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Preface ......................................................................................................... xvii
In This Guide ................................................................................................ xxi
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Practice Files .............................................................................................. xxiii
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Chapter 1: Getting Started with AutoCAD.................................................. 1-1
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Start Tab ........................................................................................... 1-2
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1.2 User Interface .................................................................................. 1-4
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Ribbon............................................................................................. 1-11
Command Line and Dynamic Input Prompt .................................... 1-14
Application Menu............................................................................. 1-17
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2.1 Drawing Lines.................................................................................. 2-2
Specifying Length and Angle ............................................................ 2-2
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Line Command Options .................................................................... 2-3
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2.2 Erasing Objects............................................................................... 2-4
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2.3 Drawing Vertical and Horizontal Lines.......................................... 2-5
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Ortho Mode ....................................................................................... 2-5
Polar Tracking ................................................................................... 2-6
2.4 Drawing Rectangles........................................................................ 2-8
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2.5 Drawing Circles ............................................................................... 2-9
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2.6 Undo and Redo Actions ............................................................... 2-12
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Practice 2a Basic Drawing and Editing Commands ......................... 2-13
Chapter Review Questions................................................................... 2-20
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Command Summary ............................................................................. 2-22
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5.1 Selecting Objects for Editing ......................................................... 5-2
Implied Selection............................................................................... 5-3
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Selecting Objects Before the Command ........................................... 5-5
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5.2 Moving Objects ............................................................................... 5-6
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5.3 Copying Objects.............................................................................. 5-8
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5.4 Rotating Objects ........................................................................... 5-10
5.5 Scaling Objects ............................................................................. 5-12
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5.6 Mirroring Objects .......................................................................... 5-13
Practice 5a Selecting Objects ............................................................. 5-14
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Practice 5b Modifying Objects ............................................................ 5-16
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5.7 Editing with Grips ......................................................................... 5-23
Working with Hot Grips ................................................................... 5-23
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Grips with Dynamic Dimensions ..................................................... 5-25
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7.4 Changing an Object’s Layer......................................................... 7-16
Change with Layer Control.............................................................. 7-16
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Match Layer .................................................................................... 7-17
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Practice 7c Changing an Object’s Layer............................................ 7-18
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Chapter Review Questions................................................................... 7-20
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Command Summary ............................................................................. 7-22
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8.1 Drawing Arcs ................................................................................... 8-2
Arc Command Options...................................................................... 8-2
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Notes on Arcs.................................................................................... 8-3
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Practice 8a Drawing an Arc ................................................................... 8-4
8.2 Drawing Polylines ........................................................................... 8-6
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8.3 Editing Polylines ............................................................................. 8-8
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Measuring Radius and Diameter..................................................... 9-19
Measuring Angles ........................................................................... 9-19
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Measuring Areas ............................................................................. 9-21
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Practice 9c Measuring Objects (Architectural).................................. 9-24
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Practice 9d Measuring Objects (Mechanical) .................................... 9-26
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Chapter Review Questions................................................................... 9-29
Command Summary ............................................................................. 9-31
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Chapter 10: Projects: Drawing Organization and Information ............... 10-1
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10.1 Architectural Project..................................................................... 10-2
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10.2 Mechanical Project........................................................................ 10-4
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10.3 Civil Project ................................................................................... 10-6
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Chapter 11: Advanced Editing Commands .............................................. 11-1
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Command Summary ........................................................................... 11-42
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Chapter 12: Introduction to Blocks........................................................... 12-1
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12.1 What are Blocks? .......................................................................... 12-2
Creating Simple Blocks ................................................................... 12-3
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Practice 12a Create Simple Blocks..................................................... 12-5
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12.2 Inserting Blocks using the Blocks Palette.................................. 12-7
Insert Gallery................................................................................... 12-7
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Blocks Palette ................................................................................. 12-9
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12.3 Inserting Blocks using the Tool Palettes.................................. 12-13
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Controlling the Tool Palettes Window ........................................... 12-14
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12.4 Inserting Dynamic Blocks .......................................................... 12-15
Manipulating Dynamic Blocks ....................................................... 12-15
