Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies

(Catering the Educational Needs Gifted Rural Youth of A.P)

R.K Valley, Y.S.R Kadapa (Dist.)-516330,

Andhra Pradesh.
AN

INTERNSHIP REPORT

ON

AUTO CAD
Submitted to
Dr.S.AMARENDRA KUMAR
Professor
Civil Engineering Department
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technology,
RK Valley, Andhra Pradesh

By
KOLLADAM HEMANTH KUMAR
ID: R190372
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technology,
RK Valley, Andhra Pradesh

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the report of the summer internship work entitled submitted to Rajiv Gandhi
University of Knowledge and Technology, “AUTO CAD” which is being of Bachelor of
Technology in Civil Engineering, R K Valley is Bonafide Report in partial fulfilment of
requirement for the award of Degree of the work carried out by me. The material contain in this
Report has not been submitted to any University of Institution for award of any Degree.

Kolladam Hemanth Kumar

R190372

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I express my heartfelt gratitude to Dr. A V S Kumara Swami Gupta, Director of RGUKT –

RK Valley, for his consistent encouragement and guidance. I am thankful to Mr. D Ramesh Kailas,
Assistant Professor and Head of Department of Civil Engineering, RGUKT - RK Valley for his precious
Insights and support I am thankful for the faculty advisory and guide Mr.Dr.S.AMARENDRA KUMAR,
Professor , RGUKT - RK Valley for his worthwhile suggestions. Finally, I would like to
acknowledge the invaluable support of my academic institution, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge
and Technologies – RK Valley, for facilitating this internship opportunity and for their ongoing
commitment to my education and career aspiration. Thank you once again for this enriching
experience and for contributing to my growth as a future professional as a Designer.

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 ABSTRACT

As part of curriculum, and for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of
B.TECH degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge And Technologies, R K Valley.
I Mr Kolladam Hemanth Kumar underwent a software training for 6 weeks during the months
May 2024 - June2024.

The report consists of brief study and description of AutoCAD software used for construction .this report
contains my 6 weeks learning and work using the AutoCADsoftware.

In the content I have explained my overall internship familiarity in the last successsive months.
This content is the main content that I have recorded and it contains overall work I have been
executing.

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 CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION………………………..…………………………….6

2. AUTOCAD WINDOW

a. Application button…………………………………………………….7
b. Quick Access Toolbar…………………………………………………7
c. Ribbon………………………………………...……………………….9
d. File tabs………………………………………………………………..10
e. Status bar……………………………………………………………....10
f. View cube…………………………………………………………..….11
g. UCS…………………………………………………………………...12
h. Command line/ Pallet………………………………………………...13

3. FILLING AND DATA INPUT

a. Opening files…………………………………….………………….....13
b. File saving……………………………………………………………..14
c. Closing a File……………………………………………………….…..14

4. DRAWING UNITS AND LIMITS

a. Units ……………………………………………………………..…….14
b. Limits………………………………………………………………..…15

5. COMMANDS

a. Overview and definitions……………………………………………….16

b. Draw command tools………………………………………………..….17
c. Modify commands……………………………………………………...18
d. Dimension Toolbar…………………………………………….. ……...20
e. Text command…………………………………………………………..23

CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………….31

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 AUTOCAD2D

1. INTRODUCTION

AutoCAD is a commercial software application for 2D and 3D computer-aided design

(CAD) and drafting — available since 1982 as a desktop application and since 2010 as a
mobile web- and cloud-based app marketed as AutoCAD 360.

Developed and marketed by Autodesk, Inc., AutoCAD was first released in December 1982,
running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers.

As of 2014, AutoCAD is in its twenty-ninth generation, and collectively with all its variants,
continues to be the most widely used CAD program throughout most of the world. The latest
version was released on 23th march 2021 as Auto CAD 2022.

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 2. AUTOCAD WINDOW

1. Application button

This provides the user with file options like, save, open, print.

2. Quick Access toolbar

Display frequently used tools with the Quick Access toolbar.

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View Undo and Redo History

As with most programs, the Quick Access toolbar displays options to undo and redo changes to your
work. To undo or redo a less recent change, click the drop-down button to the right of either the Undo
or the Redo button.

Add Commands and controls

You can easily add commonly used tools to the Quick Access toolbar by clicking the indicated
drop-down button and clicking your choices from the drop-down menu.

Tip: For a fast way to add a ribbon button to the Quick Access toolbar, right-click any button on the
ribbon, and then click Add to Quick Access Toolbar.

Buttons are added to the right of the default commands on the Quick Access toolbar. To remove one
of these commands, use the CUI editor and open the [+] Quick Access Toolbars > [+] Quick Access
Toolbar 1.
From there, you can click and press Delete. You can also drag the elements to change their order on
the toolbar.

