Step by step procedure to use center and quadrant snaps in AutoCAD

1.Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut icon or start menu. Then click on “Open” icon and select “acad” template and click on “Open” button.

2.Now click on “Extents” option from zoom options.

3.Select “Circle” tool icon.

4.Type 2,2 as center point of the Circle and press ENTER KEY.

5.Type “1” as radius of the circle and press ENTER KEY.

6.Now again press ENTER KEY to repeat the previous circle command and draw another circles by using “1” radius and “4,5” as one circle center point and “6,2” as another circle center point.

7.Turn OFF all the tools from status bar by clicking on individual icons.

8.Now right click on “Object snap” icon and select “Settings” option from popup menu.

9.Click on “Clear All” button and tick on “Object snap” , “Center” ,”Quadrant” check boxes. Then click on “OK” button to accept the changes.

10.Select “Line” command tool from Draw panel.

11.Now move the cursor over circle center and pick a point after it shows “center” auto snap symbol.
Now pick another center point of the circle as end point of the line segment by moving the cursor over top circle midpoint.

12.Draw another line from center of the circle 2 to center of the circle 3 by using mouse.

13.Now select “close” option from command window to close the line.

14.Now click on “LINE” command tool from draw panel.

15.Pick a point near top quadrant of the bottom circle.

16.Now pick bottom quadrant for end point of the line segment.

17.Draw another 2 vertical lines are quadrant to quadrant of the circles by using mouse.

18.Save the current drawing by clicking on save icon from quick access tool bar and enter “CH5_EXERCISE5” as name of the document.

Draw a line using polar co-ordinate system in AutoCAD

1. Open AutoCAD software from desktop short cut or from start menu. 2. Now type "LINE" and press ENTER KEY. Then enter 0,0 as first point of the line. 3. Then type 5<30 as second point of the line. This "<" symbol is used for the line point moves to 30 degrees from positive x-axis. 4. Now again type 2.45<270 as next point of the line. 5. After generating the line press <Esc> key from key board to exit from line command. The lines shown like below image. BACK to Day-1 Lessions CLICK HERE to get CAD HOME Work help or project help (paid)

Procedure to publish the drawing set in AutoCAD

1. a)Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut icon or start menu. b)Click on “Open icon” and select “welding_fx” file from database files then click on “Open” button to open the document. 2.Type “PUBLISH” command and press ENTER KEY. 3.Select “Welding_fix-Model” from sheet name list and click on “Remove” button. 4.Select “DWF” option from Publish to list. 5.Click on “Publish options” button. 6.Make sure “Multi-sheet file” as Type and “Include” as Layer information for general dwf options. 7.Click on Preview button to preview the drawing and click on close preview button. 8.Click on “Publish” button and give name as “CH15_EXERCISE5” and press ok button. 9.Click on “NO” button.

Procedure to plotting from model space in AutoCAD

1. a)Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut icon or start menu. b)Click on “Open icon” and select “db_file” file from database files then click on “Open” button to open the document. 2.Type “PLOT” and press ENTER KEY then plot dialog box appeared. 3.Select “DWF6ePlot.pc3” option as printer/plotter type from the list. 4.Select “Extents” as what to plot list. 5.Type 3/32 = 1 as scale. 6.Now click on “Center the plot” check box. 7.Now click on “Preview” button. 8.Drawing is shown like below. 9.Now set “Window” as what to plot. 10.Now draw a rectangle like shown below. 11.Now enter ¼ = 1 as plot scale and click on “Preview” button to view the drawing. 12.Click on “Close Preview” button to close the preview, then click on “Cancel” button from plot dialog box.

Exploring the AutoCAD user interface

When working with any application we must need to know the User interface for getting speed up the work with all tools in the application. 1. Open AutoCAD application from desktop short cut or start menu. 2. Now click on the big “A” icon locatated near top left corner of the application interface. 3. Now using mouse select the each option from the list displayed. 4. Click on Home menu to view the Home menu ribbon. 5. Click on drop down arrow near Draw panel to view the total draw tools. See the below image with expanded draw tools. 6. Now click on the drop down arrow near Circle to view circle sub options list. 7. Now select 3-Point Circle. 8. Now press “Esc” key from key board to exit from circle command. 9. Then see the circle icon again, it looks like 3 point circle icon setted as default. See the bellow image. 10. Right click on home ribbon to view pop up menu and move the cursor on to “Show panels” and turn off the “Draw” option. Now observe draw panel is di...

