NAME: HAHAHAHAHAHA

SECTION: ARC 212

COURSE & YEAR: BS ARCH 3
SUBJECT CODE: ACADDA1L
INSTRUCTOR: AR. PAOLO MARI A. MORAGA

RESEARCH NO. 1

AUTOCAD INTERFACE – AUTOCAD

INTERFACE IS THE WAY YOU INTERACT WITH THE
PROGRAM AND CONTROL ITS COMMANDS. IT
INCLUDES VARIOUS ELEMENTS SUCH AS MENUS,
RIBBONS, TOOLBARS, TABS, PANELS, WINDOWS,
ICONS, CURSOR, AND COMMAND LINE. THE
INTERFACE CAN BE CONFIGURED TO SUIT YOUR
PREFERENCES AND NEEDS. THE INTERFACE
HELPS YOU TO PERFORM DIFFERENT TASKS SUCH
AS DRAWING, EDITING, ANNOTATING, AND
VIEWING YOUR WORK.

AUTOCAD COORDINATE SYSTEM - THE COORDINATE SYSTEM IS A

CRITICAL ASPECT OF CREATING AND EDITING DESIGNS. IT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK
FOR POSITIONING AND ORIENTING OBJECTS WITHIN A DRAWING. AUTOCAD USES A
CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM BASED ON X, Y, AND Z AXES TO DEFINE THE
POSITION OF OBJECTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE. THE COORDINATE SYSTEM
HELPS TO SPECIFY THE LOCATION OF OBJECTS IN A DRAWING. THE WORLD
COORDINATE SYSTEM (WCS) IS A PERMANENTLY FIXED CARTESIAN COORDINATE
SYSTEM USED TO DEFINE THE COORDINATES OF OBJECTS IN A DRAWING.

DRAWING NAVIGATION - THE EASIEST WAY TO NAVIGATE AROUND

THE DRAWING IS USING THE PAN AND ZOOM TOOLS LOCATED ON THE
NAVIGATION BAR.
 SELECTING THE PAN TOOL CHANGES, THE CURSOR TO A LITTLE HAND ICON THAT
YOU CLICK AND DRAG IN THE DRAWING WINDOW TO SHIFT YOUR DISPLAY. IF
NECESSARY, YOU CAN CLICK AND DRAG REPEATEDLY UNTIL YOU REACH THE DESIRED
LOCATION IN THE DRAWING. WHEN YOU REACH THE AREA OF THE DRAWING YOU
WANT TO DISPLAY, PRESS THE <ENTER> OR <ESC> KEY TO EXIT.

DRAWING SETUP - THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS WILL INFORM YOU ON HOW

TO PERFORM THE PROPER SET-UP OF YOUR AUTOCAD SETTINGS. THIS SET-UP IS
CRUCIAL IN ORDER FOR YOU TO PRODUCE A DRAWING THAT MAKES SENSE AND IS
VISUALLY ATTRACTIVE. READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY BEFORE PERFORMING THE
ACTION REQUIRED.
1. OPEN THE AUTOCAD PROGRAM.
2. GO TO MODELSPACE.
3. SET YOUR UNITS.
4. SELECT THE TOOLBARS THAT YOU WILL USE THROUGHOUT YOUR DRAWING.
5. TURN ON OSNAP.

DRAWING PROPERTIES AND OBJECT

PROPERTIES - YOU CAN ASSIGN PROPERTIES SUCH AS COLOR
AND LINETYPE TO INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS, OR AS DEFAULT
PROPERTIES ASSIGNED TO LAYERS.

THE PROPERTIES PANEL DISPLAYS A LIST OF ALL THE

IMPORTANT PROPERTY SETTINGS. YOU CAN CLICK MOST OF THE
FIELDS TO CHANGE THE CURRENT SETTINGS.

IF NO OBJECT IS CURRENTLY SELECTED IN THE DRAWING

AREA, THE PROPERTIES PANEL WILL SHOW THE PROPERTIES OF THE
CURRENT LAYER. WHILE IN THIS STATE, ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE
IN THE PROPERTIES PANEL WILL AFFECT FUTURE CREATIONS ON
THIS LAYER.

