Commands

(1) METHOD TO APPROACH A COMMAND IN CAD 1) COMMAND PROMPT AREA 2)SCREEN MENU AREA 3)POP UP MENU 4)STANDARD TOOL BAR

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM IN CAD: 1)ABSOLUTE CO ORDINATE SYSTEM 2)RELATIVE RECTANGLE CO ORDINATE SYSTEM 3)RELATIVE POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEM

ABSOLUTE COORDINATE SYSTEM: IN THIS SYSTEM THE OBJECTS ARE DRAWN WITH REFERENCE TO THE ORGIN. FORMAT:X,Y

RELATIVE RECTANGLE COORDINGATE SYSTEM: IN THIS SYSTEM THE OBJECTS ARE DRAWN WITH REFERENCE TO THE PREVIOUS POINT.

FORMAT:@X,Y

THE DEFAULT SCREEN AREA IN ENGLISH OR IMPERIAL SYSTEM IS 12X9 AND ITS UNITS ARE IN FEETS & INCHES.THE DEFAULT SCREEN AREA IN METRIC SYSTEM IS 420X297 AND ITS UNITS ARE IN MM

COMMANDS LINE (L): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN FROM ONE POINT TO OTHER POINT BY SPECIFYING THE COORDINATED THE POINTS. OPTIONS: UNDO, CLOSE ERASE (E): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ERASE THE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN,

(2) RELATIVE POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEM: IN THIS SYSTEM OBJECTS ARE DRAWN WITH REFERENCE TO THE PREVIOUS POINT BY SIMPLY SPECIFYING THE DISTANCE AND ANGLE.

FORMAT: @ DISTANCE < ANGLE

ORTHO: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES BY SIMPLY SPECIFYING THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION.

OSNAP: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APROCH POINTS LIKE END POINT, MID POINT, CENTER POINT, INTERSECTION, EXTENSION POINT AND ALSO USED TO CREATE PARALLEL, PERPENDICULAR AND TANGENT LINES.

(3) RECTANGLE (REC): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE RECTANGLES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN BY SPECIFYINGTHE CO ORDINATES OF THE OPPOSITE CORNERS.

OPTIONS: [CHAMFER/ELEVATION/FILLET/THICKNESS/WIDTH]

CIRCLE(C):THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE CIRCLES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN BY SPECIFYING THE CENTER POINT AND RADIUS. OPTIONS: [3P/2P/TTR (TAN TAN RADIUS)]

POLYGON(POL):THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE POLYGONS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OF SIDES RANGING FROM 3-1024 NUMBER OF SIDES.

OPTIONS:CENTER METHOD, EDGE METHOD.

ARC(A): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN CENTER,RADIUSAND WITH THE MAXIMUM ANGLE OF 359,99 DEGREES

DONUT(DO):THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE DONUT OR DUFNUTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN. THE GIVEN INSIDE AND OUT SIDE DIA.

FILL: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE'ON AND OFF' OF FILLING OF SOLIDS WITHIN THE OBJECTS. OPTIONS:ON/OFF.

STEPS TO CREATE A RECTANGLE :

Step1 :enter the command "rec"

Step2 :2,2

Step3 :@6,4

Steps to create a rectangle using chamfer :


Step2 :enter "c" to choose chamfer option

Step3 :enter "1" (i.e first chamfer distance)

Step4 :enter "1" (i.e second chamfer distance)

Step5 : 2,2

Step6 : @6,4

STEPS TO CREATE A RECTANGLE USING FILLET :


Step2 :enter "f" to choose fillet option

Step3: enter "1" (i.e. fillet radius)

Step4: 2,2

Step5: @6,4

Steps to create a rectangle using width :


Step2 :enter "w" to choose width option

Step3: enter "0.2" (i.e. width for rectangle)

Step4: 2,2

Step5: @6,4

Steps to create a circle using center radius:

Step1 :enter the command "c"

Step2 :enter "5,5" (i.e. center point)

Step3: enter "3" (i.e. radius of circle)

Steps to create a circle using center dia:

Step1: enter the command "c"

Step2: choose the option cen dia

Step3: enter "5,5" (i.e. center point)

Step4: enter "3" (i.e. diameter of circle)

Steps to create a circle using 2point:

Create a line of length 5 using ortho

1 5 2


Step2: choose the option 2point

Step3: click on 1

Step4: click on 2

Steps to create a circle using 3point:

Create a triangle on base length 5 and height 3. 3

3

1 2 5


Step2: choose the option 3point

Step3: click on 1

Step4: click on 2

Step5: click on 3

Steps to create a circle using TTR (Tan Tan Radius):

Create a triangle on base length 5 and height 3.


