AutoCAD Workbook for Architects and Engineers Edit bt Shannon R Kyles

AutoCAD Workbook for Architects and Engineers Edit bt Shannon R Kyles

Contents:

1  Introductory Geometry and Setting Up

2 Help Files, OSNAP, OTRACK, BREAK, TRIM, and ERASE

3 Object Selection and Modify Commands

4 STRETCH, TRIM, EXTEND, OFFSET, and ARRAY

5 Entity Commands with Width

6 Entity Properties: Layers, Colors, and Linetypes

7 Dimensioning

8 Text and Pictorial Views

9 HATCH, SKETCH, and GRADIENTS

10 Blocks and Wblocks

11 Setting Up Drawings and Plotting

12 Paper Space for 2 Dimensional Drawings

Introduction:

AutoCAD is a very popular, flexible software system that allows the user to create
both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional models and drawings. This book offers a series
ofexercises to help you learn the 2D drawing techniques ofAutoCAD. Most ofthe 2D
commands in Releases 2006, 2007 and 2008 have not changed since Release 2000i.
These exercises can be used on all releases from 2000i through 2008.
For those who are familiar with computers, learning AutoCAD will be easy, simply
because you are aware ofthe typical response structure and the format ofyour system. SystemPrompts and User Responses
All commands listed within the text of this book are in the command font. CIRCLE,
LINE, ZOOM, MIRROR, etc. When shown as in this font are commands.
In this book, the system command information will be shown in this style:
Command:
Specify first point:
Specify second point or [Undo]:
The user responses (what you should type in) will be shown in bold:
COffi."l1and: LINE
Specify first point:O,O
Specify second point or [Undo] :5,3 The Enter or Return Key
At the end ofeach command or entry on the command line, use the Enter key (symbolized by .J) to signal the end of:
a command entry:
Command:LlNE.J
• a coordinate entry:
Specify first point:2,4.J
• a value:
New fillet radius.OOOO:3.J
• text:
Text:All Holes 2.00R Unless Note~
Please note that the .J will not be shown at the end ofevery entry after Chapter 1; it will
only be used when the user should press .J rather than entering any other response.
Most ofthe drawings in this book are small, so a floppy disk may be used for file storage
if your computer still has a floppy drive. Zip drives, Jazz drives, mass storage units
and CD writers are better suited to storing larger files. Always make three copies of
your files. Save your file every halfhour on the permanent computer drive, either C: or
D:. Ifyou have been working for more than three hours, also save onto an external file
system like a flash drive. Before you sign offfrom the system, e-mail a copy ofthe file
to yourself as welL

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