VACATIONAL

TRAINING
REPORT

On
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I
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AutoCADi sacommer ci
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wareappli
cat
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or2Dand3Dcomputer
-ai
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CAD)
anddraft
ing—av ail
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esince1982asadesktopappl
i
cat
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nce2010asamobil
eweb-
andcloud-basedappmarketedasAutoCAD360.

Developedandmar ketedbyAut odesk,Inc.

,AutoCADwasf i
rstrel
easedinDecember1982,
runni
ngonmi crocomput er
swi t
hinternalgraphi
cscont
r ol
lers.Pri
ortotheint
roduct
ionof
AutoCAD, mostcommer cialCADpr ogramsr anonmainf r
amecomput ersormini
computer
s,
witheachCADoper ator(user)workingatasepar at
egraphicsterminal
.

AutoCADisusedacrossawiderangeofi
ndust
ri
es,byarchi
tect
s,pr
ojectmanagers,
engineer
s,
graphi
cdesi
gners,
andotherpr
ofessi
onal
s.I
tissuppor
tedby750t r
aini
ngcenter
swor l
dwideas
of1994.

AsAutodesk'
sflagshipproduct
,byMarch1986AutoCADhadbecomet hemostubiquitous
CADprogram worldwide.Asof2014,AutoCADi
sinit
stwenty-
nint
hgenerat
ion,
and
col
l
ecti
velywit
hal li
tsvari
ants,
conti
nuestobet
hemostwi del
yusedCADpr ogram t
hroughout
mostoftheworld.

Hi
stor
y
Aut
oCADwasderi
vedfrom apr
ogram beguni n1977andreleasedin1979call
edInt
eractCAD,
al
soref
err
edtoi
nearl
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tt
enpri
orto
Aut
odesk'
s(t
henMari
nchi
pSoftwarePartners)f
ormationbyAut odeskcof
ounderMikeRiddl
e.

Thefir
stversi
onbytheAut
oDeskCompanywasdemonst rat
edatthe1982Comdexandrel
eased
thatDecember.The2016r
eleasemarkedthe30thmajorrel
easef
ortheAut
oCADforWindows.
The2014r el
easemarkedt
hef our
thconsecut
iveyearf
orAutoCADforMac.
Aut
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te

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awwal
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s,door
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ndowst
hatmi
micr
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iorandconst
ruct
ion.

Sect
ionsandel
evat
ions

Gener
ate2Dsect
ionsandel
evat
ionsdi
rect
lyf
rom y
ourf
loorpl
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TheAut
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ant
ages

Str
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sareavailabl
easaplug-i
ntoAutoCADor ,
for
non-AutoCADusers,asastand-al
onesoluti
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her
way,thi
scombi nat
ionpr
ov i
desauniqueCAD/ CAM env
ironmentwithfeat
uresnotfoundi
n
manyconv enti
onalmanufactur
ingpr
oducts.

Remov
alofDat
aTr
ansl
ati
ons

Str
ikerSy stemspr ovi
desat r
ul yint
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edCAD/CAM solut
ionthatsupport
stheentir
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manuf acturingprocessfrom i nit
ialpartdesi
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oughthegener ati
onofNCpr ogr
amswi t
hno
datatranslationsrequir
ed.Andunl i
kemanymanuf act
uri
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war epr
oductswithl
imit
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designcapabi l
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ty,
Stri
kerSy stemsi ncludesanadvancedengineeringsy
stem f
orthemost
demandi ngsheetmet aldesignr equirements.

Sol
i
dWor
ks/Sol
i
dEdge/I
nvent
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l
ity

Theindust
ryisrapidl
yembr aci
ng3Dsolidmodel ingtechnology .BeingbasedonAut odesk’s
i
ndustryst
andar dDWGf i
l
ef ormat,
Stri
kerSyst emsof fersalev el ofcompati
bil
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ynotf oundin
othermanufacturi
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utions.Manyproducts, suchasI nventorandSol i
dWorks,support
Stri
ker
’sst
andar dDWGf i
leformatdir
ectl
y.AndSt ri
keralsooff ersdirectOLEl
inksinto
Soli
dWorks,Inv
entorandSol i
dEdgeforseaml essshar ingofdat a.

