AUTOCAD 2014 SCREEN

Workspace Options

Title Bar Menu Bar Workspace Ribbon

Drawing Area

UCS Icon Command Prompt

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FUNCTION KEYS IN AUTOCAD 2014

F1

Help

Brings up the "AutoCAD Help: User Documentation" dialogue box Displays Command Prompt as a AutoCAD Text Window Turns on/ off object snap (Allows snap onto a specific object location when you are picking a point like Endpoint, Midpoint, Centre, Nodes, Intersection, etc) Turns on/ off 3D object snap (Allows snap onto a specific object location in 3D Object when you are picking a point like Vertex, Midpoint of Edge, Centre of Edge, Knots, etc) Only has an effect if "Isometric Snap/Grid" mode is on. (Left, Top and Right).

F2 F3

Command Prompt Osnap On/ Off

F4

3DOsnap On/ Off

F5

Cycles thru Isoplanes

F6

Dynamic UCS On/ Change the plane that you are drawing on Off Grid On/ Off Ortho Mode On/ Off Snap On/ Off Displays grid of dots on the screen as a drawing aid Allow to draw only on either vertical or horizontal lines

F7 F8

F9 F10

Makes the crosshairs jump to points on a defined grid

Polar Tracking On/ Allows to snap to specific angles and these are user Off definable Snap Tracking On/ Enables to have tracking running in the background so Off that you need not use temporary tracking points (Temporary tracking points what running object snap is to object snaps) Dynamic Input Provides a command line interface at your crosshair and also for user entry to input like the length of a line or the COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING || 2

F11

F12

radius of a circle

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Drawing File Open & Close OPEN, SAVE AND CLOSE AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE OPEN AN NEW AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE Choose File > New In the Select Template Dialog Box, Choose acad.dwt and click open. acad.dwt is an AutoCAD template file which has the pre-set drawing settings necessary to start drawing. A template is a drawing file that includes some of the following settings :Unit type and precision, Drawing limits, Snap, Grid, and Ortho settings (Status Bar), Layer organization, Title blocks, Dimension and text styles, Linetypes, Common blocks, etc. In most cases, you do not want to set these things every time you begin a drawing. By having a template with all of these parameters pre-set, you can work more efficiently, faster and consistently. OPEN AN EXISTING AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE Choose File > Open In the Select File Dialog Box, Specify the desired file location and click open SAVE AN AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE Saving a drawing file is similar to saving any other file in windows. To save click on save icon on annotation toolbar. Of saving for the first time, saving dialog box appears. Specify the location > file name and save Tips: Have a habit of saving your drawing every 10 to 15 minutes to avoid losing your work in case of AutoCAD or System crashes. CLOSE AN AUTOCAD DRAWING FILE 1. Choose File > Close or

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Drawing File Open & Close 2. Use the drawing close button just near the drawing title bar in the upper right corner.

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Using Commands Using Menus Using Shortcut Menu

Using Toolbars

Using Command Prompt Using Dynamic Input

Using Dialog Boxes

Repeating Commands Reusing recent Commands Canceling Commands

Undoing Commands Redoing Commands

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Understanding Coordinates X, Y, Z Coordinate system Typing Coordinates Absolute Cartesian Coordinates Relative Cartesian Coordinates Polar Coordinates Direct Distance Entry Orthogonal Mode Entry

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Setting up a Drawing Drawing Units Drawing Limits Understanding Scale Working with Scale Format Using Annotation Scale Creating Title Block Layers Text Style Table Style Dimension Style Multi-leader Style Creating Template File

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Viewing a Drawing Regenerate Redraw Pan Scroll Zoom Named Views Snap Rotation Understanding UCS Isometric Mode

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Drawing Tools LINE STEP 1: SELECT LINE From the Menu, Draw> line Type LINE or L in AutoCAD Text Window

STEP 2: SPECIFY FIRST POINT Enter first point co-ordinates in AutoCAD Text Window Click on the Screen

STEP 3, 4, ETC: SPECIFY NEXT POINT OR [UNDO/CLOSE] 1. Enter next point co-ordinates in AutoCAD Text Window 2. Enter DISTANCE>ANGLE in AutoCAD Text Window 3. Click on the Screen 4. Enter the distance in the dynamic input bar 5. Enter the distance and angle in the dynamic input bar or Undo Erase the last point specified on the screen or Close End the line at the first point specified in this active command line CONSTRUCTION LINES

RAYS

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Drawing Tools

RECTANGLES

POLYGON

ARC

CIRCLE

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Drawing Tools

ELLIPSE AND ELLIPTICAL ARC

DONUT

POINTS

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Edit/ Modify Tools Select Object Move Object Copy Object Rotate Object Delete Object Scale Object Mirror Array Polar Array Offset Align Trim Extend Lengthen Stretch Break Join Chamfer Fillet Revision Clouds Wipeout Selecting Filter Quick Select Explode Group

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Layers Create Layer Layer On, Freeze, Thawed or lock Linetype Lineweight Colour Working with layers Edit Layers Modify Layers Rename Layers Delete Layers Purge Layers Import Layers/ Linetypes/ Styles Match Properties

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Drawing & Object Information List Measure Distance Divide Area Calculator

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Texting Single Line Text Text Styles Multi Line Text Tables Spell Check

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Drawing Dimension

Linear Aligned Continuous Baseline Arc & Circle Angular Drawing Leader Create Multileader Geomentric Tolerance

Dimensioning Styles Changing Dimensioning Styles

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Complex Objects Polyline Spline Region Boundaries Multiline Dline Sketch Hatch

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Plotting & Printing Creating a Layout in Paper Space Layout Wizard Viewport Plot Styles Plotting Drawing

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Blocks & Attributes Objects into Blocks Save Blocks Insert Blocks Using DesignCenter Managing Blocks Editing Block Updating Block Substituting Block Creating & Using Block Dynamic Block

Insert Attributes Edit Attributes

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Referencing Other Drawings External Reference (Xref) Attaching Xref Opening Xref Editing Xref Controlling Xref Clip Reference (XClip) Managing Xref Attach Detach Reload Unload Bind Open Xref Found at DWF & DGN Underlays

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Three Dimensional Drawings 3D Coordinates Absolute & Relative Cartesian Coordinates Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates Using Elevation & Thickness Creating Surface with thickness Elevation to an Object UCS option to change UCS

Viewing 3D Objects Viewpoint Named View with Camera Adding Background Working with Tripod & Compass Visual Styles

Parallel & perspective Projection 3D Orbit Navigate, Pan, zoom

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Three Dimensional Drawings Tiled Viewports Walk Through Model Walk Mode Flying Through Model Saving walk as a movie file DView Laying out 3D Drawing

Converting Object to surface Surfaces with 3D Faces Polyface meshes Creating plane surface 3D Meshes Drawing Standard 3D Shapes Box Wedge Pyramid Cone Sphere Dome Dish Torus Mesh Revolved Surface (REVSURF) EXTRUDE Surfaces Tabulated Surface (TABSURF) Ruled Surface COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING || 23

Three Dimensional Drawings Edge Surface Xedges SWEEP Command REVOLVE Command LOFT Command POLYSOLID Command

UNION Adding solids SUBTRACT Creating voids INTERSECT Command INTERFERE Command PUSHPULL Command Solid History (SOILDHIST) SECTION Command SLICE Command

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Three Dimensional Drawings

SOLIDEDIT Command

Rendering Solids Default RENDER Creating Lights Point Light Target Point Light Free Spot Light Simulating the Sun Managing Lights Shadows

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Three Dimensional Drawings Attaching Material

Creating own Material Using Backgound Final Render

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