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This document provides 9 tips for using AutoCAD on your first day:
1. Activate object snap features like midpoint, quadrant, and tangent to more precisely place objects.
2. Use mouse shortcuts like pan and zoom to navigate the interface.
3. Turn on ortho mode to restrict drawing to horizontal and vertical only.
4. Set the correct units for your drawings.
5. Learn keyboard shortcuts like delete and escape to end commands.
6. Enable dynamic input for positional information while drawing.
7. Adjust polar tracking to draw at set angles without specifying values.
8. Learn to use the command window to communicate with AutoCAD and change command behaviors.
9. Draw your first
This document provides 9 tips for using AutoCAD on your first day:
1. Activate object snap features like midpoint, quadrant, and tangent to more precisely place objects.
2. Use mouse shortcuts like pan and zoom to navigate the interface.
3. Turn on ortho mode to restrict drawing to horizontal and vertical only.
4. Set the correct units for your drawings.
5. Learn keyboard shortcuts like delete and escape to end commands.
6. Enable dynamic input for positional information while drawing.
7. Adjust polar tracking to draw at set angles without specifying values.
8. Learn to use the command window to communicate with AutoCAD and change command behaviors.
9. Draw your first
This document provides 9 tips for using AutoCAD on your first day:
1. Activate object snap features like midpoint, quadrant, and tangent to more precisely place objects.
2. Use mouse shortcuts like pan and zoom to navigate the interface.
3. Turn on ortho mode to restrict drawing to horizontal and vertical only.
4. Set the correct units for your drawings.
5. Learn keyboard shortcuts like delete and escape to end commands.
6. Enable dynamic input for positional information while drawing.
7. Adjust polar tracking to draw at set angles without specifying values.
8. Learn to use the command window to communicate with AutoCAD and change command behaviors.
9. Draw your first
9 tips you should know on your Day 1 of Using AutoCAD
Here is 9 tips and tricks you should learn on your day 1.
1-Object Snap
1- Object Snap: To get the menu above, you should right click on 1. Now you are able to configure its settings. I will recommend to start by activating features 2, 3, 4 which are respectively Midpoint, Quadrant, and Tangent. 2- Midpoint When you activate this feature, AutoCAD help you start a new object by sticking the first point on the exact midpoint of a line. Lets use the example of having a square.
In order to be able to draw a line starting from the midpoint of the upper line of my square, I need to activate Midpoint. Without it, it will surely be impossible to know if my ends are rightly set on the middle on a line. 3-Quadrant Quadrant allows you to start you next object from the 0, 90, 180, 270 degree edge of a circle.
Line C has its beginning and its end and the 90 degree edge of a circle, and that was possible thanks to the feature Quadrant activated. Try drawing the figure above (line C, D, E and both circles) before and after activating Quadrant to grasp the full meaning of this. 4-Tangent
To draw point 1, 2, 3 and 4, You will have to activate Tangent. It simply allows you to stick the end of you line at a point tangent to a circle.
2-Mouse shortcut 1- Pan
Click on the scroll wheel and hold, then move your mouse while holding the scroll wheel to see what it does; it allows you to move the views planar to the screen. 2-Zoom
Scroll up and down to see what it does; This allows you to zoom in and out. Here is a list of CAD mouse (mice) and things you must know before buying a mouse for your CAD work.
3-Ortho Mode
When this is activated, it pushes AutoCAD to tend drawing only vertical or horizontal lines. When this is activated, you are sure to be moving on a line, according to the direction you want to take. it is not only important while drawing lines, it is also important for other manipulations like, copying an object, moving an object from one position to the other and more.
4-Setting the right Units
Simply write UNITS using your keyboard and press ENTER. This windows pops up and allows you to specify and configure the drawing units.
5-Keyboard shortcut - ESC and ENTER keys Those 2 keys helps you to end a command in most cases. Lets say, You have just drawn a line, but the command is still activated so you can draw a new line starting from the end of the previous one, press the ESC or ENTER key to quit the command if you do not want to draw the second line. - DELETE key The DELETE key helps you delete an object; To use it you need to select the object to be deleted before pressing the DELETE key. .. 6-Dynamic input
When this is activated it helps you have information about the position of the cursor in the drawing interface. And also give you bunch of other information, angle, length of object while you are creating them.
7-Polar Tracking
You can decide to ask AutoCAD to help you draw with a specific angle without using the Command Windows to enter any value. Right click on Polar Tracking (shown on the image above) and specify angles you would like to work with.