I
ndust
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ManySt r
ikerSy st
emscl ientsmustacceptdr awingsfr
om av ari
etyofsources.Intheeventitis
necessarytoimpor tdatafrom (orexportdatato)anotherCADsof t
ware,St r
ikerSyst
emsr eli
es
onthesamei ndustrystandardDXF, I
GES, andSTEPt r
anslator
sthatarefoundi nAutoCAD.
Autodeskistheaut horoft heDXFf i
leformatandt her
eforedefi
nesthi
sst andard.Andbecause
AutoCADi sthemostpopul arCADsof twareinthewor l
d,iti
sabenchmar kf orthedevelopment
oftransl
ator
sbymanyot herCADsof t
wareor gani
zati
ons.Youareguarant eedthehighestlevel
ofcompat i
bil
ityintheindustry.

ReducedTr
aini
ngTi
me/
Cost

Botht heAutoCADbasedandst and-

aloneStri
kerSy st
emspr oductspr ov
ideanenhanceduser
i
nterfacethatwillbei
mmedi atel
yrecognizabl
etoindividualsfamiliarwit
hAutoCAD.Theywi l
l
readil
yadaptt otheStr
ikerenvir
onmenttherebymi nimizingthelearningcurv
e.Andfor
organizat
ionsthatuseAut oCADast hei
rengineer
ingsol uti
on,iti
snotnecessaryforemployees
tolearnmul t
ipl
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ronmentsast heywoul dwi t
hsepar ateCADandCAM sol ut
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TheDi
sadv
ant
agesofAut
oCAD
AutodeskAutoCADi soneofthemostpopul arcomput er-ai
deddesign(CAD)programs,andit
creat
esaccurate,professi
onaldrawings.However,theprogram fal
l
sshor tf
orcomputermodeling
andgraphicdesign.Theappl i
cati
onhasmodel i
ngt ools,aswellascolorandfi
llt
ools,
but
AutoCADdoesnotcompar ewelltocontemporarybuil
dinginfor
mat i
onmodel i
ng(BIM),t
hree-
di
mensi onal
model ingoril
lustr
ati
onsof t
ware.

Li
ne

o AutoCADpr oducesdr awingsusinglineandshapet ools.Curves,arcsandst rai

ght
l
inesproducet heshapes, butAutoCADcannotedi tthelineandl ocati
onasf reel
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asill
ustr
ati
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ngandov erl
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newei ghtsi
slimited
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om onl yli
nes,never
volumetr
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cationcanpr oduce
preci
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hlimitedmat er
ialeff
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Li
mit
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l
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imit
st henumberof
fi
leformatsi
tcani
mpor torexport,becauseAutodeskexpectsot herprogramst o
exporttoAut
oCADf or
mat s,
suchasDWGandDXF.Unf ort
unately,thi
screat es
problemswhenusingotherprogramswi thmorepowerful t
oolsandexpor tingthe
program t
oanAutoCADf ormat--geometry,col
orandeffectsarelostoften.

Col
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landText
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o AutoCADdr awingsandmodel scanhav ecolor,fi

l
l andt ext
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usingthelineand
hatchtools.Howev er,theappl i
cat
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andt hehatchingprovidesonl yahandf uloftextures, soyoucannotcreatephoto
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ationprograms.I nstead,youcani mportimagef il
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enderi
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ies
cannotcompet ewiththree-dimensionalmodel ingpr ogramsorill
ustr
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programs.

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Par
amet
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c

o AutoCADpr ovidestoolstocreatethree-
dimensionalmodel s,butedit
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-
BIM givesthedesi gnerdataaboutt hematerialandvolumet r
icproperti
esofthe
bui
ldingpr oj
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Aut
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it
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pesandDescr
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Therearetwofor
mat susedbyAut oCAD:DXF( dr
awingexchangef or
mat)fi
les,whi
chare
l
arge;andASCIIr
epresentati
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dentical
and,t
heref
ore,theFMEt r
eatsbothfi
letypesi
nthesamemanner .ForAutoCADDWF
readi
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easeseethechapteronAutoCADDWF.