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12.5 Inserting Blocks using the DesignCenter................................. 12-17
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Modifying Viewports with Grips ..................................................... 14-12
Locking the Viewport..................................................................... 14-15
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14.4 Named Views ............................................................................... 14-16
Insert Views................................................................................... 14-18
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14.5 Guidelines for Layouts ............................................................... 14-23
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Practice 14a Working With Layouts ................................................. 14-24
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Chapter Review Questions................................................................. 14-37
Command Summary ........................................................................... 14-39
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Chapter 15: Printing Your Drawing ........................................................... 15-1
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15.1 Printing Concepts ......................................................................... 15-2
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Paper Space Layout Printing .......................................................... 15-4
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15.2 Printing Layouts............................................................................ 15-5
Previewing the Plot ......................................................................... 15-7
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Practice 17b Modifying Multiline Text .............................................. 17-18
17.4 Formatting Multiline Text ........................................................... 17-21
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Formatting the Multiline Text Object ............................................. 17-21
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Formatting Selected Text .............................................................. 17-23
Formatting Paragraph Text ........................................................... 17-25
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Creating Columns ......................................................................... 17-30
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Practice 17c Formatting Multiline Text in a Drawing ...................... 17-32
17.5 Adding Notes with Leaders to Your Drawing ........................... 17-38
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Modifying Multileaders .................................................................. 17-40
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Practice 17d Adding Notes to Your Drawing ................................... 17-45
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17.6 Creating Tables ........................................................................... 17-48
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Calculations in Tables ................................................................... 17-52
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Practice 17e Creating Tables ............................................................ 17-54
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19.1 Dimensioning Concepts ............................................................... 19-2
General Dimensioning..................................................................... 19-3
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19.2 Adding Linear Dimensions........................................................... 19-5
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Individual Linear Dimensions .......................................................... 19-5
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Multiple Dimensions ........................................................................ 19-6
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Quick Dimensioning ........................................................................ 19-7
Practice 19a Adding Linear Dimensions (Architectural) .................. 19-9
Practice 19b Adding Linear Dimensions (Mechanical)................... 19-12
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19.3 Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions................................... 19-15
Radius and Diameter Dimensions................................................. 19-15
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Angular Dimensions ...................................................................... 19-19
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Practice 19c Adding Radial and Angular Dimensions
(Architectural)..................................................................................... 19-21
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Practice 19d Adding Center Marks and Dimensions
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(Mechanical)........................................................................................ 19-24
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21.2 Using the Keyboard Effectively ................................................. 21-13
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Command Aliases ......................................................................... 21-14
Shortcut Keys................................................................................ 21-16
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Function Keys ............................................................................... 21-16
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Practice 21b Using the Keyboard Effectively .................................. 21-17
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21.3 Object Creation, Selection, and Visibility ................................. 21-18
Object Creation ............................................................................. 21-18
Selecting Similar Objects .............................................................. 21-18
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Object Selection Cycling ............................................................... 21-20
Object Visibility.............................................................................. 21-20
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Setting Transparency .................................................................... 21-22
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Practice 21c Object Creation, Selection, and Visibility .................. 21-25
21.4 Working in Multiple Drawings.................................................... 21-28
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File Tabs ....................................................................................... 21-28
Selecting Drawings in the Application Menu ................................. 21-33
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Notes on Coordinate Entry.............................................................. 22-5
Practice 22a Drawing Using Coordinate Entry .................................. 22-7
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22.2 Locating Points with Tracking ..................................................... 22-8
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Object Snap Tracking Review......................................................... 22-8
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Temporary Track Point................................................................... 22-8
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Practice 22b Locating Points with Tracking (Mechanical) ............. 22-10
Practice 22c Locating Points with Tracking (Architectural)........... 22-12
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22.3 Construction Lines ..................................................................... 22-14
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Construction Lines ....................................................................... 22-14
Rays .............................................................................................. 22-15
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Practice 22d Construction Lines ...................................................... 22-16
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22.4 Placing Reference Points ........................................................... 22-18
Creating Groups of Points............................................................. 22-19
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Command Summary ........................................................................... 24-31
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Chapter 25: Working with Blocks.............................................................. 25-1
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25.1 Creating Blocks............................................................................. 25-2
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Creating Local Blocks ..................................................................... 25-2
