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A. Identify the different AutoCAD toolbars and give their functions.

 Standard Toolbar: Contains frequently used commands such as New, Open,


Save, Print, Undo, and Redo. Image allows you to insert an image onto the canvas. You can import
 Draw Toolbar: Provides tools for creating basic geometric shapes, lines, arcs, files of the following types: jpg, gif, png, bmp, wmf or emf. With the tool selected,
click the desired location on the canvas. The Open window displays. Navigate to the
circles, rectangles, and polygons.
appropriate folder, then choose the image and click Open. The image appears at the
 Modify Toolbar: Includes tools for editing and modifying objects, such as desired location.
Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, and Trim.
 Layers Toolbar: Allows you to manage layers in your drawing, including
creating, renaming, and setting layer properties.
 Properties Toolbar: Displays and allows you to modify the properties of Polygon allows you to draw a polygon. With the tool selected, click the
selected objects, such as color, line type, and thickness. start location on the canvas, and then click each additional end point of a line
 Object Snap Toolbar: Provides options for specifying precise points on segment. As soon as you have three points an additional line is automatically drawn,
objects during the drawing process, including Endpoint, Midpoint, Intersection, closing the shape, but you can continue to add points and the polygon will be
and Center. redrawn accordingly. To stop adding points, right-click the canvas area.
 View Toolbar: Contains tools for controlling the display and view of your
drawing, including Zoom, Pan, and Regen.
 Dimension Toolbar: Offers tools for creating and editing dimensions,
Arrow allows you to insert an arrow into the plot. With the tool
including Linear, Angular, and Radial dimensions.
selected, click the desired start point for the arrow line and drag to the desired length.
 Modify II Toolbar: Includes additional modification tools, such as Offset, The arrow head is automatically added at the end point of the arrow line.
Extend, Fillet, and Chamfer.
 Inquiry Toolbar: Provides tools for measuring distances, calculating areas,
and checking object properties.
 Express Tools Toolbar: Offers a collection of additional tools and utilities to Text allows you to insert a single line of text into the plot. With the tool
enhance productivity, such as AutoCAD DesignCenter, Text Explode, and selected, click the start point and type the text.
Layer Properties Manager.
 3D Modeling Toolbar: Found in AutoCAD versions with 3D capabilities, it 2. Modify Toolbar
contains tools for creating and editing 3D objects, such as Extrude, Revolve,
and Sweep.
 Quick access toolbar: User can save tools that they often use
The Erase Command (E): The Erase command is one of the simplest
B. Identify the command icon of the following toolbars and its function; AutoCAD commands and is one of the most used. The command erases (deletes) any
selected object(s) from the drawing. Remember you can always get deleted objects
1. Drawing Toolbar back by typing U to undo, Undo from the Standard toolbar or by using the OOPS
command.

Select Object allows you to select an object. When an object is


selected, you can move it to a new position, change its properties or delete the object.
(To select multiple objects, hold down the CTRL key while you click the other The Copy Command ( Ctrl + C): The Copy command can be used to
objects you want to select.) create one or more duplicates of any drawing object or objects which you have
previously created. Copy is a very useful and time-saving command because you can
create very complex drawing elements and then simply copy them as many times as
you like.
Point allows you to place a point on the canvas. With the tool selected,
click the desired location on the canvas. The point displays at that location.

The Mirror Command (MI): The Mirror command allows you to


mirror selected objects in your drawing by picking them and then defining the
Arc allows you to draw an arc. With the tool selected, click the desired position of an imaginary mirror line using two points.
location on the canvas and drag the arc to the appropriate size.

The Offset Command (O): Offset is probably one of the most useful
Line allows you to draw a line. With the tool selected, click the desired commands for constructing drawings. The Offset command creates a new object
start point for the line and drag to the desired length. parallel to or concentric with a selected object. The new object is drawn at a user
defined distance (the offset) from the original and in a direction chosen by the user
with a pick point. You can offset lines, arcs, circles, ellipses, 2D polylines, xlines,
rays and planar splines.
Rectangle allows you to draw a rectangle. With the tool selected, click
the desired location on the canvas and drag the rectangle to the appropriate size.