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oll
ows:

1.HEADER:
Thi
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2.CLASSES:
Thi
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ini
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tht
hedr
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3.TABLES:
Thi
scont
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etyoft
abl
es,
incl
udi
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ayerent
rycont
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ayerdef
ini
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oni
nfor
mat
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ayercol
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ayername,
andlay
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hel
ayernames
andmaymodif
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nval
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s.

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net
ypes:
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ypeent
rycont
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hel
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ypedef
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ti
oni
nfor
mat
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terenabl
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ypedef
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ti
onstobe
copi
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sti
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l
e,t
henrefer
encedbynameduri
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tr
ansl
ati
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oShapeFi
l
es:
Eachshapef
il
eent
ryi
dent
if
iesashapef
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eref
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he
dr
awi
ng.Shapefil
esareusedbyAut
oCADasadif
fer
entmethodf
ordef
ini
ng
sy
mbolsorfont
s.Note:Thesear
esi
mil
art
otheText
Sty
lesi
nAutoCAD.

AutoCADshapefi
l
esarenotthesamet hi
ngasEsr
iShapef
il
es.Aut
oCADshape
fi
l
esstoresymbolandf
ontdefi
nit
ions.

oAppl
i
cat
ions:
Eachappl
i
cat
ionent
rycont
ainst
henameofanappl
i
cat
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r
efer
encedwi
thi
ntheAut
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e.

4.BLOCKS: Thesear eusedt odef

inesymbol
sandotherdrawingf i
leobject
sused
repeat
edlythroughoutadr awi
ng.TheAutoCADwrit
erenablescopyingofblock
defi
nit
ionsfrom anexisti
ngAutoCADfil
e,whichi
sthenreferencedbynamedur i
nga
datatr
anslati
onoper at
ion.

5.ENTITIES:Thisisthemainsecti
onofadr awingf
il
eandcont ainstheactualfeat
ure
enti
ti
es.Eachentitycont
ainsstandardi
nf or
mati
on, suchasitscolor,l
ayer
,li
nesty
le,and
geometry,aswellasanumberofat t
ri
butesspeci
fictoitsenti
tytype.Forexample,all
2D
enti
ti
eshav ethi
ckness,whil
eat extent
ityhasfi
eldsforfont,
size,andthetextstr
ingin
addi
tiontothestandarddispl
ayat t
ri
butes.
 FMEsupport
sbot
h2Dand3DAut oCADent
it
ies.Howev er
,manyappl
i
cati
onsonl
y
suppor
t2DDWGandDXFfil
es.The2DFor
certransfor
mercanbeusedtoensur
ethat
only2Ddat
aiswr
it
tent
oanoutputDWGorDXFf i
le.

6.OBJECTS:
Thi
ssect
ionst
oresdi
cti
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iesandot
herhel
pernon-
ent
it
yobj
ect
s.

Eachent
it
ymayalsohaveassoci
atedat
tri
but
ionst
oredwit
hinanext
endedent
it
ydat
asect
ion.
FMEsupport
sreadi
ngandwrit
ingofext
endedenti
tydat
a.

Eachent
it
ymayalsohaveassoci
atedatt
ri
but
ionstor
edwithi
nXRecordobject
sinanext
ensi
on
di
cti
onar
ysect
ion.FMEsupport
sreadi
ngandwr i
ti
ngXRecorddat
afrom enti
ti
es.

Allcoordi
nateswit
hinadr
awingfi
l
earest
oredas64-bi
tfl
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ingpointval
uesinworl
d
coordinat
es.Assuch,t
her
eisnoneedtoscal
eorother
wisealt
ercoordi
natesast
heyar
ebei
ng
readfrom orwri
tt
entoadrawingf
il
e.

