Introduction To CAD

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- INFORMATIVE SLIDES AR. CARL JONNEL ELIPANE, UAP , 24/10/2020, 11:01:25 PM
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WHAT IS CAD?
CAD (Computer Aided Design) is the use of
computer software to design and document a
product’s design process.
CAD is used to accomplish preliminary design

and layouts, design details and calculations,
creating 3-D models, creating and releasing
drawings, as well as interfacing with analysis,
marketing, manufacturing, and end-user
personnel.
The use of CAD software tools allow the object

to be viewed from any angle, even from the
inside looking out.
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WHAT IS CAD?
A few advantages of CAD include: Since its introduction in late 1960’s,
❑ Increased productivity CAD software has improved by leaps
❑ Improved precision and bounds. A broad classification of
❑ 3D modeling CAD is:
❑ Better visualization ❑ 2D CAD
❑ Faster editing process ❑ 3D CAD
❑ Faster collaboration ❑ Solid Modeling
❑ 3D Wireframe
❑ Surface Modeling
2D CAD
2D drafting and drawing is the process of 2D CAD software offers a platform to design
creating and editing technical drawings, in two dimensions. Since 2D CAD does not
allow for the creation of perspectives or scale,
as well as annotating designs.
it is often used for drawing, sketching and
drafting conceptual designs.
2D CAD is often used for floor plan

development, building permit drawing
building inspection planning, and
landscaping layouts. Since it is mainly used
as a tool for conceptual design, it is also a
great starting point for most 3D designs. This
gives users a basic overview of dimension and
scale before they move on to 3D design.

3D CAD
3D CAD, or three-dimensional computer-
aided design, is technology for design
and technical documentation, which
replaces manual drafting with an
automated process.
The main feature of this type of CAD

software is 3D solid modeling. This lets
designers create objects with length,
width and height, allowing more accurate
scaling and visualization. With this
feature, users can push and pull surfaces Once the 3D design is finished, it can be
and manipulate designs to adjust transferred to a 3D rendering software and
measurements. placed in fully realized 3D landscapes.
SOLID MODELING
Solid Modeling is the computer modeling
of 3D solid objects. The objective of Solid
Modeling is to ensure that every surface
is geometrically correct.
It is considered the most complex

aspect to master in computer-aided
design (CAD) because it requires the
CAD software to simulate the object from
within and outside. This is critical as it lets
designers provide cutaways of the
design, such as an engine and its
components.

3D WIREFRAME
The term is derived from designers using
metal wire to represent the three-
dimensional shape.
3D wire frame model is the most

abstract out of the three 3D CAD
models, the other two models being
surface and solid.
A 3D wireframe model is an edge or

skeletal representation of a real-world
object. Geometrically, it consists of points,
lines, arcs, circle, and other curves that
define the edges or center lines.
SURFACE MODELING
Surface Modeling is the method of This also means, however, that surface
showing or presenting solid objects. The models cannot be sliced open like their
process requires converting between
solid counterparts, because the object is
different 3D modeling types, validate
imperfections, and apply smoothness. essentially hollow.
While more complex than Wireframe
Modeling, Surface Modeling is easier to
achieve than Solid Modeling.
Unlike solid modeling, your object can be

geometrically and physically incorrect -
with no properties of mass defined and no
thickness. This gives the designer the
unique ability to modify the model in ways
that solid models are incapable.

WHAT IS PAPER SPACE?
Paper space represents a paper layout of your
drawing. In this work area, you can create and
arrange different views of your drawing, similar
to the way you arrange drawings on a sheet of
paper.
In paper space you can also add keynotes,

annotations, borders, title blocks, and other
print-related entities, which you don't want to
see in model space.

WHAT IS PAPER SPACE?

Each drawing has at least one Layout in which you can have one or more
Layout Viewports. Such layout viewports are to be considered as a view window
on your drawing in model space.
Layout viewports can be placed anywhere in a paper space layout. Each

viewport has its own scale and layer visibility. All viewports in the same layout
can be printed simultaneously.
ADVANTAGES OF PAPER SPACE
❑ Create multiple layouts to print the same drawing with different print settings,
such as pen widths, printer configuration files, line weight settings, drawing
scale, and more.
❑ Add print-related entities that are not essential to the model itself, such as
keynotes, annotations, title blocks, etc.
❑ For a single layout, create multiple layout viewports to print multiple views of
your drawing at different scales.

