AutoCAD (Computer-Aided Design) Webinar

I. Mouse Controls

The computer mouse has an important role in AutoCAD. There are three essential parts of a
mouse, namely, the left button, right button, and a scroll wheel.

The image of a mouse displaying its three basic parts is shown in the given image:

Scroll Button

1. ZOOM - When we scroll up the button, it 'zoom out' the screen. When we scroll
down the button, it 'zoom in' the screen.

2. PAN - To implement PAN using the mouse, we need to press and hold the scroll wheel
and then drag. Some mouse comes with a center button allowing Panning without
pressing the scroll wheel. The example of such type of mouse is CadMouse.

The PAN Button on the screen will appear as the given image:

When we select the area to PAN and drag, the symbol appears as the given image:
 We can also control the Panning through the PAN Button on the navigation bar, which
will look like the below image:

After selecting the symbol, we need to click on the area to PAN, click on the left mouse
button, and drag it to a suitable area or space according to the requirements.

We can also select the PAN option by right-clicking on the screen of AutoCAD.

3. Left Button

The left button of a mouse in AutoCAD plays the most important role from selecting the
object to the completion of a drawing.

In every step of creating either 2D or 3D drawings or models, the role of the left button will
be the prior option.

4. Right Button

The right button of the mouse in AutoCAD is used for customization; to increase drawing
productivity. The right button is also used as a shortcut menu.

II. Function keys

 F1 - Online Help
 F2 - Switches between Graphics screen and text screen (toggle)
 F3 - Turns Onsnap ON/Off
 F4 - Turn Tablet ON/OFF
 F5 - Cycles to Top, Right and Left Isoplanes
 F6 - Turns Coordinates ON/OFF
 F7 - Turn Grid ON/OFF
 F8 - Turn Ortho ON/OFF
 F9 - Turn Snap ON/OFF
 F10 - Turn Polar ON/OFF
 F11 - Object Tracking ON/OFF
 F12 - None
III. Learn how to use Layering
IV. Learn how to use Option (OP) and Properties (MO)
V. Learn how to covert Revit to AutoCAD and Revit to SketchUp
VI. Exercise using Draw Commands
1. Line (L)
2. Pline (PL)
3. Mline (Justification, Scale) (ML)
4. Mledit
5. Xline (XL)
6. Circle (C)
7. Spline (SPL)
8. Ellipse
9. Arc (A)
10. Rectangle (REC)
11. Polygon (POL)
12. Hatch (H)

VII. Exercise using Drawing & Labelling a Simple Plan

1. Offset (O)
2. Fillet (F)
3. Trim (TR)
4. Text
5. Mtext
6. Spell
7. Find

VIII. Exercise to Modify and Construct Commands

Command to Duplicate
1. Copy (CO)
2. Offset (O)
3. Mirror (MI)
Command to Clean Corners
1. Fillet (F)
2. Chamfer
Command to Modify Object Orientation
1. Rotate (RO)
2. Move (M)
 3. Align (AL)
Command to Modify Object Orientation
1. Scale
2. Stretch
Command to Edit Polyline
1. Pedit
2. Explode
3. Use of Grip
4. Extend
5. Break
Command to Select Similar
1. Selecting similar
2. LAYOFF and LAYON

IX. Exercise to Block

1. Group
2. Block
3. Explode
4. Purge

X. Exercise using Match Properties

1. Match
2. Divide

XI. Exercise using Dimensions

1. DIMLINEAR (DLI)
2. DIMALIGNED (DAL)
3. ANGULAR (DIMANGULAR)
4. DIMENSION CONTINUE (DCO)
5. ARC LENGTH (DIMARC)
6. RADIUS (DIMRADIUS)
7. DIAMETER (DIMDIAMETER)

XII. Drafting Plan

1. Lot Drawing using PL and Excel
2. Plan Drawing using all commands

XIII. Plot Style

1. Monochrome
2. Pen Assignments
XIV. Print Properties
1. Custom Paper Sizes
2. Printer / Plotter
3. Plot Scale and Drawing Orientations