TheAut oCADr eaderandwri

terusesy mbol
icnamesf ort
hedif
fer
ententi
tytypesst
oredwithi
na
drawingf i
l
e.Thissimpli
fi
esfeatur
etypespeci
ficati
on.Thefol
lowingtabl
egivesabri
ef
descript
ionofeachoft hedi
ffer
entAutoCADent i
tytypescur
rentl
ysupportedbythereader
and/orwr i
ter
.Theent i
ti
esar
edescr i
bedindetaili
nsubsequentsecti
ons.
WhatI
stheDi
ff
erenceBet
weenCADandAut
oCAD?
Comput er-
aideddesi
gn(CAD)i sthegeneralter
mt hatappl
iest
otheuseofcomput ersi
nthe
designofhouses,off
icebuil
dings,int
eri
orsandany t
hingel
sethatprevi
ousl
yrequi
redhands-
on
drafti
ng.AutoCADisaspecifi
cpi eceofsoftwar
eusedbymanyar chi
tect
sanddesigner
sfor
commer cialdesi
gnpurposes.Readont ofindoutabouttheusesofCADandAut oCAD.Schools
offeri
ng

CADandAut
oCADOv
erv
iew

AutoCADi ssoft
war ethatut i
li
zescomput er-
aideddesign(CAD)principl
esinthemodel i
ngof
buil
dings,manufactur
edgoods, ur
baninfr
astr
uct ur
eandev enfashiondesign.I
fyouarean
archit
ectordesi
gner ,
youmi ghtuseAut oCADsof twaret
ocr eat
e2-and3- dimensionaldraf
tsof
custom homedesi gnsorr enov ati
ons.I
fyouwor kasacivilengi
neer,youcanuseAut oCAD
softwaretodesi
gni mpr ovement sinroadwaysandmakeci ti
esandt ownsmor eenergy-eff
ici
ent.
Otherindust
ri
esandpr ofessionsthatemployCADandmakeuseofAut oCADsof twareinclude
manuf act
uri
ng,automot ivetechnologyandengi neer
ing.

Ty
pesofCAD

Dependingonthetypeofwor kyouperf
orm,t
herearedi
fferentf
ormsofCADt hatyoucoul
d
empl oy
.Draf
tsthatare2-di
mensional
arefl
at,whil
e3-
dimensionaland2.5-di
mensional
drawingsshowthedept handspaceofadesign.Youmightusewirefr
ame, sur
faceandsoli
d
model i
ngtocal
culatethedimensi
onsofadesignorsi
mul atewhattheinnerst
ruct
ureofyour
designmightl
ooklike.

Aut
oCADSof
twar
e

AutoCADisatrademarkedproductofAutodesk.Wheny ouuseAut oCAD,youhavetheabili

ty
todraf
t2-
Dand3- Ddesignsandcr eatephot
oreali
sti
crender
ing.Becausedif
fer
entfi
eldsuse
AutoCADinspecif
icways,therearesever
alversi
onsoftheAutoCADappl i
cati
onforav ar
iety
ofworkty
pes,suchasar chi
tectur
e,mappingandpipingdesi
gn.

Lear
ningAut
oCADSof
twar
e

Technicalschoolsorcommuni t
ycollegesof ferstand-alonecour sesi
nCADt haty
oucan
compl et
ei nafewweeks.Youcanal sof indCADcour sesaspar tofacert
if
icat
eordegree
program,suchasaf ashiondesignorarchitectureprogr am.Youcanenr olli
ncour
sesand
programst hatspeci
fi
call
yteachtheAut oCADappl i
cation,thoughsomeschool smightuseot
her
software,suchasSolidWorksorTurboCAD, i
nstead.
Autodeskalsooffer
scour sesandt r
aini
ngpr ogramst hroughauthor
izedcerti
fi
cati
oncenters.
Thesecoursescanpr eparey outoear ncerti
ficati
oninAut oCADfrom thevendor.Dependi
ngon
yourski
llandknowledgelev eloftheapplicati
on, youcanbecomeanAut oCADCer ti
fiedUser,
AutoCADCer ti
fi
edAssociateorAut oCADCer ti
fi
edPr of
essional
.Autodeskcerti
fi
cati
on
demonstratesyourprofi
ciencyoft heAutoCADappl icat
ion.

Toconti
nueresear
chi
ng,br
owsedegr
eeopti
onsbel
owforcoursecur
ricul
um, pr
erequisi
tesand
fi
nanci
alai
dinfor
mati
on.Or,l
ear
nmoreaboutt
hesubj
ectbyreadi
ngtherelat
edarti
clesbelow:

BASI
CDRAWI
NGCOMMANDSFORAUTOCAD
Measur
ingCommands

GRI
D: Di
spl
aysagr
idofdot
satadesi
redspaci
ngont
hescr
een.