Procedure to create a block with attributes in AutoCAD

1. a)Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut icon or start menu. b)Click on “open icon” and select “acad” file then click on “Open” button to start new document. 2.Type “ATTDEF” and press ENTER KEY to create attributes. 3.Save the document by click on quick save icon from quick access tool bar.

How to offesetting objects with construction lines in AutoCAD

1. a)Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut icon or start menu. b)Open previously saved document. 2.Click on the drop down arrow near Draw and select “XLINE” tool. 3.Select “Offset” tool. 4.AutoCAD prompts for offset distance. 5.Type “2” as offset distance and press ENTER KEY. 6.Select right side vertical line to offset. 7.Move the cursor right wards and pick a point to offset the selected element. 8.Now again AutoCAD prompts for selecting elements. 9.Pick top most horizontal line and move the cursor upwards and pick a point anywhere at upside to the selected element. 10.Press ENTER KEY to exit from “XLINE” command. 11.Now select “XLINE” from draw panel and select “Offset” tool and type “3” as offset distance and press ENTER KEY then select newly generated vertical line and move the mouse right wards and pick a point to offset the selected element in right wards. Again select “XLINE” from draw panel and select “Offset” tool from modify panel and type “3” as offset...

How to use Undo and Redo in AutoCAD

1. a)Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut menu. b)Select new document icon from quick access toolbar and open “ansi-a” template. c)Now click on model layout tab. d)Draw a line by using line command. 2. 3. 4.Now save the drawing by clicking on save icon from quick access tool bar. BACK to Day-2 Lessions

How to work with Grid display and snap mode in AutoCAD

1. a)Open AutoCAD application from desktop shortcut menu. b)Select new document icon from quick access toolbar and open “ansi-a” template. c)Now click on model layout tab. d)To turn off Gid display click on Grid icon from status bar or press “F7” key from key board. e)To turn ON snap mode click on Snap icon from status bar or press “F9” key from key board. 2.We can observe the cursor movement co-ordinates from status bar. 3.Now we can turn ON the grid display and turn off the Snap mode by clicking on the icons located near status bar or by pressing “F7” and “F9” function keys from key board. Now we can observe the cursor not locked to move the snap points. Note: The snap co-ordinates are locked only when the command is active. 4.Now TURN ON the SNAP Mode by clicking Snap mode icon from status bar. Then click on “LINE” command icon form Draw tools. NOTE: We can observe the 0.5 multiflied co-ordinate value after click on the line command. Incase the cursor locking va...

How to use Cartesian Coordinates in AutoCAD

Cartesian co-ordinate system is used to represent the X and Y coordinate values. We can draw elements by using a Cartesian coordinate system in AutoCAD. Generally in Cartesian coordinate system the x and y coordinate values are separated with comma (“,”). 1. See the two-dimensional cartesian coordinate grid system in the below image. 2. Generally co-ordinate system represents with its x and y co-ordinate values enclose with brackets. The first value in the enclosed brackets is for X value and the second value in the enclosed brackets if for Y value. The below image represents the line from (2,1) to (4,5). Syn: Type "LINE" and press ENTER KEY from key board. (the data we typed is inserted in command window). Then type 2,1 and press ENTER KEY. Then again type 4,5 and press ENTER KEY. Press <Esc> (escape) key to exit from line command. 3. The bellow line is drawn from (-2,-1) to (0,0). Syn: Type "LINE" and press ENTER KEY from key board. (th...

How to draw a line using polar co-ordinate system.

we can use absolute or relative polar coordinates (distance and angle) to locate points when creating objects. The polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point P on a plane is determined by the length of its position vector r and the angle q between it and the positive direction of the x-axis . BACK to Day-1 Lessions CLICK HERE to get CAD HOME Work help or project help (paid)

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