LESSON 1: STEPPING INTO AUTOCAD Command : ←

UNIT 1: Understanding the AutoCAD Window >>> Crossing

A crossing selection is displayed as dashed lines or
Main parts of the autoCAD window: highlighted to differentiate it from window selection.
Specifying the corners from right to left creates a
crossing selection.
1. Application Menu 10. View Cube
Command : E←
2. Quick Access Toolbar 11. Drawing Area Next : pick pt. C
Next : pick pt. D
3. Ribbon Tab 12. Cross hair Command : ←

4. Viewpoint, Views, and 13. USC icon

>>>All -
Visual Style Control
Select all objects to erase.
5. Ribbon Panel 14. Command Line Window Command : E←
Next : ALL←
6. Search 15. Model Command : ←

7.AutodeskOnline Services 16. Drawing Tools >>>Undo

8. Exchange 17. Annotation Tools Cancels all the selection of the object most recently
added to the selection set.
9. Favorites Command : E←
Select objects : pick line A
Select objects : pick line B
UNIT 2: Exercises Using Line
Select objects : pick line C
Exercise 1 (Line and F8) : Using Line with Ortho Mode
Select objects : pick line D
Command : L←
Command : U←
First Point : pick pt. A
Command : U←
Next : pick pt. B
Command : ←
Next : pick pt. C
Last Point : pick pt. D
OOPS - restores objects erased by the last ERASE
Command : C←
command)
PICKBOX - to resize the pickbox)
Exercise 2: Using Different Selection Methods Like:
CROSSING : A crossing selection is displayed as
>>>Last
dashed lines or highlighted to differentiate it from window
Select the most recently created object.
selection. Specifying the corners from right to left creates
Command : E←
a crossing selection.
Command : L←
ALL : Select all objects to erase.
Command : ←
UNDO: Cancels all the selection of the object most
recently added to the selection set.
>>>Pickbox
You can select objects individually with the pointing
LESSON 2: AUTOCAD COORDINATE SYSTEM
device.
Command : E←
Absolute Coordinate: Absolute Coordinates are based
Next : pick line E
on the UCS origin (0, 0) which is the intersection of the X
Next : pick line F
and Y axes. Use absolute coordinates when you know
Command : ←
the precise X and Y values of the point. With dynamic
input, you specify absolute coordinates with the # prefix.
>>>Window
Select all objects completely inside a rectangle defined
Relative Coordinates: Use relative coordinates when
by two points. Specifying corners from left to right
you know the location of a point in relation to the
creates a window selection.
previous point. To specify it, precede the coordinate
Command : E←
values with an @ sign.
Next : pick pt. A
Next : pick pt. B
Relative Polar Coordinates: Use relative coordinates 3. HATCH - Fills an enclosed area or selected
when you know the location of a point in relation to the objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient
previous point. To specify it, precede the coordinate fill. It acts as one unit, unless it explodes.
values with an @ sign. Specify a point by entering a
distance and an angle relative to the last point in the d. OBJECT SNAP (function key: F3) - An object snap
format. mode specifies a point at an exact location on an object.

Direct Distance Entry: With direct distance entry, you LESSON 4: MODIFY AND CONSTRUCT COMMAND
can quickly specify a point relative to the last point you
entered. At any prompt for a point location, you move the Unit 1: Modify Commands in AutoCAD
cursor first to specify the direction, and enter a numeric
distance. Duplicate
● ARRAY (AR) - Command to duplicate objects
Polar Tracking and Snap: Polar tracking restricts using Polar, Rectangular and Path options.
cursor movement to specified angels. PolarSnap 1. POLAR - Creates an array by copying the
restricts cursor movement to specified increments along selected objects around a center point.
a polar angle. When you create or modify objects, you 2. RECTANGULAR - Creates an array defined by
can use polar tracking to display temporary alignment a number of rows and columns of copies of the
paths defined by the polar angles you specify. selected objects.
3. PATH - Creates an array defined by a path and
number copies of the selected object.
LESSON 3: DRAW COMMANDS
● COPY (CO or CP) -Command to duplicate
a. LINEAR objects within a drawing, by defining a base
1. LINE (L) - create straight line segments. point or displacement (starting point) and a
2. PLINE (PL) - draw line and arc segments that second point of displacement.
form a single object. ● OFFSET (O) - Command to copy objects that
3. MLINE (ML) - creates multiple parallel lines. are similar and parallel to existing entities at a
4. RAY - creates semi-infinite lines commonly used specified distance or at a through point.
as construction lines. A ray has a finite starting ● MIRROR (MI) - Command to create a reverse
point and extends to infinity. image of selected objects.
5. XLINE (XL) - creates infinite lines, which are
commonly used as construction lines. Clean Corners
● FILLET (F) - Command to round or clean the
b. CURVES edges of two selected objects.
1. CIRCLE (C) - creates with a specified radius ● CHAMFER (CHA) - Connect two nonparallel
and tangent to two objects. objects by extending or trimming them to
2. REVCLOUD - creates a polyline of sequential intersect or to join with an optional beveled
arcs to form a cloud-shaped object. corner.
3. DONUT (DO) - Draws filled circle with filled.
4. SPLINE (SPL) - creates a quadratic or cubic Modify Object Orientation
spine curve. ● ROTATE (RO) - Command to rotate selected
5. ELLIPSE - creates an Ellipse or an elliptical arc. objects at a specified base point.
6. ARC - creates an arc. ● MOVE (M) - Command to relocate selected
objects.
c. SPECIAL OBJECT ● ALIGN (AL) - Align with other objects in 2D and
1. RECTANG (REC) - Rectang command draws 3D.
rectangular objects. The two specified points
determine the diagonal corners of a rectangle Resize Object
with sides parallel to the X and Y axis. ● SCALE (SC) - Command to shrink or enlarge
2. POLYGON (POL) - Polygon command draws 2D selected objects.
polygons with 3 to 1024 sides. ● STRETCH (S) - Command to resize selected
portion of objects by using crossing-window (C)
or crossing polygon (CP).
 Unit 1:
Edit Polylines Creating Dimensions
● PEDIT (PE) - Command to edit polylines. Dimensioning is the process of adding
● EXPLODE (X) - Breaks a compound object into measurement annotation to a drawing. AutoCAD
its component objects provides many ways to format dimensions. You can
create dimensions for a wide variety of object shapes in
Change Positions of Endpoints many different orientations. You can create dimension
● TRIM (TR) - Trims objects at a cutting edge styles to format dimensions in you drawing conform to
defined by other objects. industry or project standard.
● EXTEND (EX) - Command to lengthen linear
and curves up to a specified boundary.
● BREAK (BR) - Breaks the selected object Unit 2: Labeling a plan or drawing using Text
between two points. (DTEXT/MTEXT)
● JOIN (J) - Joins similar objects to form a single, A text style is a named collection of text settings
unbroken object. that controls the appearance of text, such as font, line
space, justification, and color. Your create text styles to
LESSON 5: DIMENSIONING AND TEXT specify the format of text quickly, and to ensure that text
conforms to industry or project standard.