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Table of Contents Introduction About this book Intro-1 About the Author Intro-1 Configuring your system Intro-2 Customizing your Wheel Mouse Intro-10 Lesson 1 Part 1. Understanding Computers 1-2 A Brief History of Computers & Software 1-2 Hardware 1-2 Software 1-3 Computer sizes and capabilities 1-4 What is a Clone? 1-4 Part 2. What is CAD? 1-5 Computer Aided Design 1-5 Why should you use CAD? 1-5 Why use AutoCAD? 1-5 Part 3. Buying your first computer 1-5 Part 4. AutoCADs system requirements 1-6 Starting AutoCAD 1-7 Using AutoCAD’s HELP system 1-10 Quick Help, on the Info Palette 1-11 Lesson 2 Create a Template 2-2 Opening a Template 2-4 Getting familiar with the AutoCAD Window 2-5 Drawing Area 2-5 Crosshairs / Cursor 2-5 Command Line 2-6 Status Line 2-6 UCS Icon 2-7 Origin 2-7 Function Keys 2-7 Special Key Functions 2-7 Pull-down Menu Bar 2-8 Dialog Box 2-8 Toolbars 2-9 Palettes 2-11 Methods of entering commands 2-12 Shortcut menus 2-11 Drawing Lines 2-13 Erase 2-14 Methods of selecting objects 2-15 v Starting a new drawing 2-16 Saving a drawing 2-17

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Table of Contents

Introduction 

About this book Intro-1About the Author Intro-1Configuring your system Intro-2Customizing your Wheel Mouse Intro-10

Lesson 1

Part 1. Understanding Computers 1-2A Brief History of Computers & Software 1-2Hardware 1-2Software 1-3Computer sizes and capabilities 1-4What is a Clone? 1-4

Part 2. What is CAD? 1-5

Computer Aided Design 1-5Why should you use CAD? 1-5Why use AutoCAD? 1-5

Part 3. Buying your first computer 1-5Part 4. AutoCAD’s system requirements 1-6Starting AutoCAD 1-7Using AutoCAD’s HELP system 1-10Quick Help, on the Info Palette 1-11

Lesson 2

Create a Template 2-2Opening a Template 2-4Getting familiar with the AutoCAD Window 2-5

Drawing Area 2-5Crosshairs / Cursor 2-5Command Line 2-6Status Line 2-6UCS Icon 2-7Origin 2-7

Function Keys 2-7Special Key Functions 2-7

Pull-down Menu Bar 2-8Dialog Box 2-8Toolbars 2-9Palettes 2-11Methods of entering commands 2-12

Shortcut menus 2-11Drawing Lines 2-13Erase 2-14Methods of selecting objects 2-15

vStarting a new drawing 2-16Saving a drawing 2-17

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Back up Files 2-18Opening an existing drawing file 2-19Exiting AutoCAD 2-20Exercises 2-21

Lesson 3

Circle 3-2

Rectangle 3-4Undo and Redo 3-6Drafting settings 3-7Layers 3-8Exercises 3-10

Lesson 4

Object snap 4-2Running Object snap 4-4Drawing setup 4-5

Drawing Limits 4-5Units and Precision 4-6Zoom 4-7Exercises 4-8

Lesson 5

Polygon 5-2Ellipse 5-3Donut 5-4Point 5-5

More object snaps 5-6Exercises 5-7

Lesson 6

Break 6-2Trim 6-4Extend 6-5Move 6-6Explode 6-7Exercises 6-8

Lesson 7

Copy 7-2Mirror 7-3Fillet 7-4Chamfer 7-6Exercises 7-8

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Lesson 8

Single line text 8-2Multiline text 8-4Tabs 8-6

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Indents 8-7Line spacing 8-8Editing text 8-9Background Mask 8-10Scale text 8-11Exercises 8-12

Lesson 9

Coordinate input 9-2Absolute and Relative 9-3

Direct Distance Entry 9-5Inquiry 9-6

List, Distance, Locate Point 9-6Lineweights 9-7Exercise 9-8Basic Plotting from Model Space 9-9More Exercises 9-13

Lesson 10

Moving the Origin 10-2Displaying the UCS icon 10-3Exercises 10-4

Lesson 11

Polar Coordinate Input 11-2Using Polar Coordinates and DDE 11-3Dynamic Input 11-4How to enter Coordinate Values in DI tooltip boxes 11-8Using Dynamic Input and Polar Coordinates 11-9

Polar Tracking 11-10Polar Snap 11-12Exercises 11-14

Lesson 12

Offset 12-2Editing with the Properties Palette 12-4Exercises 12-6

Lesson 13

Array 13-2Rectangular 13-3Polar 13-4

Exercises 13-6

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Lesson 14

Scale 14-2Stretch 14-3Rotate 14-4Exercises 14-5

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Lesson 15

Hatch 15-2Gradient Fills 15-6Editing hatch 15-8Exercises 15-9

Lesson 16True Associative Dimensioning 16-2

Grips 16-4Linear 16-5Baseline 16-5Continue 16-6

Dimension styles 16-7Creating dimension styles 16-8Compare two dimension styles 16-12Ignore Hatch Objects 16-13Exercises 16-14

Lesson 17

Editing dimension text values 17-2Editing dimension position 17-3Modify an entire dimension style 17-4Override a dimension style 17-5Editing a dimension using properties 17-6Exercises 17-7

Lesson 18

Radial dimensioning 18-2Diameter dimensioning 18-2

  Radius dimensioning 18-3Angular dimensionig 18-4Center mark 18-5Creating a dimension sub-style 18-6Exercises 18-7

Lesson 19

Aligned dimensioning 19-2Leader 19-3Special Text Characters 19-5Prefix and Suffix 19-6Exercises 19-7

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Lesson 20

Quick dimensioning 20-2Editing multiple dimensions 20-4Exercises 20-6

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Lesson 21

Match Properties 21-2Creating a Revision Cloud 21-3Convert a closed object into a Revision Cloud 21-4Revision Cloud Style 21-5Wipeout 21-6Exercises 21-7

Lesson 22

Arc 22-2Dimensioning Arc Lengths 22-3Dimensioning a Large Curve 22-5Exercises 22-6

Lesson 23

Polyline 23-2Exercises 23-4

Lesson 24

Editing Polylines 24-2Join 24-3Exercises 24-4

Lesson 25

Creating new text styles 25-2Changing text styles 25-4Divide 25-5Measure 25-6Exercises 25-7

Lesson 26

Starting from scratch 26-2Creating New Layers 26-3Color 26-4Loading a Linetype 26-5Layer control definitions 26-6

Model and Layout tabs 26-7

ixViewports 26-8How to create a page setup for Paperspace 26-12How to plot from Paperspace 26-16Setting the Pick Box size 26-19Exercises 26-20

Lesson 27

Creating / Plotting Scaled Drawings 27-2

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Adjusting the scale inside a viewport 27-5Calculating the Drawing Scale Factor 27-6How DSF affects Text 27-7How DSF affects Hatch 27-8How DSF affects Dimensioning 27-9Trans-spatial dimensions 27-10Linetype scale 27-11Exercises 27-12

Lesson 28

BlocksCreating blocks 28-2Inserting 28-6

Presetting the Insertion Point, Scale or Rotation 28-7Re-defining a block 28-8Purging unwanted blocks 28-9Exercise 28-10

Lesson 29

Pan 29-2Exercise 29-4

Lesson 30

Exercise 30-2

APPENDIXA Add a Printer / Plotter B Dimension Style DefinitionsC Assign Lineweights to colorsD Background PlottingE Metric Conversion FactorsF Drawing Scales

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