8-Communication with AutoCAD
The Command windows helps you communicate with AutoCAD. Each time you use a Command, either after a click on its icon or after a command line entered, this area help you know the next step to take and offers you options along the way. If you are an absolute beginners, you need ASAP to learn how to use this windows, you barely can go anywhere without it.
9-Drawing your first line
To draw your first line o Click on Line (on the image above) o Specify the first point of your line with a click somewhere in the Drawing Windows o Specify the next point with a second click o Press ESC Use all the features Using the command window in AutoCAD The command window in AutoCAD, for the less I can say, is where all what you are doing is being recorded. It is also the means AutoCAD uses to communicate with you. It is important to know how to use it. All icons are shortcut of commands. lets take as an example the process of drawing a line in AutoCAD. What do you do when you want to draw a line in AutoCAD? You click on Line to activate the Line command. You could as well just write LINE in the command window to activate the same command, like in this 2D autoCAD exercise. Sometime to go faster, for some very often used command, you need to remember them, specially for cases where you need to change the interface to find the icon corresponding to this command.
The most important is, while using the command window in AutoCAD, you can change the behavior of the command you are working with. I recommend you read this post solving a simple 2D exercise in AutoCAD using the command window. Lets start with a simple case in which we will draw a circle of Radius 10. If I type CIRCLE and hit ENTER. 1. Command: CI RCLE 2. Specify center point for circle or [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]: 3. Specify radius of circle or [Diameter]: 10 On step 2, AutoCAD is asking to specify the center of the circle I am trying to draw, and the part into bracket allows me to change the normal behavior of this command. Let say I want to draw a Circle, but I want to specify the Diameter in step 3, not the radius, this is how it will look like 1. Command: CI RCLE 2. Specify center point for circle or [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]: 3. Specify radius of circle or [Diameter] <10.0000>: d 4. Specify diameter of circle <20.0000>: 10 in step 3, I wrote d to tell AutoCAD I would like to enter the diameter, not the Radius and it provided me with a means to do so. Why did I enter d? because in the word [Diameter] into bracket, the letter d is in CAPITAL. It is also possible to enter the whole word [Diameter] to activate this feature. Lets try working in changing the behavior in step 2, Lets look at it first. in Step 2, we have [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)] which represent drawing a circle using 3 points/2 points/ 2 tangents and a radius playing the same role with icons shown on the image below.
Using the feature 3P in [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)] we will have 1. Command: CI RCLE 2. Specify center point for circle or [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]: 3p 3. Specify first point on circle: 4. Specify second point on circle: 5. Specify third point on circle: In step 3, 4 and 5, I used the mouse to give those information by clicking on the exact point in the drawing area. It is possible to enter points coordinates instead.
exercises #1 Here is a first exercise of a series of 20 2D exercises in AutoCAD where I will try to walk you through 2D exercises with the aim of making you learn how to draw in 2D using the software AutoCAD. The learning process will be simple. We start from the end, means we have goals and we find how to use AutoCAD commands to meet those goals. To begin, we will start by having to draw this simple figure below. Too simple right? the objective here is to learn how to use the command window to draw without using the mouse. This will help us have a first glimpse on how the command window works.
We have 4 points and we have the coordinate of each of them. So, basically we have each starting point of our lines and each ending point. AutoCAD draws lines using coordinates. To explain it better we put our figure in a system of coordinate in the image below, for us to understand better the concept of coordinate. If we consider a coordinate system formed by X, Y, this is how our exercise will fit in the system.
To draw this, open a new file in AutoCAD 1. Type LINE 2. Specify first point: 5,0 3. Specify next point or [Undo]: 10,0 4. Specify next point or [Undo]: 10,7 5. Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: 5,5 6. Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: 5,0 7. Hit the ENTER once more 8. Click on 8 (look at the figure below) (The part in bold is what AutoCAD is saying, you see those same words displayed in the command windows, what you should return are those coordinate, 5,0 -> 10,0 -> 10,7 and so on, and remember after each step, you need to validate your action by pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard)
And we are done with the figure. You noticed how we are able to draw without using a mouse. It is difficult but not impossible. What AutoCAD does here is drawing lines from one point to the other, and starting the next line where the previous one stops. The step 7 is to disable the LINE command, at that step you can as well press the ESC key instead of the ENTER key, it will serve the same purpose. The step 8 is just to zoom out what you have just drawn.
exercises #2 . Today we have the exercise below where we are given a basic figure to draw. Our figure has 6 points; A, B, C, D, E and F. And we know the distance of each segment. AB=5, BC= 7, DC= 2.5, DE= 3, EF= 2.5, FA=4.
