AUTO CAD NOTES

METHOD TO APPROACH A COMMAND IN CAD

1) COMMAND PROMPT AREA
2) SCREEN MENU AREA
3) POP UP MENU
4) STANDARD TOOL BAR

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM IN CAD:

1) ABSOLUTE CO ORDINATE SYSTEM
2) RELATIVE RECTANGLE CO ORDINATE SYSTEM
3) RELATIVE POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEM

ABSOLUTE COORDINATE SYSTEM:

IN THIS SYSTEM THE OBJECTS ARE DRAWN WITH REFERENCE TO THE
ORGIN.
FORMAT: X, Y

RELATIVE RECTANGLE COORDINGATE SYSTEM:

IN THIS SYSTEM THE OBJECTS ARE DRAWN WITH REFERENCE TO THE
PREVIOUS POINT.

FORMAT: @X, Y

THE DEFAULT SCREEN AREA IN ENGLISH OR IMPERIAL SYSTEM IS

12X9 AND ITS UNITS ARE IN FEETS & INCHES.THE DEFAULT SCREEN
AREA IN METRIC SYSTEM IS 420X297 AND ITS UNITS ARE IN MM

COMMANDS
LINE (L): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE LINES ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN FROM ONE POINT TO OTHER POINT BY SPECIFYING
THE COORDINATED THE POINTS.
OPTIONS:
ERASE (E): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ERASE THE SELECTED
OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN,

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(2) RELATIVE POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEM: IN THIS
SYSTEM OBJECTS ARE DRAWN WITH REFERENCE TO THE
PREVIOUS POINT BY SIMPLY SPECIFYING THE DISTANCE AND
ANGLE.

FORMAT: @ DISTANCE < ANGLE

ORTHO: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE HORIZONTAL

AND VERTICAL LINES BY SIMPLY SPECIFYING THE DISTANCE
AND DIRECTION.

OSNAP: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APROCH POINTS LIKE

END POINT, MID POINT, CENTER POINT, INTERSECTION,
EXTENSION POINT AND ALSO USED TO CREATE PARALLEL,
PERPENDICULAR AND TANGENT LINES.

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(3) RECTANGLE (REC): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE
RECTANGLES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN BY SPECIFYINGTHE
CO ORDINATES OF THE OPPOSITE CORNERS.

OPTIONS:
[CHAMFER/ELEVATION/FILLET/THICKNESS/WIDTH]

CIRCLE(C): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE CIRCLES ON

THE DRAWING SCREEN BY SPECIFYING THE CENTER POINT
AND RADIUS.
OPTIONS: [3P/2P/TTR (TAN TAN RADIUS)]

POLYGON (POL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE

POLYGONS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN OF SIDES RANGING
FROM 3-1024 NUMBERS OF SIDES.

OPTIONS: CENTER METHOD, EDGE METHOD.

ARC (A): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE ARCS ON THE

DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN CENTER, RADIUSAND
WITH THE MAXIMUM ANGLE OF 359,99 DEGREES

DONUT (DO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE DONUT OR

DUFNUTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN. THE GIVEN INSIDE AND
OUT SIDE DIA.

FILL: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE'ON AND

OFF' OF FILLING OF SOLIDS WITHIN THE OBJECTS.
OPTIONS:ON/OFF.

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.

(4)MOVE(M): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE THE

OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN FROM ONE POINT TO
OTHER POINT WITH THE GIVEN BASE POINT ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN.

COPY(CO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY SELECTED

OBJECTS FROM ONE POINT TO OTHER POINT WITH THE GIVEN
BASE POINT. MULTIPLE OPTION IS USED TO COPY MULTIPLE
OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OFFSET(O): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE PARALLEL

LINE OR ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN
OFFSET DISTANCE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

TRIM(TR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE A PART OF

AN
OBJECTS UPTO THE GIVEN BOUNDARY.

EXTEND (EX):
THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EXTEN THE SELECTED OBJECTS
ON THE DRAWING SCREEN UPTO THE GIVEN BOUNDARIES.