Command:
GRI
D(ent
er)

On/
Off
/Ti
ckspaci
ng(
x)/
Aspect
:(ent
erv
alue)(
ent
er)

SNAP: Speci
fi
esa"
roundof
f"i
nter
val
sothatpoi
ntsent
eredwit
hthemousecanbe
l
ockedi
nto ali
gnmentwiththegr
idspaci
ng.

Command:
SNAP(
ent
er)

On/
Off
/Val
ue/
Aspect
/Rot
ate/
Sty
le:
(ent
erv
alue)(
ent
er)

Basi
cDr
awCommands

CI
RCLE:
Drawsci
rcl
esofanysi
ze.

Command:
Cir
cle(
ent
er)

3P/
2P/
TTR/
<cent
erpoi
nt>:
(pi
ckacent
erpoi
nt)

Di
amet
eror<Radi
us>:
(Pi
ckapoi
ntont
heci
rcl
e)

LI
NE: Dr
awsst
rai
ghtl
i
nesbet
weent
wopoi
nts

Command:
LINE(
ent
er)
 Fr
om Poi
nt:
(pi
ckapoi
ntusi
ngt
hemouse)

ToPoi
nt:
(Pi
ckapoi
ntusi
ngt
hemouse)

ToPoi
nt:
(Pr
essr
etur
ntoendt
hecommand)

ARC: Dr
awsanar
c(anypar
tofaci
rcl
eorcur
ve)t
hrought
hreeknownpoi
nts.

Command:
ARC(
ent
er)

Cent
er/<St
artpoi
nt>:
(pi
ckt
hef
ir
stpoi
ntont
hear
c)

Cent
er/
End/<Secondpoi
nt>:
C

Cent
er:
(pi
ckt
hear
c'scent
erpoi
nt)

Angl
e/Lengt
hofchor
d/<Endpoi
nt>:
(pi
ckt
hear
cendpoi
nt)

Di
spl
ayCommands

LI
MITS:Setsthesi
zeoft
hedr
awi
ngpaper
.Forsi
ze"A"dr
awi
ngpapert
hel
i
mit
s
shouldbesetfor 10.5x8.

Command:
LIMI
TS(
ent
er)

On/
Off
/Lowerl
eftcor
ner<0.
0000>(
ent
er)

Upperr
ightcor
ner
:10.
5,8(
ent
er)

ZOOM: Enl
argesorr
educest
hedi
spl
ayofadr
awi
ng.

Command:
ZOOM (
ent
er)

Al
l
/Cent
er/
Dynami
c/Ext
ent
s/Lef
t/Pr
evi
ous/
Vmax/
Window/
<Scal
e(x/
XP)
>:

(
pickapoi
ntt
odefi
neonecornerofarectangul
arvi
ewingwindowthenpicka
poi
nttodefi
ne thesecondpointt
odefinetheopposi
tedi
agonalcorneroft
he
vi
ewingwindow)
 Note:
Toret
urnthepi
cturetoi
tsor
igi
nalvi
ewi
ngsizeent
erALLandpr
esst
he
ent
erkeywhenpromptedinst
eadofdef
ini
ngawindow.

PAN: Al
lowsy
out
omovey
ourvi
ewpoi
ntar
oundt
hedr
awi
ngwi
thoutchangi
ngt
he
magni
fi
cat
ion f
act
or.

Command:
PAN(
ent
er)
BASI
CDRAWI
NGCOMMANDSFORAUTOCAD

Edi
ti
ngCommands

CHANGE:
Alt
erspr
oper
ti
esofsel
ect
edobj
ect
s

Command:
CHANGE(
ent
er)

Sel
ectobj
ect
sorwi
ndoworLast(
sel
ectobj
ect
stobechanged)

Pr
oper
ti
es/
<Changepoi
nt>:
(ty
peP)

Changewhatpr
oper
ty(
Col
or/
Elev
/LAy
er/
LTy
pe/
Thi
ckness)
?(t
ypeLay
er)

NewLay
er:
(ent
ernewl
ayernameandpr
essent
er)

ERASE:
Erasesent
it
iesf
rom t
hedr
awi
ng.

