CVEV 118/698 AutoCAD 2000

Lecture 1
Prof. Mounir Mabsout Elsa Sulukdjian Walid El Asmar

AutoCAD Generalities

Design software develo ed b! AutoDesk. "irst released in 1#$% under t&e name 'Micro(AD). *evolutionar! drafting and design tool. +ranslated into 1$ languages.

AutoCAD Environment
Menu

+ool,ars

Drawing Area

(ommand Window

Status ,ar

AutoCAD Environment

Menu: (ontains all commands needed to run and design in Auto(AD. Toolbars: -uick access to some commands. According to &is need. t&e user can customi/e t&e Auto(AD environment b! adding0removing toolbars. Command indo!: Dis la!s rom ts and messages. Dra!in" Area: Area w&ere !ou draw 12ow sur rising3 #tatus $ar: Dis la!s t&e cursor coordinates in t&e lower4left corner. Also contains buttons to turn on common drawing aids 1Sna . 5rid. 6rt&o. Polar.

Dra!in" Coordinates

Dra!in" %nits: 5o to &ormat Menu. %nits

Absolute Coordinates *ectangular8 9 . ! Polar8 : 'elative Coordinates *ectangular8 ; 9 . ! Polar8 ; :

Dra!in" Aids
Grid and #na( Grid

Grid: Area of t&e gra &ic covered wit& regularl! s aced dots. acting as visual reference. #na( Grid: <nvisible grid t&at locks t&e ointer into alignment wit& t&e grid oints according to t&e s acing set b! Sna . )ote:

,ot& o tions can be turned 6n06ff from t&e Status ,ar. Grid and #na( Grid are inde endent o tions= and grids s acing do not &ave to coincide.

5rids s&a e and s acing can be s ecified from 'Tools* menu. c&oosing 'Dra+tin" #ettin"s*, or wit& command line -Dsettin"s*, or b! rig&t4clicking on

Dra!in" Aids ./ont*d0

1b2e/t #na(: 6 tion used to sna t&e cursor to articular oints on objects. i.e. end oints. centers. etc7 +&e o tion can be turned 6n06ff from t&e Status ,ar. T3ree 1b2e/t #na( met3ods8
"rom t&e #tandard Toolbar. b!

of t&e 1b2e/t #na( +l4out. Press #56&T and 'i"3t7Cli/8 near t&e oint intended to sna to= and t&en c&oose an object sna from t&e s&ortcut menu. Enter an object sna abbreviation on t&e command line 1E>D. M<D. <>+. etc73.

clicking on a button

Dra!in" Aids ./ont*d0

Gri(s: Small s?uares t&at a ear on selected objects. ,! selecting a gri and dragging t&e mouse. !ou can stretc& or move t&e object. @se Es/ ke! twice to deselect gri s. 1rt3o: 6 tion t&at locks t&e cursor)s movement along t&e 9.! directions on t&e screen. +&e o tion can be turned 6n06ff from t&e Status ,ar.

#ele/tion Modes

#ele/tion Modes:

All. Window. Last0Previous. (rossing. ,o9 1E?uivalent to '(rossing) if selection from rig&t to left= ot&erwise e?uivalent to 'Window)3. "ence 1Selects all crossing objects3. WPol!gon 1Selects all objects com letel! inside ol!gon3. (Pol!gon 1E?uivalent to a closed fence3.

9oomin"

9oomin" Modes .9oom Command0:

Aoom Window 1W3. Aoom D!namic 1D3. Aoom Scale 1S3. Aoom (enter 1(3 1S ecif! center oint and &eig&t3. Aoom <n06ut 1%B 0 .CB3. Aoom All 1ALL3. Aoom E9tents 1E3.

Dra! 1b2e/ts

Dra! 1b2e/ts:

Line Pol!line *ectangle Arc (ircle Pol!gon Elli se Etc.

1b2e/ts Editin" Met3ods

Modi+4in" and Editin" Commands:

+rim Stretc& ,reak 1Erases arts of objects or s lits an object in two3 "illet 1*ounds and fillets t&e edges of objects3 (&amfer 1E?uivalent to "illet wit& a straig&t edge3 E9tend 1E9tends an object to meet anot&er object3 Mirror Arra! 1(reates multi le co ies of objects in a attern3 6ffset E9 lode 1,reaks a com ound object into its com onent objects3 Etc.

:a4ers

:a4ers (ro(erties:

(olor Linet! e Lineweig&t PlotSt!le

:a4ers /ontrol met3ods:

"ree/e 1"ree/es la!ers. making t&em invisible and e9cluding t&em from regeneration and lotting3 Lock0@nlock 1Locks la!ers. reventing selection and editing of objects on t&ose la!ers3 6n 1Makes selected la!ers visible and available for lotting3 06ff Plot

$lo/8s

$lo/8s: association of multi le objects into a single entit! 1e.g. door. window. etc.3 $lo/8s Met3ods:

,L6(D8 creates block definitions on t&e command line <nsert ,lock8 s ecif! t&e insertion oint. scale. and rotation angle E9 lode ,lock8 breaks a block instance for modification. <.e. to add or delete objects t&at define t&e block 6o s8 restores objects erased b! t&e last E*ASE command Wblock8 Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file

3at*s )e! in AutoCAD 2000

Desi"n Environment:

Multi le document environment 1Work wit& multi le drawings in a single environment3 >ew object sna s 1Parallel and E9tension object sna s3 *eal4time ED rotation +oolbars 1@se Auto(AD toolbars t&at are en&anced to conform to MicrosoftF 6ffice #$ standards3 Pro erties window S&ortcut menus 1*ig&t4click !our ointing device to dis la! new s&ortcut menus to access Auto(AD commands3 +e9t editing 1@se t&e new te9t4control ca abilities of t&e Multiline +e9t Editor to edit te9t more ?uickl!3 Load0@nload a lications 1+&e new Load0@nload A lications dialog bo9 makes loading and unloading a lications easier and more intuitive3 G,A

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