ENGINEERING DRAWING

VAB 1012
Lecture 1

Learning Outcome 1
At the end of this course, students should be able to:

„ Demonstrate the use of engineering drawing

terminology.

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Unit Objective for Lecture 1
„ Familiarize with user interface
„ Familiarize with drawing command
„ Able to create and setup a new drawing layout
„ Familiarize with help button
„ Familiarize with shortcut key

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 Objectives
„ Why learn AutoCAD?
„ Understanding the AutoCAD Window
„ Starting a New Drawing
„ Plot area and basic toolbars
„ Saving a drawing
„ OK, CANCEL, CLOSE and DONE
„ Basic drawing techniques
„ Line
„ Circle
„ Basic editing

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 The User Interface

„ Menu Bar
„ Drawing Area
„ Toolbar
„ Graphic Cursor
„ Command Window
„ Shortcut Menus

Menu Bar
Standard Toolbar

Object Properties
Toolbar

Draw Toolbar

Modify Toolbar

Crosshairs
Cursor

Drawing Area

User Coordinate
System (UCS)
Icon
Model tab and
Layout Tabs Command
Window

Status Bar

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Method of Choosing Commands

„ Pull-down menus
„ Toolbars
„ Dialog boxes
„ Right-click shortcut menu
„ Command Aliases

Menu Bar
„ File „ Draw
„ Edit „ Dimension
„ View „ Modify
„ Insert „ Window
„ Format „ Help
„ Tools

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 Status Bar
„ Snap
„ Grid
„ Ortho
„ Polar Snap
„ Object Snap
„ Object Tracking
„ Line weight
„ Model/Paper

Shortcut key for Status Bar

„ F1 -Displays ACAD Help Topics
„ F2 - Toggle Text/Graphic Screen
„ F3 - Toggle Object Snap On/Off
„ F4 - Toggle Tablet Mode On/Off
„ F5 - Toggle Isoplane Modes
„ F6 - Toggle Coordinates On/Off
„ F7 - Toggle Grid Mode On/Off
„ F8 - Toggle Ortho Mode On/Off
„ F9 - Toggle Snap Mode On/Off
„ F10 - Toggle Polar Mode On/Off
„ F11 - Toggle Object Snap Tracking On/Off

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 Default Shortcut Menu
„ Right-click in the drawing area to display
the default shortcut menu.
„ Click option to display the Option dialog
box.

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 Help
„ On the pull-down menu, click Help.
„ Then click on the Help
„ As an alternative, press F1 key from the
keyboard.

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 Plan Drawing – Blk 15

Starting a New Drawing

„ Using Pull-down
menu>File>New
„ Typing new in
command window
¾ Use a Wizard
• Quick Setup
• Advance Setup
¾ Use a Template
¾ Start from Scratch
¾ Open a Drawing

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 A) Quick Setup

B) Advanced Setup

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 Modifying the drawing layout
„ Changing Units
¾ Pull-down menu>Format>Units
¾ Typing Units command window

Modifying the drawing layout

„ Changing Limits
¾ Pull-down menu>Format>Drawing Limits
¾ Typing Limits command window

Command:LIMITS
Reset Model space limits:
Specify lower left corner or [ON/OFF] <0.0000,0.0000>:
Specify upper right corner <12.0000,9.0000>:

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Setting Up ACAD Features
i) Snap & Grid

Setting Up ACAD Features

ii) Polar Tracking

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Setting Up ACAD Features
iii) Object Snap & Object Snap Tracking

Setting Up ACAD Features

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Display Control ( ZOOM COMMAND )

ƒ Pan
ƒ Window
ƒ Real time
ƒ Dynamic
ƒ Previous
ƒ Scale
ƒ Center
ƒ In
ƒ Out
ƒ All
ƒ Extents

DRAWING TOOLS
„ Line
„ Circle
„ Rectangular
„ Polygon
„ Polyline
„ Arc
„ Spline
„ Ellipse
„ Ray
„ Construction line
„ Text
„ Multiline
„ etc…
etc…..

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 Drawing Line
a) Drawing ( without Ortho On )
b) Drawing ( withOrtho On )
c) Direct Distance ( using cursor and entering a value )
d) Using actual coordinate
Command:LINE
Specify first point: 2,2
Specify next point or [Undo]: 2,7
Specify next point or [Undo]: 5,7
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: 7,4
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: 10,4
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: 10,2
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: C

Drawing Line
e) Relative Rectangular coordinate
Command: LINE
Specify first point: 2,2
Specify next point or [Undo]: @0,4
Specify next point or [Undo]: @4,2
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @3,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @3,-
@3,-4
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-
@-3,-
3,-2
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-
@-7,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]:

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 Drawing Line
f) Relative Polar coordinate
Command: L
LINE Specify first point: 2,2
Specify next point or [Undo]: @8<0
Specify next point or [Undo]: @5<90
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @5<180
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @4<270
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @2<180
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @2<90
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @1<180
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @3<270
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]:

Drawing Circle
a) Center,Radius
b) Center, Diameter
c) 3 points
d) 2 points
e) Tangent, Tangent, Radius (TTR)

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Drawing Arc ( 11 combination )
a) 3points g) SER
b) SCE h) CSE
c) SCA i) CSA
d) SCL j) CSL
e) SEA k) LinCont or ArcCont
f) SED
Denotes: L=Length of the chord
S=Start D=Direction
C=Centre R=Radius
A=Included Angle E=End

Object Selection
a) Window g) Last
b) Window Polygon (WP) h) Previous
c) Crossing i) Single
d) Crossing Polygon j) Multiple
e) Box k) Remove
f) Fence l) Etc…..
g) All

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 Modify Tools
Erase (E) Stretch (S)
Copy Object (CO) Trim (TR)
Mirror (MI) Extend (EX)
Offset (O) Break at point
Array (AR) Break (BR)

Move (M) Chamfer (CHA)

Rotate (RO) Fillet (F)

Scale (SC) Explode

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