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Majdi Alkhresheh

Draw:Text
M:Text T: C:T

TowriteText:toeditthetypeoftext,thickness,color,andother options.
PCPrompt Specifyfirstcorner(by clicking) specifyoppositecorner YourResponse Clicktodefineacornerofthetextrectangle Clicktospecifyoppositecorner.Atextareaopens towrite,alongwithatextformattingtoolbar

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Draw:Text
Style Font size color

text formatting tool bar alignment

Changestothetextcanbechangingitssize,color,andfont.Inaddition textcanbeunderlined,italic,orbold.Thesechangescanbemadein twomethodsasexplainednext.

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Draw:Text
1 directlyontheindividualtextobjectbyselectingthetextand changingitsfontoranyothervariable.

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Draw:Text
2 Bycreatingatextstylewithcertaincharacteristicsandassigningtext objectstoit. TomodifyanexitingstyleorcreateanewstylegotoStylesToolbar

Styles Tool bar

Clickthetextstyle icontoopenitsdialoguebox

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Draw:Text
Inthetextstyledialogueboxchoosenewtocreateanewstylewiththe nameMystyle,withthefont Verdana,withthewidthfactor 2,bold,andwithanobliqueangleof30.Andhitclose.

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Draw:Text
Nowyoucanchangethetextstylefromthestylestoolbartomystyle andwriteusingit.

Youcanusematchproperties tocopythetextstyleofoneobjectto anotherone.

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Draw:Region
M:Draw:Region T: C:Reg Regionisa2Dsortof solidobjectthatcanbecreatedusinganexisting 2DobjectslikeclosedPolylines andlines.
PCPrompt Selectobject YourResponse Selectobjectbyclickingforpolylinee,or crossingforlinestoincludealllinesthat createanisland.

1loopextracted,1regioncreated.

ThemostimportantapplicationthatusesregionisBoolean operations.Nextslidewillexplainhowtousethemwithregions.

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Draw:Region
1 Drawarectangleandacircleasshown,changethemintoregions. 2 Getthetoolbarmodeling out.

3 UsethethreebuttonsintheredrectangletoUnion,subtract,or intersect theregions.Inbothunionandintersect,objectscanbe selectedatthesametime,subtract,ontheotherhand,AB,A should beselected,then,spacebar,thenB'.

Union

Subtract

Intersect

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Dimension
Dimensionhasitowntoolbar:rightclickanyicon,activatedimension toolbar. Dimension:istoassigndistancestoAutoCADobjects.Iwillexplainfirst howtocustomizeyourdimensions.Letsdrawa50X50squarefirst, andassignahorizontaldimensionforitsloweredge.Uselinear dimensionforthat.
PCPrompt Specifyfirstextensionline Specifysecondextensionline Specifydimensionlinelocation YourResponse Clickthelowerleftcornerofthesquare Clickthelowerrightcornerofthesquare Dragthedimensiondowntoplaceit,orenter thedistanceyouwant.

Thedimensionlineisdrawninred lines,butitsobviouslynotseen clearlywiththewholeobjectat thesametime.

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Dimension
Zoomisneededtoseethedimensionobject.Inordertocorrectthis problem,weneedtomodifyavariablecalledoverallsizeofthe dimension.Thiscanbedoneusingthedimensionstylemanager Usedimensionstylemanagertoeithermodifyanexitingstylelike standard ortocreateanewstyle.Itisagoodideatoleavethe standarddimensionstyleasis,soletuscreateanewstyleand callit DIM1.Hitnew,thenaddthenameinthenextdialoguebox,continue, andOK.

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Dimension
Nowclickthe dimensionstylemanager selectDIM1,hitmodify,from Fit pagechangetheoverallscale from1.0to10.0.

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Dimension
HitOK,andclose.Youseenochangehappenedtothedimensionobject becauseitbelongstothestandardstyleandnottheDIM1style. Select thedimensionobjectinthedrawing,gotothedimensiontoolbarand selectDIM1asitsstyle.Younoticethatthedimensiontextisclearly shownnow

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Dimension
Thesecondthingtocustomizeisthenumberofdigitsbeyondthe decimal point.Currentlywehavefourzeros,wecanchangethemtotwo.Goto dimensionstylemanager,selecttheDIM1style,fromthepage primaryunits changetheprecisionvalueto0.00.HitOKandclose.

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Dimension
Thethirdthingtocustomizeisthe alignmentofthetexttothe dimensionline.Letsdrawanother dimension,averticalonethis time.MakesurethatDIM1isthe currentstyle(itappearsinthe dimensiontoolbar).Uselinear dimension,clicklowerleftcorner, thenupperleftcorner,anddrag thedimensiontotheleftagood distance.Youwillnoticethatthe textintheverticaldimensionis horizontal,letschangeittobe alignedwiththedimensionline.

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Dimension
FromDimensionstylemanager,selectDIM1,modify,thenfromthe pagetext fromtheparttextalignment changethetext alignmentfromhorizontal toAlignwithdimensionline.

HitOKandclose, thetextinthe vertical dimensionis alignedwiththe dimensionline

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Dimension
Nowforthetypesofdimensions: 1 Lineardimensionisfororthogonaldimensioning,itmeasures horizontalandverticaldifferences.

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2 Aligned:fornonorthogonaldimensions;itmeasuresinclinedlines. Selectthetwopoints.

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3 ArcLength.Clickonthearc,anddragthedimensionobject.

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4 Radius.Clickoncircleorarcanddragoutsideorinsidetoplaceradius dimension.

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5 Diameter.Clickoncircleorarcanddragoutsideorinsidetoplace diameterdimension.

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6 Angular.Tomeasureanglesclickononeedgeoftheangle,then the otheredgeanddragtoplacetheangledimension.Noticethatthe precisionfortheangulardimensionis0,youcanchangeitto0.00if youwant.

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Dimension
Continue 7 Twotypesofdimensionsthat needanexistingdimension first. 71 Continue:itcontinuesan existingdimension,itfirst assumesthedimensiontobe thelastdimensionyoudrew.If not,hitspacebarandselectthe dimensionyouwant. 72 Baselinedimension:this onecontinuesanexisting dimensionstartingalwaysfrom thesamepoint.(Alwayshit spacebartocorrectthe AutoCADwrongassumptionof whichdimensiontocontinue) andselecttherightone

Baseline