Command:
ERASE(
ent
er)

Sel
ectobj
ect
sorWi
ndoworLast
:(Sel
ectobj
ect
stobeer
asedandpr
essent
er
whenf
ini
shed)

EXTEND:
Lengt
hensal
i
net
oendpr
eci
sel
yataboundar
yedge.

Command:
Ext
end(
ent
er)

Sel
ectboundar
yedge(
s).
..

Sel
ectObj
ect
s(pi
ckt
hel
i
newhi
chrepr
esent
stheboundar
yedgewhi
chl
i
nes
wi
l
lbeext
ended t
o)

(
pressent
erwhenf
ini
shedsel
ect
ingcut
ti
ngedges)

<Sel
ectobj
ectt
oext
end>/
Undo:
(pi
ckt
hel
i
ne(
s)t
hatneedt
obeext
ended

TRI
M: Tr
imsal
i
net
oendpr
eci
sel
yatacut
ti
ngedge.

Command:
Tri
m(ent
er)

Sel
ectcut
ti
ngedge(
s).
..
 Sel
ectObj
ect
s(pi
ckt
hel
i
newhi
chrepr
esent
sthecut
ti
ngedgeofl
i
nei
nwhi
ch
obj
ect
swi
l
lbe t
ri
mmedt o)

(
pressent
erwhenf
ini
shedsel
ect
ingcut
ti
ngedges)

<Sel
ectobj
ectt
otr
im>/
Undo:
(pi
ckt
hel
i
ne(
s)t
hatneedt
obet
ri
mmed)

GRI
PS

Youcanedi tselectedobject
sbymani pulati
nggr i
psthatappearatdefiningpointsont he
obj
ect .Gri
psisnotacommand.Toact i
vategr i
pssimplypicktheobject.Smallsquar es
wil
lappearatv ari
ousent i
ty-
speci
fi
cposi t
ions.Byselect
inganendgr ipyoucanst r
etchthe
ent
ityt ochangeitssize.Bysel
ecti
ngthecent ergripyoucanmov etheent i
tyt
oanew
l
ocation.Tor emovegr i
pspressCTL-Ct wice.Youcanper f
ormt hef
ollowi ngusinggrips:
Copy,Mul t
ipl
eCopy ,
Stret
ch,Move,Rotate,Scale,
andMi rr
or.

Cr
eat
ingLay
ers

LAYER:Creat
esnameddr
awi
ngl
ayer
sandassi
gnscol
orandl
i
net
ypepr
oper
ti
est
o
t
hoselay
ers.

Command:
LAYER(
ent
er)

ALayer&Linet
ypeProperti
esdi
alogboxwi llbedisplayed.Toaddanew
l
ayer,pi
ckt
heNewbut ton.Anewl ayerl
ist
ingappear s,usi
ngadef aultname
ofLayer
1.t
helayernamecanbechangedbyhi ghl
ighti
ngt hel
ayername.
Color
sandLinet
ypescanbeassignedt oeachnewl ayerbypicki
ngt hecolor
boxtoassi
gnacolorandpicki
ngt heli
netypeboxt oassignal i
netype.

St
andar
dAut
oCADcol
ors

1=Red 2=Yel
l
ow 3=Green 4=Cy
n
5=Bl
ue 6=Magent
a7=Whi
te

St
andar
dAut
oCADl
i
net
ypes

Hi
dden2=hi
ddenl
i
nes

Cent
re2=cent
rel
i
nes

Phant
o2=phant
om orcut
ti
ng-
planl
i
nes
BASI
CDRAWI
NGCOMMANDSFORAUTOCAD

Const
ruct
ionCommands

ARRAY:
Makesmul
ti
plecopi
esofsel
ect
edobj
ect
sinar
ect
angul
arorci
rcul
arpat
ter
n

Command:
ARRAY(
ent
er)

Sel
ectobj
ect
sorWi
ndoworLast
:(sel
ectobj
ectt
oar
ray
)

Rect
angul
arorPol
arar
ray(
R/P)<cur
rent
>:(
P)

Cent
erpoi
ntofar
ray
:(pi
ckt
hepoi
ntar
oundwhi
cht
ofor
mthear
ray
)

Angl
etof
il
l(+=CCW,
-=Cw)<360>:
(ent
er)

COPY: Dr
awsacopyofsel
ect
edobj
ect
s.