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Block Settings ................................................................................. 25-3
Creating Drawing Files from Objects (WBlock)............................... 25-5
25.2 Editing Blocks ............................................................................... 25-7
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Practice 25a Create and Edit Blocks ................................................ 25-10
25.3 Removing Unused Elements...................................................... 25-16
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Practice 25b Purging.......................................................................... 25-19
25.4 Adding Blocks to Tool Palettes ................................................. 25-21
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25.5 Modifying Tool Properties in Tool Palettes .............................. 25-24
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Chapter 28: Working with Layouts............................................................ 28-1
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28.1 Creating and Using Named Views ............................................... 28-2
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28.2 Advanced Viewport Options ........................................................ 28-5
Creating Viewports from Named Views .......................................... 28-5
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Clipping Viewports .......................................................................... 28-9
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28.3 Layer Overrides in Viewports .................................................... 28-10
Overriding Layer Properties in Viewports...................................... 28-10
Freezing Layers in Viewports........................................................ 28-12
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Practice 28a Viewports and Named Views....................................... 28-13
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Practice 28b Annotative Scale Features .......................................... 28-24
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Chapter Review Questions................................................................. 28-27
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Detaching and Unloading Reference Files.................................... 31-14
Comparing Xrefs ........................................................................... 31-16
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Clipping Reference Files ............................................................... 31-18
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Modifying References ................................................................... 31-20
Reference File Properties ............................................................. 31-21
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DWF Specific Adjustments............................................................ 31-23
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31.3 Xref Specific Information............................................................ 31-25
Attachments vs. Overlays ............................................................. 31-25
Xref Layers.................................................................................... 31-26
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Binding Drawing Reference Files.................................................. 31-30
Binding Drawing Reference File Components .............................. 31-31
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Demand Loading........................................................................... 31-32
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Practice 31a Attaching External References ................................... 31-33
Chapter Review Questions................................................................. 31-42
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Command Summary ........................................................................... 31-44
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Working with Regions ..................................................................... B-15
Combining Regions......................................................................... B-16
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B.6 Modifying Length ..........................................................................B-18
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Chapter Review Questions...................................................................B-19
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Command Summary .............................................................................B-21
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Appendix C: Skills Assessment 2 ...............................................................C-1
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The AutoCAD® 2022: Fundamentals guide is designed for those using
AutoCAD® 2022 with a Windows operating system. This guide is not designed for
the AutoCAD for Mac software.
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The objective of AutoCAD 2022: Fundamentals is to enable you to create, modify,
and work with a 2D drawing in the AutoCAD software.
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Part 1 (chapters 1 to 20) covers the essential core topics for working with the
AutoCAD software. The guide begins with learning the basic tools for creating and
editing 2D drawings. It then continues to explore the tools used to annotate
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drawings by adding text, hatching, dimensions, and tables. More advanced tools,
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such as working with blocks and setting up layouts, are introduced to improve
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because the intent is to show the essential tools and concepts, such as:
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creating annotation styles, and how to work with external references. You learn
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Prerequisites
• Access to the 2022.0 version of the software, to ensure compatibility with this
guide. Future software updates that are released by Autodesk may include
changes that are not reflected in this guide. The practices and files included
with this guide are not compatible with prior versions (e.g., 2021).
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• A working knowledge of basic design/drafting procedures and terminology.
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• A working knowledge of your operating system.
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Note on Software Setup
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This guide assumes a standard installation of the software using the default
preferences during installation. Lectures and practices use the standard software
templates and default options for the Content Libraries.
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Students and Educators Can Access Free Autodesk Software
and Resources
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Autodesk challenges you to get started with free educational licenses for
professional software and creativity apps used by millions of architects,
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engineers, designers, and hobbyists today. Bring Autodesk software into your
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Note: Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user
license and services agreement that accompanies the software. The software is
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for personal use for education purposes and is not intended for classroom or lab
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and AutoCAD vertical products, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Showcase and
various other Autodesk software products. She has worked with Autodesk
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products for the past 20 years with a main focus on design visualization software.
Renu holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and started her career
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3ds Max and AutoCAD books, some of which were translated into other
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languages for a wide audience reach. In her next role as a Technical Specialist at
a 3D visualization company, Renu used 3ds Max in real-world scenarios on a daily
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basis. There, she developed customized 3D web planner solutions to create
specialized 3D models with photorealistic texturing and lighting to produce high
quality renderings.
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Renu Muthoo has been the Lead Contributor for AutoCAD: Fundamentals since
2015.
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The following highlights the key features of this guide.
Feature Description
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Practice Files The Practice Files page includes a link to the practice files and
instructions on how to download and install them. The practice files
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Chapters A chapter consists of the following - Learning Objectives,
Instructional Content, Practices, Chapter Review Questions, and
Command Summary.
