Auto Cad 2000 Tutorial
Auto Cad 2000 Tutorial
Auto Cad 2000 Tutorial
AutoCAD Tutorial # 1
09/24/2004
Prepared by: Nidhi Vaid for Great Cities Urban Data Visualization Lab, UIC
Email: [email protected]
When you start AutoCAD, the AutoCAD window opens. The window is your
design workspace. It contains elements that you use to create your designs and
to receive information about them. The following illustration shows the main parts
of the AutoCAD window
Menu Bar
Standard
toolbar
Draw toolbar
Modify
toolbar
Command
Line
Menu Bar
Contains the default AutoCAD menus. Menus are defined by menu files that you
can modify or design on your own.
Standard Toolbar
Contains frequently used buttons such as Redraw, Undo, and Zoom, as well as
Microsoft Office standard buttons such as Open, Save, Print, and Spell. Buttons
with small black triangles in the lower-right corner have fly outs containing tools
that invoke commands related to the first tool shown. Click and hold down the
first button to display the fly out.
Represents a drawing file in AutoCAD. The drawing file icon is also displayed next
to options in dialog boxes that are saved in the drawing, instead of in each
session as in AutoCAD.
Sets object properties such as color, linetype, and lineweight and manages
layers.
Provide access to common draw and modify commands. The Draw and Modify
toolbars are displayed when you start AutoCAD. These toolbars are docked on
the left side of the window. You can easily move toolbars and turn them on and
off.
Drawing Area
Displays drawings. The drawing area size varies, depending on the size of the
AutoCAD window and on the number of other elements (such as toolbars and
dialog boxes) that are displayed.
Crosshairs
Identifies pick and drawing points within the drawing area. Use the crosshairs,
which are controlled by your pointing device, to locate points and select and
draw objects.
Command Window
However, even if you choose commands from menus and toolbars, AutoCAD
may display command prompts and the command history in a command
window.
1. Open AutoCAD 2000. There should be a desktop icon for the program. If
you don’t see it on the desktop, go to the Start menu, and look in the
programs.
2. Close the initial “AutoCAD today” window.
3. You are now in a new file, called “drawing 1.dwg” by default. Go to the
“File” menu and save the drawing in your folder in qserv or on the desktop.
4. An “Image” dialogue
box appears now. You
will find that “Specify on
Screen” option for
insertion point and scale
are turned on by default.
It is possible to uncheck
these, but it is easier to
scale the image after
inserting it in AutoCAD.
Hit “OK” in the pop up
window.
5. Provide an insertion point for the image on the screen by clicking the right
click of the mouse.
6. “Specify Scale Factor<1>” appears in the command line.
It is recommended that you scale the image to real scale 1:1 before drawing the
parcels and footprints. A scale indication, like a graphical scale can be helpful.
In the case of an aerial, we will identify the scale based on known dimensions of
roads, etc.
1. If the image too big and you can’t see the black screen, type “z” in the
command line to zoom. Type “a” to zoom all. This will display the entire
image.
2. Now type “Scale” in the command window.
3. “Select Objects” appears in the window. Notice that the crosshair
changes to a box shape.
4. With the help of the mouse, select the aerial photo. This may require
clicking at the edge of the photo.
5. Hit enter to end selection.
6. “Specify base point” will now appear in the command window. Click
exactly on the top green square in the image.
5. “Specify other
corner”, select the
diagonally opposite
point of the block
to the one selected
in step 4.
6. Draw rectangles for
the three blocks
1. Select the
“Parcel” layer and
make it your
current layer.
2. Repeat the steps
from “Drawing
curb lines” steps
to draw the
parcel lines. You
will need to switch
on the “aerial”
layer to draw the
parcels.
First point to
be selected
Finishing up the
footprint
Second point to be
selected
4. Drawing regular and irregular building footprints for building with curved
lines:
a. We will draw the footprint of the curved building.
b. Follow the steps 3. a through 3.e to draw this building. When you
get to the point where the curve starts, type “a” for arc and hit
enter.
h. Repeat the above steps to draw all the building footprints in the
aerial.
i. Once you have drawn all the curbs, parcel lines and building
footprints, remember to switch of the “aerial” layer.
j. Your final map should look like this.
Congratulations!
You have now created a community map using an aerial photograph of Oak
Park.
Converting the AutoCAD map into PDF retains the scale of the drawing. This
drawing can then be placed and edited in Adobe Illustrator.
1. In the “Plot Settings”, under the “Plot area” section, click on “window”
button.
First point in the
window
Second
point in the
window
1. The scale at which you plot the map to a pdf file is the scale at which it
will open in Illustrator. So you should decide the scale at this stage.
Typically footprint maps are at a scale of 1”=20’ , 1”=50’, 1”=100’, etc.
2. In the “Plot settings” change to custom in the “Plot scale” section in the
scale tab.
3. Type the desired scale. Your AutoCAD drawing is at 1:1 scale right now.
4. To print the drawing at 1”=100’, type 1 inch and type 1200 for drawing
units. To print the drawing at 1”=200”, type 1 inch and 2400 for drawing
units.
1. Click on the “Plot settings” tab. Under the “paper size and paper units”,
select a paper size from the available options. For this tutorial select
“letter”.
2. If the required paper size is not available in the list, create a custom paper
size.
Useful resources:
For AutoCAD help, press F1 and look for the help topics. This should answer most
of your questions.
Online resources:
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Learning/AutoCAD/
http://www.cadtutor.net/
http://www.csanet.org/inftech/tutorial.html
http://sanborn.umi.com/