructions in written form. APARTMENT, LINES, ZOOM, MIRROR, etc. This script can be viewed as a command. In this manual, system information is displayed as follows: Disks and File Folders Please note. J does not appear at the end of any entry after title 1; the user uses it only when necessary. Instead of offering other solutions, most of the diagrams in this book are small, so if your computer still has a disk drive, the disk drive can be used for file storage. Zip drives, jazz drives, storage devices, and CD burners are suitable for storing large files. Always make three copies of your files. Every hour, save your files to a fixed computer, such as C: or D:. If you are working for more than three hours, also save it to an external file system, such as a flash drive. Email a copy of the file before shutting down the system.
You must configure the Windows environment to launch AutoCAD when you double-click the AutoCAD program icon. AutoCAD will automatically place you into the drawing.
When you first start, palettes may appear on your screen. Click the “X” to delete. For the 2007 and 2008 versions, the instrument panel is available as an accessory. Select AutoCAD Classic from the toolbar.
The end user’s screen exit cannot be verified, so you may not have the tools to view it. If your screen doesn’t resemble the one below, you can either open the toolbar in View Downloads (which is too cluttered and complicated) or right-click on a tool on the screen to select it from the list.
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