Training Report on Autocad

CONTENTS ?Introduction to Auto dog ?GUI of AutoCAD ? dominates in AutoCAD ?Layers ?Viewports ?Exercises taste 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4 Sample 5 ?3D in AutoCAD ?3D summonss ?3D Exercises Sample 1 Sample 2 AutoCAD AutoCAD, developed by Autodesk Inc. , is the most popular PC CAD system available in the market. This jut package is a general purpose computer aided design and drafting application for your computer. The speed and ease with which a absorbing can be prep ard and modified using a computer offer a phenomenal advantage over hand preparation.Here Im going to mention a few of the applications for which AutoCAD is being handlingd today- flexhitectural drawings of every last(predicate) kinds. Interior designs on facility planning. Drawings for Electronics, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Automotives and Aerospace engineering applications. Theatre set lighting designs. get drawing for the Fine Arts, Textiles, Fashion and Dress designing. rough otherwise CAD package s developed by the same company ar- Auto Shade Auto Flix Auto Ketch Animator 3D Studio AutoCAD ScreenVarious comp hotshotnts of the initial AutoCAD screen argon drawing playing area, see windowpane, menu bar, several toolbars, model and layouts, and the status bar (Fig. 1). A title bar that has AutoCAD symbol and the contemporary drawing name is displayed on top of the screen. account 1 AutoCAD Screen ? SCREEN COMPONENTS Drawing Area The drawing area covers the major portion of the screen. Here we can draw the objects and use the overlooks. To draw the objects, we enquire to define the unionise addresss, which can be selected by using our testifying device Command Window Figure 2 Command WindowThe look across window at the bottom of the drawing area has the command prompt where we can enter the commands. It also displays the subsequent prompt sequences and the messages. We can change the surface of the window by placing the arrow on the top edge and then dragging it App lication billet bump Figure 3 Application term Bar The Status Bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen (Fig. 3). It contains almost useful information and passings that will make it easy to change the status of some AutoCAD functions. We can toggle between on and off states of most of these functions by choosing them. Coordinates The coordinates information is displayed on the left corner of the Status Bar. We can select this coordinate button to toggle between on and off states. If the COORDS system variable controls the type of display of coordinates. ?Snap sense modality The snap mode everyows you to move the cursor in fixed increments. If snap mode is on, the Snap Mode button is chosen in the Status Bar otherwise it is non displayed. ?Grid flourish The grid commercial enterprises are used as a indication funds to draw objects in AutoCAD. If the Grid Display button is chosen, the grid funds are displayed on the screen. Ortho Mode If the Ortho Mode button is chose n in the Status Bar, we can draw sucks at right angles only. ?Polar Tracking If we turn the north-polar tracking on, the exploit of cursor is restricted along a path based on set as the polar angle settings. Choosing the Polar Tracking button in the Status Bar turns it on. Remember that turning the polar tracking on, automatic belyy turns off the ortho mode. ? ?Object Snap When the Object Snap button is chosen in the Status Bar, we can use the running object snaps to snap a localize. ?Allow/Dis allow Dynamic UCSChoosing the button allows or disallows the use of moral force UCS. Allowing the dynamic UCS ensures that the XY plane of the UCS got dynamically aligned with the selected face of the model. ?Dynamic Input The Dynamic input button is used to turn the Dynamic Input on or off. Turning it on facilitates the heads-up design approach because all commands, prompts and the dimensional inputs will now be displayed in the drawing area and we do not need to look at the command pr ompt all the time. This saves the design time and also increases the efficiency of the user. ?Show/Hide LineweightChoosing this button in the Status Bar allows you to turn on or off the display of lineweights in the drawing. ?Model The Model button is chosen by disrespect because you are workings in the model space to create drawings. ?Annotation Scale The annotation scale controls the size and display of the annotative objects in the model space. The Annotation Scale button has a drop-down add up that displays all the annotation scales available for the current drawing. ?Annotation Visibility This button is used to control the visibility of the annotative objects that do not deport the current annotation scale in drawing area. Automatically Add Scale This button, if chosen, automatically adds all the annotation scales that are set current to all the annotative objects present in the drawing. ?Quick Properties If you select a curriculum vitaeed entity when this button is chosen in the Status Bar, the