1: INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD

Starting AutoCAD

AutoCAD Screen Components Drawing Area Command Window Navigation bar Status bar Invoking Commands in AutoCAD Keyboard Ribbon Application Menu Tool Palettes Menu Bar Toolbar Shortcut Menu AutoCAD Dialog Boxes Starting a New Drawing Open a Drawing Start from Scratch Use a Template Use a Wizard Saving Your Work Save Drawing as Dialog box Using the Drawing Recovery Manager to Recover Files Closing a Drawing Opening an Existing Drawing Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Select File Dialog Box Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Start up Dialog Box Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Drag and Drop Method Quitting AutoCAD Creating and Managing Workspaces Creating a New Workspace Modifying the Workspace Settings Autodesk Exchange Home

2: GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD
Dynamic Input Mode Enable Pointer Input Enable Dimension Input where possible

Show command prompting and command input near the crosshairs Drafting Tooltip Appearance Drawing Lines in AutoCAD The Close Option The Undo Option Invoking tools Using Dynamic INPUT/Command Prompt Coordinate Systems Absolute Coordinate System Relative Coordinate System Relative Polar Coordinates Direct Distance Entry Erasing Objects Cancelling and Undoing a Command Object Selection Methods Window Selection Window Crossing Method Drawing a Circle BASIC Display Commands Setting Units Type and Precision Specifying the Format Specifying the Angle Format SETTING the Limits OF A DRAWING

3: STARTING WITH ADVANCED SKETCHING
Drawing Arcs Drawing Rectangles Drawing Ellipses Drawing Regular Polygon Drawing Polylines Placing Points Drawing Infinite Lines Writing a Single Line Text

4: WORKING WITH DRAWING AIDS
Introduction Understanding the Concept and use of LAYERS Advantages of Using Layers Working with Layers Creating New Layers Making a Layer Current Controlling the Display of Layers Deleting Layers Object Properties Changing the Colour

Changing the Line type Changing the Line weight Changing the Plot Style Properties Palette Quick Properties Palette Drafting Settings dialog box Setting Grid Setting Snap Snap Type Drawing Straight Lines using the Ortho Mode Working with Object Snaps Auto Snap Endpoint Midpoint Nearest Centre Tangent Quadrant Intersection Apparent Intersection Perpendicular Node Insertion Snap to None Parallel Extension From Midpoint between 2 Points Temporary Tracking Point Combining Object Snap Modes Running Object Snap Mode Overriding the Running Snap Cycling through Snaps Using Auto Tracking Object Snap Tracking Polar Tracking Auto Track Settings Function and Control Keys

5: EDITING SKETCHED OBJECTS-I
Editing Sketches Moving the Sketched Objects Copying the Sketched Objects Creating Multiple Copies

Creating a Single Copy Offsetting Sketched Objects Rotating Sketched Objects Scaling the Sketched Objects Filleting the Sketches Chamfering the Sketches Trimming the Sketched Objects Extending the Sketched Objects Stretching the Sketched Objects Lengthening the Sketched Objects Arraying the Sketched Objects Rectangular Array Polar Array Path Array Mirroring the Sketched objects Text Mirroring

6: EDITING SKETCHED OBJECTS-II
Introduction to Grips Types of Grips Editing a Polyline by Using Grips Editing Gripped Objects Changing the Properties Using the PROPERTIES Pale Matching the Properties of Sketched Objects Cycling Through Selection Managing Contents Using the Design enter Autodesk Seek design content Link Displaying Drawing Properties Basic Display Options Redrawing the Screen Regenerating Drawings Zooming Drawings Real-time Zooming All Option Centre Option Extents Option Dynamic Option Previous Option Window Option Scale Option Object Option Zoom In and Out Panning Drawings Panning in Real time

7: CREATING TEXT AND TABLES
Annotative Objects Annotation Scale Assigning Annotative Property and Annotation Scales Customizing Annotation Scale Multiple Annotation Scales Assigning Multiple Annotation Scales Manually Assigning Multiple Annotation Scales Automatically Controlling the Display of Annotative objects Creating Text Writing Single Line Text Entering Special Characters Creating Multiline Text Text Window Text Editor Tab Editing Text Editing Text Using the DDEDIT Command Editing Text Using the Properties Palette Modifying the Scale of the Text Inserting Table in the Drawing Table style Area Insert options Area Insertion behaviour Area Column and row settings Area Set cell styles Area Creating a New Table Style Starting table Area General Area Cell styles Area Setting a Table Style as Current Modifying a Table Style Modifying Tables Substituting Fonts Specifying an Alternate Default Font Creating Text Styles Determining Text Height Creating Annotative text

8: BASIC DIMENSIONING, GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING, AND TOLERANCING
Need for Dimensioning Dimensioning in AutoCAD Fundamental Dimensioning Terms Dimension Line