Step2: choose the option TTR

Step3: click on 1

Step4: click on 2

Step5: enter 1 (I.e. radius of circle)

Steps to create a circle using TTT (Tan Tan Tan):

Create a triangle on base length 5 and height 3.


Step2: choose the option TanTanTan

Step3: click on 1

Step4: click on 2

Step5: click on 3

STEPS TO CREATE POLYGON USING INSCRIBED CIRCLE OPTION:

Step1: enter the command pol

Step2: enter no. of sides 5

Step3: enter center point 5,5 Step4: enter i to choose inscribed option

Step5: enter the radius 3

STEPS TO CREATE POLYGON USING Circumscribed CIRCLE OPTION:



Step3: enter center point 5,5

Step4: enter c to choose circumscribed option

Step5: enter the radius 3

STEPS TO CREATE POLYGON USING EDGE METHOD:



Step3: enter E to choose edge option

Step4: enter 2,2 to specify the first end point.

Step5: enter @3,0 to specify the second end point.

(4)MOVE(M): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN FROM ONE POINT TO OTHER POINT WITH THE GIVEN BASE POINT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

COPY(CO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY SELECTED OBJECTS FROM ONE POINT TO OTHER POINT WITH THE GIVEN BASE POINT. MULTIPLE OPTION IS USED TO COPY MULTIPLE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OFFSET(O): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE PARALLEL LINE OR ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN OFFSET DISTANCE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

TRIM(TR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE A PART OF AN OBJECTS UPTO THE GIVEN BOUNDARY.

EXTEND (EX): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EXTEN THE SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN UPTO THE GIVEN BOUNDARIES.

ZOOM(Z): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW ALL THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING .

OPTIONS:ALL, CENTER, DYNAMIC, EXTENTS, PREVIOUS, SCALE, WINDOW, REAL TIME

PAN(P): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE THE DRAWING SCREEN IN BOTH HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL DIRECTIONS

(5) MIRROR(MI):THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MIRROR THE SELECTED OBJECTS ABOUT THE GIVEN MIRROR LINE. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SOURCE OBJECT AND MIRROR LINE IS MAINTAINED THE SAME FOR THE MIRRORED OBJECT ALSO.

ROTATE(RO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ROTATE THE SELECTED THE OBJECTS ABOVE THE GIVEN BASE POINT TO THE GIVEN ANGLE.

FILLET(F): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY FILLET BETWEEN TWO SELECTED OBJECTS TO THE GIVEN RADIUS. OPTIONS: [POLYLINE/RADIUS/TRIM]

CHAMFER(CHA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY CHAMFER BETWEEN TWO SELECTED OBJECTS TO THE GIVEN DISTANCE&ANGLE. OPTIONS: [POLYLINE/DISTANCE/ANGLE/TRIM/METHOD]

LINETYPE(LT): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY OR CHANGE THE CURRENT LINE TYPE OF THE OBJECTS TO BE DRAWN ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN STYLE.

COLOR (COL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY OR CHANGE THE CURRENT COLOR OF THE OBJECTS TO BE DRAWN ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN COLOR . THE TOTAL COLOR RANGE IS FROM 1-255. STANDARD COLORS ARE FROM 1-9 AND GREY SHADES ARE FROM 250-255.

UCSICON : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE POSITION OF UCSICON ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OPTIONS: ON, OFF, ALL , NOORIGIN, ORIGIN.

(6) REDO: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CANCELTHE UNDO OPERATION IN CAD. IT HAS ONLY ONE ACTION AND IT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE UNDO COMMAND.

UNDO (U): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CANCEL THE LAST OPERATION IN CAD .WE CAN UNDO FOR UNLIMITED NO OF TIMES.

BREAK (BR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO BREAK THE SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN FROM ONE POINTT TO THE OTHER POINT. IT IS ALSO USED TO BREAK SELECTED OBJECTS INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES.