To draw this figure. 1. Type LINE 2. Specify first point: 5,0 3. Make sure ORTHO is activated, give a right orientation to your line using your mouse, and type 5 4. Orientate your line upward using your mouse and type 7 5. Give the left direction to your line using your mouse and type 2.5 6. Orientate your line downward and type 3 7. Give the left direction to your line and type 2.5 8. Orientate your line downward and type 4 9. Press ESC
Here is a typical exercise you should be able to perform after following the steps above.
exercises #3 Today we have a little more complex exercise compared to the 2 previous we had.
exercises #4 We have a simple image to replicate using AutoCAD.
If you followed since Day #1, You should have no problem drawing this. Except the place where you need to draw a line knowing its inclination and its distance. Which is:
We have a line of length 4.6, this line is making an angle of 49 degree with the line of 2 of length. To achieve this with AutoCAD, You should first draw the line of length 2, start a new line at A, type @4.6<41 and hit the ENTER key of your keyboard. Where 4.6 is the length and 41 is the angle. Why 41 degree when it is stated 49 in the figure? AutoCAD counts angles like in trigonometry, to find the right angle I had to do the math: 90-49=41 Here is how AutoCAD counts angles.
exercises #5
Today we have a rectangle with rounded corners, and 9 circles to draw, all in a way to replicate the figure below. On Day #2, we have learned how to draw lines with precised direction and dimensions. Step 1 Get the rectangle of width 11.5 and height 9.6, you should get something like this
Step 2 Give those corners the right shape using the FILLET command.
1 Click on FILLET icon 2 You should be able to read this in the command window: Current settings: Mode = TRIM, Radius = 0.0000 3 Select first object or [Undo/Polyline/Radius/Trim/Multiple]: r 4 Specify fillet radius <0.0000>: 1.9 5 Select first object or [Undo/Polyline/Radius/Trim/Multiple]: Select the first line 6 Select the second line
If you have started from the corner indicated on the image above, the 2 lines you must have selected would be line 1 and 2. Do the same thing for other corners but you will now omit steps 2, 3 and 4. Click on the FILLET icon and select lines. You should get this:
Step 3 Click on the RADIUS icon and draw circles. If you click on the RADIUS command, make sure the Object Snap mode is activated, bring the cursor closer to where you want to draw the circle, and a little point should appear, allowing you to snap the center of your circle at the right place. (This works because if those rounded corner were circles their center will be at the same point with those circle we are about to draw) When the CIRCLE command is activated, and I bring the cursor near that area this is what happens.
I can easily find the center of my circle using this technique. Step 4
Draw a line from point A to point B. Point A is the center of the red line it belong to, the same for point B. Now activate the CIRCLE command and draw the last circle from the center of the line we have just drawn. Remember to Delete this line at the end of this process. This brings us to the end of this exercise. Hope I made you learn something today. If it helped you, like, share, and comment. exercises #6 Today we are going to lean how to use the CHAMFER command. Todays exercise can well be done with all what you have learned so far, sinceDay #1, but we would like to include the CHAMFER command in our skill today.
What the CHAMFER command helps us is helping us get from A to B
This being said, you should try getting the following figure done
To get this result, You will have to apply a CHAMFER of 3.2 x 3.2 to the indicated corner. To use the CHAMFER command
1 Click on a CHAMFER icon 2 - (TRIM mode) Current chamfer Dist1 = 0.0000, Dist2 = 0.0000 Select first line or [Undo/Polyline/Distance/Angle/Trim/mEthod/Multiple]: d 3 - Specify first chamfer distance <0.0000>: 3.2 4 - Specify second chamfer distance <3.2000>: 3.2 5 - Select first line or [Undo/Polyline/Distance/Angle/Trim/mEthod/Multiple]:Select A 6 - Select second line or shift-select to apply corner: Select B On step 4, you could decide to hit the ENTER key without typing 3.2, since the default distance has been already set to that distance from our entry in step 2. AutoCAD will remember Dist1=3.2 and Dist2=3.2 like default distance for next use in this file, you can change it if in the next use of this command you want Dist1 and Dist2 with different dimensions.
exercises #7 Today exercise will help us utilize the HATCH command and figure out what the whole command is about. One thing that is cool today, it the angle game this exercise will teach you to play.
After finishing drawing, which you will do without problem if you followed from Day #1, you will need the HATCH command. This command helps you create a pattern like on the image above.
