Introduction to AutoCAD Topics
Introduction
CAD Overview
CAD Applications
Floating point vs. integer based CAD software
Hardware requirements
Windows User Interface
Command line
File menu
Utility menu
Screen menu
Pull-down menu
Icon menu
Tablet menu
Button menu
Auxiliary menu
Dialog boxes
Keyboard
Getting Started
CAD database concepts
Entities supported
Starting AutoCAD
Methods for specifying coordinate points
Draw lines
On-line help
Save, End, Quit
2D Drawing Commands
Point
Line
Circle
Arc
Hatch
Plus others
2D Editing Commands
Change
Chprop
Erase
Redraw
Copy
Move
U and Undo
Plus others
Selecting Objects
Picking
Last
Previous
Window
Crossing
Automatic
CPolygon
WPolygon
Fence
All
Setting up a Prototype Drawing
Units
Object size, paper size, scale
Drawing limits & plotter clipping limits
Border & title block
System variables
Default layers
Inquiry Commands
Id
list
status
Utilities
Directory
Copy files
Erase files
Rename files
Plotting
Select objects or drawing area to plot
Set scale
Preview
Plotter settings
Using Object Snap
Temporary setting
Permanent setting
Text Fonts and Styles
Text, Dtext, Qtext
Style
Ddedit
Change text
Blocks
Block
Wblock
Insert
Explode
Symbol Libraries (discussion only)
Blocks
Shapes
Parametric programming
Duplicating Entities
Polar array
Rectangular array
Minsert
Copy multiple
Dimensioning
Linear dimensions
Angular dimensions
Setting tolerances
Alternate units
Associative dimensions
Using AutoCAD Efficiently
AutoCAD Information Sources
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