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 IS12X9 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,

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.

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.

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,

SCALE, WINDOW, REAL TIME

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

DRAWING SCREEN IN BOTH HORIZONTAL &
VERTICAL DIRECTIONS

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 FROM1-255. STANDARD
COLORS ARE FROM 1-9AND 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.

REDO: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO CANCELTHE

UNDO
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

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

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

TEXT(DT): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO PLACE

TEXT ON THE DRAWING SCREEN WITH THE
GIVEN STYLE ,HEIGHT AND ROTATION ANGLE.

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.
LAYER(LA): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO
DIFFERENTIATE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS LIKE
OBJECTS,
CENTERLINES,HATCH ,DIMENSION,TEXT ON THE
CURRENT DRAWING SCREEN

OPTIONS:ON,OFF,FREEZE,THAW,LOCK,UNLOCK,P
LOT,UNPL OT,
COLOR,LTYPE,LINEWEIGHT ETC…

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.
ID: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO IDENTIFY THE CO-
ORDINATESOF 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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.
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

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

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

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

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
MEASURE(ME): THIS COMMAND IS USED TO
DIVIDE THE SELECTED OBJECT ON DRAWING
SCREEN TO THE GIVEN MEASUREMENT
AUTOCAD 3D

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

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

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

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

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

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

Y/WORLD      

PATH: UCS NEW FACE SELECT THE FACE ENTER

     
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.

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

SOLIDEDIT: THIS COMMAND IS USED TO EDIT

EXISTING OBJECTS ON THE DRAWING SCREEN
OPTIONS:
FACE ,EDGE ,BODY

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
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

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.

CREATION OF SIMPLE LINE TYPES:

SYNTAX:

*LT NAME ,DESCRIPTION A, LT CODES

LTCODES:
+ VE VALUES INDICATES PENDOWN
- 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.

(31)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
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.