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    AutoCAD is a computer-aided drafting software that allows for easier development and management of engineering products through 2D and 3D modeling and drafting. It provides key tools like layers, commands, and shortcuts to design products. Layers are an important concept - they act as invisible sheets that objects are drawn on, and allow controlling visibility, properties, and organization of different element types through settings like color, linetype, and lineweight. Proper use of layers is important for organization and productivity in AutoCAD.

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    AutoCAD is a computer-aided drafting software that allows for easier development and management of engineering products through 2D and 3D modeling and drafting. It provides key tools like layers, commands, and shortcuts to design products. Layers are an important concept - they act as invisible sheets that objects are drawn on, and allow controlling visibility, properties, and organization of different element types through settings like color, linetype, and lineweight. Proper use of layers is important for organization and productivity in AutoCAD.

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    AutoCAD is a computer-aided drafting software that allows for easier development and management of engineering products through 2D and 3D modeling and drafting. It provides key tools like layers, commands, and shortcuts to design products. Layers are an important concept - they act as invisible sheets that objects are drawn on, and allow controlling visibility, properties, and organization of different element types through settings like color, linetype, and lineweight. Proper use of layers is important for organization and productivity in AutoCAD.

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    Computer Aided Drafting: Jethro Jhames Jose

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    AutoCAD is a computer-aided drafting software that allows for easier development and management of engineering products through 2D and 3D modeling and drafting. It provides key tools like layers, commands, and shortcuts to design products. Layers are an important concept - they act as invisible sheets that objects are drawn on, and allow controlling visibility, properties, and organization of different element types through settings like color, linetype, and lineweight. Proper use of layers is important for organization and productivity in AutoCAD.

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    COMPUTER AIDED

    DRAFTING

    JETHRO JHAMES JOSE


    CIVIL ENGINEER
    AutoCAD is a CAD (Computer Aided
    What is Design or Computer Aided Drafting)
    software application for 2D and 3D
    AutoCAD? design and drafting.
    CAD allows for the easier development of
    products and product management
    integration. It also allows for greater
    modeling and even provides a basis for
    virtual networking! In the engineering
    world, CAD is extremely important and
    widely used to design and develop
    products to be used by consumers.
    Tool Bar (Label the parts)
    TO KEY COMMANDS
    From the Key board
    REMEMBER
    Downloadable pdf file from AutoDesk
    STEPPING
    INTO
    AUTOCAD
    QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR RIBBON TAB SEARCH ONLINE SERVICES EXCHANGE FAVORITES

    APPLICATION
    MENU

    3 DIMENSIONAL

    FILE TAB RIBBON PANEL


    VIEWPORT,
    VIEWS AND
    VISUAL
    STYLE
    CONTROL
    NAVIGATION BAR
    DRAWING AREA
    CROSS HAIR ANNOTATION VISIBILITY

    UCS ICON
    ANNOTATION ADD SCALE

    MODEL & LAYOUT TAB DRAWING TOOLS ANNOTATION SCALE


    COORDINATES
    WORKSPACE

    CUSTOMIZATION
    BASIC
    SHORTCUTS
    LEFT BUTTON RIGHT BUTTON
    FUNCTIONS: FUNCTIONS:
    ❑Pick or Point Button ❑Rapid access to the
    to specify a point available menu options &
    location/position. different shortcut menus
    USING BUTTON are available.
    FUNCTION OF A ❑To select
    MOUSE objects/commands/
    menus
    Always look at the command line
    At the bottom of the page
    IMPORTANT Always be as specific as possible
    What is Layers?

    A layer can be thought of as a large


    piece of clear plastic, as infinitely large as the
    LAYERS drawing area in AutoCAD.

    When drawing in AutoCAD, everything


    is drawn on the default layer which is set
    current. Only the objects you are drawing are
    visible on the layer, the layer itself can never
    be seen - it is invisible.
    Layers are controlled by the layer properties
    manager button which is located on the
    object properties toolbar:

    LAYERS

    Each new layer is created by you, the user.


    Normally, it is acceptable to have a layer for
    each different part of a drawing.
    Layer Property Manager

    LAYERS
     Name - Displays the layer name.
     On - Controls if the layer is on or off. Select the light bulb to turn the layer off
    on the drawing.
     Freeze in all VP - Pressing this will freeze the layer in all viewports as well as
    the current model view (see lesson 10 to learn about viewports)
     Lock - This handy feature locks a layer preventing any content of the layer
    from being modified.
     Colour - Change this to whichever colour you like. All objects drawn on the
    LAYERS layer will display the chosen colour provided that the objects colour setting in
    the object properties toolbar (shown above) is set to 'By Layer'.
     Linetype - Set the default linetype for all objects drawn on the layer. i.e
    continuous, dashed, dotted etc.
     Lineweight - Set the thickness a line appears .Default is no thickness. This
    option can be toggled on/off on the display by the LWT button above the
    command console.
     Plot - Select if the layer will be shown when the drawing is plotted (printed).
     The current layer, layer colour, linetype and lineweight can all be controlled
    outside of the layer properties manager via the object properties toolbar.
    In Auto CAD, we make individual layers…
    For things like
    LAYERS Hidden lines
    Center lines
    Section lines
    Break lines

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