PAPER SPACE vs MODEL SPACE

To simply understand: By default, you start working in a limitless 3D drawing area
called model space. When you are preparing the drawing for printing, you will
switch to paper space. Model space is accessible from the Model tab and paper
space is accessible from the layout tabs.
USING THE MODEL & LAYOUT TABS
1. To open model space, click the Model tab (2) at the bottom of the drawing window.
2. To open a paper space layout, click the corresponding Layout tab (3) at the bottom
of the drawing window.
3. Use Ctrl-PgUp or Ctrl-PgDn to switch to the previous or next layout tab.
4. Click the navigation buttons to shift the tab display (1):
❑ Display the model tab.
❑ Shift one tab to the left.
❑ Shift one tab to the right.
❑ Shift to the last tab.

DYNAMIC INPUT ON
I. DYNAMIC INPUT
Dynamic input displays options,
commands and user input in a tooltip
near the cursor when you are
drawing.
DYNAMIC INPUT OFF

I. A. ENABLING DYNAMIC INPUT

1. Right-click above the DYN toggle.
Toggle on the lower Application
Status Bar and choose Settings…
from the drop-up menu.
2. Ensure that in the displayed

dialog box toggles shown in the 3. Make sure that the DYN (F12)
figure are turned on. Press Ok. Toggle is turned on
II. OBJECT SNAP (OSNAP)
OSNAP is a tool that ensures
precision while drawing. You use this
to help you snap points on existing
objects.
There are the options that are

important to us right now are:
Midpoint, Quadrant, and Tangent.
You need to activate them on the list.
(Right-click on the OSNAP icon to
have the list displayed).

II. A. MAKING SPECIAL SNAPS ACTIVE IN OBJECT
SNAP (OSNAP)
1. Right-Click above the OSNAP toggle.
Toggle below the Drawing Window
Status Bar of the AutoCAD window,
and choose from the drop-up menu
“Settings”.
2. Make sure to toggle turn on to the

display box shown only. This is only
preferred for beginners. Click OK.
II. B. IMPORTANT SNAPS IN OSNAP
1. Endpoint
Snaps to the closest endpoint or
corner of a geometric object.
2. Midpoint
Snaps to the midpoint of a
geometric object.
3. Center
Snaps to the center of an arc,
circle, ellipse, or elliptical arc.

II. B. IMPORTANT SNAPS IN OSNAP

4. Geometric Center
Snaps to the centroid of any
closed polylines and splines.
5. Quadrant
Snaps to a quadrant point of an
arc, circle, ellipse, or elliptical arc.
III. UNITS
It is important to set the unit in which you will be drawing in every start of your project.
To access it just simply:
1. Type UNITS NOTE: You can use the LENGTH section to

set the format for units of measure. For
2. Hit ENTER
example, if you choose Engineering and
Architectural formats, AutoCAD will assume
that each unit represents one inch.
The INSERTION SCALE controls the unit of

measurement for blocks that are inserted into
your drawing. It is recommended to select
Unitless to be able to insert blocks without
scaling them to match the specified units.
III. A. SETTING USED UNITS

1. Click on the “Customize” icon next to
the “Command Window”, and then
click on “Options…” to open the
panel.
2. For good operation of AutoCAD, it is

important to set the parameter value
of both Source content units, and
Target drawing units to millimeters on
the Options panel User Preferences
tab, in the Insertion scale field.
IV. RIGHT-CLICK CUSTOMIZATION
1. Stay on the User Preferences tab, open the Right-Click Customization panel and
make the necessary settings according to the figure. Turn on the Turn on time-
sensitive right-click toggle at the end, because the Default Mode and the Command
Mode will become inactive.
2. Close the panel by pressing Apply &

Close, and then close the Options
panel by pressing OK.
This ensures that by clicking the right
mouse button no menu will drop up
but in command mode the first click is
equivalent to pressing ENTER.

FUNCTION KEYS FULL KEY FUNCTION
Displays Help for the active

F1 HELP tooltip, command, palette or
dialog box.
Switches between text screen

F2 TEXTSCR
and graphic area.
F3 OSNAP Turns object snap on and off.
Turns additional object snaps for

F4 3DOSNAP
3D on and off.
Cycles through 2D isoplane

F5 or CTRL + E ISOPLANE
settings.
Toggles dynamic UCS. UCS is a

user coordinate system that a
F6 or CTRL + D DYNAMIC UCS
user can define according to his
requirement.
FUNCTION KEYS FULL KEY FUNCTION
Turns the grid display on and

F7 or CTRL + G GRID
off.
Locks cursor movement to
F8 or CTRL + L ORTHO
horizontal or vertical.
Restricts cursor movement to
F9 or CTRL + B SNAP
specified grid intervals.
Guides cursor movement to
F10 POLAR
specified angles.
Tracks the cursor horizontally
F11 or CTRL + W ONSAP TRACK and vertically from object
snap locations.
Displays distances and angles

near the cursor and accepts
F12 DYNMODE
input as you use Tab between
fields.
COMMON KEYS FULL KEY FUNCTION
A ARC Creates an arc.
Calculates the area and
AA AREA perimeter of objects or of
defined areas.
Creates multiple copies of
AR ARRAY
objects in a pattern.
Opens block dialogue box in
B BLOCK
order to make a block.
C CIRCLE Creates a circle.
Can be used to add slant
CHA CHAMFER
edges to the sharp corners.
CO COPY Copies an object.
Creates and modifies
D DIMSTYLE
dimension styles.
Removes objects from a
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drawing.
Creates an ellipse with major

