Course Outline: Autodesk AutoCAD

Quick References
o o o o o o o AutoCAD Interface AutoCAD Interface Standard Tool Bar Draw Tool Bar Modify Tool Bar Properties Tool Bar Input methods and command controls

AutoCAD Interface
Getting Started o Accessing commands o File Formats in AutoCAD o Customizing AutoCAD Interface o Setting Drawing Limits o Open & Save Drawings o Selecting Objects in AutoCAD

Drawing First Line o Coordinate System o Coordinate Entry Methods in AutoCAD

Display Controls o Undo & Redo o Erase o Editing with Grips o Zoom o Aerial View o Pan o Quick Menu o Properties of an Object o UCS & WCS

Drawing objects & its aids

Referencing & Aids o Referencing from a point From o Status Bar

Construction Object o Construction Line o Ray o Point o Multiline

Drawing Objects o Circle o Polygon

o Rectangle o Ellipse o Donut

Arc o o o o o Circular Arc Polyline Elliptical Arc Spline Revision Cloud

Region, Hatches & Text o Creating Region o Hatch & Color Gradient o PEDIT or Polyline Edit o Text in Drawings o Tables

Modifying Objects
Modifying Line Type & Text o Text Style Tool o Dimension Style Tool o Table Style Tool o Line Color Control o Line Type Control o Line Weight Control o Object Properties

Ordinate o Erase o Copy o Mirror o Offset o Array o Move o Rotate o Scale o Stretch o Trim o Extend o Break at point o Break o Join o Chamfer o Fillet

Dimensioning & Layers

Dimensions o Linear Dimension o Aligned Dimension o Arc Length o Ordinate o Radius o Jogged o Diameter o Angular Dimension o Base line o Continue Dimension

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Make Dimension Oblique Quick Dimension Leader Dimension Mark Dimension Symbol Tolerance Text Alignment Dimension Style

Layers Layer Properties Object Layer Tasks

Libraries & Standards

Object Libraries, External References and Tools o Inserting Layouts o Inserting Blocks o Inserting DWG References o Inserting Raster Image References o Inserting Fields o External References o Tool Palettes o Design Center o Inquiry

Standardization of drawings o Standardization on single drawing o Standardization on batch drawings

Presentation

Drawing Layouts & Plotting

o Model & Layout Spaces o Viewports in Model Space o Viewports in Layout Space o Layout Wizard o Layout for 3D Objects o Layout Tool Bar o Advance Layout Commands o Page Setup Manager

Introduction to 3D Modeling
o Wireframe Modeling o Surface Modeling o Solid Modeling o World Coordinate System or WCS o User Coordinate System or UCS o Planar or sufaces o Solid Objects in AutoCAD 3D o Solid Operations : Extrude, Revolve, Seep, Loft, Section, Slice etc o Boolean Operations o Surfacing o Rendering