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Getting Started with AutoCAD
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with the basic layout of the AutoCAD screen, how to access commands, use your
pointing device, and understand the AutoCAD Cartesian workspace. You also
learn how to open an existing drawing, view the drawing by zooming and panning,
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• Identify the basic layout and features of the AutoCAD user interface.
• Locate commands and launch them using various command interfaces.
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software for the first icon or the Start menu.
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time, you are prompted
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settings and files from
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the earlier releases of • If there is no shortcut on the desktop, click (Start) in the
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the software. Task bar at the bottom of the screen and select AutoCAD
2022>AutoCAD 2022.
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Window displays.
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Start Tab
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working in an active drawing, the initial Start window displays, as
shown in Figure 1–1.
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the File Tabs bar (drawing tabs) as you create and open
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additional drawings.
Left pane
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signed into your drives, such as BIM360, and then open and save files from
Autodesk account. your desktop to those connected drives. You are required to
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elements. Click New in
the Start window to have Light color scheme by clicking (Application Menu) to
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a drawing open. expand it and then clicking Options to open the Options dialog
box. In the Display tab, in the Window Elements area, expand
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the Color theme drop-down list and select Light, as shown in
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Figure 1–2. Then, click OK for the background color of the
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interface components to change to light. The light color scheme
is used throughout this guide for printing clarity.
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Figure 1–2
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By default, the The Drawing Window is the area of the screen in which the
background of the drawing displays. Near the lower left corner of the window a
Drawing Window is dark horizontal line labeled X and a vertical line labeled Y might be
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with a light gray grid. displayed. This is called the UCS icon and indicates the current
This can be changed in drawing plane. Several drawing windows can be open at the
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the Options dialog box> same time. They can be resized, minimized, and maximized.
Display tab by clicking
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commands, such as New, Open, and Save, as shown in
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other topics that are based on user feedback received by
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command by hovering your cursor over the icon in the ribbon
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and then clicking <F1> on your keyboard.
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and the Application Menu by clicking Find next to the
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Figure 1–7
7. Tooltips
When you hover the cursor over a tool, a Tooltip displays the
name of the tool and a short description. Continuing to hover the
cursor on the tool displays an additional extended description, as
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tools, commands, and drawing objects. With the tooltip
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help information related to the tool.
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box ( (Application Menu)>Options), in the Display tab>
Window Elements area. You can also set the delay to display the
tooltip and the extended description, as shown in Figure 1–9.
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Line by clicking on the left edge and dragging it around. The
command history has a gray background to distinguish it from
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background box when they are toggled on. If the displayed icons
cannot fit in a single row, the Status Bar automatically wraps into
two rows to accommodate all of the icons, as shown in
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ribbon, in the Home tab>Draw panel, click (Line), as shown
in Figure 1–14. Several of the file commands are available in the
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commands are available in the Status Bar or through shortcut
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the Command Line or near the cursor in the Drawing Window
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contain a series of panels (Draw, Modify, etc.) which contain the
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empty space at the end of the ribbon and select Undock.To
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• Individual panels can also be floated in the drawing window,
as shown in Figure 1–17. To float a panel, drag it by the title
and drop it in the drawing window. To return it to the ribbon,
drag-and-drop it onto the ribbon area. This method can also
be used to rearrange the panels available in the ribbon.
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Command Line You can directly enter the name of a command in either the
Command Line or in the Dynamic Input prompt. When the
and Dynamic
(Dynamic Input) is On (by default), and you start typing a
Input Prompt command name, a command box displays near the crosshair
with the letters you are typing, as shown in Figure 1–20. You can
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command name there, as shown in Figure 1–21. When the
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pause. It also supports mid-string search by displaying all of
the commands that contain the word that you typed, as
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(Customize) to
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display the Input
such as the ability to search for system variables or to set the
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delay response time, as shown in Figure 1–22.
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command, press <Esc> you for the information that is required to complete each
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need to press <Esc> prompt and in the Command Line. It is important that you
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• Click Options to open the Options dialog box and modify the
default settings to customize how the AutoCAD software
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window, click Options, select the Display tab in the Options
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background, and in the expanded Color drop-down list,
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Quick Access The Quick Access Toolbar provides fast access to the common
tools: New, Open, Save, Save As, Open from Web & Mobile,
Toolbar Save to Web & Mobile, Plot, Undo, Redo, and Share. You can
customize it by adding and removing typical commands
displayed in the list. Click (as shown in Figure 1–32) to
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commands with a checkmark are already displayed in the Quick
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viewing only or for editing and saving it, as shown in
Figure 1–33. Click on Copy link to create a link of the copy
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AutoCAD web app where they have to Sign in first. This copy
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ribbon panel title only displays the tab and the panel options.The
options that display in the shortcut menu are determined by
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various Copy and Paste commands, as shown in Figure 1–37.
