utoCAD is a general purpose Computer Aided Design

(CAD) programmer that you can use to prepare a variety

of two Dimensional(2D) Drawings and three Dimensional(3D)
Models. It is a powerful drawing tool that you can customized
to suit your won application. AutoCAD stores the Drawings
you create in a data files that you can retrieve for viewing,
editing or plotting.

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- Architecture / Civil Engineering Design
- Electric / Electronic Design
- Mechanical Design
- Industrial / Interior / Product Design
- Simulation
- Animation
- Landscape Design
- Cartography
AutoCAD is a very useful program, because it can apply put
into many other graphic programme like Illustrator, Photoshop,
3D MAX and Sketch up.
If the other graphic programmes are for decorating, the Auto
CAD is a tool for basic drawing.
Therefor the AutoCAD is used basic for various purpose.
The other graphic tools, Photoshop and 3D MAX are make
the finalized documents better good looking.
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Applied Fields of Auto CAD
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A wide application of AutoCAD
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You can start AutoCAD in many ways.
Two of them are described below.
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Starting Auto CAD
>> Using [START] Menu
1. Click on [START] button of windows.
2. Click on [All Programs] item from the start menu.
3. Click on [Autodesk] group name.
4. Click on [Auto CAD 2007] group name.
5. Finally Click on [Auto CAD 2007] program icon.
and AutoCAD Interface
>> Using Shortcut Icon
When you already installed AutoCAD, there is the AutoCAD
2007 icon on your Windows Desktop.
You can use that icon to open AutoCAD 2007 in two ways.
1. Double-Click the AutoCAD 2007 icon.
2. Click of a right side button on your mouse above the Auto
CAD 2007 icon >> Click on [OPEN] name.
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1. Title Bar
2. Menu Bar
3. Tool Bar
4. Drawing Area
5. Command Wondow
6. Status Bar
7. Crosshair
8. UCS icon
9. Model and Layout Tab
1. Title Bar
:The titlebar gives you the information about program name,
file name and location.
2. Menu Bar
:The menu bar at the top of the drawing area includes drop-
down menus from which you select commands in a typical
Windows fashion.
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Like other programs a menu bar and various types of toolbars
are available in AutoCAD. In addition there is a command line
window at the bottom of Auto CAD interface.
You can input command by typing in this window.
There are two working space in Auto CAD. One is the model
space where we draw objects and we found this space by de-
fault staring Auto CAD . The other is paper space which we
used for better printing and we can go there simply by clicking
on Layout tab at the bottom.
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Understanding Auto CAD environment
>> The AutoCAD window
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9. Model and Layout Tab
:At the bottom of the drawing area is a set of tabs. These
tabs give you access to the Layout views of your drawing.
These views let you lay out your drawing as in a desktop
publishing program.
7. Crosshair
: As you move your mouse around, crosshairs appear to move
within the drawing area.This is the drawing cursor that lets
you point to locations in the drawing area.
8. UCS icon
:In the lower-left corner of the drawing area, you see an
L-shaped arrow. This is the User Coordinate System(UCS)
icon, which tells you your orientation in the drawing.
This icon becomes helpful as you start to work with com-
plex 2D drawings and 3D models.
3. Tool Bar
:The toolbars provide a variety of commands through tool
buttons.
4. Drawing Area
:The drawing area occupies most of the screen. Everything
you draw appears in this area.
5. Command Window
:The Command window, located just below the Layout tabs,
gives you feedback about AutoCAD s commands as you
use them. You can move and resize this window just as
you move and resize toolbars.
6. Status Bar.
:Below the Command window is the status bar.
The status bar gives you information at a glance about
the state of the drawing. For example, the coordinate rea-
dout toward the far left of the status bar tells you the lo-
cation of your cursor.
: Sets running object snap modes.
Osnaps let you accurately select specific points on
an object, such as endpoints or midpoints.
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* Grid mode and Snap mode are independent but are
often turned on at the same time.
F : Constrains cursor movement to the horizonal or vertical. CHC
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