To use the HATCH command in AutoCAD 1. Click on the HATCH icon 2. Select the Hatch pattern you want 3. Click to determine the HATCH boundary 4. Hit the ENTER key After activation of the HATCH command, after Step 1, the HATCH CREATION bar appears and does allow you to fix the settings of the HATCH you are creating.
The HATCH pattern used for this exercise is ANSI32. You can navigate through the available pattern using the HATCH CREATION bar shown above, change the angle, the Hatch transparency and other settings. exercises #8 We have the image below to replicate, and luckily we are given all dimensions, which will make the task more pleasant. Todays difficulty is simply to learn how to draw a circle with specified radius tangent to two objects. As you can see from the figure below, we need to be able to create the R180 circle and R75 circle such as shown on the image. Try getting the figure below. The line AB forms an angle of 30 degree with the horizontal. To draw this line 1. Activate the LINE command 2. Click on point A 3. Write @210<30 4. Hit the ENTER key
To get the two big circles, you will have to make sure the OBJECT SNAP mode is set in a way to let AutoCAD detect Tangent points, and use the CIRCLE command shown below.
Find this command and use it to draw the 2 big circles. exercises #9 Todays 2D exercise combine all we have learned so far. But I would like us to experiment and work a little bit with the ARC command today.
Try replicating the image below using AutoCAD with all techniques you have learned here from this series of learning while practicing. When You are done with the assignment, I invite you to check How to draw this 2D AutoCAD exercise using the ARC command. exercises #10 We have reached the Day #10, and it is time to bring something tricky to the table to let you challenge yourself a bit. Here is todays 2D exercise. As you can see, all members are neither vertically positioned nor horizontally positioned. All dimensions are vertical and horizontal. Tips Start by drawing the upper side. Start from 1, then 2. And lastly, rotate from one leg with an angle of 40 degree. Play with line and position it like in 3. Dont CARE just means that, when you are drawing that object lying down, you do not have to bother with the dimension of the line where Dont CARE is mentioned, the objective of this is to get the shape right. But after you rotate it then you need to figure out how to stick it to the line of length 6 at the right position which is quiet easy following this process.
Now you can use the same technique to get the second part. Draw it standing up, and then you can rotate it with an Angle of 50. The point D will be use as the BASE Point of the rotation. After Rotation, find a way to put it at its right position, and use the trick demonstrated on the figure below to find the center of the remaining circles.. Note that the 2 other circles are identical to the first one, means R=0.7 A and C represent the centers of other circles.
I believe we tackle this the easiest way possible, but it is not the only way, so feel free to try it your way first, before trying mine. and come back and share your discovery exercises #11 Welcome to todays play. Here is a simple figure that will serve us today. Again, we will be using tricks we have learned and leaning new tricks as well. I would love to show you the ARRAY command today.
I will recommend you look at how to create ARRAYS in AutoCAD. Here, we will create a polar Array with 3 elements. Basically, we have to draw one element, and use the ARRAY command to get other elements. All 3 legs of the design are forming 120 degrees with one another, yes, they are uniformly placed in a circular arrangement. Step 1 Draw the figure below.
Step 2 Use the ARRAY command to create a polar Array. A is the center of your array.
Step 3 Use the FILLET command to get H, P and Q. The raidius is 30.
Step 4 Draw the last piece of object, use the ARRAY command again to get the others around the whole design. Use the same center as you did in Step 2
Pretty easy right!? exercises #12 Today, we will try to learn few new stuff. Here we have a simple 2D exercise. I believe you can have this exercise done with no hassle if you have been with me from Day #1. It is true that there are many way you can go and reach your goals in AutoCAD. This being said, we will find out what we could learn today, since we want to learn as much as possible in this series of 20 days of 2D AutoCAD exercise. This exercise can be easily accomplished by looking at it like a symmetric figure. This will make you want to draw only a side of the object, and use the MIRROR command to get the other part.
Drawing the down or up side of the object, and using the MIRROR command will make you obtain the whole figure. The Axis of Symmetry is shown on the figure below. You can try using this technique, although I will want in next exercises to bring something more tricky to make you master the MIRROR command.
The second way to look at the exercise, is the following. You have those 2 left rectangle being symmetrical and the 3 right rectangle forming a rectangular Array.
What will be more interesting today is pushing you to construct a Rectangular Array in AutoCAD. I will suggest we modify our exercise to the one down below. You surely need to avoid drawing those objects individually, what you need to do is to design one of them and use the ARRAY command to get other object.