ZOOM(Z): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW ALL THE

OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING .

OPTIONS:ALL, CENTER, DYNAMIC, EXTENTS, PREVIOUS,

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SCALE, WINDOW, REAL TIME

PAN(P): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MOVE THE DRAWING

SCREEN IN BOTH HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL DIRECTIONS

(5) MIRROR(MI):THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MIRROR THE SELECTED

OBJECTS ABOUT THE GIVEN MIRROR LINE.
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SOURCE OBJECT AND MIRROR LINE IS
MAINTAINED THE SAME FOR THE MIRRORED OBJECT ALSO.

ROTATE(RO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ROTATE THE SELECTED

THE OBJECTS ABOVE THE GIVEN BASE POINT TO THE GIVEN ANGLE.

FILLET(F): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY FILLET BETWEEN TWO

SELECTED OBJECTS TO THE GIVEN RADIUS.
OPTIONS: [POLYLINE/RADIUS/TRIM]

CHAMFER(CHA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY CHAMFER

BETWEEN TWO SELECTED OBJECTS TO THE GIVEN DISTANCE&ANGLE.
OPTIONS: [POLYLINE/DISTANCE/ANGLE/TRIM/METHOD]

LINETYPE(LT): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY OR CHANGE THE

CURRENT LINE TYPE OF THE OBJECTS TO BE DRAWN ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN STYLE.

COLOR (COL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY OR CHANGE THE

CURRENT COLOR OF THE OBJECTS TO BE DRAWN ON THE DRAWING
SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN COLOR .
THE TOTAL COLOR RANGE IS FROM 1-255.
STANDARD COLORS ARE FROM 1-9 AND
GREY SHADES ARE FROM 250-255.

UCSICON : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE POSITION OF

UCSICON ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OPTIONS:
ON, OFF, ALL , NOORIGIN, ORIGIN.

(6) REDO: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CANCELTHE UNDO

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OPERATION IN CAD.
IT HAS ONLY ONE ACTION AND IT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOW THE UNDO COMMAND.

UNDO (U): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CANCEL THE LAST

OPERATION IN CAD .WE CAN UNDO FOR UNLIMITED NO OF
TIMES.

BREAK (BR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO BREAK THE

SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN FROM ONE
POINTT TO THE OTHER POINT. IT IS ALSO USED TO BREAK
SELECTED OBJECTS INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES.

SCALE (SC): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REDUCE OR

INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING
SCREEN TO THE GIVEN SCALE FACTOR.

ARRAY (AR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY THE

SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWINGN SCREEN IN BOTH
RECTANGULAR AND CIRCULAR PATTERNS.

OPTIONS:
RECTANGULAR, POLAR

(7) OOPS: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RETRIVE THE LAST ERASED

OBJECT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

LT SCALE (LTS): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE PITCH OF

THE LINE TYPES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

LINE WEIGHT (LW): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY LINE

WEIGHTS TO THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

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BLIPMODE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ON AND OFF THE BLIP
MARKS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

REDRAW(R): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE THE BLIPMARKS

FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN.

REGEN (RE): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SMOOTHEN THE VIEWS OF

OBJECTS LIKE ARCS AND CIRCLES WHEN ZOOMED IN.

ELLIPSE (EL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE ELLIPSE OF

ELLIPTICAL ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

OPTIONS: AXIS METHOD, CENTER METHOD

BHATCH (BH): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY HATCH WITHIN THE

CLOSED OBJECTS WITH THE GIVEN STYLE, SCALE AND ROTATION
ANGLES.

HATCH EDIT (HE): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING

HATCH ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

BOUNDARY (BO): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE BOUNDARY AT

THE SPECIFIED REGION USING PICK POINTS.
NOW THIS BOUNDARY CAN BE COPIED SEPARATELY ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN

(8)
TEXT(DT): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PLACE TEXT ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN STYLE ,HEIGHT AND
ROTATION ANGLE.

