MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

AUTOCAD I (MEC 211)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WEEK 1: 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD DRAWING

1.1 STARTING AUTOCAD

1.2 AUTOCAD WINDOW

1.2.1 TOOL PALETTES:

1.2.2 MENU BAR

1.2.3: TOOLBARS

1.2.4 THE OBJECT SNAP MENU

1.3 COMMAND WINDOW

1.3.1 ENTER COMMANDS ON THE COMMAND LINE

1.3.2 ENTER SYSTEM VARIABLES ON THE COMMAND LINE

1.3.3 ENTER SYSTEM VARIABLES ON THE COMMAND LINE

1.3.4 SWITCH BETWEEN DIALOG BOXES AND THE COMMAND LINE

1.3.5 DOCK AND RESIZE THE COMMAND WINDOW

1.4: COMMAND ENTRY (ICONS, KEYBOARD AND MENUS)

1.5 SET INTERFACE OPTIONS

1.5.1 TO SET OPTIONS

1.6 SAVE AND RESTORE PROFILES

1.7 OVERVIEW OF OPENING DRAWINGS

1.8 OVERVIEW OF OPENING DRAWINGS

WEEK 2: 2.0 PRACTICE DRAWING USING LINE

2.1 SAVING YOUR WORK

2.2 PLOTTING YOUR WORK

WEEK 3: 3.0 PROPERTIES TOOLBAR

3.1 SETTING UP AUTOCAD ENVIRONMENT

3.1.1 SETTING UNITS

3.1.2 SETTING GRIDS AND SNAP

3.1.3 SETTING THE SCREEN LIMITS

WEEK 4: 4.0 THE X,Y CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM (2D DRAWING)

4.1 ANGULAR MEASUREMENT

4.2 ICONS, KEYSTROKES AND MENUS

4.3 TASK (1)

WEEK 5: 5.0DRAWING OBJECTS

5.1 DRAW TOOLBAR

5.1.1 LINES

5.1.2 THE LINE COMMAND

5.1.3 COMMAND SEQUENCE

5.2 THE CONSTRUCTION LINE COMMAND

5.2.1 COMMAND SEQUENCE

5.3 THE RAY COMMAND

5.4 THE POLYLINE FAMILY

5.4.1 THE POLYLINE COMMAND

WEEK 6: 6.0 THE RECTANGLE COMMAND

6.0.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

6.1: THE POLYGON COMMAND

6.1.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

6.2: THE CIRCLE COMMAND

6.2.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

6.3: THE ARC COMMAND

6.3.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

6.4: TASK (2)

WEEK 7: 7.0 MODIFYING OBJECTS

7.1: INTRODUCTION

7.2: THE COPY COMMAND

7.3: THE MIRROR COMMAND

7.4: THE OFFSET COMMAND

WEEK 8: 8.0 CONTINUATION OF MODIFYING OBJECTS

8.1: THE MOVE COMMAND

8.1.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

8.2: THE ROTATE COMMAND

8.3: TASK (3)

WEEK 9: 9.0 DIMENSIONING DRAWINGS

9.1: INTRODUCTION

9.2: THE LINEAR DIMENSION COMMANDS

9.3: THE CONTINUE DIMENSION COMMAND

9.4: THE DIAMETER DIMENSION COMMAND

9.4.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

9.5: THE RADIUS DIMENSION COMMAND

9.5.1: COMMAND SEQUENCE

WEEK 10: 10.0 OBJECT SNAPS

10.1: TEXT COMMAND

10.2: TASK (4)

WEEK 11: 11.0 SELECTING OBJECTS IN AUTOCAD

11.1: TO SUMMARIZE

11.2: OBJECT PROPERTIES

11.3: DIRECT DISTANCE ENTRY

WEEK 12: 12.0 POLAR TRACKING

12.1: OBJECT SNAP TRACKING

12.2: TASK (5)

WEEK 13: 13.0 SURFACE DEVELOPMENT METHODS

13.1: INTRODUCTION

13.2: TASK (6)

WEEK 14: 14.0 SURFACE DEVELOPMENT

14.1: RIGHT CONE

14.2: PATTERN DEVELOPMENT

14.3: TASK (7)

WEEK 15: 15.0 INTERSECTION OF CYLINDER

15.1: PERPENDICULAR INTERSECTION OF EQUALLY DIAMETERS CYLINDERS

15.2: PERPENDICULAR INTERSECTION OF UNEQUAL DIAMETERS CYLINDERS

15.3: TASK (8)