You can also access the AutoComplete options using the Input
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Settings selection. Using the Options dialog box, which can be
accessed by selecting Options... in the shortcut menu, you can
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a horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) distance as measured from the
origin (0,0), as shown in Figure 1–39. There is also a third
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the Status Bar, as shown in Figure 1–40. By default, this display
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• By default, the AutoCAD software measures angles in a
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Drawings The AutoCAD Cartesian workspace is essentially unlimited in
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you always draw in the real units of the object. Your drawing area
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Figure 1–43
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drawing. This command opens the Select File dialog box that is
Drawings
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History: Displays shortcuts to recently opened drawings.
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Desktop: Displays the Windows Desktop and enables you to
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folder.
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Multiple You can have several drawings open at once. You can open
them individually and have them open at the same time or open
Drawings a several files together by using <Ctrl> or <Shift> and selecting
them in the Select File dialog box. You can open multiple new
drawings by clicking (plus) in the File Tabs bar.
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a * next to their name in the File Tabs bar, as shown for
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Figure 1–45
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• Pressing <Ctrl>+<Tab>.
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Closing Files You can close a drawing file without leaving the software using
any of the following methods:
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window.
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you to save any
changes if you have not
• (Current Drawing), which closes the current drawing.
yet saved the drawing.
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files folder opens in the Name area, select Building Side.dwg and click Open.
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4. In the File Tabs bar, in addition to the Start tab, the names of
both the drawing files display as tabs, as shown in
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select Close All. If prompted to save changes, click No. This
closes all of the open drawings and the initial Start window
displays again.
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cities. If you are working on a house, you might want to focus on
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to use another mode of panning, called joystick pan.
Navigation The viewing and navigation tools are grouped together in the
ViewCube and Navigation Bar (as shown in Figure 1–51), and
Tools are located along the top right corner of the Drawing window.
The display of both the Navigation Bar and ViewCube can be
toggled on/off in the View tab/Viewport Tools panel.
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quickly select the navigation tools.
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Pan Realtime enables you to shift the display without changing
the current magnification. Zoom Realtime enables you to zoom
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to visually move to a different part of the screen. Hold the left
mouse button and drag in the direction you want to go.
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in the drawing window
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drawing.
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Window. Select two corner points for the window around the
kitchen area, as shown in Figure 1–56.
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name in the File Tabs bar. To provide added security, you can
create automatic saves to a backup file. You can also save your
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drawings so that they can be used in previous versions of the
AutoCAD software that might not be compatible with the one you
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Remember to regularly back up your work to another
machine or other data storage.
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from the Command Line Application Menu, the drawing file you are working on is
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• If you are working in a new drawing that has not been saved
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Automatic While it is critical for you to save a drawing regularly as you are
working on it, the AutoCAD software is also set up to save a
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copy of the file every time you save. It has a .BAK extension.
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10 minutes between saves and the Create backup copy
with each save option is selected, as shown in Figure 1–57.
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Saving in Using the Save As command, in Files of type:, you can select
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Various with that version of the AutoCAD software, as shown in
Formats Figure 1–58.
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Automatic save option, as shown in Figure 1–59.
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Toolbar. In the File Tabs bar, note that Building Valley does
not have a * beside it anymore.
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d. Its tab always displays next to the Start tab in the File
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b. By pressing <Ctrl>+<Shift>.
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a. Double-click on the right mouse button.
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Command Summary
Button Command Location
NA • Application Menu
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Close • Drawing Window
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Drawing • Tabs bar shortcut menu
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Drawings • Tabs bar shortcut menu
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• Application Menu
• Command Prompt: open, <Ctrl>+<O>
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Web & Mobile
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Options • Application Menu
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Save • Quick Access Toolbar
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• Command Prompt: qsave, <Ctrl>+<S>
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• Application Menu
• Command Prompt: save
Save to Web & • Quick Access Toolbar
Mobile • Application Menu>Save As
Zoom • Navigation Bar: Zoom Realtime
Realtime • Shortcut Menu: Zoom
• Command Prompt: zoom or Z
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