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OPTIONS : JUSTIFY ,STYLE

EXPRESSIONS:

%% c IMPLIES DIAMETER
%% d IMPLIES DEGREE
%% p IMPLIES PLUS ,MINUS

DEDIT(ED): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING

TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

STYLE(ST): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE NEW TEXT

STYLE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

MTEXT(T) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE PARAGRAPH

TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

(9) LAYER(LA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DIFFERENTIATE

THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS LIKE OBJECTS,
CENTERLINES,HATCH ,DIMENSION,TEXT ON THE CURRENT
DRAWING SCREEN

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OPTIONS:ON,OFF,FREEZE,THAW,LOCK,UNLOCK,PLOT,UNPL
OT,
COLOR,LTYPE,LINEWEIGHT ETC

(10)
FUNCTION KEYS:
F1 - HELP
F2 - TEXT SCEEN ON,OFF
F3 - OSNAP ON,OFF
F4 - TABLET ON ,OFF
F5 - ISO PLANES TOP ,RIGHT ,LEFT
F6 - CO-ORDINATES ON,OFF
F7 - GRID ON ,OFF
F8 - ORTHO ON,OFF
F9 - SNAP ON,OFF
F10 - POLAR ON, OFF
F11 - OTRACK ON, OFF

ISO PLANE (F5 ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE

CURSOR TO ISOMETRIC PLANES TO CREATE ISOMETRIC
DRAWINGS.

(11) ID: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO IDENTIFY THE CO-ORDINATES OF

THE SELECTED POINT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

LIST (LI) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE GEOMETRIC

PROPERTIES OF THE SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

DBLIST: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO LIST THE GEOMETRIC

PROPERTIES OF ALL THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN
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DISTANCE (DI) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN TWO RELATED POINTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

MATCH PROP(MA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY THE

PROPERTIES OF ONCE SELECTED OBJECTS TO THE DESTINATION
OBJECT

PLINE(PL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE POLYLINES ON THE

DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS : ARC , CLOSE ,HALFWIDTH ,LENGTH ,UNDO ,WIDTH

POINT(PO ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE POINTS ON THE

DRAWING SCREEN AT THE SPECIFIED LOCATION

DDPTYPE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE STYLE AND SIZE

OF THE POINTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

XPLODE (X) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONVERT A POLYLINE

OBJECT INTO INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS.

(12)XLINE (XL): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE

INFINITE LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN
OPTIONS : HOR ,VER , ANG , BISECT , OFFSET

RAY : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE SEMI INFINITE

LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

PEDIT(PE ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING

POLYLINE OBJECT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

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OPTIONS : CLOSE ,JOIN , WIDTH , EDIT VERTEX , FIT , SPLINE ,
DECURVE , LTYPE GEN, UNDO
SKETCH : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE FREE HAND
SKETCH ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN
INCREMENT
OPTIONS : PEN ,EXIT , QUIT , RECORD , ERASE ,CONNECT

SKPOLY : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE SKETCHED

LINES AS POLYLINE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN BY
CHANGING THE VALUES FROM 0 TO1

CHANGE (CH) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE

PROPERTIES LIKE COLOR ,LINE TYPE ,LTSCALE ,ETC OF
SELECTED OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

STATUS : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE STATUS OF

THE CURRENT DRAWING FILE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

PURGE (PU) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE THE

UNUSED LINETYPES ,TEXT STYLES ,PLOTS ETC FROM THE
CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN.

(13)MLINE (ML ) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE

MULTILINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN
STYLE AND SCALE
OPTIONS: JUSTIFICATION ,SCALE AND STYLE

MLSTYLE : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE NEW

MULTILINE STYLES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN
OPTIONS : ELEMENT PROPERTIES,MULTIPLE PROPERTIES

MLEDIT : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT THE EXISTING

MULTILINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.
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OPTIONS:
OPEN CROSS,MERGED CROSS,CLOSED CROSS,OPEN TEE,
MERGED TEE, CLOSED TEE,CORNER JOINT, ADD VERTEX,
DELETE VERTEX,CUT SINGLE, CUT ALL, WELD ALL.

