Preface
Who Should Read This Textbook
What Is Covered in This Textbook
How to Download Online Resources
How to Contact the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD
Installing AutoCAD
Getting Started with AutoCAD
Open
Open a sheet set
Explore sample drawings
New
Browse Templates
Get more templates online
Create sheet set
Recent Sub-tab
Autodesk Docs Sub-tab
Learning Sub-tab
Connect
Starting a New Drawing File
Application Menu
Quick Access Toolbar
Ribbon
InfoCenter
Command Line Window
ViewCube
Navigation Bar
Status Bar
Starting a New Drawing File by using the Create New Drawing dialog box
Starting a New Drawing file from Scratch
Starting a New Drawing file by using a Template
Starting a New Drawing file by using a Wizard
Changing the Color Theme
Working with Workspaces
Switching between Workspaces
Creating a New Workspace
Working with Sheet Sets
Creating an Example Sheet Set
Creating an Existing Drawing Sheet Set
Saving a Drawing File
Opening a Drawing File
Sharing a Drawing File
Summary
Questions
Chapter 2: Creating Drawings - I
Setting up Drawing Units
Length
Angle
Sample Output
Lighting
Setting Drawing Limits
Specifying Grid and Snap Settings
Grid On (F7)
Grid style
Grid spacing
Snap On (F9)
Snap spacing
Understanding Coordinate Systems
Cartesian Coordinate System
Polar Coordinate System
Creating a Drawing
Drawing a Line
Command Sequence for Drawing a Line
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Tutorial 2
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Drawing a Circle
Drawing a Circle by Defining Center Point and Radius
Drawing a Circle by Defining Center Point and Diameter
Drawing a Circle by Defining 2 Points
Drawing a Circle by Defining 3 Points
Drawing a Circle by Defining Two Tangent Points and Radius
Drawing a Circle by Defining Three Tangent Points
Drawing an Arc
Drawing an Arc by Defining Start, Center, and End Points
Drawing an Arc by Defining Start Point, Center Point, and Angle
Drawing an Arc by Defining Start Point, Center Point, and Length
Drawing an Arc by Defining Start Point, End Point, and Angle
Drawing an Arc by Defining Start Point, End Point, and Direction
Drawing an Arc by Defining Start Point, End Point, and Radius
Drawing an Arc by Defining Center Point, Start Point, and End Point
Drawing an Arc by Defining Center Point, Start Point, and Angle
Drawing an Arc by Defining Center Point, Start Point, and Length
Drawing an Arc by using the Continue Tool
Canceling, Erasing and Restoring Objects
Navigating 2D Drawings
Zoom
Zoom Realtime
Zoom All
Zoom Window
Zoom Previous
Zoom Extents
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Pan
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
Hands-on Test Drive 3
Hands-on Test Drive 4
Summary
Questions
Chapter 3: Working with Drawing Aids and Layers
Working with Ortho Mode
Tutorial 1
Working with Polar Tracking
Tutorial 2
Working with Object Snap
Working with Object Snap Tracking
Working with Layers
Creating a New Layer
Setting the Current Layer
Assigning Color to a Layer
Assigning Linetype to a Layer
Assigning Lineweight to a Layer
Turning a Layer On or Off
Freezing a Layer
Locking or Unlocking a Layer
Deleting a Layer
Setting Transparency of a Layer
Restricting a Layer from Plotting
Freezing a Layer in New Viewports
Freezing the New Layer in All Viewports
Toggle Override Highlight
Assigning Objects to a Layer
Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Summary
Questions
Chapter 4: Creating Drawings - II
Drawing a Rectangle
Drawing a Rectangle by Specifying Diagonally Opposite Corners
Drawing a Rectangle by Specifying its Area and One Side
Drawing a Rectangle by Specifying Dimensions
Drawing a Rectangle at an Angle
Drawing a Rectangle with Chamfer
Drawing a Rectangle with Fillets
Drawing a Rectangle with Elevation
Drawing a Rectangle with Thickness
Drawing a Rectangle with Width
Drawing a Polygon
Inscribed Polygon
Circumscribed Polygon
Drawing a Polyline
Drawing a Polyline with Line Segments
Drawing a Polyline with Line and Arc Segments
Drawing a Polyline with Width
Drawing a Polyline with Halfwidth
Drawing an Ellipse
Drawing an Ellipse by Using the Axis, End Tool
Drawing an Ellipse by Using the Center Tool
Drawing an Elliptical Arc
Drawing a Spline
Drawing a Spline by Using the Spline Fit Tool
Drawing a Spline by Using the Spline CV Tool
Drawing Donuts
Drawing Construction and Ray lines
Drawing Construction Lines
Drawing Ray Lines
Drawing Points and Defining Point Style/Size
Drawing Reference Points
Defining the Point Style and Point Size
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Summary
Questions
Chapter 5: Modifying and Editing Drawings - I
Working with Object Selection Methods
Window Selection Method
Cross Window Selection Method
Invoking a Selection Method within a Command
Window Selection Method
Cross Window Selection Method
All Selection Method
Cross Polygon Selection Method
Window Polygon Selection Method
Fence Selection Method
Last Selection Method
Trimming Drawing Entities
Extending Drawing Entities
Working with Arrays
Creating a Rectangular Array
Creating a Path Array
Mirroring Drawing Entities
Filleting Drawing Entities
Chamfering Drawing Entities