properties of selected entity will be displayed in a panel. ? COMMANDS LINE Line command is used to draw a continuing series of line segments, but each line segment is a separate object. We can make the LINE command from the Draw toolbar, as shown in fig. 4 Figure 4 Draw ToolbarWe can also invoke the LINE command by entering LINE or L at the command prompt. Once you ware invoked the LINE command, the next prompt, the cook first point, requires us to specify the get-go signal point. After first point is selected, AutoCAD will prompt you to enter the foster point at the sic next point prompt. At this point we may continue to select points or terminate the LINE command by pressing ENTER, ESC, or the SPACEBAR. The prompt sequence of invoking LINE command is as follows Command LINE raise nail first point bm the cursor (mouse) and left click to specify the first point. bushel next point or Undo Move the cursor and left click to specify the second point . set forth next point or Undo avow the third point. Specify next point or Close/Undo Enter. (Press ENTER to exit LINE command. ) XLINE The XLINE command can be used to draw gimmick or projection lines. These lines are the lines that aid in construction or projection and are drawn very lightly, when manually drafting. An xline (construction line) is a 3D line that extends to infinity at both ends. As the line is un quashed in length, it does not have any end points.The prompt sequence of invoking the XLINE command is as follows Command XLINE Enter Specify a point or Hor/Ver/Ang/Bsect/Offset Specify an cream or select a point through which the xline will pass. PLINE The PLINE command is used to draw a polyline. A polyline is a line that has different features. The term POLYLINE can be broken into two bulges POLY and LINE. POLY means many. This signifies that a poly line can have many lines. Some features of polylines are listed next. Polylines can be thick lines with a desired width. They are very flexible and can be used to draw any shape, such(prenominal) as a contained luck or a doughnut.Polylines can be used to draw objects in any line type. Advanced alter commands can be used to edit them (for example, the PEDIT command). The command prompt for invoking the PLINE command is as follows Command PLINE Enter Specify get off point Specify the starting point or enter its coordinates. Current line width is nn. nnn Current line width is nn. nnn is displayed automatically, which indicates the width of the polyline drawn. If we need a different width, invoke the largeness option at the next prompt and set it. Next the following prompt is displayed.Specify next point or Arc/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width Specify next point or enter an option. polygonal shape A regular polygon is a closed geometric figure with equal sides. The number of side varies from 3 to 1024. For example, a triangle is a three sided polygon and a pentagon is a five sided polygon. In Aut oCAD, the POLYGON command is used to draw regular 2D polygons. A polygon is said to be inscribed when it is drawn inside an imaginary circle and its vertices touch the circle. Likewise, a polygon is circumscribed when it is drawn out of doors imaginary circle and sides of polygon are tangent to circle.We can easily choose one option from these two available options during the invoking process. The prompt sequence of invoking POLYGON command is given next. Command POLYGON Enter Enter number of sides Enter a value between 3 and 1024. Specify center of polygon Specify the center point or enter its coordinates. Enter an option Inscribed in circle/Circumscribed about circle Enter I or C. Specify radius of circle Specify the radius of circle, which will inscribe or circumscribe the polygon. RECTANG The RECTANG command is used to draw rectangles in AutoCAD.We can draw rectangles by specifying two opposite corners of the rectangle, by specifying the area and the size of one of the sides, or by specifying the dimensions of rectangles. The prompt sequence of invoking RECTANG command is as follows Command RECTANG Enter Specify first corner point or Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Thickness/Width Specify first corner point or enter its coordinates. Specify other corner point or Area/Dimensions/Rotation Specify opposite corner point or enter its coordinates. ARC An arc is defined as a part of a circle. In AutoCAD, it can be drawn using the ARC command.AutoCAD provides eleven different options to draw an arc. To view these options, click on Draw option in the Menu Bar, a flyout option will appear as shown in fig. 5 Figure 5 Options in Menu Bar for Creating an Arc The default setting is for creating a three point arc. The command prompt for invoking ARC command is as follows Command ARC Enter Specify start point of arc or Center Specify first point of arc or enter its coordinates. Specify second point of arc or Center/End Specify the through point for arc or enter its coordina tes. Specify the end point of arc Specify the end