unit 1 primer: autocad basics dt2510: advanced cad methods
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Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD BasicsDT2510: Advanced CAD Methods
Identifying the user interface:• Application menu• Quick Access toolbar• InfoCenter• Ribbon• Drawing window• ViewCube• Navigation bar• Command line• Application status bar
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Application Menu• Search feature allows
you to discover features• Standard features
include Open, Save, Export, Print, etc.
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Exploring Sample Drawings• Sheet Set Manager is an example of
a floating palette• Docked palettes• Auto-hide palettes• Tabbed palette interface holds
additional content
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Opening Drawings• Open from Application
menu• Open from Quick Access
toolbar• Open from Sheet Set
Manager• Open from Command
line
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Exploring the Quick View Drawings Feature• Navigating between open drawings• Explaining the two drawing spaces:
Paper and Model• Navigating to specific space within open drawing
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Exploring the AutoCAD Classic workspace
• Classic menu bar• Toolbars• Floating and docking toolbars• Accessing additional toolbars• Shortcut menus
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Exploring the Full Ribbon Interface• Tabs• Panels• Additional content within panels
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Exploring Minimized Ribbon Modes• Identifying the minimize toggle button• Panel buttons and titles reveal the full panel
when the cursor hovers above• In tabs mode you must click the tabs
to see additional content
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Exploring the AutoCAD InfoCenter• Search for concepts and commands• Access subscription content• Read industry blogs and connect to Autodesk for
program updates • Access Help and numerous online resources
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Using the Navigation Bar:• Pan• Zoom• Zoom flyout menu
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Accessing Zoom Options:• Ribbon user interface• View tab • Navigation panel• Multiple zoom options
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
AutoCAD Zoom• Virtually infinite zoom capability• An infinity within every point• Resolution is not compromised when
zooming in or out• Zoom real time• Zoom window• Zoom previous• Zoom extents
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Drawing Lines• Typing L and pressing Enter• Clicking the Line tool on the Draw panel• Rubberband• Continuing the LINE command with Enter or the Spacebar
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Making Mistakes• The Esc key cancels the active command• The Delete key erases the selection• There is a difference between the Delete and
Backspace keys; Backspace does not erase• You have unlimited Undos and Redos in a session• The undo buffer is stored in RAM rather than in the
file
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Cartesian Coordinates• All points in space represented in terms
of x,y, and z coordinate values relative to the origin point
• Absolute coordinates are in relation to the origin point
• The # symbol signifies absolute coordinates (this is the default)
• Relative coordinates are in relation to the first point picked
• The @ symbol signifies relative coordinates
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Polar Coordinates• Polar coordinates are comprised of a
distance and an angle• The angle is measured from the zero
angle which is East (to the right) by default
• The < symbol signifies an angle value• Polar coordinates take the form
distance<angle, i.e. 4<60
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Selection Methods• Click to select• Implied windows• Crossing windows• Shift-select to remove from set• Remove objects mode• Add option• All option• Previous option• Last option• CPolygon, WPolygon, and Fence
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Selection Cycling• Toggle on selection cycling mode on
application status bar• Making ambiguous selection invokes
Selection window• Hovering the cursor over items in the
Selection dialog box highlights the items on the drawing canvas
• Selection cycling makes it easy to select exactly what you are looking for in crowded drawings
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics
Selecting Similar Objects• Click a single object, right click and choose Select Similar from the
shortcut menu• All similar objects are immediately selected• Type SE within the SELECTSIMILAR command to access its
Settings dialog box where you can determine degree of similarity that triggers selection
Unit 1 Primer: AutoCAD Basics