IF OBJECTS ARE SELECTED IN THE DRAWING, THE PROPERTIES PANEL SHOWS

THE CURRENT PROPERTIES FOR THE SELECTED OBJECT. YOU CAN CHANGE THESE
PROPERTIES BY CLICKING IT AND CHANGING THE SETTING. A PROPERTY THAT IS SET
TO "BYLAYER" INHERITS ITS SETTING FROM ITS LAYER.

IF YOU SELECT SEVERAL OBJECTS, ONLY THEIR COMMON PROPERTIES ARE

LISTED IN THE PROPERTIES PANEL. IF YOU CHANGE ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES, ALL
THE SELECTED OBJECTS WILL CHANGE IN ONE OPERATION. SELECTING OBJECTS IS
COVERED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE MODIFYING TOPIC.
CONSTRUCTING DRAWING OBJECTS - LINES ARE PROBABLY THE
SIMPLEST OF AUTOCAD OBJECTS. USING THE LINE COMMAND, A LINE CAN BE DRAWN
BETWEEN ANY TWO POINTS PICKED WITHIN THE DRAWING AREA. LINES ARE USUALLY
THE FIRST OBJECTS YOU WILL WANT TO DRAW WHEN STARTING A NEW DRAWING
BECAUSE THEY CAN BE USED AS "CONSTRUCTION LINES”.

DRAW COMMANDS - THE DRAW COMMANDS CAN BE

USED TO CREATE NEW OBJECTS SUCH AS LINES AND CIRCLES.
MOST AUTOCAD DRAWINGS ARE COMPOSED PURELY AND
SIMPLY FROM THESE BASIC COMPONENTS. A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRAW COMMANDS IS
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE EFFICIENT USE OF AUTOCAD.

LINEAR - LINEAR DIMENSIONS CAN BE HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, OR ALIGNED. YOU

CAN CREATE AN ALIGNED, HORIZONTAL, OR VERTICAL DIMENSION
WITH THE DIM COMMAND DEPENDING ON HOW YOU MOVE THE
CURSOR WHEN PLACING THE TEXT. IN ROTATED DIMENSIONS, THE
DIMENSION LINE IS PLACED AT AN ANGLE TO THE EXTENSION LINE
ORIGIN POINTS.

LINE
THE LINE OBJECT IS THE MOST BASIC AND COMMON
OBJECT IN AUTOCAD DRAWINGS OF ANY DISCIPLINE.

PLINE
THE PLINE COMMAND DIFFERS FROM THE LINE COMMAND
IN THAT THE SEGMENTS OF THE PLINE ARE CONNECTED. WHEN
USING THE LINE COMMAND, EACH SEGMENT IS ITS OWN OBJECT.
WHEN USING PLINE, ALL LINE SEGMENTS ARE ONE OBJECT.

MLINE
THE MLINE COMMAND CREATES MLINE OBJECTS THAT
CAN HAVE MULTIPLE ELEMENTS AND MULTIPLE SEGMENTS IN
THE SAME MLINE OBJECT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OUTER WALLS OF A HOUSE PLAN SHOWN
BELOW COULD BE MODELED USING A SINGLE MLINE OBJECT.

RAY - COMMAND IN AUTOCAD IS USED TO DRAW A RAY

PRECISELY SAME XLINE COMMAND BUT NOT LIMITED
ENDPOINT. RAY IS USED TO MAKE A LINE ALIGNMENT WHEN
YOU DRAW A PROJECTION. IN ADDITION, YOU CAN USE THIS
COMMAND TO DRAW LINES WITH ANGLE ANYTHING.

XLINE
CREATES A CONSTRUCTION LINE OF INFINITE LENGTH.
XLINES ARE USEFUL FOR CREATING CONSTRUCTION AND
REFERENCE LINES, AND FOR TRIMMING BOUNDARIES.

POLYGON
CREATES AN EQUILATERAL CLOSED POLYLINE. YOU
SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF SIDES OF THE POLYGON AND
WHETHER IT IS INSCRIBED OR CIRCUMSCRIBED.