Dimension Text Arrowheads Extension Lines Leader Centre Mark and Centrelines Alternate Units Tolerances Limits Associative Dimensions Definition Points Annotative Dimensions Selecting Dimensioning Commands Using the Ribbon and the Toolbar Using the Command Line Dimensioning a Number of Objects Together Creating Linear Dimensions DIMLINEAR Command Options Creating Aligned Dimensions Creating Arc Length Dimensions Creating Rotated Dimensions Creating Baseline Dimensions Creating Continued Dimensions Creating Angular Dimensions Dimensioning the Angle between Two Nonparallel Lines Dimensioning the Angle of an Arc Angular Dimensioning of Circles Angular Dimensioning based on Three Points Creating Diameter Dimensions Creating Radius Dimensions Creating Jogged Linear Dimensions Creating Ordinate Dimensions Maintaining Equal Spacing between Dimensions Creating Inspection Dimensions Inspection Label Dimension Value Working with True Associative Dimensions Inspection Rate Removing the Dimension Associatively Converting a Dimension into a True Associative Dimension Drawing Leaders Multileader Adding leaders to existing Multileader Removing Leaders from Existing Multileader Aligning Multileaders

Distribute Make leader segments Parallel Specify Spacing Use current spacing Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance Geometric Characteristics and Symbols Adding Geometric Tolerance Feature Control Frame Geometric Characteristics Symbol Tolerance Value and Tolerance Zone Descriptor Material Condition Modifier Datum Complex Feature Control Frames Composite Position Tolerance Projected Tolerance Zone Creating Annotative Dimensions, Tolerances, Leaders, and Multileaders

9: EDITING DIMENSIONS
Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools Editing Dimensions by Stretching Editing Dimensions by Trimming and Extending Flipping Dimension Arrow Modifying the Dimensions Editing the Dimension Text Updating Dimensions Editing Dimensions with Grips Editing Dimensions using the Properties Palette Properties Palette (Dimension) Properties Palette (Multileader) Model Space and Paper Space Dimensioning

10: DIMENSION STYLES, MULTILEADER STYLES, AND SYSTEM VARIABLES
Using Styles and Variables to Control Dimensions Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles New Dimension Style dialog box Controlling the Dimension Text Format Fitting Dimension Text and Arrowheads Formatting Primary Dimension Units Formatting Alternate Dimension Units Formatting the Tolerances Creating and Restoring Multileader Styles Modify Multileader Style dialog box

11: MODEL SPACE VIEWPORTS, PAPER SPACE VIEWPORTS, AND LAYOUTS
Model Space and Paper Space/Layouts Model Space Viewports (Tiled Viewports) Creating Tiled Viewports Making a Viewport Current Joining Two Adjacent Viewports Paper space viewports (Floating Viewports) Creating Floating Viewports Creating Rectangular Viewports Creating Polygonal Viewports Converting an Existing Closed Object into a Viewport Temporary Model Space Editing Viewports Controlling the Display of Objects in Viewports Locking the Display of Objects in Viewports Controlling the Display of Hidden Lines in Viewports Clipping Existing Viewports Maximizing Viewports Inserting Layouts Inserting a Layout Using the Wizard Defining Page Settings Controlling the Display of Annotative Objects in Viewports

12: PLOTTING DRAWINGS
Plotting Drawings in AutoCAD Plotting Drawings Using the Plot Dialog Box Page setup Area Printer/plotter Area Paper size Area Number of copies Area Plot area Plot offset (origin set to printable area) Area Plot scale Area Plot style table (pen assignments) Area Shaded viewport options Area Plot options Area Preview Adding Plotters The Plotter Manager Tool Using Plot Styles Adding a Plot Style

13: HATCHING DRAWINGS
Hatching Hatch Patterns Hatch Boundary Hatching Drawings Using the Hatch Tool Panels in the Hatch Creation Tab Boundaries Panel Pattern Panel Properties Panel Origin Panel Options Panel Match Properties Setting the Parameters for Gradient Pattern Creating Annotative Hatch Hatching the Drawing Using the Tool Palettes Drag and Drop Method Select and Place Method Hatching Around Text, Dimensions, and Attributes

14: WORKING WITH BLOCKS
The Concept of Blocks Advantages of Using Blocks Drawing Objects for Blocks Converting Entities into a Block Inserting Blocks Creating and Inserting Annotative Blocks Block Editor Adding Blocks in Tool Palettes Drag and Drop Method Modifying Existing Blocks in the Tool Palettes Layers, Colours, Line types, and Line weights for Blocks Nesting of Blocks Creating Drawing Files using the Write Block Dialog Box Exploding Blocks Using the XPLODE Command Renaming Blocks Deleting Unused Blocks Editing Constraints to Blocks