SCALE (SC): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REDUCE OR INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN TO THE GIVEN SCALE FACTOR.

ARRAY (AR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY THE SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWINGN SCREEN IN BOTH RECTANGULAR AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS.

OPTIONS: RECTANGULAR, POLAR

(7) OOPS: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RETRIVE THE LAST ERASED OBJECT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

LT SCALE (LTS): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE PITCH OF THE LINE TYPES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

LINE WEIGHT (LW): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY LINE WEIGHTS TO THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

BLIPMODE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ON AND OFF THE BLIP MARKS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

REDRAW(R): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE THE BLIPMARKS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN.

REGEN (RE): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SMOOTHEN THE VIEWS OF OBJECTS LIKE ARCS AND CIRCLES WHEN ZOOMED IN.

ELLIPSE (EL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE ELLIPSE OF ELLIPTICAL ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OPTIONS: AXIS METHOD, CENTER METHOD

BHATCH (BH): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY HATCH WITHIN THE CLOSED OBJECTS WITH THE GIVEN STYLE, SCALE AND ROTATION ANGLES.

HATCH EDIT (HE): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING HATCH ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

BOUNDARY (BO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE BOUNDARY AT THE SPECIFIED REGION USING PICK POINTS. NOW THIS BOUNDARY CAN BE COPIED SEPARATELY ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

(8) TEXT(DT): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PLACE TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN STYLE ,HEIGHT AND ROTATION ANGLE.

OPTIONS : JUSTIFY ,STYLE

EXPRESSIONS:

%% c IMPLIES DIAMETER %% d IMPLIES DEGREE %% p IMPLIES PLUS ,MINUS

DEDIT(ED): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

STYLE(ST): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE NEW TEXT STYLE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

MTEXT(T) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE PARAGRAPH TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

(9) LAYER(LA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS LIKE OBJECTS, CENTERLINES,HATCH ,DIMENSION,TEXT ON THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS:ON,OFF,FREEZE,THAW,LOCK,UNLOCK,PLOT,UNPLOT, COLOR,LTYPE,LINEWEIGHT ETC

SELECTION METHODS: THERE ARE 17 METHODS TO SELECT AN OBJECT IN AUTOCAD

OPTIONS: WINDOW, LAST, CROSSING, BOX, ALL, FENCE, WPOLYGON, CPOLYGON, GROUP, CLASS, ADD, REMOVE, MULTIPLE, PREVIOUS, UNDO, AUTO, SINGLE.

(10) FUNCTION KEYS: F1 - HELP F2 - TEXT SCEEN ON,OFF F3 - OSNAP ON,OFF F4 - TABLET ON ,OFF F5 - ISO PLANES TOP ,RIGHT ,LEFT F6 - CO-ORDINATES ON,OFF F7 - GRID ON ,OFF F8 - ORTHO ON,OFF F9 - SNAP ON,OFF F10 - POLAR ON, OFF F11 - OTRACK ON, OFF

ISO PLANE (F5 ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE CURSOR TO ISOMETRIC PLANES TO CREATE ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS.

(11) ID: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO IDENTIFY THE CO-ORDINATES OF THE SELECTED POINT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

LIST (LI) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

DBLIST: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO LIST THE GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF ALL THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

DISTANCE (DI) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO RELATED POINTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

MATCH PROP(MA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY THE PROPERTIES OF ONCE SELECTED OBJECTS TO THE DESTINATION OBJECT

PLINE(PL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE POLYLINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS : ARC , CLOSE ,HALFWIDTH ,LENGTH ,UNDO ,WIDTH

POINT(PO ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE POINTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN AT THE SPECIFIED LOCATION

DDPTYPE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE STYLE AND SIZE OF THE POINTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

XPLODE (X) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONVERT A POLYLINE OBJECT INTO INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS.

