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Advanced Course
- Srujan

June 9, 2020
Agenda
 Geometric creation - Advanced
 Parametric behavior of drawings
 Geometry modification - Advanced
 Layer management
 Blocks
 Dynamic blocks
 Design centre
 Attributes

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Session 3
 Geometry creation - Advanced
 Parametric behavior of drawings
 Dimensional constraints
 Geometrical constraints
 Geometry modification - Advanced

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Geometry creation - Advanced
 Construction Line (CONS)
 Ray (RAY)
 Multiple points (PO)
 Measure (MEASURE)
 Divide (DIV)
 Region (REG)
 Wipeout (WI)
 Donut (DO)
 Revision Cloud (REVCLOUD)

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Parametric
 Drawings are said to be parametric if they satisfy design intent
 Drawings should get scaled or resized as the dimension gets defined
 They are basically constraints
 Two types of constraints:
 Dimensional constraints
 Geometric constraints

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Dimensional constraints
 Dimension of an object is controlled using this feature
 It can be showcased by:
 Point to Point, to represent distance / length
 Line to Line, to represent distance (if parallel) or to represent angle (if non-parallel)
 Single entity, to represent radius / diameter
 Using parameter manager, we can build feature to feature relationship

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Geometric constraints
 Geometric constraints are the constraints between multiple geometries (usually two geometries)
 Various types of geometrical constraints are:
 Coincident  Tangency
 Collinear  Smooth
 Concentricity  Symmetry
 Fix  Equal
 Parallel
 Perpendicular
 Horizontal
 Vertical

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Geometry Edit - Advanced
 Lengthen (LEN)  Copy Nested Objects (N)
 Spline Edit (SPLI)  Duplicate (OV)
 Polyline Edit (PE)  Order (DR)
 Hatch Edit (HA)
 Array Edit (ARRA)
 Align (AL)
 Break (BR)
 Break at a point
 Join (J)
 Reverse (REVE)
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Session 4
 Layer Management
 Blocks
 Dynamic Blocks
 Design Centre
 Attributes

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Layer Management
 A layer is defined as group of objects properties for specific group
 For each layer, object properties varies
 Usually for similar type of objects, we use in one layer
 Eg: Doors in a floor plan are similar type of objects, that can be created under a layer
 There is a possibility of creating 32,768 layers in AutoCAD (including layer 0)
 But after 200 layers, system tries to behave slow

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Layer Management

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Layer Management
 Each layer has options like:
 ON / OFF (to show/hide layer)
 Freeze / Thaw (to show/hide, but it also releases memory from AutoCAD)
 Lock / Unlock (to lock the defined properties in a layer in drawing)
 Plot / Un-plot (to print or not to print the layer)
 Color (to define color for selected layer)
 Lineweight (to define thickness for selected layer)
 Linetype (to define type of line for selected layer)
 Transparency (to control the transparency of selected layer)
 New VP Freeze (to freeze/thaw selected layer in new Viewports (layouts))

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Layer Management
 Layer management also includes
 New property filter
 New group filter
 Layer states manager (.las)
 Match layer
 Merge layer
 Layer walk

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Blocks
 Blocks are used to convert multiple entities / geometries into single entity
 We can perform operations like:
 Create block
 Write block
 Insert block
 Block editor
 Edit block in-place
 Blocks can be created with user defined base point selection
 Blocks once created, can be inserted in user defined location

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Blocks
 Three major operations:
 Retain
 Convert to block
 Delete
 Other operations:
 Base point
 Annotative
 Scale uniformly
 Allow exploding
 Block unit

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Dynamic Blocks
 Any block that is created can be varied with pre-defined shapes and sizes
 Various branch of folks can use it with defined standard symbols or units
 Dynamic blocks can be imported using tool palettes
 To create dynamic blocks:
 Create the set of drawings on model window with proper position
 Create a block (check ‘open in block editor’: compulsory)
 Use visibility symbol from parameters (under All palettes tool bar)
 Define number of visibilities
 For each visibility, use make visible and make invisible options to chose proper design
 Save the block

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Design Centre
 It is used to insert standard objects / designs

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Attributes
 It is used to create tags or labels for blocks
 We can create templates like title block for other drawings with ease
 Steps:
 Define required number of attributes
 Convert into blocks (Create block / Write block)
 Insert the block
 Define attribute defaults

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