Command:
COPY(
ent
er)

Sel
ectobj
ect
sorWi
ndoworLast
:(sel
ectobj
ect
stobecopi
ed)

Basepoi
ntordi
spl
acement
:(pi
ckapoi
ntont
heobj
ectt
obeuseasar
efer
ence
poi
nt)

Secondpoi
ntofdi
spl
acement
:(pi
ckapoi
ntwhi
chr
epr
esent
sthenewl
ocat
ion
oft
hecopi
ed

obj
ect
)

MI
RROR:
Makesmi
rr
ori
magesofexi
sti
ngobj
ect
s.

Command:
MIRROR(
ent
er)

Sel
ectobj
ect
sorWi
ndoworLast
:(sel
ectobj
ect
stobemi
rr
ored)

Fi
rstpoi
ntofmi
rr
orl
i
ne:
(pi
ckapoi
ntont
opoft
hemi
rr
orl
i
ne)

Secondpoi
nt:
(pi
ckapoi
ntont
hebot
tom oft
hemi
rr
orl
i
ne)

Del
eteol
dobj
ect
s?<N>yorn(
ent
er)
 MOVE: Mov
esdesi
gnat
edent
it
iest
oanot
herl
ocat
ion.

Command:
MOVE(
ent
er)

Sel
ectobj
ect
sorWi
ndoworLast
:(sel
ectobj
ect
stomov
e)

Basepoi
ntordi
spl
acement
:(pi
ckapoi
ntont
heobj
ectt
obeuseasar
efer
ence
poi
nt)

Secondpoi
ntofdi
spl
acement
:(pi
ckapoi
ntwhi
chr
epr
esent
sthenewl
ocat
ion
oft
heobj
ect
)

OFFSET:Constr
uct
sanenti
typar
all
elt
oanot
herent
it
yataspeci
fi
eddi
stance.Of
fsetcan
beusedwit
hli
nes,ci
rcl
es,
arcs,
andpoly
li
nes.

Command:
OFFSET(
ent
er)

Of
fsetdi
stanceorThr
ough<l
ast
>:(
ent
eradi
stancev
alue)

Sel
ectobj
ectt
oof
fset
:(sel
ectobj
ectt
oof
fset
)

Si
det
oof
fset
:(Pi
ckanypoi
ntont
hesi
deoft
heobj
ecty
ouwi
sht
oof
fset
)

FI
LLET:
Changesanycor
nert
oar
oundedcor
ner
.

Command:
FILLET

Pol
yl
ine/
Radi
us/
Angl
e/Tr
im/
Met
hod/<Sel
ectf
ir
stl
i
ne>:
(pi
ckt
hef
ir
stl
i
ne)

Sel
ectsecondl
i
ne:
(pi
ckt
hesecondl
i
ne)

CHAMFER: Changesanycor
nert
oanangl
edcor
ner
.

Command:
CHAMFER

Pol
yl
ine/
Dist
ance/
Angl
e/Tr
im/
Met
hod/<Sel
ectf
ir
stl
i
ne>:
(pi
ckt
hef
ir
st
l
i
ne)

Sel
ectsecondl
i
ne:
(pi
ckt
hesecondl
i
ne)
OSNAP

I
nst
ant
lyl
ocat
esexactpoi
ntsr
elat
ivet
oexi
sti
ngobj
ect
s(poi
nts)
.

Obj
ectSnapModes: Endpoi
nt,
Midpoi
nt,
Cent
er,
Quadr
ant
,Int
ersect
ion,
Inser
ti
on,
Per
pendi
cular
,Tangent,

Near
est
,Node,
andNone.
BASI
CDRAWI
NGCOMMANDSFORAUTOCAD

Pl
aci
ngl
ett
eri
ngonadr
awi
ng

TEXT:
Drawst
extchar
act
ersofanysi
ze.

