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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

1. Start AutoCAD and describe the graphics screen and text screen and explain how to
switch back and forth between them. Describe how to communicate with AutoCAD using
the keyboard, the cursor menu, the screen menu, the pull-down menu, the toolbar menu
and the dialogue box.

2. Define and explain how to execute the commands and system variables available in
AutoCAD. Define an option line and default.

3. Describe and apply the commands UNITS and LIMITS and their options.

4. Describe and apply the Cartesian Coordinate System and the Polar System and their
options: Absolute and Relative Coordinates.

5. Describe and apply the commands LINE, POINT, and XLINE and their options.

Exercise
Construct the following figures using LINE and POINT commands with coordinates and
distance mode. Use XLINE command, if necessary.

Figure P1.1

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Figure P1.3

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Figure P1.5

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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

1. Describe and apply the methods of selecting objects including Point, Window, Crossing
Window, Window Polygon, Crossing Polygon, and Fence. Describe and apply the
DDSELECT command and its options.
2. Describe GRIPS and explain how to edit objects using the five grips editing modes.
3. Describe and apply the commands ERASE, OOPS, U, UNDO, REDRAW, REGEN and
their options.
4. Describe and apply the object snap modes: Center, Endpoint, From, Intersection,
Midpoint, Node, Perpendicular, Quadrant, Tangent, etc.
5. Describe and apply the Drawing Aids: Grid, Snap, Ortho, etc.
6. Describe and apply the commands ZOOM and PAN and their options.
7. Describe and apply the commands CIRCLE, ARC, ELLIPSE, POLYGON, FILLET, and
CHAMFER and their options.
8. Describe and apply the command VIEWRES and its options.
9. Describe and apply the commands BREAK, TRIM, LENGTHEN, EXPLODE, and
DIVIDE and their options.
10. Describe and apply XYZ Point Filters.

Exercise
Draw the following objects.

Figure P2.1

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Figure P2.3

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Figure P2.5

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Figure P2.7

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Figure P2.9

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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

11. Describe and apply the commands OFFSET, MOVE, COPY, ROTATE, MIRROR,
SCALE, and STRETCH and their options.
12. Describe and apply the INQUIRY commands: ID, DIST, LIST, STATUS, TIME, AREA,
and MASSPROP and their options.
13. Describe the application of Calculator.

Exercise
1. Draw the following objects.

Figure P3.1(a)

Figure P3.1(b) Figure P3.1(c)

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 Figure P3.1(d)

2. Draw the following object. Make sure you use the copy command for all duplicate features.

Figure P3.2

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3. Draw the following object shown in Figure P3.3(a). Use SCALE command to modify the
drawing to match the one shown Figure P3.3(b). SCALE the complete object by a factor of
1.5 keeping the center of the circle at the same location. When you have completed the
above, SCALE the internal features of the object to match the drawing of Figure P3.3(b)
keeping the points identified by F at the same locations.

Figure P3.3(a)

Figure P3.3(b)

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4. Draw the following object and determine the total area and perimeter enclosed by the outline
of the object.

Figure P3.4

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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

14. Describe and apply the command ARRAY and its options: Rectangular and Polar.
15. Describe and apply the commands: BLOCK, WBLOCK, INSERT and their options.
Describe and apply the commands BASE, EXPLODE, MINSERT.
16. Describe and apply the command HATCH and its options.
17. Describe and apply the commands VIEW, VIEWPORT and their options.
18. Describe and apply the command LAYER and its options.
19. Describe and apply the commands CHANGE, CHPROP, DDMODIFY and their options.

Exercise
5. Draw the following objects shown in Figure P4.1. Use ARRAY command.

Figure P4.1(a) Figure P4.1(b)

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 Figure P4.1(c)

Figure P4.1(d)

Figure P4.1(e)

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6. Draw the following figures shown in Figure P4.2 and crosshatch the regions (excluding internal
features).

Figure P4.2(a) Figure P4.2(b)

Figure P4.2(c)

Figure P4.2(d)

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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

1. Describe and apply the command ISOPLANE and its options. Use the ISOPLANE command
in 2D isometric drawing.
2. Describe and apply the commands related with text: STYLE, TEXT, DTEXT, MTEXT
and their options.
3. Define AutoCAD's dimensioning terms and explain the use of dimensioning. Describe
and apply the dimensioning commands.
4. Draw and edit special objects using commands: DONUT, FILL, PLINE, MLINE, PEDIT,
BOUNDARY, and MEDIT.

Exercise
Draw the following isometric drawings and dimension.

Figure P5.1 Figure P5.2

Figure P5.3 Figure P5.4

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 Figure P5.5 Figure P5.6

Figure P5.7 Figure P5.8

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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

20. Describe and apply the command ELEV and its options: Elevation and Thickness.
21. Describe and apply the command EXTRUDE and its options.
22. Describe and apply the commands 3DFACE, 3DMESH, PFACE, 3DPOLY and their
options.
23. Describe and apply the commands RULESURF, TABSURF, REVSURF, EDGESURF.
Describe and apply the system variables SURFTAB1 and SURFTAB2.

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Exercise
1. Draw the following objects starting with zero elevation for each.
 Thickness and elevation for the base of circle with diameter 2 is respectively 2 units and
zero.
 Thickness and elevation for the base of circle with diameter 1 is respectively 1 unit and 2.
 Thickness and elevation for the base of the larger rectangle is respectively 3 units and
zero.
 Thickness and elevation for the base of the smaller is respectively 1.5 units and 3.

Figure P6.1
2. Repeat the Problem No. 1 using EXTRUDE command.
3. Draw a gear using EXTRUDE command. Assume any suitable dimensions.

4. Apply a polygon surface mesh to the existing objects using the appropriate commands.

Figure P6.4(a) Figure P6.4(b) Figure P6.4(c)

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 Figure P6.4(d) Figure P6.4(e) Figure P6.4(f)

Figure P6.4(g)

5. Use the 3DPLOY command to draw a spring of 50 mm radius and 20 mm pitch.

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TUTORIAL NO: 7
Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

1. Describe and apply the commands related to solid objects: BOX, CYLINDER, CONE,
WEDGE, SPHERE and their options.
2. Describe and apply the commands related to Boolean Operations: UNION,
SUBTRACTION, and INTERSECTION.
3. Describe and apply the command SLICE and its options.
4. Describe and apply the command UCS and its options.

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Exercise
Create a 3D solid model of the following objects.

Figure P7.1 Figure P7.2

Figure P7.3 Figure P7.4

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 Figure P7.5 Figure P7.6

Figure P7.7 Figure P7.8

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Objectives
After completing this sheet, you will be able to

1. Describe and apply the commands MVIEW and MVSETUP and their options.
2. Describe and apply the commands related to Printing or Plotting.

Exercise
Make the following object by solid modeling using AutoCAD. Show three orthographic and one
isometric view with uniform scale in paper space.

Figure P8.1

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