AutoCAD 2014 Intro

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AUTOCAD 2014 SCREEN

COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING || 1

Command Prom

Drawing Area

Workspace RiMenu Bar

S Icon

Layout Tabs

Model Tab

Cursor Co-ordinate Values

Title BarWorkspace Options



FUNCTION KEYS IN AUTOCAD 2014

F1 Help Brings up the "AutoCAD Help: User Documentation"

dialogue box

F2 Command Prompt Displays Command Prompt as a AutoCAD Text Window

F3 Osnap On/ Off Turns on/ off object snap (Allows snap onto a specific

object location when you are picking a point like

Endpoint, Midpoint, Centre, Nodes, Intersection, etc)

F4 3DOsnap On/ Off Turns on/ off 3D object snap (Allows snap onto a specific

object location in 3D Object when you are picking a point

like Vertex, Midpoint of Edge, Centre of Edge, Knots, etc)

F5 Cycles

thru’ Isoplanes

Only has an effect if "Isometric Snap/Grid" mode is on.

(Left, Top and Right).

F6 Dynamic UCS On/

Off

Change the plane that you are drawing on

F7 Grid On/ Off Displays grid of dots on the screen as a drawing aid

F8 Ortho Mode On/

Off

Allow to draw only on either vertical or horizontal lines

F9 Snap On/ Off Makes the crosshairs jump to points on a defined grid

F10 Polar Tracking On/

Off

Allows to snap to specific angles and these are user

definable

F11 Snap Tracking On/

Off

Enables to have tracking running in the background so

that you need not use temporary tracking points

(Temporary tracking points what running object snap is

to object snaps)

F12 Dynamic Input Provides a command line interface at your crosshair and

also for user entry to input like the length of a line or the




radius of a circle




Drawing File Open & Close

OPEN, SAVE AND CLOSE AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE

OPEN AN NEW AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE

Choose File > New

In the Select Template Dialog Box, Choose acad.dwt and click open.

‘acad.dwt’ is an AutoCAD template file which has the pre-set drawing settings

necessary to start drawing.

A template is a drawing file that includes some of the following settings :Unit type

and precision, Drawing limits, Snap, Grid, and Ortho settings (Status Bar), Layer

organization, Title blocks, Dimension and text styles, Linetypes, Common blocks,

etc.

In most cases, you do not want to set these things every time you begin a drawing.By having a template with all of these parameters pre-set, you can work more

efficiently, faster and consistently.

OPEN AN EXISTING AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE

Choose File > Open

In the Select File Dialog Box, Specify the desired file location and click open

SAVE AN AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE

Saving a drawing file is similar to saving any other file in windows.

To save click on save icon on annotation toolbar. Of saving for

the first time, saving dialog box appears.

Specify the location > file name and save

Tips: Have a habit of saving your drawing every 10 to 15

minutes to avoid losing your work in case of AutoCAD or

System crashes.

CLOSE AN AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE

1. Choose File > Close

or




Drawing File Open & Close

2. Use the drawing close button just near the drawing title bar in the upper right

corner.




Using Commands

Using Menus

Using Shortcut Menu

Using Toolbars

Using Command Prompt

Using Dynamic Input

Using Dialog Boxes

Repeating Commands

Reusing recent Commands

Canceling Commands

Undoing Commands

Redoing Commands




Understanding Coordinates

X, Y, Z Coordinate system

Typing Coordinates

Absolute Cartesian Coordinates

Relative Cartesian Coordinates

Polar Coordinates

Direct Distance Entry

Orthogonal Mode Entry




Setting up a Drawing

Drawing Units

Drawing Limits

Understanding Scale

Working with Scale Format

Using Annotation Scale

Creating Title Block

Layers

Text Style

Table Style

Dimension Style

Multi-leader Style

Creating Template File




Viewing a Drawing

Regenerate

Redraw

Pan

Scroll

Zoom

Named Views

Snap Rotation

Understanding UCS

Isometric Mode




Drawing Tools

LINE

STEP 1: SELECT LINE

From the Menu, Draw> line

Type “LINE” or “L” in AutoCAD Text Window

STEP 2: SPECIFY FIRST POINT

Enter first point co-ordinates in AutoCAD Text

Window

Click on the Screen

STEP 3, 4, ETC: SPECIFY NEXT POINT OR [UNDO/CLOSE]