AREA(A) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE AREA OF A

CLOSED OBJECT.
OPTIONS: OBJECT , ADD ,SUBTRACT

REVCLOUD : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE 2D

CLOUDS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE ARC LENGTH.
OPTIONS:
ARC LENGTH, OBJECT.

(14)MULTIPLE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REPEAT A GIVEN

COMMAND FOR MULTIPLE NO. OF TIMES

BLOCK(B): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO STORE THE

SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN TO A
BLOCK WHICH CAN BE RE-CALLED AT ANY TIME ON TO THE
CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN
OPTIONS : RETAIN ,CONVERT TO BLOCK ,DELETE

INSERT(I) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT THE BLOCKS

ON TO THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE GIVEN BASE POINT
,SCALE FACTOR AND ROTATION ANGLE.

WBLOCK(W): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE BLOCKS

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WITH SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN
WHICH CAN BE RECALLED AT ANY TIME IN ANY OTHER
DRAWING FILE

MINSERT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT THE BLOCKS

ONTO THE DRAWING SCREEN IN BOTH ROW WISE AND
COLUMN WISE

UNITS (UN) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE

CURRENT UNITS TO INCHES ,FEETS, METERS,KMS ,YARDS
,ETC ON THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

(16)ADCENTER(ADC) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT STANDARD

ENGINEERING COMPONENTS ON TO THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

RENAME (REN) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RENAME THE EXISTING

LINETYPES ,LAYERS ,BLOCKS ,VIEWS ETC ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

DSVIEWER : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE ARERIAL VIEW OF

THE OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

VIEWRES: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CONTROL THE RESOLUTION OF

OBJECTS LIKE ARCS AND CIRCLES TO THE MAXIMUM OF 20,000
UNITSLIMIT

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SPLINE (SPL) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE SPLINES OR
SMOOTH ARCS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

LENGTHEN(LEN ): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO MODIFY THE

EXISTING LINES ON THE DRAWING SCREEN
OPTIONS : DELTA , PERCENT ,TOTAL ,DYNAMIC

GROUP(G): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO STORE SELECTED OBJECTS

FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN TO A GROUP WHICH CAN BE CALLED AT
ANY TIME

(17) FILTER(FI) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SELECT THE

OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN HAVING SPECIFIC
PROPERTIES

COPYCLIP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO COPY THE

SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN AND
PLACE IT INTO THE CLIP BOARD

CUTCLIP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REMOVE SELECTED

OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN INTO CLIPBOARD

PASTE CLIP : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PASTE THE

OBJECTS FROM THE CLIPBOARD ONTO DRAWING SCREEN

PASTE BLOCK: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PASTE THE

OBJECTS FROM THE CLIPBOARD AS A BLOCK

FIND: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO FIND THE SPECIFIED TEXT

FROM THE DRAWING SCEEN AND REPLACE WITH ANOTHER
TEXT

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MEASURE(ME): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DIVIDE THE
SELECTED OBJECT ON DRAWING SCREEN TO THE GIVEN
MEASUREMENT

AUTOCAD 3D

(19)
3D OBJECTS CAN BE REPRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING
METHODS

1) WIRE FRAME MODEL (COMPOSED OF LINES AND ARCS )

2)SURFACE MODEL (COMPOSED OF ONLY SURFACES )
3)SOLID MODEL (COMPOSED OF OBJECTS HAVING MASS AND VOLUME )

V POINT: IT IS USED TO VIEW THE OBJECT IN DIFFERENT

ORTHOGRAPHIC AND ISOMETRIC VIEW

ORTHOGRAPHIC : ISOMETRIC
TOP VIEW : 0,0,1
BOTTOM : 0,0,-1
LEFT : -1,0,0
RIGHT : 1,0,0
FRONT : 0,-1,0
BACK : 0,1,0
SW : -1,-1,-1
SE : 1,-1,1
NE : 1,1,1
NW : -1,1,1

HIDE (HI) : IT HIDES SHADING AND BACKFACES OF SOLID

MODEL

SHADE : IT APPLIES SHADING TO SURFACE AND SOLID

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OBJECTS

SHADE MODE(SHA): IT REPRESENTS 3D OBJECT EITHER IN

WIREFRAME OR WITH SHADING

THICKNESS (TH): IT APPLIES THICKNESS TO 2D OBJECTS IN

Z- DIRECTION

ELEVATION : IT IS USED TO CREATE OBJECTS AT A GIVEN

HEIGHT I.E. WITH THE GIVEN DISTANCE ABOVE THE XY
PLANE.