point or enter its coordinates. wad The CIRCLE command is used to draw circles. AutoCAD provides six different options to draw a circle. To view and choose from the available options, click on Draw option in the Menu Bar, a flyout will appear as shown in fig. 6 Figure 6 Options in Menu Bar for creating a Circle The default setting is for creating a circle with Center and Radius option. The other options can be invoked by entering the appropriate letter in the command window or by the method stated earlier. The prompt sequence for invoking CIRCLE command is stated next. Command CIRCLE EnterSpecify center point for circle or 3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius) Specify center point or enter its coordinates. Specify radius of circle or Diameter Enter the required value of radius. ELLIPSE If a circle is observed from an angle, the shape is called an ellipse, which can be created in AutoCAD using the ELLIPSE command. An ellipse can be created by t wo different options and these options are grouped together in the Draw option of the Menu Bar as shown in fig. 7 Figure 7 Options in Menu Bar for creating an Ellipse The default setting is for creating an ellipse with Axis and End point option.The Other options can be invoked by entering the appropriate letter in the command window or by method stated above. The prompt sequence for invoking ELLIPSE command is stated next. Command ELLIPSE Enter Specify axis endpoint of ellipse or Arc/Center Enter coordinates of axis end point or choose an option. Specify other endpoint of axis Specify other end point or enter its coordinates. Specify keep to the other axis or rotation Specify the half length of second axis. remove After drawing some objects, you may need to erase some of them from the screen. To erase, we can use ERASE command in AutoCAD.This command is used just the same way as an eraser is used in manual drafting to delete un destinyed information. We can invoke ERASE command f rom the Modify toolbar Figure 8 Modify Toolbar When we invoke the ERASE command, a small rap, known as pick box, replaces the screen cursor. To erase an object, move the pick box so that it touches the object. Select the object. AutoCAD confirms the picking by changing the selected objects into dashed lines and the select objects prompt returns again. We can continue selecting objects or press ENTER to terminate object selection and erase the selected objects.The prompt sequence is given next. Command ERASE Enter Select objects Select first object. Select objects Select second object. Select objects Enter re-create The COPY command is used to copy an existing object. This command makes copies of the selected objects and places them at stipulate localisations, but the orignals are left intact. In this command we need to select the objects and specify the base point. Next we need to specify the second point, this point is where we exigency the copied objects to be placed. The pr ompt sequence that is followed when you invoke COPY command is given next.Command COPY Enter Select objects Select objects to copy. Select objects Enter Specify base point or Displacement/mOde Specify base point. Specify second point or Specify a new position on the screen using pointing device or entering coordinates. Specify second point or Exit/Undo Enter MIRROR The MIRROR command creates a mirror copy of the selected objects. The objects can be mirrored at any angle. This command is face-saving in drawing symmetrical figures. This command is available in Modify toolbar but it can be invoked by using command window as well.When we invoke this command, AutoCAD prompts us to select the objects and then the mirror line. After we select the objects to be mirrored, AutoCAD prompts you to enter the first point of mirror line and the second point of mirror line. A mirror line is an imaginary line about which objects are reflected. We can specify the end point of mirror line by spec ifying points on screen or by entering their coordinates. The mirror line can be selected at any angle. The prompt sequence of invoking MIRROR command is given next. Command MIRROR Enter Select objects Select objects to be mirrored. Select objects EnterSpecify first point of mirror line Specify the first endpoint. Specify second point of mirror line Specify the second endpoint. Delete character objects? Yes/No Enter Y for deletion, N for retaining the objects. OFFSET To draw parallel lines, coaxial circles, arcs, curves, and so on, we can use the OFFSET command. This command creates another object that is similar to the selected one. Remember that we are allowed to select only one entity at a time to be origin. While processting an object, we can specify the stolon remoteness and the side to offset, or we can specify a distance through which you want to offset the selected object.The prompt sequence which follows when we invoke OFFSET command using command window is given ne xt. Command OFFSET Enter Specify offset distance or Through/Erase/Layer Specify the offset