AutoCAD

Training Manual
Basic Software Training

In association with Haramaya Institute of Technology

By Samuel Wolde

Email: [email protected]

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 LEC 2-3
FLOOR PLAN CHECKLIST

Drawing Title and scale North arrow

Axes (grids) Doors and windows

Elevation & symbol Room names, area & floor finish

Hatches Furniture and related blocks

Dimensions

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 Additional Useful Commands
Stretch
1. Choose Modify, Stretch. or Click the Stretch icon.

2. Or Type STRETCH at the command prompt.

Command : STRETCH Select objects to stretchby window...

4. Type C to choose CROSSING window Select objects: C

5. Pick A first corner to stretch. First corner: (point)

6. Pick The opposite corner to window the objects to stretch.

Other corner: (point)

7. Press EN- TERto acceptobjects to stretch.

8. Pick A base point to stretch from Base point:

(point)

Mirror (MI)
1. Choose Modify, Mirror. or Click the Mirror icon.

2. or Type MIRROR at the command prompt.

Command: MIRROR

4. Pick Objects to mirror. Select objects:(select)

Mirror Line

5. Pick First point of mirror line: (point)

6. Pick Second point: (point)

7. Type Yes to delete the original objects and No to keep them. Delete old objects?Y or N

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Offset (O)
Most models include a lot of parallel lines and curves. Creating them is easy and efficient
with the OFFSET command. Click the OFFSET tool or enter O in the Command window.

Select the object (1), specify the offset distance, and click to indicate on which side of the
original that you want the result (2). Here is an example of offsetting a polyline.

Fillet (F)
The FILLET command (enter F in the Command window) creates a rounded corner by cre-
ating an arc that is tangent to two selected objects. Notice that the fillet is created relative to
where you select the objects. You can create a fillet between most types of geometric
objects, including lines, arcs, and polyline segments.

Tip: If you hold down the Shift key when youselect the
second object, the result trims or extends the selected
objects to a sharp corner.

Rotate
Choose Modify, Rotate. or 2. Click the Modify icon. or

3. Type ROTATE at the command prompt Command : ROTATE

4. Pick Objects to rotate: Select objects:(select)

5. Pick A pivot point to rotate around Base point: (point) 6. Type A rotation angle/Reference:
(number) or

7. Pick A rotation angle/Reference: (point)

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Scale (SC)
1.Choose Modify, Scale. or Click the Scale icon. or

2. Type SCALE at the command prompt Command: SCALE

Select objects: (select objects)

3. Pick A pivot point to scale about Base point: (point)

4. Type A rotation angle/Reference:(number) or

4. Pick A scale factor/Reference: (point) Scale factor/Reference: (points )

Properties
The Properties palette is an essential tool. You can open it
with the PROPERTIES command (enter PR in the Command
window), you can press Ctrl + 1, or you can click the tiny
arrow in the Properties panel on the Home tab—whichever
you prefer.

Match the Properties of Objects

For a fast way to copy the properties of a selected
object to other objects, use the Match Properties
tool, or enter MATCHPROP or MA in the Command
window.

After you click the Match Propetries tool, select the

source object, and then select all of the objects that
you want to modify.

Linetypes
Dashed and other non-continuous linetypes are assigned
from the Properties panel. You first need to load a line-
type before you can assign it.

In the Linetype drop-down list, click Other.

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Perform the following steps to get desired line types:

1. Click Load. Choose one or more linetypes that you want to use. Notice that dashed (non-
continuous) linetypes come in several preset sizes.

2. Click Show/Hide details to display additional settings.

3. Specify a different "global scale factor" for all linetypes—the larger the value, the longer
the dashes and spaces. Click OK.

Once you've loaded the linetypes

that you plan to use, you can select
any object and specify a linetype
from the Properties panel or the
Properties palette. Alternatively,
you can specify a default linetype
for any layer in the Layer Properties
Manager.

Lineweights
Tip: It's usually best to leave lineweights
turned off while you work. Heavy lin-
eweights can obscure nearby objects
when you use object snaps. You might
want to turn them for checking purposes
just before you print.

To control the display of lineweights,

click the Lineweight Settings button at
the bottom of the lineweight list.

In the Lineweight Settings dialog box,

you can choose whether you want to
display lineweights

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 Annotation
In AutoCAD, annotation objects are used to add information to a drawing. They include
notes, dimensions, and other types of explanatory symbols or objects that provide infor-
mation about a feature

Text Command
Text Creates a single-line text object

1. Type TEXT at the command prompt Command: TEXT or

2. Pick the Single Line Text icon from the Text Toolbar.

3. Pick A start point Justify/Style/: (point) or

4. Type J to change the justification or S to change the text style.

5. Type A text height Height : (type value or pick two points)

6. Type A rotation angle Rotation angle : (angle or point)

7. Type A text string Text: (type text string)

8. Press enter to exit the Text: prompt.

DTEXT
(Dynamic Text) Creates a single-line text object, showing the text dynamically on the screen
as it is entered.

1. Choose Draw, Text, Single Line Text. or

2. Type DTEXT at the command prompt Command : DTEXT

3. 3. Follow the steps 3-8 from above.

Create Styles
Text styles and dimension styles are used in AutoCAD to ensure that text and dimensions
conform to industry or project standards and to specify their format quickly.

A text style is a named collection of text settings that controls the appearance of text, such
as font, line spacing, justification, and color.

A dimension style is a named collection of dimension settings that controls the appearance
of dimensions, such as arrowhead style, text location, and lateral tolerances.
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Create a Text Style
As with several other annotation features, multiline text provides a lot of settings. You can
save these settings as a text style using the STYLE command, and then you can access the
text styles you've saved by clicking the drop-down arrow on the Annotation panel. The cur-
rent text style is displayed at the top of the drop-down list.

To create a new text style, click the Text Style control as shown.

When you create a new text style, you give it a name,

and then choose a font and a font style. The order in
which you click the buttons is shown below:

Tip: Save any new or changed text

styles in your drawing template files.
This will save you a lot of time by
making them available in all new
drawings

Create the Dimension Styles.

Dimension styles help establish and enforce drafting standards. There are many dimension
variables that can be set with the DIMSTYLE command to control virtually every nuance of
the appearance and behavior of dimensions.

All these settings are stored in each dimension style.

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 Assignment –1
For the Floorplan attached on telegram (Click the link to download)
https://t.me/HiT_cesa/,

1. Create Text style named (i)TitleTxt (ii) DetailTxt

- For TitleTxt, use font name: Cambria; Font style: Bold

- For DetailTxt, use font name: Verdana; Font style: Regular

2. Create dimension style named (i) dimOuter (ii) InnerDim

-Modify dimOuter & InnerDim: use text style= DetailTxt

-Use appropriate text height that best fits each dimension style

2. Measure all the dimensions and write a Title to the drawing

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Lecture 4

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