3D ORBIT /3D CO-ORBIT (CONTINUES ORBIT ): IT IS USED TO

VIEW THE OBJECT IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE VIEWS

(20)
3D POLY (3P): IT IS USED TO CREATE 3D POLYLINES ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN.

RULESURF: IT CREATES SURFACE BETWEEN TWO SELECTED

CURVES

TABSURF: IT CREATES SURFACE WITH SELECTED OBJECT

ALONG THE GIVEN PATH

EDGESURF: IT CREATES SURFACE WITH INTERSECTING

INDIVIDUAL EDGES

REVSURF: IT CREATES REVOLVED SURFACE ALONG THE

GIVEN AXIS TO GIVEN ANGLE

SURFTAB 1 : IT CONTROLS NO. OF CONNECTING LINES IN X

DIRECTION
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SURFTAB 2: IT CONTROLS NO. OF CONNECTING LINES IN Y
DIRECTION

3D : IT CREATES THE FOLLOWING 3D SURFACES BOX , CONE ,

DISH ,DOME,MESH ,PYRAMID, SPHERE ,TORUS ,WEDGE

(21)SOLID COMMANDS: BOX, SPHERE ,CYLINDER ,CONE

,WEDGE ,TORUS

EXTRUDE(EXT) :
THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ADD MATERIAL TO A CLOSED 2D
POLYLINE OBJECT IN Z- DIRECTION TO THE GIVEN DEPTH
AND TAPER ANGLE
BOOLEAN OPERATIONS:

UNION (UNI): IT CREATES COMPOUND OBJECT FROM THE

SELECTED SOLIDS

SUBTRACT(SU): IT SUBTRACTS THE SELECTED SOLID FROM

THE PARENT OBJECT

INTERSECT(IN): IT SELECTS THE COMMON PORTION FROM

THE SELECTED SOLIDS

INTERFERE(INF): IT SELECTS THE COMMON PORTION FROM

THE SELECTED SOLIDS WITHOUT DISTURBING IT

(22)
UCS: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF
XY PLANE IN THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS:
NEW/MOVE/ORTHOGRAPHIC/PREV/RESTORE/SAVE/DEL/APPL
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Y/WORLD

PATH: UCS NEW FACE SELECT THE FACE

ENTER

(23)ROTATE 3D: IT ROTATES THE 3D OBJECT ALONG GIVEN

AXIS
OPTIONS:
[Object/Last/View/Xaxis/Yaxis/Zaxis/2points

3DARRAY(3A) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ARRAY THE 3D

OBJECT IN BOTH RECTANGULAR AND POLAR DIRECTIONS
USING X,Y,Z PLANES

REGION(REG) : IT CONVERTS CLOSED 2D OBJECTS INTO 3D

POLYLINES OBJECTS.

(24)SLICE(SL) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO SLICE THE

OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN ABOUT THE GIVEN XYZ
PLANES
OPTIONS :
OBJECT/ZAXIS/VIEW/XY/YZ/ZX/3POINTS

SECTION(SEC) : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE

SECTION OF 3D OBJECT AT THE SPECIFIED LOCATION
OPTIONS:
OBJECT/ZAXIS/VIEW/XY/YZ/ZX/3POINTS

(25)
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SOLIDEDIT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT EXISTING
OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN
OPTIONS:
FACE ,EDGE ,BODY

(26)MASSPROP: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE MASS

PROPERTIES OF THE SELECTED OBJECTS TO FIND MASS
DENSITY ,VOLUME ,M.I.,RADIUS OF GYRATION ,CENTROID
,PRINCIPLE MOMENTS ETC.

