
AutoCAD
AutoCAD, a product from Autodesk is a Computer Aided Design (CAD) program used by just about every engineering and designing center in the world. Even there are different CAD packages, but AutoCAD is the most widely used software in the world. AutoCAD software is manufacture by Autodesk. Autodesk’s AutoCAD is the industry leader in CAD packages, Used by Civil Engineers, Mechanical, Architects etc.
INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD
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
GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD
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
STARTING WITH ADVANCED SKETCHING
Drawing Arcs
Drawing Rectangles
Drawing Ellipses
Drawing Regular Polygon
Drawing Polylines
Placing Points
Drawing Infinite Lines
Writing a Single Line Text
WORKING WITH DRAWING AIDS
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 SKETCHED OBJECTS-I
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
EDITING SKETCHED OBJECTS-II
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
CREATING TEXT AND TABLES
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