EL ELLIPSE
and minor axis.
Extends objects to meet the
EX EXTEND
edges of other objects.
EXIT QUIT Exits the program.
Draws an arc between 2

F FILLET
intersecting lines.
Creates and manages saved
G GROUP
sets of objects called groups.
Fills an enclosed area or
selected objects with a hatch
H HATCH
pattern, solid fill, or gradient
fill
Inserts a block or drawing into
I INSERT
the current drawing.
Joins similar objects to form a
J JOIN
single, unbroken object.
L LINE Creates a line.
Opens the layer properties
manage palette, which is a
LA LAYERS
tool for creating and
managing layers.
M MOVE Moves a selection.
Creates a mirrored copy of

MI MIRROR
selected objects.
Switches from paper space to
MS MSPACE
a model space viewport.
Creates concentric circles,
O OFFSET parallel lines, and parallel
curves of a selection.
OP OPTIONS Customizes the settings.

Sets running object snap
OS OSNAP
modes.
P PAN Pans in a drawing.
PL PLINE Creates a polyline.
Switches from a model space
PS PSPACE
viewport to paper space.
Q QSAVE Saves the current drawing.
Refreshes the display in the
R REDRAW
current viewport.
REC RECTANGLE Creates a rectangle.
RO ROTATE Rotates a selection.
Stretches objects crossed by
S STRETCH a selection window or
polygon.
Creates, modifies, or specifies
ST STYLE
text styles.
Enlarges or reduces selected
objects, keeping the proportions
SC SCALE
of the object the same after
scaling.
T MTEXT Creates a multiline text object.
TR TRIM Trims a selection.
U UNDO Undo last command.
V VIEW Saves and restores views.
Writes objects or a block to a new
W WBLOCK
drawing file.
Breaks a compound object into
X EXPLODE
its component objects.
Increases or decreases the
Z ZOOM magnification of the view in the
current viewport.
KEYS FULL KEY FUNCTION
CTRL + A Selects all.

CTRL + C COPYCLIP Copies objects to clipboard.
CTRL + J Repeats last command.
Opens create new drawing
CTRL + N NEW
dialogue box.
Opens the select file dialogue
CTRL + O OPEN
box.
CTRL + S SAVE Saves a drawing file.
CTRL + SHIFT + S SAVE AS Saves the drawing as a new file.
Pastes copied objects of the
CTRL + V PASTE
clipboard.
CTRL + SHIFT + V Pastes copied objects as a block.
Removes selected object from
CTRL + X CUTCLIP drawing to clipboard.
Performs the operation cancelled
CTRL + Y REDO by undo.
CTRL + Z UNDO Undoes the last operation.
Switches between open
CTRL + TAB drawings.
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- GOOD VIDEO PRESENTATION

CAD is used to accomplish preliminary design

The use of CAD software tools allow the object

AR. CARL JONNEL ELIPANE, UAP , 24/10/2020, 11:01:25 PM

2D CAD is often used for floor plan

AR. CARL JONNEL ELIPANE, UAP , 24/10/2020, 11:01:25 PM

The main feature of this type of CAD

It is considered the most complex

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3D wire frame model is the most

A 3D wireframe model is an edge or

Unlike solid modeling, your object can be

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In paper space you can also add keynotes,

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WHAT IS PAPER SPACE?

Layout viewports can be placed anywhere in a paper space layout. Each

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PAPER SPACE vs MODEL SPACE

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DYNAMIC INPUT OFF

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I. A. ENABLING DYNAMIC INPUT

2. Ensure that in the displayed

There are the options that are

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2. Make sure to toggle turn on to the

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II. B. IMPORTANT SNAPS IN OSNAP

1. Type UNITS NOTE: You can use the LENGTH section to

The INSERTION SCALE controls the unit of

III. A. SETTING USED UNITS

2. For good operation of AutoCAD, it is

2. Close the panel by pressing Apply &

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Displays Help for the active

Switches between text screen

F3 OSNAP Turns object snap on and off.

Turns additional object snaps for

Cycles through 2D isoplane

Toggles dynamic UCS. UCS is a

Turns the grid display on and

Displays distances and angles

Creates an ellipse with major

EXIT QUIT Exits the program.

Draws an arc between 2

M MOVE Moves a selection.

Creates a mirrored copy of

OP OPTIONS Customizes the settings.

CTRL + A Selects all.

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