RMAT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TOAPPLY RENDER

MATERIALS TO THE OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN

RENDER (RR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE

APPLIED RENDER MATERIALS TO THE OBJECTS ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN

BACKGROUND: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO APPLY

BACKGROUND COLORS TO THE 3D OBJECTS ON THE
DRAWING SCREEN

(REVOLVE(REV): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REVOLVE A 2D

POLYLINE OBJECT ABOUT THE GIVEN AXIS TO THE GIVEN
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ANGLE TO FORM SOLID

VPORTS: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE 3 D OBJECTS

IN DIFFERENT VIEWS IN DIFFERENT VPORTS

LSNEW: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO INSERT LANDSCAPE

OBJECTS ON THE CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

(28)MSLIDE: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CREATE THE SLIDE OF THE

CURRENT VIEW ON THE DRAWING SCREEN

VSLIDE : THIS COMMAND IS USED TO VIEW THE SLIDES CREATED

USING MSLIDE COMMAND.

DELAY: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO DELAY THE EXECUTION OF

COMMANDS THE GIVEN TIME IN MILLISECONDS

RSCRIPT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO REPEAT THE SET OF

INSTRUCTIONS WRITTEN IN A NOTEPAD FOR MULTIPLE NO OF TIMES

SCRIPT(SCR): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RUN A SCRIPT FILE

WRITTEN IN A NOTEPAD AND SAVED WITH EXTENSION FILE NAME
.SCR .

RESUME: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO RESUME AN INTERRUPTED

SCRIPT FILE ON THE DRAWING SCREEN.

(29)CREATION OF SIMPLE LINE TYPES:

SYNTAX:

*LT NAME ,DESCRIPTION

A, LT CODES

LTCODES:
+ VE VALUES INDICATES PENDOWN

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- VE VALUES INDICATES PENUP
ZERO INDICATES DOT(.)

CREATION OF COMPLEX LINE TYPES:

SYNTAX:

*LT NAME ,DESCRIPTION

A, LT CODES ,[ TEXT ,TEXT STYLE ,SCALE
FACTOR,ROTATION ANGLE ,X-OFFSET ,Y-OFFSET] ,LTCODES

MENU LOAD :

THIS COMMAND IS USED TO ADD OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM

THE POP UP OR PULL DOWN MENU

IMPORT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO IMPORT ANY

DRAWINGS FROM THE OTHER SOFTWARES TO CAD

BMP OUT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EXPORT THE

SELECTED OBJECTS FROM THE DRAWING SCREEN TO OTHER
SOFTWARE FILES.

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STEPS TO TAKE 2D PRINT OUT:
ENTER THE COMMAND PLOT
CLICK ON PLOT DEVICE
CHOOSE THE REQUIRED PLOT DRIVE
CLICK ON PLOT SETTINGS
SELECT THE REQUIRED PAPER SIZE
CHOOSE CENTRE THE PLOT , AND EXTENTS
CHOOSE LANDSCAPE OR PORTRAIT OPTION
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CLICK ON FULL PREVIEW
OK

STEPS TO TAKE 3D PRINT OUTS

ENTER THE COMMAND LAYOUT

CHOOSE TEMPLATE OPTION

SELECT THE REQUIRED PAPER SIZE

CLICK ON THE NEWLY CREATED LAYOUT
ERASE THE OBJECTS FROM THE PAPER SPACE USING
LAST OPTION
ENTER THE COMMAND MODEL VIEW (MV)
CHOOSE "4" OPTION AND PLACE THE VIEWS ON THE
PAPER SPACE
ENTER THE COMMAND MODEL SPACE (MS) AND CLICK ON
THE REQUIRED VIEW AND SET THE REQUIRED VIEW.
ENTER THE COMMAND PAPER SPACE (PS) TO COME OUT
OF THE MODEL SPACE
ENTER THE COMMAND PLOT AND CLICK ON OK.

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