Auto CAD

Auto Cad Drawing Editor Screen:-

There are four area, drawing area Screen menu area status line and menu bar area
and Command area.
The screen allows you to enter (or) activate commands to create, modify and view
drawings.

Drawing area:-
These area is used for drawing the Drawing Entities. (such as Point, line, circle, arc
etc). You can change the size of the drawing area by using the command called LIMITS.
By default the size is (0, 0) Lower left corner, (12, 9) upper right corner.
Status line and menu Bar (tool bars):-
Shows the status of your drawing (i.e. layer detail, co-ordinate detail, ortho, snap
etc. mode ON or OFF).
Menu Bars (tool bars ) are the buttons shown under pull down menu area which
activates the Auto cad commands when selected by using the mouse pointer.

Command area:-
You can enter any command from the keyboard as long as you’re in command
mode. If you are in drawing area you can return to command area at any time by Pressing
CTRL-C.

Screen menu are:-

The screen menu contains two kinds of items. Items followed by colon, i.e. when
you select these commands it activate that command in command area and call up a
different page of the menu for the other option of that command. So menu items with colon
are AutoCAD Commands. Items that aren’t followed by colon, merely call up a different
page related to it, (i.e. it will not activate any command in the command area). You can
select the menu items using Mouse Pointer.

Pull Down Menus:-

You can also select the command using pull down menus by moving the cross hairs
into the top of the screen. Use the pointer pick button to pull down a menu, then select the
command from that menu.

1. Introduction:-
UNITS:- Sets the format and precision for the display of co-ordinates and angle.

LIMITS:- Sets the Rectangular drawing area or enables and disables the limits ch

GRID:- Adjust the spacing of the visible grid (rectangular patterns of dots and
turns grid NO or OFF).

AXIS: - Adjusts the spacing of the hatch marks along the edge of the drawing
display.

DIM and DIM1: - Give access to Dimensioning sub command.

LAYER: - Affects the creation and visibility of layer and then associated colors
and line type.

COLOR: - Establishes a color for all entities drawn subsequently.

 LINE TYPE: - Establishes a line type for all entities drawn subsequently

LT SCALE: - Adjusts the size of dashes and spaces in hidden lines, center
lines etc.

HATCH: - Fills an area which a cross – hatch pattern

TEXT: - Places text in a drawing

M TEXT: - Places test in a drawing dynamically as its being typed.

STYLE:- Adjusts a text font according to your style specification .

2. Geometrical construction

ORTHO: - Forces lines and traces to be horizontal (or) vertical when entered with
the pointer.

SNAP: - Adjusts snap spacing and angle and turns snap ON or OFF.

OSNAP: - Snaps new points already in the drawing entities.

LINE: - Places a straight line segment on series of straight line segments in the
drawing.

CIRCLE: - Places a circle in a drawing.

ARC: - Places an arc in the drawing

.
POLYGON: - Draws a Regular Polygon.

BREAK: - Erases a part of a line trace circle (or) arc.

EXTEND: - Extends selected lines arcs and polylines to meet other selected items.

STRETCH: - Moves parts of drawing while retaining connections to parts not

moved.

DIVIDE: - Places points along a line, arc polyline (or) circle that divide it into a
specified number of segments.

MEASURE: - Place point along a line arc polyline (or) circle that measures
off a series of equal distances.
 TRIM: - Trims off selected parts of on entity at the intersection of other
selected entities.

CHANGE: - Modifies lines, circles, text attributes and inserted blocks

3. Special curves and conic sections:-

ELLIPSE: - Place an ellipse in the drawing area (Both vertical ellipse and
horizontal ellipse)

SPLINE: -

PLINE: - Draw a polyline (a sequence of lines/ arcs with special properties on

the current XY construction) plane.

PEDIT: - Edit a polyline(i.e. to fill into a curves.)

4. Scales
SCALE: - Scales the size of one (or) more entities in relation to specified point

ZOOM: - Displays a larger (or) smaller portion of the drawing

DIVIDE: - Place points along a line arc, polyline that divide it into a specified
number of segments.

PAN: - Shifts the displayed parts of the drawing without changing the
magnification.

UNITS: - Sets the format and precision for display of co-ordinates and angle

5. Points
POINTS: - Places points in the drawing

PD MODE: - Selects the symbol used to display points

PD SIZE:- Sets the size of the point display symbol.

6. Straight lines
LINE: - Place a straight line segment (or) series of straight line segment in the
drawing
 3D LINE: - Draw 3D straight line segment.