Creating a Chamfer Using the Distance distance Method
Creating a Chamfer Using the Angle distance Method
Offsetting Drawing Entities
Moving Drawing Objects
Copying Drawing Objects
Rotating Drawing Objects
Scaling Drawing Objects
Stretching Drawing Objects
Lengthening Drawing Objects
Lengthening an Object by Specifying Delta Value
Lengthening an Object by Specifying Percentage
Lengthening an Object by Specifying Total Length
Lengthening an Object by Dragging
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Hands-on Test Drive 3
Summary
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Chapter 6: Working with Dimensions and Dimension Styles
Working with Components of a Dimension
Creating a New Dimension Style
Modifying an Existing Dimension Style
Overriding a Dimension Style
Applying Dimensions
Applying a Linear Dimension
Applying an Aligned Dimension
Applying an Angular Dimension
Applying an Arc Length Dimension
Applying a Radius Dimension
Applying a Diameter Dimension
Applying a Jogged Radius Dimension
Applying a Jogged Linear Dimension
Applying an Ordinate Dimension
Applying Baseline Dimensions
Applying Continue Dimensions
Applying Multiple Dimensions
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Hands-on Test Drive 3
Hands-on Test Drive 4
Summary
Questions
Chapter 7: Editing Dimensions and Adding Text
Editing Dimensions by using DIMEDIT Command
Specifying the New Dimension Text/Value
Rotating the Dimension Text
Restoring the Dimension Text to Original Position
Changing the Oblique Angle of Extension Lines
Editing Dimensions by using DIMTEDIT Command
Editing Dimensions by using DDEDIT Command
Editing the Dimension text/Value
Editing Dimensions by using Dimension Grips
Changing the Position of Dimension Text
Changing the Space between Dimension Line and Object
Changing the Position of Extension Lines
Editing Dimensions by using PROPERTIES Palette
Editing Dimensions by using Editing Tools
Editing Dimensions by using the Trim Tool
Editing Dimensions by using the Extend Tool
Editing Dimensions by using the Stretch Tool
Adding Text/Notes
Creating and Modifying a Text Style
Adding Text by using the Single Line Tool
Adding Text by using the Multiline Text Tool
Editing Single Line and Multiline Text
Converting Single line Text to Multiline Text
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Summary
Questions
Chapter 8: Modifying and Editing Drawings - II
Editing Objects by using Grips
Stretching Objects by using Grips
Moving Objects by using Grips
Rotating Objects by using Grips
Scaling Objects by using Grips
Mirroring Objects by using Grips
Editing Objects by using PROPERTIES Palette
Matching Properties of an Object
Identifying Coordinates of a Point
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Summary
Questions
Chapter 9: Creating Hatches and Gradients
Creating the Hatches
Creating the Gradients
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Summary
Questions
Chapter 10: Working with Blocks and Xrefs
Creating a Block
Inserting a Block into a Drawing
Creating a WBlock
Inserting a WBlock into a Drawing
Editing a Block
Making a Dynamic Block
Working with External References (Xrefs)
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Summary
Questions
Chapter 11: Working with Layouts
Getting Started with Paper Space/Layout
Understanding Different Components of a Layout
Setting up the Sheet/Paper Size for a Layout
Adding, Renaming, and Deleting a Layout
Working with Viewports
Editing a Viewport
Creating Viewports
Accessing the Model Space within a Viewport
Clipping a Viewport
Locking the Object Scale in a Viewport
Controlling the Display of Objects in a Viewport
Controlling Layer Properties for Viewports
Viewport Freeze
Viewport Color
Switching to the Model Space
Creating Viewports in the Model Space
Viewport Configuration
Joining Two Viewports
Restoring Viewports
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Summary
Questions
Chapter 12: Printing and Plotting
Configuring a Plotter (Output Device)
Creating a Plot Style
Setting up a Default Plot Style
Plotting a Drawing
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Summary
Questions
Chapter 13: Introducing 3D Basics and Creating 3D Models
Invoking the 3D Modeling/3D Basics Workspace
Creating 3D Primitives
Creating a 3D Solid Box
Creating a 3D Solid Cylinder
Creating a 3D Solid Cone
Creating a 3D Solid Sphere
Creating a 3D Solid Pyramid
Creating a 3D Solid Wedge
Creating a 3D Solid Torus
Creating 3D Models
Working with World Coordinate System (WCS)
Working with User Coordinate System (UCS)
Setting Work Plane to Predefined Orthographic View
Working with Dynamic UCS
Controlling the Display of the UCS
Creating an Extrude Feature
Converting a Closed Sketch into a Region
Creating a Revolve Feature
Creating a Sweep Feature
Creating a Loft Feature
Working with Presspull Tool
Creating a 3D Wall-like Polysolid
Performing Boolean Operations
Combining Solid Bodies
Subtracting Solid Bodies
Intersecting Solid Bodies
Checking Interference between Bodies
Copying Edges of a Solid Feature
Performing Modifying Operations
Tutorial 1
Hands-on Test Drive 1
Hands-on Test Drive 2
Hands-on Test Drive 3
Summary
Questions