New Era University

College of Engineering and Architecture

ARC312- Architectural Visual Communication 7: Building

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SUBJECT

Assignment 2

Rhezy Anne G. Sta. Mina

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On Short bond paper, Answer the following assessment:
1. List the commands you used during CAD 1 on the following Ribbons Panels.

a. Draw Commands

 L or line command
 C or circle command
 PL or polyline command
 REC or rectang command
 POL or polygon command
 ELLIPSE command
 ARC command

b. Modify Commands

 MOVE and COPY command

 ERASE command
 Select multiple objects
 Explode command
 Crossing selection
 Offset
 Trim
 Mirror
 Fillet

c. Annotation Commands

 MLEADER Command
 MLEADERSTYLE Command
 MTEXT Command
 STYLE Command

d. Layer Commands

 Make
 New
 Rename
 On
 Off
  Color
 Ltype
 Lweight
 Transparency
 Plot
 Pstyle
 Freeze
 Thaw
 Lock
 Unlock

e. Properties Commands

 Color
 Layer
 Linetype
 Linetype Scale
 Plot Style
 Lineweight
 Hyperlink
 Transparency
 Thickness

II. What commands in the Utilities Ribbon Panel did you rarely use?

 Ellipse Lasso section

 Previous selection
 Parallel
 Insertion
 Geometric center
 Node
 Intersection
 Extension
 Perpendicular
 Nearest
 Apparent intersection
III. What are the methods of selection that you have learned?

 Box Selection
 Fence Selection
 Previous Selection
 Last Selection
 All Selection
 Lasso Selection
 Fast Select Selection
 Window Polygon Selection
 Crossing window Polygon Selection
 Multiple Selection
 Group Selection

IV. List the Autocad coordinate systems and provide examples of each coordinate when
creating a triangle form.

Absolute coordinate system,

 6,8
 2,1
 10,1

Relative coordinate system,

 6,8
 @-4,-7
 @8,0
 @-4,7 (or C)
Relative Polar coordinate system

 6,8
 @5.6200<225
 @7.9666<0
 @5.63<135 (or C)

V. What are Autocad's object snaps?

 End point
 Midpoint
 Quadrant
 Center
 Parallel
 Insertion
 Geometric center
 Node
 Intersection
 Extension
 Perpendicular
 Nearest
 Apparent intersection

VI. What are the Autocad's Function Keys?

 F1 – help
 F2 – shows the command history
 F3-Object snap
 F4-3D object Snap
 F5- Isoplane
 F6-Dynamic UCS
 F7-Displays your Grid
 F8-Ortho
 F9-Grid Snap
 F10-Polar Tracking
 F11-Object snap tracking
 F12-Dynamic Input
VII. In Autocad, look for a list of shortcut commands/keys.

 Ctrl+G Toggle Grid

 Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes
 Ctrl+F Toggle running object snaps
 Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Pick Style
 Ctrl+9 Command Line
 Ctrl+N New Drawing
 Ctrl+S Save drawing
 Ctrl+O Open drawing
 Ctrl+P Plot dialog box
 Ctrl+Tab Switch to next
 Ctrl+Q Exit
 Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as
 Ctrl+A Select all objects
 Ctrl+C Copy object
 Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink
 Ctrl+X Cut object
 Ctrl+V Paste object
 Ctrl+Z Undo last action
 Ctrl+Y Redo last action