RECTANG
CREATES A RECTANGULAR POLYLINE. CREATES A
CLOSED RECTANGULAR POLYLINE FROM THE SPECIFIED
PARAMETERS SUCH AS ITS DIAGONAL CORNER POINTS,
DIMENSIONS, AREA, AND TYPE OF CORNERS.

RADIAL - A RADIAL DIMENSION MEASURES THE RADIUS OR DIAMETER OF ARCS

AND CIRCLES WITH AN OPTIONAL CENTERLINE OR CENTER MARK. SEVERAL OPTIONS
ARE DISPLAYED IN THE ILLUSTRATION.
NOTE: WHEN PART OF THE
DIMENSION IS LOCATED WITHIN THE
DIMENSIONED ARC OR CIRCLE, THE
NON-ASSOCIATIVE CENTERLINE OR
CENTER MARK IS AUTOMATICALLY
SUPPRESSED.
 ARC - CREATE ARCS BY SPECIFYING VARIOUS
COMBINATIONS OF CENTER, ENDPOINT, START
POINT, RADIUS, ANGLE, CHORD LENGTH, AND
DIRECTION VALUES. ARCS ARE DRAWN IN A
COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION BY DEFAULT.
HOLD DOWN THE CTRL KEY AS YOU DRAG TO
DRAW IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.

CIRCLE - TO CREATE CIRCLES, YOU CAN

SPECIFY VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF CENTER,
RADIUS, AND DIAMETER POINTS ON THE
CIRCUMFERENCE OR ON OTHER OBJECTS.

ELIPSE - THE ELLIPSE TOOL CAN ALSO BE USED TO CREATE AN ELLIPTICAL ARC,
WHICH IS A SECTION OF AN ELLIPSE. USERS CAN SPECIFY THE START
AND END POINTS OF THE ARC, ALLOWING FOR FURTHER
CUSTOMIZATION.

SPLINE - SPLINES ARE DEFINED EITHER WITH FIT POINTS,

OR WITH CONTROL VERTICES. BY DEFAULT, FIT POINTS
COINCIDE WITH THE SPLINE, WHILE CONTROL VERTICES
DEFINE A CONTROL FRAME. CONTROL FRAMES PROVIDE A
CONVENIENT METHOD TO SHAPE THE SPLINE. EACH METHOD
HAS ITS ADVANTAGES.

SPECIAL OBJECTS
 DONUT - CREATES A FILLED CIRCLE OR A WIDE RING. A DONUT CONSISTS OF TWO
ARC POLYLINES THAT ARE JOINED END-TO-END TO CREATE A CIRCULAR SHAPE. THE
WIDTH OF THE POLYLINES IS DETERMINED BY THE SPECIFIED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
DIAMETERS. IF YOU SPECIFY AN INSIDE DIAMETER OF 0, THE DONUT IS A FILLED
CIRCLE.
 FILL - THE DISPLAY OF FILLED OBJECTS SUCH AS HATCHES, 2D SOLIDS, AND WIDE
POLYLINES.
 TRACE - OPENS AND MANAGES TRACES FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT.
 SOLID - CREATES SOLID-FILLED TRIANGLES AND QUADRILATERALS. 2D SOLIDS
ARE FILLED ONLY WHEN THE FILLMODE SYSTEM VARIABLE IS ON (1) AND THE
VIEWING DIRECTION IS ORTHOGONAL TO THE 2D SOLID.
 REVCLOUD - YOU CAN CREATE A NEW REVISION CLOUD BY SELECTING TWO
CORNER POINTS OR POLYGONAL POINTS, DRAGGING YOUR CURSOR, OR YOU CAN
CONVERT AN OBJECT SUCH AS A CIRCLE, POLYLINE, SPLINE, OR AN ELLIPSE INTO A
REVISION CLOUD. USE REVISION CLOUDS TO HIGHLIGHT PARTS OF A DRAWING
THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED.
 WIPEOUT - CREATES A WIPEOUT OBJECT, AND CONTROLS WHETHER WIPEOUT
FRAMES ARE DISPLAYED IN THE DRAWING.