(12)XLINE (XL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE INFINITE LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OPTIONS : HOR ,VER , ANG , BISECT , OFFSET

RAY : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE SEMI INFINITE LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

PEDIT(PE ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING POLYLINE OBJECT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OPTIONS : CLOSE ,JOIN , WIDTH , EDIT VERTEX , FIT , SPLINE , DECURVE , LTYPE GEN, UNDO SKETCH : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE FREE HAND SKETCH ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN INCREMENT OPTIONS : PEN ,EXIT , QUIT , RECORD , ERASE ,CONNECT

SKPOLY : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE SKETCHED LINES AS POLYLINE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN BY CHANGING THE VALUES FROM 0 TO1

CHANGE (CH) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE PROPERTIES LIKE COLOR ,LINE TYPE ,LTSCALE ,ETC OF SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

STATUS : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

PURGE (PU) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE THE UNUSED LINETYPES ,TEXT STYLES ,PLOTS ETC FROM THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN.

(13)MLINE (ML ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE MULTILINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN STYLE AND SCALE OPTIONS: JUSTIFICATION ,SCALE AND STYLE

MLSTYLE : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE NEW MULTILINE STYLES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OPTIONS : ELEMENT PROPERTIES,MULTIPLE PROPERTIES

MLEDIT : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING MULTILINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN. OPTIONS: OPEN CROSS,MERGED CROSS,CLOSED CROSS,OPEN TEE, MERGED TEE, CLOSED TEE,CORNER JOINT, ADD VERTEX, DELETE VERTEX,CUT SINGLE, CUT ALL, WELD ALL.

AREA(A) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE AREA OF A CLOSED OBJECT. OPTIONS: OBJECT , ADD ,SUBTRACT

REVCLOUD : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE 2D CLOUDS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE ARC LENGTH. OPTIONS: ARC LENGTH, OBJECT.

(14)MULTIPLE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REPEAT A GIVEN COMMAND FOR MULTIPLE NO. OF TIMES

BLOCK(B): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO STORE THE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN TO A BLOCK WHICH CAN BE RE-CALLED AT ANY TIME ON TO THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN OPTIONS : RETAIN ,CONVERT TO BLOCK ,DELETE

INSERT(I) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT THE BLOCKS ON TO THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN BASE POINT ,SCALE FACTOR AND ROTATION ANGLE.

WBLOCK(W): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE BLOCKS WITH SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN WHICH CAN BE RECALLED AT ANY TIME IN ANY OTHER DRAWING FILE

MINSERT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT THE BLOCKS ONTO THE DRAWING SCREEN IN BOTH ROW WISE AND COLUMN WISE

UNITS (UN) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE CURRENT UNITS TO INCHES ,FEETS, METERS,KMS ,YARDS ,ETC ON THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

(15) ATTDEF (ATT): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ATTACH TAGS TO THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN. OPTIONS: PRESET,VERIFY,CONSTANT,INVISIBLE

ATTEDIT (ATE): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING ATTRIBUTES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

ATTDISP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE DISPLAY OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN. OPTIONS: ON/OFF/NORMAL.

TIME : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE TOTAL DRAWING TIME OF THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE,IT IS ALSO USED TO RESET THE TIME TO ZERO.

(16)ADCENTER(ADC) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT STANDARD ENGINEERING COMPONENTS ON TO THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

ADCCLOSE :THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CLOSE THE ADCENTER DIALOUGE BOX

RENAME (REN) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RENAME THE EXISTING LINETYPES ,LAYERS ,BLOCKS ,VIEWS ETC ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

VIEW(V): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO STORE A PARTICULAR VIEW TO THE GIVEN NAME WHICH CAN BE RECALLED AT ANY TIME ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

DSVIEWER : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE ARERIAL VIEW OF THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

VIEWRES: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE RESOLUTION OF OBJECTS LIKE ARCS AND CIRCLES TO THE MAXIMUM OF 20,000 UNITSLIMIT

SPLINE (SPL) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE SPLINES OR SMOOTH ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

DWGPROPS : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW DRAWING PROPERTIES OF THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

LENGTHEN(LEN ): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MODIFY THE EXISTING LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OPTIONS : DELTA , PERCENT ,TOTAL ,DYNAMIC

GROUP(G): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO STORE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN TO A GROUP WHICH CAN BE CALLED AT ANY TIME

(17)CAL: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CALCULATE THE ARITHMETIC EXPRESSIONS BETWEEN THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE EXPRESSIONS RAD : RADIUS OF ARCS OR CIRCLES DEE : DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO END POINTS MEE : MID POINT BETWEEN TWO END POINTS

