AutoCAD

Short cuts

To draw a line – L

To draw a circle - C

Start new drawing

Save as soon as opened, In case it crashes the programme automatically saves every 10 to 1 minutes, it therefor has a destination o save to.

Open with no template, and always

work in Metric.

Control A – select all

ESC will unselect everything

Press L and then space bar

This command bar tells you

what to do next

It then asks you to select where to place your first

line

Distance

Use the scroll key on the mouse enables you to zoom in and out.

Space bar an esc to exits the command.

Using the mouse to drag across the object to select certain aeas.

There are two ways for specific selection, using marquee selection.

Green - Intercepting

Blue – Fully Inclusive

CTRL + Z = undo

F8 restricts the lines so they are only horizontal or vertical – Autho so it only allows me to draw in right angles.

Dragging from left to right, this only selects what’s inside the

box.

Dragging from right to left, this selects anything that connects to

the box

F3 – Objects snap Enables you to highlight snap points, to grab an accurate point and the end or on the joint of a line. Locatng device

This restricts you when drawing lines.

Selecting a specific point

Click and press ‘DI’ for distance shortcut, then select the two points on which you want to measure.

The grey box above then shows the information needed.

Z – Zoom command

Z spacebar, then select ALL

Drawing to scale