LESSON 5
Basic Object creation & Modification
Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson you must be able to
Use draw commands( circle (TTR)
Use modify commands fillet, array, mirror
Use construction line
Draw lines at an angle using Polar input
Hands on Drawing
Complete the step by step tutorial
Complete assignments
In this tutorial we will create the drawing shown below.
Launch AutoCAD and Start a New Drawing. Make sure your defin
defined
ed drawing area is suitable for this
exercise. Remember to ZOOM >ENTER> A > ENTER before you start drawing.
Set you Automatic save time to 10minutes command SAVETIME > ENTER 10 > ENTER
We will start by drawing two construction lines perpendicular to each other.
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ORTHO Mode ON press F8
Click this arrow to access more Draw
commands
Click this icon to invoke the XLINE
command
1- Pick a point through which the line
will pass.
2- Pick 2nd point through which the line
will pass. Vertical line will be created
3- Pick 3rd point through which the
horizontal line will pass. Press ENTER to
create the horizontal line
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The two construction lines will be created. Note that you will not be able to see the end points of
these construction lines.
Next we will draw the two circles.
Click here to invoke the circle command
Pick this point as centre of your circle
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45 > ENTER (Circle given dimension is a Diameter therefore R = 90/2)
Press your right mouse button. The following menu appears.
Select this item to repeat the CIRCLE
command
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Pick the intersection of the two
construction lines as the centre point
for the second circle
Type 27.5 > ENTER (radius of the smaller circle)
We have completed the two circles as shown below.
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To draw the small circles we first need to
locate their centre. We know that this centre
is at 60 mm from the centre of the main
circles and this centre line makes an angle of
30 degrees to the vertical construction line
1. To create this line. Type LINE >ENTER
2. Pick this point as the start point of
the LINE
3. Type @60 TAB 60 >ENTER
Type ENTER
Create a circle here and set the radius
as 18
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Create another circle here
and set the radius as 10
Your drawing should look like this
Next we will create copies of the two small circles using the MIRROR command
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Click the mirror icon to invoke the
MIRROR command
Select the two circles and press ENTER
Next select the mirror line by picking two points on that line. Does not need to be a real line. Any two
points will define a mirror line.
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Pick first point on mirror line
Next
Pick second point on mirror line
You are prompted if you want to erase source object. Type N and press ENTER to keep the source
objects
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Your drawing will look like as shown below
Select these as the Repeat MIRROR
two points on your command but this
mirror line time select the 4
circles
Your
our drawing should look like this. Do not erase source object.
Next we will create a the R14 fillets
Create a fillets here with radius 14 and
the opposite side
Click the FILLET icon as shown above
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You are prompted to select the first object or Radius.
Type R and press ENTER (this tells AutoCAD that you want to enter set the radius value)
Type the fillet radius value,
14 >ENTER
You can now select the first object and the second object
First object select this. Pay attention
to the point that you pick on the
object for correct positioning of you
fillet .
Please select as shown on the diagram
Second object select this. Pay attention
to the point that you pick on the object
for correct positioning of you fillet
You fillet will be created like this.
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Your drawing should now look like as shown below
We will create the arc with radius 17
Between these two circles. We will
use the circle command but we will
select the Tangent Tangent Radius
TTR option
Invoke the circle command, you can also type C and press ENTER
Instead of picking the center point for the circle, Type TTR and press ENTER
Pick this point
Pick another point
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Type in the radius of the circle
Type 17 and press ENTER.
Your drawing should look as below
Right click and select Repeat Circle and draw a similar circle at the bottom half. (use TTR option)
Your drawing will look as below. Next we will remove unwanted objects using the TRIM command
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Remove these portions of the drawing
using the TRIM command
Using the TRIM command to remove all the unwanted portions.
Command: TRIM > ENTER > ENTER
This time we want every object to be a cutting edge so we will press enter twice to select all objects
Select all unwanted portions and press ENTER when done.
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Your drawing should look as shown below,
Next we will create the feature with width of 8mm.
Offset this line by 4
To this side
Repeat to the other side
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Remove these
portions
Using TRIM command
select these two edges
as cutting edges
Remove these
portions
Your drawing should look as below
Next we will create a Pattern of 6
copies of the objects equally spaced
about a centre point
Command ARRAY or AR
This will be the centre point of the
Array
Select the objects to array (preselection)
Type the command: ARRAY > ENTER
Pick the centre point of the array as shown above.
Enter the number of copies to create (or angle in between)
Angle to fill = 360 degrees
CLOSE
Your drawing should look like as shown below
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Save your work.
Next lesson : Working with layers and line types
Assignment 2
Draw the following diagrams using learned AutoCAD commands. Do not make put the dimension
lines and hatching , but create drawing as per dimensions shown. Show all lines as continuous lines
Total 50 Marks
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