Command:
TEXT(
ent
er)

Just
if
y/St
yle/
<St
artpoi
nt>:
(pi
ckast
art
ingpoi
ntorent
eraj
ust
if
icat
ionl
ett
er)

Hei
ght(
0)(
ent
ert
hehei
ghtoft
hel
ett
eri
ng)

Rot
ati
onAngl
e(0)(
ent
er)

Text
:(ent
ert
hedesi
redl
ett
eri
ng)(
ent
er)

Summar
yofOpt
ions

<St
artPoi
nt> Lef
t-
Just
if
iest
extal
ongi
tsbasel
i
ne

Just
if
y Just
if
iest
extaccor
dingt
otheal
i
gnmentopt
ions

St
yle Ent
ersanewt
extst
yle

Nul
lrepl
y Ent
ersanewl
i
neoft
extbel
owt
hepr
evi
oust
ext
.

(
spaceorEnt
erkeywi
l
lgi
veaNul
lrepl
y)

TextAl
i
gnmentOpt
ions

Al
i
gnment Abbr
evi
ati
on Or
ient
ati
on

Al
i
gned A Al
i
gnst
extbetweent
wopoi
nts.
Text hei
ghtwi
ll
adj
ust
automat
ical
l
y

Fi
t F Fi
tst
extbet
weentwopoints.Text
hei
ght wi
l
lnotchange

Cent
ered C Cent
erst
extatthebasel
i
neofa
speci
fi
ed poi
nt
 Mi
ddl
e M Cent
erst
exthori
zont
all
yand
vert
icall
yat t
hebaseli
neofa
specifi
edpoi
nt

Ri
ght R RightJust
if
ytextatt
hebasel
i
neofa
specif
iedpoi
nt

Al
i
gnment Abbr
evi
ati
on Or
ient
ati
on

TopLef
t TL Lef
tJust
if
iest
extatt
het
opoft
ext

TopCent
er TC Cent
erst
extatt
het
opoft
ext

TopRi
ght TR Ri
ghtj
ust
if
iest
extatt
het
opt
otext

Mi
ddl
eLef
t ML Lef
tjust
if
iest
extatt
hemi
ddl
eof
t
ext

Mi
ddl
eCent
er MC Cent
erst
extbot
hhori
zont
all
yand
v
ert
ical
l
y att
hemiddl
eofthet
ext

Mi
ddl
eRi
ght MR Ri
ghtj
ust
if
iest
extatt
hemi
ddl
eof
t
ext

Bot
tom Lef
t BL Lef
tjust
if
iest
extatt
hebot
tom of
t
ext

Bot
tom Cent
er BC Cent
erst
extat
hebot
tom oft
ext

Bot
tom Ri
ght BR Ri
ghtj
ust
if
iest
extatt
hebot
tom of
t
ext

TheSPELLcommandwi
l
lcheckt
hespel
l
ingofagr
oupoft
ext
.

Cr
osshat
chi
ngadr
awi
ng

BHATCH:
All
owst
heusert
ocr
osshat
char
easofasect
ionv
iew.

Command:
BHATCH(
ent
er)
 TheBoundar
yHat
chdi
alogueBoxwi
l
lbedi
spl
ayed.Sel
ectt
heHat
chOpt
ions
box.

TheHat
chOpt
ionsboxwi
l
lbedi
spl
ayed.Sel
ectt
hePat
ter
nsbox.

TheChooseHat
chPat
ter
nboxwi
l
lbedi
spl
ayed.Sel
ectt
hedesi
redhat
ch
pat
ter
n.

TheHatchOpti
onsboxwil
lbedispl
ayedagai
n.Youcansel
ectascaleand
rot
ati
onangl
eforthecr
osshat
chpatter
n.Sel
ecttheOKboxwhenfini
shed.

BASI
CDRAWI
NGCOMMANDSFORAUTOCAD

TheBoundar
yHatchdial
ogueboxwi l
lbedisplayedagai
n.Sel
ectt
hePi
ck
Poi
ntsbox.Whenpromptedselectt
heint
ernal poi
ntoft
hearetobe
cr
osshat
ched.Pr
esstheenterkeywhenfinished.

TheBoundar
yHatchdi
alogboxwi
llbedi
spl
ayedagai
n.Sel
ectt
heAppl
ybox
toaddt
hecrosshat
chi
ngtothedr
awing.
Ref
erences

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e.com
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