distance. Through Option Using this option we do not need to specify a distance we simply specify an offset point and the distance between them is stored as offset distance. Erase Option The Erase option is used to specify whether the source object has to be deleted or not. Layer Option Use the Layer option to specify whether the offset entity will be placed in the current layer or the layer of source object. Specify the object to offset or Exit/Undo Specify the object to offset. Specify point on side to offset or Specify a point on side to offset. Select object to offset or Exit/Undo Select another object to offset or press Enter. ARRAY An array is defined as the method of creating multiple copies of the selected object and arranging them in a rectangular or circular fashion. In some drawings, we may need to specify an object multiple times in a rectangular or circular arrangement. For example, suppose you have to draw six chairs around a table.This job can be accomplished by drawing each chair seperately or by using the COPY command tomake multiple copies of the chair. But it is a very tedious process and also the alignment of the chairs will have to be adjusted. Using ARRAY command, all we need to do is create just one chair and the remaining five will be created and automatically arranged around the table by the ARRAY command. This method is much efficient and less time-consuming. ARRAY command can be invoked by different methods such as from Modify toolbar, or by fashioning use of the Command Window, or from the Modify option of Menu Bar.RECTANGULAR ARRAY A rectangular array is formed by making copies of the selected object along the X and Y directions of an imaginary rectangle (along rows and columns). It can be created by selecting the Rectangular Array button in the array dialog box (fig. 9) that appears on invoking ARRAY comand. ROWS This edit box is use d to specify the number of rows in rectangular array. COLUMNS This edit box is used to specify the number of columns in the rectangular array. Figure 9 Rectangular Array option in Array dialog box Offset distance and direction AreaThe options under this area are used to define the distance between the rows and the columns and the angle of array. Row Offset. This edit box is used to specify the distance between the rows. We can any enter the distance value in this edit box or choose the Pick Row Offset button to define the row offset distance by specifying two points on screen. Column Offset. This edit box is used to specify the distance between the columns. We can any enter the distance value in this edit box or choose the Pick Column Offset button to define the column offset distance by specifying two points on screen. cant over of Arrray. This edit box is used to define the angle of array. This is the value by which the rows and columns will be rotated. POLAR ARRAY A polar array is an arrangement of the objects around a point in a circular fashion. This kind of array is created by selecting the Polar Array button in the Array dialog box (fig. 10) that appears on invoking ARRAY command. Figure 10 Polar Array option in Arrray dialog box CENTER bespeak The center point of the array is defined as the point around which the selected items will be arranged.It is defined as the center point of the imaginary circle on whose circumference the items will be placed. The coordinates of the center of array can be specified in the X and Y edit boxes. We can either enter the values in these edit boxes or select the center point of array from the screen using Pick Center Point button. system and values Area The options under this area are used to set the parameters related to the method that will be employed to create the polar array. Method. This drop-down list provides us three methods for creating the polar array. These three methods are discussed next. Total number of items & Angle to fill.This method is used to create a polar array specifying number of items in array an the total included angle between the first and the last item. The number of items and the angle to be filled can be specified in the Total number of items and Angle to fill edit boxes respectively. We can also specify the angle to fill on screen by choosing Angle to fill button provided. Total number of items & Angle between items. This method is used when we want to create a polar array by specifying the total number of items in the array and the included angle between two adjacent items. The angle between items is also called as incremental angle.The number items and the angle between the items can be specified in the Total number of items and Angle between items edit boxes,respectively. We can also specify theangle between items on the screen by choosing Angle between items button. Angle to fill & Angle between items. This method is used when we want to specifyangle between the items and total angle to fill. In this case the number of items is not specified, but is automatically calculated using the total angle and angle between the