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GettingStarted

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Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD 2011, 1/eJames Bethune, 2011 Pearson Higher Education,Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All Rights Reserved.2

The AutoCAD Interface

Screen Format

This shows the initial AutoCAD drawing screen. It will appear when the program is firstaccessed. It shows an AutoCAD screen that uses the 2D Drafting & Annotation format


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AutoCAD FormatsAutoCAD has four screen formats. To change drawing

formats, click the arrow to the right of the heading 2DDrafting & Annotation in the Workspace Control box


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AutoCAD Formats Continued

n AutoCAD Classicn 2D Drafting & Annotationn 3D Modelingn 3D Basics

The different formats are intended to make creating a

drawing easier. Each format includes commands most oftenused with the type of drawing being created.


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To start a new drawing1. Click the large A, the Menu Browser, in theupper left corner of the drawing screen toaccess the Command Headings box. A listingof command headings will appear.

2. Click the New command. The Select

Template dialog box will appear

3. Select the acad template by double-

clicking the acad option.


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Select templateSelect the acad template by double-clicking the acad option.


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Thedrawing screen, or drawing editor

Drawings are created in this area.


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TABs AND PANELSThe headings across the top of the screen (Home, Insert, etc.) arecalled tabs, and the groupings of commandsunder the tabs arecalled panels.

PanelsTab


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Additional Commands

within a PanelAdditional

commands areavailable by

clicking thearrow to the rightof the panels

name


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Info Center Box

If you cannot find a commandor need further instructionsfor operating a particularcommand, use the

InfoCenter located at thetop right section of thescreen.


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THE COMMAND LINE BOX

The command line

box is used to

type in commands

that do not have

their own icons.

The command

line is also used to

enter values.


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COMMAND TOOLSA tool is a picture (icon) that represents an AutoCAD command.

Most commands have equivalent tools.

1. Locate the cursorarrow on the selected

tool (icon). In theexample shown, the

Line command toolwithin

the Draw panel was

selected.

2. Hold the arrow stillwithout pressing anymouse buttons.


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STARTING A NEW

DRAWINGThere are three ways to access

the Create New Drawing

dialog box that is used to name

a new drawing:

1. Select the New tool from

the Command Headings

box

2. Type the word new in

response to a commandprompt.

3. Hold down the key

and press N.


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NAMING A DRAWING

Any combination of

letters and numbers

may be used as a file

name.

symbols, such as

% and *, may not

be used

All AutoCAD drawing files will automatically have

the extension .dwg added to the given file name.


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To save a new drawing file

1. Click the large A in the

upper left corner of the

screen.

2. Select the Save As tool.

3. Enter the drawing name.

4. Select OK.


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DRAWING UNITS

AutoCAD can work in any of five different unit systems: scientific,

decimal, engineering, architectural, or fractional.

1. Select the Drawing Utilities heading in the

Command Headings box.

2. Select OK

To specify or to change the drawing units

3. Select architectural units by clicking the arrow to

the right of the Type box.

A listing of the five unit options will cascade down.

4. Select Architectural.Note that the Sample Output, located slightly below

the center of the Drawing Units box is in fractional

inches.5. Repeat the procedure and set the units back to

Decimal.


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Precision of the units system

Select degree precision"for angles here.

Select two decimalplaces.


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**** DRAWING LIMITS***

Drawing limits are used to set theboundaries of the drawing.

The drawing boundaries are usually

set to match the size of a sheet of

drawing paper.

1. Click the File, in the MenuBrowser, in the upper left corner of

the screen.2. Click the Print command. Then

you can change paper size from

Paper Size command.3. Click the Edit Page Setupfor modifications.


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Note:A sheet of paper can be sized to match standard sheet sizes

using the capabilities of the printer or plotter. Many printers

and plotters have built in scaling features, and some liststandard sheet sizes that can be applied to a drawing.


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Page Setup Manager

Click the Edit for modifications."

Click the File, the Menu

Browser, in the upper leftcorner of the screen"Click the Page!Setup Manager.


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Paper size box

Click the Paper sizebox."

A listing of available

paper sizes willcascade down."


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GRID AND SNAP

The Grid command

is used to place alined grid

background on the

drawing screen

The Snap commandlimits the movement

of the cursor to

predefined points on

the screen


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Define the drawing precision

Click the Format, Menu Browser

in the upper left corner of the

drawing screen and select the

Units command then the units

options.


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Calibrate the sheet size

1. Click the File Browserand select the Print

option,

then the Page Setup

option.

2. Click the Edit to modify.

3. Scroll down the available

Paper size options

4. Click OK.


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The Save and Save As commands

1. Click the File Browserin the upper left corner of

the drawing screen and

select the Save As option

appears.

2. Save the drawing on

the driver and enter a

new file name,

3. Click the Save box.


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OPENThe Open command is used to call up an existing drawingso that you may continue working on it, or revise it.


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CLOSE

The Close command allows you to close the current drawing.

Click the File Browser, click Close for close current drawing.

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