1. Enter next point co-ordinates in AutoCAD Text Window

2. Enter “DISTANCE>ANGLE” in AutoCAD Text Window

3. Click on the Screen

4. Enter the distance in the dynamic input bar

5. Enter the distance and angle in the dynamic input bar

or

Undo – Erase the last point specified on the screen

or

Close – End the line at the first point specified in this active command line

CONSTRUCTION LINES

RAYS




Drawing Tools

RECTANGLES

POLYGON

ARC

CIRCLE




Drawing Tools

ELLIPSE AND ELLIPTICAL ARC

DONUT

POINTS




Edit/ Modify Tools

Select Object

Move Object

Copy Object

Rotate Object

Delete Object

Scale Object

Mirror

Array

Polar Array

Offset

Align

Trim

Extend

Lengthen

Stretch

Break

Join

Chamfer

Fillet

Revision Clouds

Wipeout

Selecting Filter

Quick Select

Explode

Group




Layers

Create Layer

Layer – On, Freeze, Thawed or lock

Linetype

Lineweight

Colour

Working with layers

Edit Layers

Modify Layers

Rename Layers

Delete Layers

Purge Layers

Import Layers/ Linetypes/ Styles

Match Properties




Drawing & Object Information

List

Measure

Distance

Divide

Area

Calculator




Texting

Single Line Text

Text Styles

Multi Line Text

Tables

Spell Check




Drawing Dimension

Linear

Aligned

Continuous

Baseline

Arc & Circle

Angular

Drawing Leader

Create Multileader

Geomentric Tolerance

Dimensioning Styles

Changing Dimensioning Styles




Complex Objects

Polyline

Spline

Region

Boundaries

Multiline

Dline

Sketch

Hatch




Plotting & Printing

Creating a Layout in Paper Space

Layout Wizard

Viewport

Plot Styles

Plotting Drawing




Blocks & Attributes

Objects into Blocks

Save Blocks

Insert Blocks

Using DesignCenter

Managing Blocks

Editing Block

Updating Block

Substituting Block

Creating & Using Block

Dynamic Block

Insert Attributes

Edit Attributes




Referencing Other Drawings

External Reference (Xref)

Attaching Xref

Opening Xref

Editing Xref

Controlling Xref

Clip Reference (XClip)

Managing Xref

Attach

Detach

Reload

Unload

Bind

Open

Xref Found at

DWF & DGN Underlays




Three Dimensional Drawings

3D Coordinates

Absolute & Relative Cartesian Coordinates

Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates

Using Elevation & Thickness

Creating Surface with thickness

Elevation to an Object

UCS option to change UCS

Viewing 3D Objects

Viewpoint

Named View with Camera

Adding Background

Working with Tripod & Compass

Visual Styles

Parallel & perspective Projection

3D Orbit – Navigate, Pan, zoom





Tiled Viewports

Walk Through Model – Walk Mode

Flying Through Model

Saving walk as a movie file

DView

Laying out 3D Drawing

Converting Object to surface

Surfaces with 3D Faces

Polyface meshes

Creating plane surface

3D Meshes

Drawing Standard 3D Shapes

Box

Wedge

Pyramid

Cone

Sphere

Dome

Dish

Torus

Mesh

Revolved Surface (REVSURF)

EXTRUDE Surfaces

Tabulated Surface (TABSURF)

Ruled Surface





Edge Surface

Xedges

SWEEP Command

REVOLVE Command

LOFT Command

POLYSOLID Command

UNION – Adding solids

SUBTRACT – Creating voids

INTERSECT Command

INTERFERE Command

PUSHPULL Command

Solid History (SOILDHIST)

SECTION Command

SLICE Command





SOLIDEDIT Command

Rendering Solids

Default RENDER

Creating Lights

Point Light

Target Point Light

Free Spot Light

Simulating the Sun

Managing Lights

Shadows





Attaching Material

Creating own Material

Using Backgound

Final Render


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