ARC: - Place an arc in the drawing

OFFSET: - Draw parallel lines/ arcs, polylines at a specified distance from the
originals

EXTEND: - Extends selected lines to meet other selected items

7. Planes
AREA: - Calculates area of various shapes.

POLYGON: - Draws a regular polygon

TRACE: - Place a line of specified width in a drawing.

SOLID: - Place solid quadrilaterals(or) triangles in a drawing

DONUT: - Draws wide range of filled circles.

FILL: - Fill the Trace and solid entities.

3D FACE: - Creates a surface bounded by three (or) four edges (corners can have
different Z locations)

V POINT: - Sets the location in space from which the viewing line of sight
originates.

PLAN: - Displays the plan view of a selected ucs.

DVIEW: - Controls the display of 3D items

8. Solids
ELEV: - Set Z elevations and thickness for subsequent entities

3D FACE: - creates a surface bounded by three (or) four edges (corners can have
different Z location)

HIDE: - Hide (or displays in different colors) entities that are behind other
entities according to current view point

SHADE: - Shade like wire frame model and solid

 RENDER: - Render the solid for the selected material

BOX: - Draws 3D solid box in the drawing

CONE: - Draws a cone in the drawing

SPHERE: - Draws a sphere in the drawing

WEDGE: - Draws a Wedge in the drawing.

PYRAMID: -Draw a regular pyramid in the drawing

DOME: - Draw a semi sphere in the drawing

CYLINDER: - Draws a cylinder in the drawing

EXTRUDE: - Create unique solid by extruding existing polyline

MOVE: - Move one or more entities a specified displacement

COPY: - Place one (or) more copies of one (or) more entities a specified
displacement from the original entities.

MIRROR: - Flips one (or) more entities around a specified axis

FILLET: - Fillets lines, circle and arcs with a specified radius.

CHAMFER: -Chamfers (bevels) a corner with one (or) more specified distances

ROTATE: - Rotates one (or) more entities in the X-Y plane around a specified
point.

9. Section

SECTION:- Section view for the given section plane

EXPLODE: - Breaks a blocks polylines (or) associative dimension into its

parts.

BLOCKS: - Groups several entities for repeated insertion anywhere in drawing

INSERT: - Place a previously defined block in the drawing

 HATCH: - Fills an area with a cross hatch pattern

SOLID SUBTRACTION: - (Boolean operation) create new composite solid

by subtraction the volume of one set of solid objects from
another set.

10. Development
3D FACE: - Creates a surface bounded by three (or) four edges (corners can
have different Z location)

3DMESH:- Creates a mesh, one vertex at a time

TABSURF : - Creates a tabulated surface mesh from a path curve and

direction vector

RULESURF: - Creates a ruled surface mesh between two entities.

REVSURF: - Creates a surface of revolution mesh from a path curve and an

axis of revolution

EDGE SURF: - Creates a coons surface mesh with four connected entities as
defining edge
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SURFTAB: - Control the number of surface elements in the M and N
direction of a mesh.

11. Inter section

SOLID UNION: - (Union Boolean Operation). Creates a new composite solid that
is the common volume (over lapping portion) of two (or) more
existing solid object.
SOLID: -

OSNAP: - Snaps new points already in the drawing entities.

Use intersection mode

12. Isometric
ISOPLANE: - Selects the left, top or right isometric plane.

SNAP: - Set the snap style to Isometric style from the standard style
13. Orthographic
ARRAY: - Make multiple copies of one (or) several items in a rectangular (or)
polar pattern

V POINT: - Sets the location in space from which the viewing line of sight
originates.

PLAN: - Displays the plan view of a selected ucs.

UCS: - Establishes, saves (or) recalls a user co-ordinate system

USCICON: -Controls display of the UCS icon.

VIEW: - Name a particular display so you can recall it easily

V PORTS: - Establishes, modifies, saves (or) restores view port configurations

14. Perspective Projection

D VIEW: - Controls the display of 3D items to see the perspective projection

15. Oblique Projection

V POINT: - Sets the location in space from which the viewing line of sight
originates.

16. Nomograms
LINE: - Places a straight line segment on series of straight line segments in the
drawing.

DIVIDE: - Places points along a line, arc polyline (or) circle that divide it into a
specified number of segments.

OSNAP: - Snaps new points already in the drawing entities.

GRID:- Adjust the spacing of the visible grid (rectangular patterns of dots and
turns grid NO or OFF).

AXIS: - Adjusts the spacing of the hatch marks along the edge of the drawing
display.