Use the MIRROR command to get F from T or vice versa. The Axis of symmetry is easy to find.
Then use the ARRAY command to get the rest of the element of our exercise.
Hope you wont have any difficulties using the ARRAY command, feel free to check this post, explaining clearly How to Create an Array in AutoCAD Why do we need Arrays? How to Create an Array in AutoCAD? Look at this BWM rim and notice those legs between the center and the rim itself forming an array of 6 legs Here is how you can create an array in AutoCAD. The ARRAY command let you create a multiple copies of objects in a regularly space rectangular or polar array. There are two types of Arrays, A rectangular Array and a Polar Array. 1 Rectangular Array A rectangular array looks like this. We have one element which we want to use to obtain a set of elements formed by copies of the initial element. The rectangular array shown below has 4 columns and 3 rows. Notice the regular space between elements of the array
In order to create such an array in AutoCAD, you need to activate the command, and to follow steps 1 to 6 where
1. Indicate the number of rows 2. Indicate the number of columns 3. Row offset. This is 15 in our example (check the image above to notice what the distance really is) 4. Column offset. Same concept as the 3 5. Select objects. Click on the button and select the original object in your design, then press ENTER on your keyboard 6. Press the OK button to confirm the command
2 Polar Array Polar Array is different from the rectangular array from the way elements are placed. The most important information in the Polar array is the number of element, the center of the array, and the angle through which the element are going to be displaced along a circle of 360 degree. By default this angle is 360 degree. You may want to change it (at Angle to fill) to see how it affects the result you are getting.
In order to use the ARRAY command to get a polar array Select the Polar Array option after activation of the ARRAY command 1. Indicate the center of your array 2. Indicate the number of elements of your array 3. Select objects. Same procedure like in the rectangular array 4. hit the OK button
The ARRAY command can be use in the multitude of case in AutoCAD. Just like illustrated by the rims at the introduction of this post, the ARRAY command was a lot useful along the designing to be able to displace elements from the center to the rims in such a harmonious way.
exercises #13 As promised in the last 2D AutoCAD exercise, Im bringing this exercise which is an easy one. But remember the objective of this is to master the MIRROR command.
Hint All you need to draw are those 2 lines the dimensions are given. The first step is a little tricky, the line AB is actually having a 45 degrees inclinations to the ground. and it B has to be in the beginning of the line of 15 of length. Then CD is actually easy, since it is horizontal and D. Then the last step is to have EF and use if accordingly.
Hope you successfully master the MIRROR command through this exercise, feel free to drop a comment down below in case you had difficulties.
exercises #14 todays assignment is the following. We have the image down below to replicate using AutoCAD. You must have noticed the Dashed Thin Lines with Dots. We will not only be using continuous thin lines today, we will be using other types of lines as well.
Hint how to draw the top part of this exercise. You can use the CIRCLE command combined with the OFFSET command. Or simply using circles. Method #1 Using the CIRCLE command and the OFFSET command. Step 1 Draw the figure below
Step 2 Use the OFFSET command with an offset distance of 0.9 to get one circle outside and another inside of our already drawn circle. To use the OFFSET command
1- Click on the OFFSET icon 2- Current settings: Erase source=No Layer=Source OFFSETGAPTYPE=0 Specify offset distance or [Through/Erase/Layer] <Through>: 0.9 3- Select object to offset or [Exit/Undo] <Exit>: Select the circle of Radius 4.1 4- Specify point on side to offset or [Exit/Multiple/Undo] <Exit>: Click inside the circle Repeat the same to obtain the outer circle You should get this
Step 3 Draw a circle of R 0.9 as shown in the figure below. The center is the intersection of the circle of 4.1 of radius and the straight line.
Step 4 Rotate the Circle with an angle of 30 degrees from the center point A using the ROTATE command.
Step 5 Use the MIRROR command to get an identical circle at the same position on the left side of the drawing
Step 6 Use the TRIM command to clean up
Method #2 You can create a circle of radius (4.1-0.9=3.2) and a circle of radius (4.1+0.9=5) both having the same center as the circle of radius 4.1. This will have you not to use the OFFSET command. After drawing those circles, jump to step 3 in the method #1 How to change line types. method #1 Changing object properties To load a new line type, Click on Other
Click on Load
Find the Linetype you would like to add
After Loading it, it now appears in the Linetype Manager
To change the Linetype of an object, simply select the object first, and select the Linetype you want the object to be made of.
method #2 Using LAYER command Type LAYER and hit the ENTER key Right click in a blank area in the new window Click on New Layer
The following window pops up. Here you can change the color, Lineweight and Linetype of a particular Layer. The default Layers Name is Layer1. To change its Linetype, Simply click on Continuous, and you will be taken to a window similar to the one in the previous method. Load a new Linetype, Select the appropriate Linetype and hit OK.