FILTER(FI) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SELECT THE OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN HAVING SPECIFIC PROPERTIES

COPYCLIP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY THE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN AND PLACE IT INTO THE CLIP BOARD

COPYHIST: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY A HISTORY OF COMMANDS WHICH ARE USED IN THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE INTO THE CLIP BOARD

COPYBASE : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY THE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN AND PLACE IT INTO THE CLIPBOARD WITH THE GIVEN BASE POINT

CUTCLIP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN INTO CLIPBOARD

PASTE CLIP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PASTE THE OBJECTS FROM THE CLIPBOARD ONTO DRAWING SCREEN

PASTE BLOCK: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PASTE THE OBJECTS FROM THE CLIPBOARD AS A BLOCK

PASTESPEC(PA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PASTE THE TEXT FROM THE CLIPBOARD ON TO THE DRAWING SCREEN

SPELL (SP): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHECK SPELLINGS OF THE SELECTED TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

FIND: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE SPECIFIED TEXT FROM THE DRAWING SCEEN AND REPLACE WITH ANOTHER TEXT

DIVIDE(DIV): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DIVIDE THE SELECTED OBJECT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN TO THE GIVEN NO OF SEGMENTS

MEASURE(ME): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DIVIDE THE SELECTED OBJECT ON DRAWING SCREEN TO THE GIVEN MEASUREMENT

(18)XREF (XR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ATTACH EXTERNAL REFERENCE FILES ONTO THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

REFEDIT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT EXTERNAL REFERENCE FILES FROM THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

XCLIP(XC) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CLIP THE EXTERNAL REFERENCE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

SHELL (SH): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE TO DOS SCREEN WHILE WORKING IN CAD

RECOVER : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RECOVER THE DAMAGED FILE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

LOGFILEON , LOGFILEOFF: THESE COMMANDS ARE USED TO CREATE SEPARATE LOG FILES FOR THE COMMANDS USED IN THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE

AUTOCAD 3D

(19) 3D OBJECTS CAN BE REPRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING METHODS

1) WIRE FRAME MODEL (COMPOSED OF LINES AND ARCS ) 2)SURFACE MODEL (COMPOSED OF ONLY SURFACES ) 3)SOLID MODEL (COMPOSED OF OBJECTS HAVING MASS AND VOLUME )

V POINT: IT IS USED TO VIEW THE OBJECT IN DIFFERENT ORTHOGRAPHIC AND ISOMETRIC VIEW

ORTHOGRAPHIC : ISOMETRIC TOP VIEW : 0,0,1 BOTTOM : 0,0,-1 LEFT : -1,0,0 RIGHT : 1,0,0 FRONT : 0,-1,0 BACK : 0,1,0 SW : -1,-1,-1 SE : 1,-1,1 NE : 1,1,1 NW : -1,1,1

HIDE (HI) : IT HIDES SHADING AND BACKFACES OF SOLID MODEL

SHADE : IT APPLIES SHADING TO SURFACE AND SOLID OBJECTS

SHADE MODE(SHA): IT REPRESENTS 3D OBJECT EITHER IN WIREFRAME OR WITH SHADING

THICKNESS (TH): IT APPLIES THICKNESS TO 2D OBJECTS IN Z- DIRECTION

ELEVATION : IT IS USED TO CREATE OBJECTS AT A GIVEN HEIGHT I.E. WITH THE GIVEN DISTANCE ABOVE THE XY PLANE.

3D ORBIT /3D CO-ORBIT (CONTINUES ORBIT ): IT IS USED TO VIEW THE OBJECT IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE VIEWS

(20) 3D POLY (3P): IT IS USED TO CREATE 3D POLYLINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

