autocad 2014 intro
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AUTOCAD 2014 SCREEN
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Command Prom
Drawing Area
Workspace RiMenu Bar
S Icon
Layout Tabs
Model Tab
Cursor Co-ordinate Values
Title BarWorkspace Options
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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
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radius of a circle
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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
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Drawing File Open & Close
2. Use the drawing close button just near the drawing title bar in the upper right
corner.
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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
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Understanding Coordinates
X, Y, Z Coordinate system
Typing Coordinates
Absolute Cartesian Coordinates
Relative Cartesian Coordinates
Polar Coordinates
Direct Distance Entry
Orthogonal Mode Entry
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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
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Viewing a Drawing
Regenerate
Redraw
Pan
Scroll
Zoom
Named Views
Snap Rotation
Understanding UCS
Isometric Mode
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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
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Drawing Tools
RECTANGLES
POLYGON
ARC
CIRCLE
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Drawing Tools
ELLIPSE AND ELLIPTICAL ARC
DONUT
POINTS
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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
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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
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Drawing & Object Information
List
Measure
Distance
Divide
Area
Calculator
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Texting
Single Line Text
Text Styles
Multi Line Text
Tables
Spell Check
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Drawing Dimension
Linear
Aligned
Continuous
Baseline
Arc & Circle
Angular
Drawing Leader
Create Multileader
Geomentric Tolerance
Dimensioning Styles
Changing Dimensioning Styles
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Complex Objects
Polyline
Spline
Region
Boundaries
Multiline
Dline
Sketch
Hatch
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Plotting & Printing
Creating a Layout in Paper Space
Layout Wizard
Viewport
Plot Styles
Plotting Drawing
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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
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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
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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
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Three Dimensional Drawings
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
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Three Dimensional Drawings
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
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Three Dimensional Drawings
SOLIDEDIT Command
Rendering Solids
Default RENDER
Creating Lights
Point Light
Target Point Light
Free Spot Light
Simulating the Sun
Managing Lights
Shadows
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Three Dimensional Drawings
Attaching Material
Creating own Material
Using Backgound
Final Render
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