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3. Ribbon
The ribbon organizes tools into logical groupings.

The ribbon provides a compact palette of all of the tools necessary to create or modify yours
drawing.

It can be in placed in the following places:

• Docked horizontally at the top of the drawing area (default)
• Docked vertically along the right or left edge of the drawing area
• Undocked, or floating within the drawing area or on a second monitor
Ribbon and Tabs

The ribbon is composed of a series of tabs, which are organized into panels that contain
many of the tools and controls available in toolbars.

Some ribbon panels provide access to a dialog box related to that panel. To display the
related dialog box, click the dialog box launcher is denoted by an arrow icon, , in the lower-

right corner of the panel.

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4. File Tabs

Displays the file tabs at the top of the drawing area.

Find

File tabs provide an easy way for you to access all the open drawings in the application. The file
tab usually displays the full name of the file. Clicking the plus sign (+) on the right end of the file
tabs bar opens a new drawing based on the specified template file used by the QNEW command.
Note: If there is no specified template, clicking the plus sign (+) opens a new drawing based on the
last used template. Drag a drawing from Windows Explorer or File Explorer into any part of the
file tab bar to open it.
Use Ctrl+TAB to navigate through the file tabs.

You can right-click on the file tabs or the file tab bar to access the shortcut menus that offer you
options to open, close or save drawings.

5.Status Bar

The status bar displays the cursor location, drawing tools, and tools that affect your
drawing environment.

The status bar provides quick access to some of the most commonly used drawing tools. You can
toggle settings such as grid, snap, polar tracking, and object snap. You can also access additional
settings for some of these tools by clicking their drop down arrows.

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Note:
Not all tools are displayed by default; you can choose what tools to display from the Customization
menu, the right-most but ton on the status bar.
The tools displayed on the status bar might change depending on the current workspace and whether
the Model tab or a layout tab is currently displayed.
You can also toggle some of these settings with the function keys on your keyboard (F1 - F12).

6.View Cube

The View Cube is a 3D navigation tool that appears when the 3D graphics system is enabled and
allows you to switch between standard and isometric views.

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Once the View Cube is displayed, it displays in one of the corners f the drawing window over the
model in an inactive state. When you position the cursor over the View Cube, it becomes active. You
can switch to one of the available preset views, roll the current view, or change to the Home view of
the model.
View Cube is also displayed in the Object Viewers. The View Cube is always turned on in Object
Viewers.

Note :

• The View Cube is visible by default. An exception to this are the 2D Wireframe and 3D Hidden
visual styles, where View Cube is not displayed.
• When View Cube is displayed in the drawing area, you have access to a compass and can define
a UCS. In an Object view, no UCS option and no compass are available.

8. UCS

Sets the origin and orientation of the current user coordinate sys tem (UCS).

The UCS is a moveable Cartesian coordinate system that establishes the XY work plane, horizontal
and vertical directions, axes of rotation, and other useful geometric references. You can change the
UCS origin and orientation for convenience as you specify points, enter coordinates, and work with
drawing aids, such as Ortho mode and the grid.

A UCS can be stored with a viewport if the UCSVP system vari able is set to 1 for that viewport.
Note: By default, the Coordinates panel is hidden in the Drafting & Annotation workspace. To
display the Coordinates panel, click the View tab, then right-click and choose Show Panels, and then
click Coordinates. In 3D workspaces (not available in AutoCAD LT), the Coordinates panel is on

the Home tab.

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Commander line / Pallete :

Displays the Command window

The Command window accepts command and system variable input and displays prompts that guide
you through the command sequence.

You can also press Ctrl+9 to toggle the display of the command window.

3. FILING AND DATA INPUT

AutoCAD 2014 file operations are similar to the file operations in any other Windows program. The
general file handling commands include file saving, file opening, file closing and printing of drawings.

I. OPENING FILES

II. FILE SAVING

III. CLOSING A FILE

There are three ways to open a drawing in AutoCAD Using Application Menu .

• Click on Application Menu> Open

• On the select file dialogue box that appears, browse through the folders in the Look in slot. This
enables you to navigate to the folder where you ‘ve saved your drawing.

• Clicking on a file allows you to look at a preview of the drawing.

• Select OPEN.

II. FILE SAVING

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> To save a drawing for the first time

The Save Drawing dialogue box appears when you are saving a drawing for the first time. You are the
required to navigate through the folders in the save in slot to select the folder in which you want to
save your drawing. Type in the file name and then click save.

If you modify a drawing you may wish to save it again but retaining the original template. In this case
select save as from the file pull down or the application menu. Give it a name that signifies its current
status i.e. taking into account the changes. Click save.

