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Auto Cad Basic

The document provides information about the basic user interface and tools in AutoCAD. It describes the main menu bar, tool bars, and status bar. It explains the different methods for selecting objects and canceling commands. It provides a table with shortcuts and descriptions of common drawing objects like lines, circles, arcs, and text. It also includes a table with modify commands like move, copy, erase, and their shortcuts.

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Auto Cad Basic

The document provides information about the basic user interface and tools in AutoCAD. It describes the main menu bar, tool bars, and status bar. It explains the different methods for selecting objects and canceling commands. It provides a table with shortcuts and descriptions of common drawing objects like lines, circles, arcs, and text. It also includes a table with modify commands like move, copy, erase, and their shortcuts.

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Rabin Bhattarai
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Title Bar

Standard Tool Bar Main Menu Bar

Drawing Tool Bar Modify Tool Bar

Cross Hair/Crusher

USC Icon/origin Working Space

Status Bar
Command Bar
Option Bar

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usc-user coordinate system

Aotocad-( automated computer aided design and drafting)


Operating Method
(1) Pull down method ( using menu bar )
(2) Drag down method ( display toolbar)
(3) Keyboard method (use this method in working)

Selection of object method


(1) Solid window method (put crusher making rectangle from left corner top to right corner
down)
(2) Crossing window method (put crusher making rectangle from corner down to left corner
up. Also select whole part if select partial portion)
(3) Direct Selection method
Press Function key F2 on the keyboard.

Function of enter key and space bar is same.

Cursor
Controls the size of the crosshair. The allowable range is from 1 to 100 percent of the total screen. At
100% the ends of the crosshair are never visible. When the size is decreased to 99% or below, the
crosshairs have a finite size, and the crosshair’s ends are visible when moved to the edge of the graphics
area. The default size is 5%.

1. Choose Tools, Options…


2. Click the Display TAB.
3. Drag the slider bar in under crosshair size to set the cursor size

Canceling a Command
1. Press the ESCAPE (ESC) key on the keyboard.
2. TIP: Pressing ESC twice clears nested commands.
Q- QSAVE / Saves the current drawing.

A - ARC / Creates an arc.

Z - ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current viewport.

W - WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.

S- STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.

X - EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects.

E - ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing.

D - DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles.

C - CIRCLE / Creates a circle.

R - REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport.

F - FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.

V - VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset views.

T- MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object.

G -vGROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.

B - BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects.

H - HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.

J - JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object.

M- MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.

I - INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing.

O - OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.

L - LINE / Creates straight line segments.

P - PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.

DRAWING OBJECTS

SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT


A ARC Draw an arc with 3 points
B BLOCK Opens block dialogue box in order to make a block
BO BOUNDARY Draw a boundary
C CIRCLE Draw a circle
DO DONUT Draw a solid donut shape
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
DT TEXT Single line text
DIV DIVIDE Inserts point node a set division
EL ELLIPSE Draw an ellipse
F FILLET Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines
G GROUP Opens object grouping dialogue
H HATCH Opens hatch and gradient dialogue box
L LINE Draw a line
LE QLEADER Draw a leader line (may need to adjust settings)
LEAD LEADER Leader line with annotation
ML MLINE Draw multilines
O OFFSET Offset an object by distance
PL PLINE Draw a polyline - a complex line
PO POINT Point marker or node - DDPTYPE to change pointstyle
POL POLYGON Draw a regular polygon 3 to 1024 sides
RAY RAY Construction line in one direction
REC RECTANG Draw a rectangle
REG REGION Region - for shading for example
REVCLOUD REVCLOUD Revision cloud - note can select a polyline
SPL SPLINE Spline or smooth curve along points
T MTEXT Multi-line text
WIPEOUT WIPEOUT Masks part of drawing for clarity
XL XLINE Construction line of infinite lengt

MODIFYING OBJECTS

SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT


AL ALIGN Align an object with another
AR ARRAY Make multiple copies of an object
BR BREAK Break a line by defining 2 points
CO or CP COPY Copy object
COPYTOLAYER COPYTOLAYER Copy object from one layer to another
CHA CHAMFER Chamfer between 2 non-parallel lines
E ERASE Erase selection
EX EXTEND Extend a line to meet another
F FILLET Draw an arc between 2 intersecting lines
G GROUP Opens object grouping dialogue - use to copy or move
LEN LENGTHEN Lengthen or shorten a line
M MOVE Move an object
MI MIRROR Mirror an object
MOCORO MOVE/COPY/ROTATE Copy move and rotate an object with one command
O OFFSET Offset an object by distance
RO ROTATE Rotate an object
SHORTCUT COMMAND COMMENT
S STRETCH Stretch an object
SC SCALE Scale an object
TR TRIM Trim objects
X EXPLODE Explode single entity to component parts

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