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1. Welcome to the WORLD of AutoCAD

2. Who is Mr. AutoCAD?
 The Word AutoCAD is made up of two words “Auto(logo of
company)”and CAD “(computer aided design)”.
 Engineering Designing Software.
• 2D and 3D computer-aided drafting software.
 Useful for Mechanical, Civil and Architectural Fields.
 Use to Create Blueprints, Floor Plans, 3D models, and
Detailed Construction Drawings and Documents.

3. Initial CAD Software
• Designed to take basic
geometric shapes and
manipulate them into a
specific design.
• Launched first in 1957 by
General Motors and
other in 1960 by
McDonnell Douglas
Automation Company.
Difference Between CAD & AutoCAD
AutoCAD Software
• Designed to take complex
and detailed designs.
• Developed by Autodesk,
Inc., in 1982, to aid
programmers in all
aspects of 2D and 3D
design.

4. Coordinate systems
UCS Command 2D
Drawing Commands
Modifying Commands
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AutoCAD Interface
Agen
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3
4
5

5. Texting and Status Bar
Layers and their properties
AutoCAD Blocks
Attributes
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Dimensioning
Agen
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8
9
10

6. Hyperlink objects
Parametric Functions
Creating Groups
Parametric Functions
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External Reference
Agen
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7. Convert to PDF
Fields and Properties
16 Express Tools Agen
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3D Modeling UCS
Views and Visual Styles

8. Sectioning
Surface Modeling and editing
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Solid Editing and Boolean
tools Agen
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Mesh Modeling and editing
Camera, Material, Render, light
and animation

9. AutoCAD Interface
APPLICATION BUTTON
Quick access Toolbar
Workspace Settings
Drawing Name
.dwg - format
Information Centre
PANELS
TABS
CROSSHAIR
Views and Visual Styles DRAWING SPACE
UCSICON
STATUS BAR
COMMAND LINE
Drawing Space manager
Drawing Space Coordinates
TOOLS or RIBBONS
VIEW CUBE
Coordinate System
Name

10. COORDINATE SYSTEMS
• World Coordinate System
(WCS)
• User Coordinate System (UCS)
MODELS
• Absolute Coordinate System
• Relative Coordinate System
• Polar Coordinate System
TYPES Absolute CS
Relative CS
Polar CS
0,0 10,0
@0,10@10<180
Rubber Line

11. Drawing Commands
• LINE
• RECTANGLE
• CIRCLE
• POLYLINE
• ARC
• ELLIPSE
• POLYGON
• SPLINE, CONST, RAY
• POINT
• DIVIDE & MEASURE
• HATCH & GRADIENT

12. HATCH, GRADIENT n BOUNDARY
• From Draw Panel.
• Write H on Command Line for Hatching and
Gradient.
• Write BO on Command Line for Boundary.Hatching
Gradient

13. Modifying COMMANDS
• MOVE
• ROTATE
• COPY
• MIRROR
• STRETCH
• SCALE
• TRIM & EXTENT
• FILLET, CHAMFER,
BLEND
• ARRAY
• PEDIT & EXPLODE
• BREAK
• JOINT
• ALLIGN, OFFSET
• ERASE

14. • F3 - OSNAP ON/OFF
• F4 - 3D OSNAP ON/OFF
• F5 - ISOPLANE
• F6 - DYNAMIC UCS ON/OFF
• F7 - GRID ON/OFF
• F8 - ORTHO ON/OFF
• F9 - SNAP ON/OFF
• F10 - POLAR TRACKING ON/OFF
• F11 - OBJECT SNAP TRACKING
F1-HELP
F2- DRAWING HISTORY
Write DS for Drafting Setting Dialog
Box:-

15. STATUS BAR Settings

16. LAYERS and LAYER PROPERTIES
• The concept of Layers is very important in AutoCAD and
the correct use of layers can make your drawing much
easier to work with. Basically, layers are the computer
equivalent of tracing overlays on a drawing board.
However, layers are much more powerful because you can
have many layers in a single drawing and you can control
the visibility, color and linetype of layers independently.
This makes working with very complicated drawings much
more efficient. Layers are effectively a way of ordering
your drawing.
• Write LA on Command Line.
Default Layer
New Layer

17. Extrude
• Draw the object.
• Type EXTRUDE or Click on Extrude on
Modeling Panel
2D Wireframe Style
Conceptual Style

18. Sweep
• Draw the path.
• Draw the object.
• Pick the SWEEP
Path
Object Conceptual View
2D Wireframe View

19. Revolve
• Draw the object.
• Draw the axis of revolution.
• Pick the REVOLVE.
Object
Axis Line

20. Loft
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