Now, to put any object in this layer, Simply select the object and Select the Layer you want it to be in.
exercises #15 Welcome to todays exercise. We are getting a little serious today.
Today we have this bent pipe joint in 2D to draw as an exercise in AutoCAD. You can go ahead a use the HATCH command at the end of the design, nonetheless the more important in this exercise is to use a little bit of thinking and all techniques we have learned to get the curve right. All dimensions from your design should coincide with the one in the exercise.
Hint The most tricky part in the exercise in my opinion is to get the curve shape right, and to place the two ends at their right positions. To achieve this. Use the trick shown below. Draw the rectangle 37 x 225 and rotate is around the R225 circle with an angle of 45 degrees. And use the R225 circle to obtain the curve of the bent. The circle intersect the rectangle at the center of the lower side.
Use the OFFSET command to get outer lines from the one left by the R225 circle. You can easily find the OFFSET distances using the inner and outer diameter of the pipe.
All hard parts have been done. You will need to use the FILLET command to get those rounded corners.
exercises #16 Today, we are going a little banana, but dont be put off, if you were here since Day #1 you actually possess all the skill to come out of this exercise successfully. Here is a simple 2D exercise that I will want us to work on in todays session.
As an advice, you should always before putting yourself to work with this sort of AutoCAD exercise, try finding what will be easy to start with. I will suggest in this exercise to start by putting those two giant circles in place. You actually have all the information to start drawing them without any hassle
Other information I would like to provide in this exercise are the following. You will needthe ARRAY command in AutoCAD to place those object the way they are in this exercise. And to construct an Array, you need a reference object, and in this exercise the reference object is a bit inclined seeing from the center of the array. Their angle of inclination are provided on the image below.
I think you have all to start, in spite of all the information I just provided I will go ahead I shoot some Hint to help you in this exercise.
You can easily get the arc A using the Tangent feature learned in past AutoCAD exercises. Draw B using the OFFSET command. The same approach applies to FGH.
exercises #17
Welcome to 2D AutoCAD exercise Day #17. Its been more than a couple of week we are learning 2D tricks on AutoCAD. Todays exercise is the following.
Hint Use the CIRCLE and LINE command to get the following objects.
Clean it up using the TRIM command, you should have this
Use the OFFSET command to get the outer image of each block. You will need to find the appropriate OFFSET dimension for each block.
From this point on, you should be good to go, if you had some difficulties at the beginning of this session. With hope you had some difficult time today, I will love to see you in tomorrow 2D AutoCAD exercise session.
exercises #18 Todays AutoCAD exercise consists of the following. We have this simple figure to replicate given all dimensions.
Complementary information
Todays exercise have been conceived with the aim to have you use all what you have learned so far. But we will have to draw our first polygon today. The 6 point start in the design is easily replicated using a polygon with 6 sides. You might want to check how to draw a 5 point start in AutoCAD to apprehend how you can go about this. The POLYGON command
Notice that the star is Circumscribed about the circle of R12.7 in our exercise. There is actually two ways to draw a polygon in AutoCAD: Inscribed in circle/Circumscribed about circle. And the information you need to provide will be, the center and the radius of the circumscribed circle or inscribed circle. Play around with both possibilities and notice the difference. You are free to use whatever technique you master best to have this exercise done, but I will suggest you explore and trying different things for experiment sake.
exercises #19
We are almost at the end of this series of AutoCAD learning exercises. Today, we have a tricky one, and I hope it is really tricky for you. The drawing below is to be replicated using AutoCAD or any other CAD software you may have at hand. Complementary information. The head on the far right side is constructed like this.
You might want to consider the image B, to apprehend how you should start drawing image A which is of course part of the exercise. There is an Array to construct around the center of the circle R7.5. You will figure the element out looking at the exercise. Hint for the whole exercise.
The distance between these two points is 40
exercises #20 Its been good 20 days we have been working on 2D exercises using AutoCAD, and I cant be more excited to have compiled this eBook for you, just to help you test what you have learned so far. I am disturbed by the fact that I have only provided guideline for AutoCAD users in this series, in the near future I will definitely be working toward choosing a Free best AutoCAD alternative and experimenting it using these same series of exercises. We have learned quite a lot lately, and I guess one of the only way for you to check your
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