items. The angle to fill and the angle between the items can be entered in their respective boxes. MOVESometimes the objects are not located where they should actually be. In these situations, we can use the MOVE command. This command allows you to move one or more objects from their current location to a new location. This change of location of the objects does not change their size or orientation. On invoking this command we are prompted to select objects to be moved and the base point. This base point is the reference book point with which the object will be picked and moved. ? ROTATE Sometimes we requires an object or any sketch in angular position. the. In these situations, we can use the ROTATE command.This command allows you to rotate one or more objects from their current location to a specific angle. This change of of the objects does not change their size. On invoking this command we are prompted to select objects to be rotated and the base point. This base point is the reference point with which the object will be rotated. SCALE With the use of this command, we can increase or decrease the size of any object or a sketch. Sometimes we requires an object in numbers, only with the difference of sizes. So in this situation, we can use the SCALE command. This command allows you to scale one or more objects from the selected base point.On invoking this command we are prompted to select objects to be scaled and the base point. This base point is the reference point with which the object will be scaled. draw out With the use of this command, we can increase or decrease the size of some selected part of any object in a specific direction. In this command, the sketch is stretched as much we required. Sometimes we requires an object in numbers, only with the difference of sizes some part of the ske tched object. So in this situation, we can use the STRETCH command. This command allows you to stretch the objects from the selected base point.On invoking this command we are prompted to select the portion to be scaled with the help of green window and the base point. This base point is the reference point with which the object will be stretched. TRIM With the use of this command, we can remove the line or any sketched entity. In this command, the sketch is trimmed as much we required. It removes the extra drawn line or sketch as per our specific requirement. This command allows you to trim the objects from the selected side. On invoking this command, we have to right click in the drawing area and we are prompted to left click on the portion to be trimmed.EXTEND With the use of this command, we can increase the line the line upto the specific point or location. In this command, the sketch is extended as much we required. It removes the extra drawn line or sketch as per our specific requirement. On invoking this command, we have to right click in the drawing area and we are prompted to left click on the portion to be extend. BREAK AT A agitate With the use of this command, we can let loose the line at a point where we required. In this command, the sketch is broken from that point where we required. We can create the number of break points as much we required.On invoking this command, we have to select the line and after that click on that point from where we want to break the selected line, after using this command the line or any selected entity will be converted into numbers. BREAK With the use of this command, we can break the line with a specific distance or upto a specific point as much we required. On invoking this command, we have to select the point on the line and after that click on that point upto where we want to break the line. After using this command on the line or any selected entity, there will be space between the slelected points in the l ine or entity.JOIN With the use of this command, we can join the line drawn or placed in the same plane. On invoking this command, we have to select the first line and after that second line placed at the same plane and then right click. After using this command , there will be no space between the lines or entities. CHAMFER This command is used for removing the sharp-worded corners. On invoking this command, we have to press A then ENTER, after that fill the distance and then ENTER, then fill the value of ANGLE and ENTER, after that select the line on which we want to create the chamfer. FILLETThis command is used for removing the sharp corners. On invoking this command, we have to press R then ENTER, after that fill the value and then ENTER, after that select the lines on which we want to create the radius. country This command is used for converting the relation of LINE into POLYLINE. Before using this command the sketch should be closed from all sides. On invoking this command , we have to select all lines and then right click. EXPLODE This command is used for converting the relation of POLYLINE into LINE. On invoking this command, we have to select the POLYLINE and then right click. EXERCISE NO 1-