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Autocad Reviewer

This document provides an overview of the AutoCAD software interface and common commands. It recommends AutoCAD for 2D plans such as plant layouts, floor plans, and electrical plans, while recommending other software like IWCAD for 3D modeling. The key parts of the AutoCAD interface discussed are the drawing area, ribbon tabs, status bar, and command line. Common commands summarized are line, circle, array, erase, offset, explode, mirror, trim, and dimensions.

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Autocad Reviewer

This document provides an overview of the AutoCAD software interface and common commands. It recommends AutoCAD for 2D plans such as plant layouts, floor plans, and electrical plans, while recommending other software like IWCAD for 3D modeling. The key parts of the AutoCAD interface discussed are the drawing area, ribbon tabs, status bar, and command line. Common commands summarized are line, circle, array, erase, offset, explode, mirror, trim, and dimensions.

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COMPUTER AIDED REVIEWER Command Line (below Drawing Area)

- Where you type commands)


AutoCAD - Not recommended for 3D
- recommended for plant layouts, floor Commands - Shortcut keys that perform
plan, electrical plans, sanitary plans, specific function when activated (example:
etc. drawing objects, moving objects, erasing
objects)
IWCAD - Recommended softwares for 3D
modelling: Layout Space - space you can lay out
drawn objects.
ENGINEERING DRAWING
1) How to draw an Engineering plan Ribbon Tab - where toolbars are located
based on standard
2) How to interpret the plan Home tab - most frequently used tab in
ribbon tab.
AUTOCAD SOFTWARE IU PARTS
Layer Customization
Drawing Area {Model Space) - Where you
draw objects. Layer Properties - where you can:
- add, freeze, delete, and select a layer as
Status Bar - Bottom right of Drawing Area current layer
and where settings for cursor drawing,
display, workspace, viewports, snaps, - Customize layer properties (color, linetype,
workspace, and other customizations are lineweight, transparency)
located.
Multi selection
Status Bar settings:
● Green area - selects objects that
Model - Change to Model space or Paper touched the green area (even partially)
space. Left click then move cursor to left to create a
rectangular selection area, move cursor to
Snap Mode - Restricts movement. left while left clicking to create a crooked
selection area
Orthomode- Restricts cursor to drawing
only vertical or horizontal lines. ● Blue area - selects objects that are
fully covered by the blue area.
Polar Tracking - Lines drawn at specified Left click then move cursor to right to create
angles will be a broken line. a rectangular selection area, move cursor to
right while left clicking to create a crooked
LWDISPLAY - When on, it displays selection area
lineweight customization done in layers
(color, lineweight thickness, transparency) COMMANDS:

Object Snap Mode - snaps cursor to Esc button - used for exiting a command in
selected 2d reference points use
Common Reference Points:
- Midpoint (triangle) Space bar - used for reusing a command in
- Endpoint (square) use
- Center (circle)
- Intersection (cross) Fillet (F) - Turns a sharp corner into a
- Parallel (two parallel broken lines) rounded corner with specified radius.
Line (L) - creates a line Dimension align (DAL) - getting dimension
(length) of diagonal lines
Circle (C) - creates a circle
C + space + select center point + number Dimension radius (DIMRAD) - getting
( optional, to specify radius length) dimension (length) of radius of circles

Array (Ar) - creates object copies along a Dimension diameter (DIMDIA) - getting
specified path (rectangular, path, polar) dimension (length) of diameter of circles

Erase (E)- deletes selected objects. Hatch (H) - places patterns in an enclosed
object and patterns are used to indicate the
Offset (O) - copies a selected object with type of material.
specified distance from it
Defpoints - a layer created for imaginary
Explode (X) - separates grouped objects objects or guidelines and any object drawn
in this layer will not be shown in printed
Locate drawing - z + space + e (extend) + copies
space
Tan, Tan, Radius (TTR) - creates a circle
Mirror (Mi) - copies a selected object on the with a specified radius that is tangent to two
opposite specified mirror line existing objects.

Trim (Tr) - trims a select part of an object VPORTS - Viewports


(used for exploded objects)
SCALE
Copy (Co) - copies a selected object
1:100, Left side (1) size in the drawing sheet
Extend (Ex) - extend a line to a selected while right side (100) size in actual.
object.

Rectangle (Rec) - creates a rectangle

Rotate (Ro) - rotates a selected object

Align (Al) - aligns selected objects

Join (J) - joins selected objects into one


object.

Polyline (PL) - used to create lines that


count as one entity

Move (Mo) - moves selected object

Commands Dimension style manager

D (Dimstyle) - for managing dimension


styles

Dimension linear (DLI) - getting dimension


(length) of horizontal and vertical lines

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