Agenda

Day1
Introduction to computer
Introduction to Auto CAD
Screen Layout
Coordinate System
Line
Erase, Oops

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Day2
Circle
Arc
Ellipse
Offset
Trim
New, Open, Save, SaveAs, Close
Closeall, Quit, Exit

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Day 3
Rectangle
Polygon
Move
Copy
Array
Mirror

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Day 4
Scale
Rotate
Donut
Units
Limits
Extend
Stretch
Table

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Day 5
Field
Dsettings (Isoplane)

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Day 6
Text, Mtext
Style, View, Color, Linetype
Zoom, Pan
Regen

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Day 7
Hatch
Pline
Pedit
Fillet, Chamfer
Layers
Properties, Matchprop
Qselect

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Day 8
Gripedit
Id
Dist
Area
Lengthen
Spline

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Day 9

Dimlinear
Dimaligned
Tolerance
Dimdiameter
Dimradius
Dimordinate
Dimcentre
Dimbaseline
Leader
Qdim

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Day 10
Dimstyle
Xline, Ray

About Auto CAD 2008

Auto CAD is the most popular Computer
Aided Design and Drafting software from
Autodesk, a US based company.

AutoCAD 2008 System Requirements

Hardware :
Processor :--

PIV

RAM :--

512 MB

Free Space :--

1 GB

OS :--

XP (SP2 or above), Vista

Software :

The First Look at Auto CAD 2008

Start

All Programs

AutoCAD 2008

Autodesk

AutoCAD 2008

Menu Bar
Title Bar
Tool Bars

Drawing Area

Cross Hair

UCS Icon

Command Window
Status Bar

Coordinate System
Y

0,0

-X

-Y

Coordinate System
All the drawings are superimposed on an invisible grid, or
coordinate system, with a Horizontal X-axis and a Vertical
Y-axis.
There are three type of Coordinate System :1.
2.
3.

Absolute Coordinate System

Relative Rectangular Coordinate System
Relative Polar Coordinate System

ABSOLUTE COORDINATE SYSTEMS

To enter an absolute coordinate, specify a point by entering its X and Y
values in the format x, y.

X,Y
0,30

-X

0,0

30

Syntax :

-Y

50,30

50,0

RELATIVE RECTANGULAR COORDINATE SYSTEMS

Use relative coordinates when you know the position of a point with respect to the
previous point.

Syntax : @ x distance, y distance

Y
@0,30

@-50,0

Pt

@50,0

30

-X

@0,-30

-Y

RELATIVE POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEMS

Polar co-ordinate system uses a distance and angle with reference to the previous
point to locate a point. Angles are measured in anti-clockwise direction, taking 0o

@Distance<Angle

90o
@50<180

180

@30<270
Pt

30

Syntax :

270o

@30<90

@50<0

0o

Some Tips
Most of the Auto CAD commands can be
abbreviated to one or more characteristics
(known as command alias) to invoke from the
command alias) For E.g.: L for Line , C for
Circle.
By default the coordinate display is in absolute
format. You can change this to relative
coordinate system. Right Click the coordinate
display at the status bar and choose the required
coordinate system.

Methods For Using a Command

1.

Toolbars.

2.

Menu Bar.

3.

Command name.

4.

Alias name.

THROUGH DRAW TOOLBAR

THROUGH MENUBAR

THROUGH COMMAND NAME

THROUGH ALIAS NAME

Some Tips
Most of the Auto Cad 2005 commands are
featured with an Options. The options of a
command are shown within square
brackets [ ] separated by forward slashes
/ . You can select one of the options by
typing the capitalized letter(s) of the
option.

Drawing Commands
Line : L
Line command allows you to create a line
where the end points are specified by two
dimensional or three dimensional coordinates.
A

Undo
You can undo the most recently drawn line
segment by entering the option U in the specify
next point : U

 Close
The Close option joins the very last point in a
series of line segments that you had drawn
using the line command, thus forming a close
shape.

Note
Press Escape to abruptly quit from the
current command
Use
(Backspace) to remove any
topographical errors.

Example 1.
Command: _line specify first point : 3,3
Specify next point or [Undo] : 7,3
Specify next point or [Undo]: 5,5
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: C

Example 2.Relative Rectangular C.S.

Command : _Line Specify first point : 2,2

@-2,0

Specify next point or [Undo]: @4,0

Specify next point or [Undo]: @0,4

@0,4

@-2,0
@0,-2

Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-2,0

Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @0,-2

2,2
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-2,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: C

@4,0

Example 2.Relative Polar C.S.

Command :L
Specify first point : 2,3
Specify next point or [Undo]: @4<0
Specify next point or [Undo]: @4<90

@4<180

@4<90

Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @4<180

Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: c

2,3

@4<0

SELECTION METHODS
Types of Selection Methods :1.

Single Selection Method.

2.

Crossing Window Selection Method.

3.

Window Selection Method.

E.g. of Selection Methods

Single Selection

Crossing Window

Window

Before

Before

Before
P1

P2

After

After

P1

P2
After

Erase
The first editing tool is Erase

OOPS

When oops is entered command prompt

Auto CAD restores the objects by the last
erase command

Objected Selected

After Erase

After Oops