RULESURF: IT CREATES SURFACE BETWEEN TWO SELECTED CURVES

TABSURF: IT CREATES SURFACE WITH SELECTED OBJECT ALONG THE GIVEN PATH

EDGESURF: IT CREATES SURFACE WITH INTERSECTING INDIVIDUAL EDGES

REVSURF: IT CREATES REVOLVED SURFACE ALONG THE GIVEN AXIS TO GIVEN ANGLE

SURFTAB 1 : IT CONTROLS NO. OF CONNECTING LINES IN X DIRECTION

SURFTAB 2: IT CONTROLS NO. OF CONNECTING LINES IN Y DIRECTION

3D FACE/P FACE: IT CONVERTS A 2D OBJECT TO A SURFACE MODEL

3D : IT CREATES THE FOLLOWING 3D SURFACES BOX , CONE , DISH ,DOME,MESH ,PYRAMID, SPHERE ,TORUS ,WEDGE

(21)SOLID COMMANDS: BOX, SPHERE ,CYLINDER ,CONE ,WEDGE ,TORUS

EXTRUDE(EXT) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ADD MATERIAL TO A CLOSED 2D POLYLINE OBJECT IN Z- DIRECTION TO THE GIVEN DEPTH AND TAPER ANGLE

BOOLEAN OPERATIONS:

UNION (UNI): IT CREATES COMPOUND OBJECT FROM THE SELECTED SOLIDS

SUBTRACT(SU): IT SUBTRACTS THE SELECTED SOLID FROM THE PARENT OBJECT

INTERSECT(IN): IT SELECTS THE COMMON PORTION FROM THE SELECTED SOLIDS

INTERFERE(INF): IT SELECTS THE COMMON PORTION FROM THE SELECTED SOLIDS WITHOUT DISTURBING IT

(22) UCS: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF XY PLANE IN THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS: NEW/MOVE/ORTHOGRAPHIC/PREV/RESTORE/SAVE/DEL/APPLY/WORLD

PATH: UCS NEW FACE SELECT THE FACE ENTER

(23)ROTATE 3D: IT ROTATES THE 3D OBJECT ALONG GIVEN AXIS OPTIONS: [Object/Last/View/Xaxis/Yaxis/Zaxis/2points

MIRROR 3D : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MIRROR 3D OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN ABOVE THE XYZ PLANES

OPTIONS : OBJECT/LAST/ZAXIS/VIEW/XY/YZ/ZX/3POINTS

3DARRAY(3A) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ARRAY THE 3D OBJECT IN BOTH RECTANGULAR AND POLAR DIRECTIONS USING X,Y,Z PLANES

PLAN: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE XY PLANE OF THE CURRENT UCS.

REGION(REG) : IT CONVERTS CLOSED 2D OBJECTS INTO 3D POLYLINES OBJECTS.

(24)SLICE(SL) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SLICE THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN ABOUT THE GIVEN XYZ PLANES OPTIONS : OBJECT/ZAXIS/VIEW/XY/YZ/ZX/3POINTS

SECTION(SEC) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE SECTION OF 3D OBJECT AT THE SPECIFIED LOCATION OPTIONS: OBJECT/ZAXIS/VIEW/XY/YZ/ZX/3POINTS

(25) SOLIDEDIT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT EXISTING OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OPTIONS: FACE ,EDGE ,BODY

(26)MASSPROP: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE MASS PROPERTIES OF THE SELECTED OBJECTS TO FIND MASS DENSITY ,VOLUME ,M.I.,RADIUS OF GYRATION ,CENTROID ,PRINCIPLE MOMENTS ETC.

DVIEW (DV): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE 3D OBJECTS DYNAMICALLY ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS: CAMERA/TARGET/DISTANCE/POINTS/PAN/ZOOM/TWIST/CLIP/HIDE/OFF/ UNDO

RMAT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TOAPPLY RENDER MATERIALS TO THE OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN

RENDER (RR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE APPLIED RENDER MATERIALS TO THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

BACKGROUND: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY BACKGROUND COLORS TO THE 3D OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

FOG: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY FOG TO THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWINGS

(27) LIGHT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FOCUS LIGHTS ON TO THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OPTIONS: POINT,SPOT,DISTANT LIGHT

REVOLVE(REV): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REVOLVE A 2D POLYLINE OBJECT ABOUT THE GIVEN AXIS TO THE GIVEN ANGLE TO FORM SOLID

VPORTS: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE 3 D OBJECTS IN DIFFERENT VIEWS IN DIFFERENT VPORTS

SCENE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE ON & OFF OF DIFFERENT LIGHTS TO BE FOCUED ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

LSNEW: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT LANDSCAPE OBJECTS ON THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

(28)MSLIDE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE THE SLIDE OF THE CURRENT VIEW ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

VSLIDE : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE SLIDES CREATED USING MSLIDE COMMAND.

