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Starting AutoCAD

AutoCAD Screen Components

Drawing Area

Command Window

Navigation bar

Status bar

Invoking Commands in AutoCAD

Keyboard

Ribbon

Application Menu

Tool Palettes

Menu Bar

Toolbar

Shortcut Menu

AutoCAD Dialog Boxes

Starting a New Drawing

Open a Drawing

Use a Template

Use a Wizard

Saving Your Work

Save Drawing as Dialog box

Using the Drawing Recovery Manager to Recover Files

Closing a Drawing

Opening an Existing Drawing

Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Select File Dialog Box

Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Start up Dialog Box

Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Drag and Drop Method

Quitting AutoCAD

Creating and Managing Workspaces

Creating a New Workspace

Modifying the Workspace Settings

Autodesk Exchange

Home

Dynamic Input Mode

Enable Dimension Input where possible

Show command prompting and command input near the crosshairs

Drafting Tooltip Appearance

Drawing Lines in AutoCAD

The Close Option

The Undo Option

Invoking tools Using Dynamic INPUT/Command Prompt

Coordinate Systems

Absolute Coordinate System

Relative Coordinate System

Relative Polar Coordinates

Direct Distance Entry

Erasing Objects

Cancelling and Undoing a Command

Object Selection Methods

Window Selection

Window Crossing Method

Drawing a Circle

BASIC Display Commands

Setting Units Type and Precision

Specifying the Format

Specifying the Angle Format

SETTING the Limits OF A DRAWING

Drawing Arcs

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Ellipses

Drawing Regular Polygon

Drawing Polylines

Placing Points

Drawing Infinite Lines

Writing a Single Line Text

Introduction

Understanding the Concept and use of LAYERS

Advantages of Using Layers

Working with Layers

Creating New Layers

Making a Layer Current

Controlling the Display of Layers

Deleting Layers

Object Properties

Changing the Colour

Changing the Line type

Changing the Line weight

Changing the Plot Style

Properties Palette

Quick Properties Palette

Drafting Settings dialog box

Setting Grid

Setting Snap

Snap Type

Drawing Straight Lines using the Ortho Mode

Working with Object Snaps

Auto Snap

Endpoint

Midpoint

Nearest

Centre

Tangent

Quadrant

Intersection

Apparent Intersection

Perpendicular

Node

Insertion

Snap to None

Parallel

Extension

From

Midpoint between 2 Points

Temporary Tracking Point

Combining Object Snap Modes

Running Object Snap Mode

Overriding the Running Snap

Cycling through Snaps

Using Auto Tracking

Object Snap Tracking

Polar Tracking

Auto Track Settings

Function and Control Keys

Editing Sketches

Moving the Sketched Objects

Copying the Sketched Objects

Creating Multiple Copies

Creating a Single Copy

Offsetting Sketched Objects

Rotating Sketched Objects

Scaling the Sketched Objects

Filleting the Sketches

Chamfering the Sketches

Trimming the Sketched Objects

Extending the Sketched Objects

Stretching the Sketched Objects

Lengthening the Sketched Objects

Arraying the Sketched Objects

Rectangular Array

Polar Array

Path Array

Mirroring the Sketched objects

Text Mirroring

Introduction to Grips

Types of Grips

Editing a Polyline by Using Grips

Editing Gripped Objects

Changing the Properties Using the PROPERTIES Pale

Matching the Properties of Sketched Objects

Cycling Through Selection

Managing Contents Using the Design enter

Autodesk Seek design content Link

Displaying Drawing Properties

Basic Display Options

Redrawing the Screen

Regenerating Drawings

Zooming Drawings

Real-time Zooming

All Option

Centre Option

Extents Option

Dynamic Option

Previous Option

Window Option

Scale Option

Object Option

Zoom In and Out

Panning Drawings

Panning in Real time

Annotative Objects

Annotation Scale

Assigning Annotative Property and Annotation Scales

Customizing Annotation Scale

Multiple Annotation Scales

Assigning Multiple Annotation Scales Manually

Assigning Multiple Annotation Scales Automatically

Controlling the Display of Annotative objects

Creating Text

Writing Single Line Text

Entering Special Characters

Creating Multiline Text

Text Window

Text Editor Tab

Editing Text

Editing Text Using the DDEDIT Command

Editing Text Using the Properties Palette

Modifying the Scale of the Text

Inserting Table in the Drawing

Table style Area

Insert options Area

Insertion behavior Area

Column and row settings Area

Set cell styles Area

Creating a New Table Style

Starting table Area

General Area

Cell styles Area

Setting a Table Style as Current

Modifying a Table Style

Modifying Tables

Substituting Fonts

Specifying an Alternate Default Font

Creating Text Styles

Determining Text Height

Creating Annotative text

Need for Dimensioning

Dimensioning in AutoCAD

Fundamental Dimensioning Terms

Dimension Line

Dimension Text

Arrowheads

Extension Lines

Leader

Centre Mark and Centerlines

Alternate Units

Limits

Associative Dimensions

Definition Points

Annotative Dimensions

Selecting Dimensioning Commands

Using the Ribbon and the Toolbar

Using the Command Line

Dimensioning a Number of Objects Together

Creating Linear Dimensions

DIMLINEAR Command Options

Creating Aligned Dimensions