> Saving a File as You Work .

Making Changes

Coming up with certain drawings may not take place in One pass.
Some will require modifications at virtually every stage. Others involve a series of iterative stages
before settling on the final copy. In these circumstances, AutoCAD offers the required flexibility as
opposed to manual drawing. To keep track of all the modifications, the Save As tool is very essential.

III. CLOSING A FILE

Simply click on the X button on the top right corner of the Auto CAD window to close a drawing. A
dialogue box appears asking whether to save the changes on the drawing. Select yes to save the
changes and no if you don’t want to effect the changes. However it’s usually a good practice to save
your files before closing them.

4.DRAWING UNITS & LIMITS

• UNITS

The format, precision, and other settings used to display coordinates, distances, and angles are set through
This dialog box, and are saved in the current drawing.
It is recommended that you save these settings to your drawing template files to reduce your setup time
When you start a new drawing the drawing unit dialog box displayed. Enter units at the command prompt
to display options.

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• Limits:

When you start a new drawing, and then decide how much space I need for my drawing. Think of it
as the size of your drawing area. Then you can define drawing limits correctly. Type LIMITS enter.
Type 0,0 as lower left corner then type or click the coordinate for upper right corner based on the units
which is in Inches or mm.

• Command: LIMITS
Reset Model space limits:
Specify lower left corner or [ON/OFF] <0.0000, 0.0000>: 0, 0 Specify upper right corner
<100.0000, 100.0000>: 300,200

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5.COMMANDS

1.OVERVIEW & DEFINITIONS

You communicate with AutoCAD by using tools and Menu options.

These devices invoke AutoCAD commands.
I. What is a command?

It’s a single-word instruction you give to AutoCAD telling it to do something such as draw a line (the
line tool in the Draw Ribbon Panel) or erase an object (the Erase tool in the Modify Ribbon Panel).
Whenever you invoke a command, by either typing it or selecting a menu option or tool, AutoCAD
responds by presenting messages to you in the Command Window and the Dynamic Input display or
by displaying a dialogue box. By right clicking during the drawing process, a context-sensitive short
cut menu is dis played; i.e. if you are in the middle of a command, this menu dis plays a list of options
specifically related to that command.

II. Command tools .

Move the arrow cursor to the Line tool and rest it there. Do not click yet. Hold it there for
a little while and then for a longer.

While you will see two tool tips. The first tip gives you the
tool tip name and the keyboard command associated with the tool. The second tip gives a brief
explaination of how to use the tool. This happens to all other tools on the ribbon. To be able to draw.

III. Methods of Accessing/Activating Commands.

1. Clicking on the command tool/icon on the Ribbon Panels.

2. Typing the command on the Keyboard.

3. Use of Accelerator Keys. These are special keystrokes that open and activate drop down menu
options. Example is Ctrl+S for save and Ctrl+C for copy.

4. Use of Aliases; (one, two or three letter abbreviations of a command name) .

These are also typed on the key board .

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2. Draw Command Tools

1. Line: With the Line command you can draw a simple line from one point
to another.

2. Construction line: The construction line commands creates a line of infinite length which passes through
two picked point.

3. Polyline : The Polyline command is similar to the line command except that the resulting object may
be composed of a number of segments which form a single object.

4. Rectangular : The Rectangle command is used to draw a rectangle whose sides are vertical and

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horizontal. The position and size of the rectangle are defined by picking two diagonal corners .

5. Polygon: The polygon command can be used to draw any regular polygon from 3 sides up to 1024 sides.
This command requires four inputs from the user, the number of side pick point for the center of the
polygon, whether you want polygon inscribed or circumscribed and then a pick point which determines
both the radius of this imaginary circle and the orientation of the polygon. the polygon command creates
a closed poly line in the shape of the required polygon.

6. Circle: The Circle command is used to draw circles. There are a number of ways you can define the
circle. The default method is to pick the center point and then to either pick a second point the

circumference of the circle or enter the circle radius at the keyboard .

7.Arc: The Arc command allows you to draw an arc of a circle. There are numerous ways to
define an arc; the default method uses three pick points, a start point, a second point and an
end point.

8.Spline : A spline is a smooth curve that is along a number of control points. the fit Tolerance
option can be used to control how closely the spline conforms to the control points. A low
tolerance value causes the spline to form close to the control points.

9. Ellipse : The Ellipse command gives you a number of different creation options. The default
option is to pick the two end points of an axis and then a third point to define the eccentricity
of the el lipse.

10. Hatch : Hatch is used to add shaded patterns to objects and shapes. You can pick:
Pattern, Scale, Angle, Points.

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 3.MODIFY COMMANDS

• Offset: Create a duplicate object parallel with the original object. If this object is a Polyline or a
Circle, the duplicate shape will be transformed inwards or outwards.