DELAY: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DELAY THE EXECUTION OF COMMANDS THE GIVEN TIME IN MILLISECONDS

RSCRIPT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REPEAT THE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS WRITTEN IN A NOTEPAD FOR MULTIPLE NO OF TIMES

SCRIPT(SCR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RUN A SCRIPT FILE WRITTEN IN A NOTEPAD AND SAVED WITH EXTENSION FILE NAME .SCR .

RESUME: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RESUME AN INTERRUPTED SCRIPT FILE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

IMAGE(IM): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ATTACH IMAGES ON TO THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

IMAGE FRAME: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE ON & OFF THE FRAME AROUND THE IMAGE

IMAGE ADJUST(IAD) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS ,CONTRAST AND FADE OF THE IMAGE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

IMAGE QUALITY: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE QUALITY OF IMAGE TO HIGH AND DRAFT

IMAGE CLIP(ICL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CLIP THE IMAGES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

(29)CREATION OF SIMPLE LINE TYPES:

SYNTAX:

*LT NAME ,DESCRIPTION A, LT CODES

LTCODES: + VE VALUES INDICATES PENDOWN - VE VALUES INDICATES PENUP ZERO INDICATES DOT(.)

CREATION OF COMPLEX LINE TYPES:

SYNTAX:

*LT NAME ,DESCRIPTION A, LT CODES ,[ TEXT ,TEXT STYLE ,SCALE FACTOR,ROTATION ANGLE ,X-OFFSET ,Y-OFFSET] ,LTCODES

(30) CREATION TOOLBARS:

PATH : VIEW- TOOLBARS-NEW-ENTER NEW NAME -CUSTOMIZE -DRAG THE REQUIRED ITEMS -CLOSE

CREATION OF SHORTCUT KEYS:

PATH: NOTEPAD - FILE OPEN - C/PROGRAM FILES /ACAD 2000 /SUPPORT/ACAD.PGP-ENTER THE NEW COMMAND-FILE SAVE - FILE EXIT - ENTER REINIT " COMMAND -OK - RUN THE COMMAND

MENU LOAD :

THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ADD OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE POP UP OR PULL DOWN MENU

IMPORT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO IMPORT ANY DRAWINGS FROM THE OTHER SOFTWARES TO CAD

BMP OUT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EXPORT THE SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN TO OTHER SOFTWARE FILES.

(31) STEPS TO TAKE 2D PRINT OUT: ENTER THE COMMAND PLOT CLICK ON PLOT DEVICE CHOOSE THE REQUIRED PLOT DRIVE CLICK ON PLOT SETTINGS SELECT THE REQUIRED PAPER SIZE CHOOSE CENTRE THE PLOT , AND EXTENTS CHOOSE LANDSCAPE OR PORTRAIT OPTION CLICK ON FULL PREVIEW OK

STEPS TO TAKE 3D PRINT OUTS

ENTER THE COMMAND LAYOUT CHOOSE TEMPLATE OPTION

SELECT THE REQUIRED PAPER SIZE CLICK ON THE NEWLY CREATED LAYOUT ERASE THE OBJECTS FROM THE PAPER SPACE USING LAST OPTION ENTER THE COMMAND MODEL VIEW (MV) CHOOSE "4" OPTION AND PLACE THE VIEWS ON THE PAPER SPACE ENTER THE COMMAND MODEL SPACE (MS) AND CLICK ON THE REQUIRED VIEW AND SET THE REQUIRED VIEW. ENTER THE COMMAND PAPER SPACE (PS) TO COME OUT OF THE MODEL SPACE ENTER THE COMMAND PLOT AND CLICK ON OK.

COMMANDS:

LAYOUT (LO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE NEW PAPER SPACE TO SET THE REQUIRED VIEWS. OPTIONS: Copy/Delete/New/Template/Rename/Save as/Set

MODELVIEW (MV): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PLACE THE REQUIRED NO. OF VIEWS ON THE PAPER SPACE. OPTIONS: ON/OFF/Fit/Hideplot/Lock/Object/Polygonal/Restore/2/3/4 MODELSPACE(MS); THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE THE MODEL SPACE WHILE WORKING IN PAPER SPACE

PAPERSPACE(PS): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE TO PAPER SPACE WHILE WORKING IN MODEL SPACE.

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