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![Types of Text Command
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Guide in using DTEXT Command:
A. Command TEXT or DTEXT or DT (enter) (Note: if you don’t want
to change the
Justification and Style of the text proceed to step D.)
Select or type JUSTIFY (J) to change text justification (optional)
C. elect or type STYLE (S) to change text style (optional)
D. Pick a point
E. Type the text height (ex. 12 )
F. Type the rotation of the text. (ex. 0 )
JUSTIFY controls the justification of the text.
Enter an option
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2_CAD COMMANDS.pptx
- 1. AutoCAD Basic TOOLSand COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college
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- 5. DRAW COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION A. LinearCommands LINE L Draws individual or multiple line segments by picking several random points. POLYLINE PL Creates a 2D polyline, a single object that is composed of line and arc segments. (A 2D polyline is a connected sequence of segments created as a single planar object. You can create straight line segments, arc segments, or a combination of the two.) MLINE ML Creates multiple parallel lines. Use MLSTYLE command to change the Multiline Style settings.
- 6. DRAW COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION A. LinearCommands SKETCH - Creates a series of freehand line segments. It is useful for entering small maps outlines, signatures, or other freehand drawings. RAY - Creates semi-infinite lines commonly used as construction lines. A ray has a finite starting point and extends to infinity. XLINE XL Creates infinite lines, which are commonly used as construction lines.
- 7. DRAW COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION B. CurveCommands CIRCLE C Constructs circles of specified radius or diameter. ELLIPSE EL Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc. SPLINE SPL Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near a set of fit points, or that is defined by the vertices in a control frame.
- 8. DRAW COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION B. CurveCommands ARC A Creates an arc, default direction is counterclockwise. DONUT DO Close polyline composed of wide arc segments. REVCLOUD - Creates a polyline of sequential arcs to form a cloud-shaped object.
- 9. DRAW COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION C. SpecialCommands RECTANGLE REC Draws rectangular object. POLYGON POL Draws 2D with 3 to 1024 sides. All sides are equal and equidistant from the center. HATCH H Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill. A hatch pattern acts as one unit, unless when it is exploded.
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- 11. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION A. Commandsto Duplicate Object/s ARRAY AR Duplicate objects/entities using polar and rectangular options. COPY CO Duplicate objects within a drawing by defining a base point or displacement.
- 12. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION A. Commandsto Duplicate Object/s OFFSET O Copy objects that are similar and parallel to existing entities at a specified distance or through point. MIRROR MI Create a reverse image of selected objects.
- 13. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION B. Commandsto Modify Object/s Orientation MOVE M Relocate selected objects. ROTATE RO Rotate selected objects at a specified base point.
- 14. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION C. Commandsto Resize Object/s SCALE SC Shrink or enlarge selected objects. STRETCH S Resize selected portion of objects by using crossing window.
- 15. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION D. Commandsto Clean Corners FILLET F Round or clean the edges of two selected. CHAMFER CHA Allows you to draw an angled corner between two lines.
- 16. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION E. OtherModify Commands TRIM TR Cut objects from a specified cutting edge. EXTEND EX Lengthen lines and curves up to a specified boundary. BREAK BR Remove parts of objects.
- 17. MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION E. OtherModify Commands JOIN J Create one line, arc, elliptical arc, polyline or spline from multiple like objects. EXPLODE X Breaks a compound object into its component objects. MATCHPROP MA Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects.
- 18. A. Command toedit polylines and splines: PEDIT, EXPLODE and SPLINEDIT B. Command to change position of endpoints: TRIM, EXTEND, LENGTHEN, JOIN and GRIP C. Command to mark /measure linear and curve: POINT, DIVIDE and DISTANCE D. Use of grips: STRETCH, MOVE, ROTATE, COPY, SCALE and MIRROR E. Deleting and undeleting objects: ERASE, OOPS, UNDO and REDO/MREDO EDITING DRAW AND MODIFY COMMANDS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college
- 19. OTHER COMMANDS FOR EDITINGOBJECTS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college
- 20. OTHER COMMANDS FOREDITING OBJECTS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION LENGTHEN LEN Command to lengthen/shorten some linear and curves. Lengthen is an alternative to using TRIM or EXTEND Options: Delta - changes the length of an object by a specified increment Percent - sets the length of an object by a specified percentage of its total length. Total - sets the length of a selected object by specifying the total absolute length from the fixed endpoint. Dynamic - turns on Dynamic Dragging mode. You change the length of a selected object by dragging one of its endpoints.