Creating Arc Length Dimensions

Creating Rotated Dimensions

Creating Baseline Dimensions

Creating Continued Dimensions

Creating Angular Dimensions

Dimensioning the Angle between Two Nonparallel Lines

Dimensioning the Angle of an Arc

Angular Dimensioning of Circles

Angular Dimensioning based on Three Points

Creating Diameter Dimensions

Creating Radius Dimensions

Creating Jogged Linear Dimensions

Creating Ordinate Dimensions

Maintaining Equal Spacing between Dimensions

Creating Inspection Dimensions

Inspection Label

Dimension Value

Working with True Associative Dimensions

Inspection Rate

Removing the Dimension Associatively

Converting a Dimension into a True Associative Dimension

Drawing Leaders

Multileader

Adding leaders to existing Multileader

Removing Leaders from Existing Multileader

Aligning Multileaders

Specify Spacing

Use current spacing

Geometric Characteristics and Symbols

Feature Control Frame

Geometric Characteristics Symbol

Material Condition Modifier

Datum

Complex Feature Control Frames

Composite Position Tolerance

Projected Tolerance Zone

Creating Annotative Dimensions, Tolerances, Leaders, and Multileaders

Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools

Editing Dimensions by Stretching

Editing Dimensions by Trimming and Extending

Flipping Dimension Arrow

Modifying the Dimensions

Editing the Dimension Text

Updating Dimensions

Editing Dimensions with Grips

Editing Dimensions using the Properties Palette

Properties Palette (Dimension)

Properties Palette (Multileader)

Model Space and Paper Space Dimensioning

Using Styles and Variables to Control Dimensions

Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles

New Dimension Style dialog box

Controlling the Dimension Text Format

Fitting Dimension Text and Arrowheads

Formatting Primary Dimension Units

Formatting Alternate Dimension Units

Formatting the Tolerances

Creating and Restoring Multileader Styles

Modify Multileader Style dialog box

Model Space and Paper Space/Layouts

Model Space Viewports (Tiled Viewports)

Creating Tiled Viewports

Making a Viewport Current

Joining Two Adjacent Viewports

Paper space viewports (Floating Viewports)

Creating Floating Viewports

Creating Rectangular Viewports

Creating Polygonal Viewports

Converting an Existing Closed Object into a Viewport

Temporary Model Space

Editing Viewports

Controlling the Display of Objects in Viewports

Locking the Display of Objects in Viewports

Controlling the Display of Hidden Lines in Viewports

Clipping Existing Viewports

Maximizing Viewports

Inserting Layouts

Inserting a Layout Using the Wizard

Defining Page Settings

Controlling the Display of Annotative Objects in Viewports

Plotting Drawings in AutoCAD

Plotting Drawings Using the Plot Dialog Box

Page setup Area

Printer/plotter Area

Paper size Area

Number of copies Area

Plot area

Plot offset (origin set to printable area) Area

Plot scale Area

Plot style table (pen assignments) Area

Shaded viewport options Area

Plot options Area

Preview

Adding Plotters

The Plotter Manager Tool

Using Plot Styles

Adding a Plot Style

Hatching

Hatch Patterns

Hatch Boundary

Hatching Drawings Using the Hatch Tool

Panels in the Hatch Creation Tab

Boundaries Panel

Pattern Panel

Properties Panel

Origin Panel

Options Panel

Match Properties

Setting the Parameters for Gradient Pattern

Creating Annotative Hatch

Hatching the Drawing Using the Tool Palettes

Drag and Drop Method

Select and Place Method

Hatching Around Text, Dimensions, and Attributes

The Concept of Blocks

Advantages of Using Blocks

Drawing Objects for Blocks

Converting Entities into a Block

Inserting Blocks

Creating and Inserting Annotative Blocks

Block Editor

Adding Blocks in Tool Palettes

Drag and Drop Method

Modifying Existing Blocks in the Tool Palettes

Layers, Colors, Line types, and Line weights for Blocks

Nesting of Blocks

Creating Drawing Files using the Write Block Dialog Box

Exploding Blocks Using the XPLODE Command

Renaming Blocks

Deleting Unused Blocks

Editing Constraints to Blocks

Why Use 3D

Introduction to the 3D Modeling Workspace

Basic 3D Viewing Tools

3D Navigation Tools

Introduction to the User Coordinate System

Working with Solid Primitives

Solid Primitive Types

Working with Composite Solids

Working with Mesh Models

UCS Basics

UCS X, Y, and Z Commands

UCS Multifunctional Grips

Saving a UCS by Name

Complex 3D Geometry

Extruded Solids and Surfaces

Swept Solids and Surfaces

Revolved Solids and Surfaces

Lofted Solids and Surfaces

NURBS Surfaces

3D Gizmo Tools

Aligning Objects in 3D Space

3D Modify Commands

Editing Components of Solids

Editing Faces of Solids

Fillets and Chamfers on Solids

Creating a Shell

Imprinting Edges of Solids

Slicing a Solid along a Plane

Interference Checking

Converting Objects to Surfaces

Converting Objects to Solids

Working with Sections

Working with Cameras

Managing Views in 3

Animating with Show Motion

Creating Show Motion Shots

Creating Animations

Creating Visual Styles

Working with Materials

Specifying Light Sources

Rendering Concepts

Creating Multiple Viewports

2D Views from 3D Solids

Creating Technical Drawings

3D Model Import

Automatic Model Documentation