• Copy Copy’s one or more objects .

• Mirror: Create a mirror image of an object. It is useful for creating symmetrical objects because
you can quickly draw half the object and then mirror it instead of drawing the entire object

• Array: Create copies of objects in a rectangular or polar pattern. This is especially useful when
you need to duplicate several ob jects at the same distance from each other. For rectangular ar
rays, you control the number of rows and Columns and the dis tance between each. For polar
arrays, you control the number of copies of the object and whether the copies are rotated.

• Move :Moves one or more objects.

• Rotate: You can rotate objects with an absolute or relative angle. When using an absolute angle:
Specify the base point and then specify the rotation angle.

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• Scale: A scale factor greater than 1 enlarges the object. It is also possible to scale an object
using a reference object. This method scales the object equally in all directions.

• Trim : With the trim option objects can be shortened or length ended with the edges of other objects.
Objects can exactly be fit ted between these objects.

• Extend: With the extend option you can shorten or lengthen objects to meet the edges of other objects.
For example a line can be exactly fitted between objects. Extending an object works in the same way
as trimming.

• Fillet: You can use the fillet tool to connect two objects with an arc with a specified radius. The
inside corner is called a fillet and an outside corner is called a round.

• Join: You can use the join option to combine similar objects into one single object. It is also
possible to create complete circles from arcs.

• Explode: Polylines, hatches or blocks can be converted into in dividual elements with the explode
option. If you explode a polyline every segment will become a separate line.

DIMENSION TOOLBAR

You can create several types of dimensions for a variety of object types in many orientations and
alignments.
The basic types of dimensioning are linear, radial, angular, ordinate , and arc length. Use the DIM
command to create dimensions automatically according to the object type that you want to dimen

sion.

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You can control the appearance of dimensions by setting up dimension styles, or by editing
individual dimensions in special cases. Dimension styles allow you to specify your conventions
quickly and maintain industry or project dimensioning standards.

1. Linear Dimensions -Linear dimensions can be horizontal, vertical, or aligned . you can create an
aligned, horizontal, or vertical dimension with the DIM command depending on how you move the

cursor when placing the text .

2. Radial dimensions-A radial dimension measures the radius or diameter of arcs and circles with an
optional centreline or centre mark .

3. Angular dimensions- Angular dimensions measure the angle between two selected geometric objects
or three points.

4. Ordinate Dimensions - Ordinate dimensions measure the per pendicular distances from an origin point
called the datum, such as a hole in a part. These dimensions prevent escalating errors by maintaining
accurate offsets of the features from the datum.

5. Arc Length Dimensions -Arc length dimensions measure the distance along an arc or polyline arc

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segment. Typical uses of arc length dimensions include measuring the travel distance around cam or
indicating the length of a cable. Arc length dimensions measure the distance along .

6.Baseline and Continued Dimensions - Continued dimensions also called chained dimensions, multiple
dimensions placed end-to-end.

Baseline dimensions are multiple dimensions with offset dimension lines measured from the same
location

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5. TEXT COMMAND

1. Multiline Text - For longer notes and labels with internal formatting, use multiline text

2. Single-line Text - For short, simple notes and labels, use single-line text.

Some Drawings including Text

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SIMPLE HOUSE PLAN

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ELEVATION FOR THE ABOVE PLAN

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SECTIONAL DRAWING

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DUPLEX HOUSE PLAN

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ELEVATION

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SECTIONAL DRAWING

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 CONCLUSION
This report covered the preview of our learning path and study materials. The use of AutoCAD has
many advantages. It can help to reduce the time it takes to produce the drawing needed in the work
environment. AutoCAD software is the most amazing range of mechanical computer aided design
tool. It is now considered to be the best according to industry standards that can be obtained for a
wide array of designing,

The use of AutoCAD may also be relied on heavily in order to create efficiencies within the
industries. We explored different materials ranging from text, tutorials and youtube videos so as get
to grips with the finer details of mastering AutoCAD. We were guided by the fact that there is more
to learning AutoCAD than drawing simple figures and lines. It has very vast application in the field
of manufacturing, architecture, electrical, and many more. The company Autodesk provides wide
range of application and software which reduces the effort to create complex drawing and easy to
maintain. With the help of AutoCAD, we can create design very quickly. It improves the quality of
the drawing which we can’t get by hand drafting. With the help of this software, drawing can be
easily modified whenever wanted which reduces the human effort. We can easily transfer files from
one place to another in no time which reduces the time.

This software is utilized to provide some useful and practical de signing software that will allow
users to visualize as well as create prototypes of a product in reality and quick time. AutoCAD

software allows developers to give form to their out of the box ideas .

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