- 21. OTHER COMMANDS FOREDITING OBJECTS Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college COMMANDS SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION POINT PO Create a point objects. Points can act as nodes to which you can snap objects. DDPTYPE - modifies point size and style. DISTANCE DI Measures the distance and angle between two points. ERASE E Erase objects from a drawing. ( or Select object/s and press DELETE button on your keyboard)
- 22. ACTIVITY Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college Direction: Use differentcommands to create different shapes and lines in AutoCAD.
- 23. Dimensioning, Leader Lineand Other Inquiry Commands Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college
- 24. Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college DIMENSIONS - arevisual representation to describe the size and location of each member of a structure. AutoCAD provides many ways to dimensions. You can create dimensions for a wide variety of object shapes in many different orientations.
- 25. Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college A dimension styleis a named collection of dimension settings that control the appearance of dimensions. You create dimension styles to specify the format of dimensions quickly, and to ensure that dimensions conform to standards. DIMENSION STYLES
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- 27. Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college TEXT is usedto label the various components of your drawing and to create the necessary shop or field noted for fabrication and construction of your design. It can be compressed, stretched, inclined, mirrored, or drawn in a vertical column by applying a style.
- 28. Types of TextCommand Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college 1. MTEXT (T, MT) creates several paragraphs of text as a single multiline text (MTEXT) object. With the built-in editor, you can format the text appearance, colors, spacing, justification, style, heigh, width, boundaries and other text attributes. Guide in using MTEXT Command: A. Command MTEXT (T, MT) (enter) B. Pick two (2) points at the drawing area. C. A TEXT EDITOR will appear.
- 29. Types of TextCommand Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college Guide in using TEXT EDITOR: 1. Font style 2. Height 3. Text color 4. Justification (left, right, center or middle) 5. Close Text Editor
- 30. Types of TextCommand Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college 2. TEXT or DTEXT (DT) creates a single-line text object. Using TEXT or DTEXT you can create one or more lines of text, where each text line is an independent object that you can move, format, or otherwise modify.
- 31. Types of TextCommand Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college Guide in using DTEXT Command: A. Command TEXT or DTEXT or DT (enter) (Note: if you don’t want to change the Justification and Style of the text proceed to step D.) Select or type JUSTIFY (J) to change text justification (optional) C. elect or type STYLE (S) to change text style (optional) D. Pick a point E. Type the text height (ex. 12 ) F. Type the rotation of the text. (ex. 0 ) JUSTIFY controls the justification of the text. Enter an option [Align/Fit/Center/Middle/Right/TL/TC/TR/ML/MC/MR /BL/BC/BR]:
- 32. Types of TextCommand Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college 3. ARC ALIGNED TEXT (ARCTEXT) creates an arc aligned text object that follows the curve of a selected arc. Guide in using ARCTEXT: 1. Draw an ARC. (Note: you cannot use ARCTEXT command without an arc) 2. Then command ARCTEXT. 3. And click the arc that you have created. (See Figure 14 to edit ArcAlignedText Workshop)
- 33. Types of TextCommand Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college
- 34. ACTIVITY Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college Direction: Based onthe image on the monitor, create four different arc text.
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- 36. ACTIVITY Drafting & CAD Technology Major for college Direction: Plot andprint your drawings on an A4-size piece of paper.
Editor's Notes
- #22 Point=pt open nodes on osnap
- #25 DIMENSIONING is the process of adding measurement annotation to a drawing.
- #26 Command: DIMSTYLE or D (enter) The Dimension Style Manager is displayed. - Creates new styles, sets the current style, modifies styles, sets overrides on the current style, and compares styles.