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AUTOCAD
(WHAT IS AUTOCAD?)
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12/08/2020
What is AutoCAD?
AutoCADis computer-aided design (CAD) software that architects, engineers,
and construction professionals rely on to create precise 2D and 3D drawings.
3. Ribbon
The ribbon is a user interface element that contains various AutoCAD commands arranged
in panels and tabs. The tabs are quite powerful. They have panels of commands as well as
options that relate to any task
at hand. For instance, if you
select a HATCH object, a
contextual tab appears. The
tab contains a Hatch editing
command that appears
automatically.
4. In-Editor elements
These are elements found inside the drawing panel.
The user can control their visibility. In the upper left
corner are the view port controls that allow the user
to alter the view and visual styles. The ViewCube,
Navigation bar and the UCS icon.
a. ViewCube
- Display visual feedback of the current orientation
of a model or adjust a model's viewpoint.
b. Viewport
- Display multiple views of the same drawing, each with different
visual styles.
c. Navigation Bar ii iv vi
- It is a user interface element where you . . .
can access both unified and product-
specific navigation tools. It includes:
i iii v.
. .
i. Steering Wheels- Collection of wheels that offer rapid switching between
specialized navigation tools.
ii. Pan- Moves the view parallel to the screen.
iii. Zoom tools- Set of navigation tools for increasing or decreasing the
magnification of the current view of a model.
iv. Orbit tools- Set of navigation tools for rotating the current view of a model.
v. 3Dconnexion- Set of navigation tools used to reorient the current view of a
model with a 3Dconnexion 3D mouse.
vi. ShowMotion- User interface element that provides an onscreen display for
creating and playing back for design review, presentation, and bookmark-style
navigation.
5. Status Bar
At the bottom of the screen, is the Status Bar. It
contains only icons. Several icons, by default, are not
enabled, but the user can decide to turn on some of
them. It can view the coordinate values of your cursor,
and access several buttons for turning drawing tools on
and off, as well as many display tools used to scale
annotations.
6. File Tabs
File tabs give access to all open documents. Each
document that is open has a tab. Left-clicking on a tab
makes it the current open document. Right-clicking on
a tab gives access to more options, including Save As
and Close. The tab that has a plus sign allows the user
to open a new document. File Tabs are located just
below the Ribbon. Example is below.
7. Layout Tabs
Layout tabs give access to different Model Spaces of each Layout in any given document.
Left clicking on a tab to makes it the current open layout. Right-clicking on a tab gives you
access to more options that include Print, Move, or Rename. The tab that has a plus sign
allows the user to create a new layout. Layout Tabs, by default, are located at the bottom
of the drawing panel below the command line, in the area around status bar.
8. Drop-Down Menus
A drop-down menu is a top-level name that is
clickable. On left-clicking the menu reveals a list
of commands or sub menus below it. When a
command is selected, the menu vanishes.
9. Toolbars
Toolbars are flat panels containing buttons or drop-down lists. Each button has an icon and
macro that performs a either a command or a macro.
10. Command Line
This is a palette in which you can input command names. When docked, it has some fixed
number of visible lines. When floating, the command line can expand to show more data.
Annotation Objects
- Annotation objects include dimensions, notes, and other types of explanatory symbols or
objects commonly used to add information to your drawing.
Annotation objects provide information about a feature, such as the length of a wall, the
diameter of a fastener, or a detail callout. Typically, annotation objects are scaled differently
than the views of the drawing and depend on the scale of how they should appear when
plotted. You can control the method that an annotation object is scaled by defining the object
either as non-annotative or annotative.
- Non-annotative objects require a fixed size or scale that is calculated based on the scale
used to plot the drawing.
- Annotative objects automatically adjust to display uniformly at the same size or scale
regardless of the scale of the view.
General Commands:
COMMAND FUNCTION
BCOUNT This command is useful for counting the number of blocks in your drawing. It
reports the number of each instance of
block used in the drawing along with its
name. To count the block, it should be
visible in the drawing area.
TXTEXP you can convert single line as well as multiline text into geometries.
XLINE (XL) you can make infinite lines starting from the point of selection. When you trim
or break this infinite line to a finite length it becomes a simple line geometry.
POINT (PO) Makes a single point geometry in the drawing. To modify the type of point
created by this command you can use PTYPE command and choose the
desired point type from Point Style window.
BASE you can change the base point of a drawing without changing its origin. This is
especially helpful in the situation where you want to insert the drawing into
another as a Xref. By default, AutoCAD takes origin as the base point which
can be modified using this command without changing the origin.
REVCLOUD You can make a revision cloud geometry by freehand sketching.
SKETCH You can make a freehand sketch using this command. You can use Line,
Polyline or Spline as the object type for making this freehand sketch.
MULTIPLE If you want to repeat any command without pressing enter key then use
MULTIPLE command. To cancel repetition of command press ESC key.
NCOPY Use this command to copy nested objects from a block or Xref without
exploding them.
DIVIDE You can use this command to divide any 2D geometry into many equal parts.
At each point of division, a point geometry will be added on the 2D curve
BREAK This command can be used to break 2D geometries at one or two points. It is
helpful if you want to break a curve at the point of intersection with other
curve or if you want to create a gap by breaking a part of the geometry.
UNITS Using this command, you can set the drawing units
and other settings like the precision of linear and
angular dimensions and default rotation angle.
ML Using this command, you can make a multiline geometry which contains
multiple parallel lines.
BOUNDARY Using this command, you can extract closed boundaries from any enclosed
area. This boundary can be used to
find the area of the enclosed region
or for many other applications. In
the image below the boundary of
the area mentioned as A has been
extracted as a polyline using
BOUNDARY command.
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ACDIST&term=1-YEAR&quantity=1
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