The Array Command (AR): The Array command makes multiple


copies of selected objects in a rectangular matrix (columns and rows) or a polar
Ellipse allows you to draw an ellipse. With the tool selected, click the
(circular) pattern. This command has been completely transformed in AutoCAD
desired location on the canvas and drag the ellipse to the appropriate size.
2000i. It is now completely dialogue box driven with the option to see a preview of
the array before it is created. You can also now create rectangular arrays at a user
specified angle angle. This constitutes a major improvement in usability.
Free allows you to draw a free-form line. With the tool selected, click
the desired start point for the line and draw the line. You can continue to draw until
you release the mouse button.
The Move Command (M): The Move command works in a similar way
to the Copy command except that no copy is made, the selected object(s) is simply
moved from one location to another.
Pie allows you to draw a pie segment. With the tool selected, click the
desired location on the canvas and drag the pie segment to the appropriate size.
The Rotate Command (RO): The Rotate command allows an object The Explode Command (X): The Explode command is used to
or objects to be rotated about a point selected by the user. AutoCAD prompts for a "explode" single objects back to their constituent parts. In other words, the command
second rotation point or an angle which can be typed at the keyboard. is used to return blocks, polylines etc. (which may be composed of a number of
component objects) back to their individual component parts. The change has no
visible effect.
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The Scale Command (TC): The Scale command can be used to
change the size of an object or group of objects. You are prompted for a pick point 3. Object Snap Toolbar
about which the selection set will be scaled. Scaling can then be completed by  Marker: It visually displays the location of the object snap when the
picking a second point (not always easy because it can sometimes be difficult to cursor hovers over or near that point
precisely control the scaling) or by entering a scale factor at the keyboard. For  Tooltip: It shows the name of the object snap, i.e., whether it is a
example a scale factor of 2 will double the size of the objects in the selection set and midpoint, endpoint, center, quadrant, and so on
a factor of 0.5 will half them.  Magnet: It attracts and claps the cursor onto the nearest AutoCAD osnap
location
 Aperture box: It surrounds the crosshairs (a crosshair is the cursor in
AutoCAD denoted by two intersecting lines, in what resembles a plus sign)
The Stretch Command (S): The Stretch command can be used to and defines the area within which osnaps are evaluated.
move one or more vertices of an object whilst leaving the rest of the object
unchanged. In the example below, a rectangle has been stretched by moving one Object Snap Modes
vertex to create an irregular shape.  Midpoint - It snaps to the midpoint of a geometric object such as a line,
xline, polyline segment, arc, ellipse, spline, or edge of a 3D object.

The Lengthen Command (LEN): The Lengthen command can often


be used instead of either the Trim or Extend commands. Indeed, the end result is
exactly the same. The Lengthen command can be used to either lengthen or shorten  Endpoint - It snaps to the closest corner or endpoint of an object, such as
Lines, Arcs, open Polylines, elliptical Arcs and open Splines without the use of a polyline segment, spline, line, arc, or 3D object.
cutting or boundary edges.

 Center - It snaps to the center of a circle, arc, ellipse, or elliptical arc.


The Trim Command (TR): The Trim command can be used to trim
a part of an object. In order to trim an object, you must draw a second object which
forms the "cutting edge". Cutting edges can be lines, xlines, rays, polylines, circles,
arcs or ellipses. Blocks and text cannot be trimmed or used as cutting edges. The
illustration on the right shows the Trim command in action. The red square and circle
have been drawn using the Polygon and Circle commands respectively.

 Geometric Center - It snaps to the geometric center of a polyline or 2D


The Extend Command (EX): This command extends a line, polyline spline.
or arc to meet another drawing object (known as the boundary edge). In the
illustration on the right, two lines (red) are extended to meet another line (cyan)
which forms the boundary edge. This command works in a similar way to the Trim
command, described above. Two selections are made, one for the boundary edge(s)
and one for the object(s) to extend.

 Quadrant - It snaps to the quadrant of a circle, arc, ellipse, or elliptical


The Break Command (BR): The Break command enables you to
arc.
break (remove part of) an object by defining two break points. In the illustration
below, a corner of a rectangle has been removed. The Break command can be used
with lines, polylines, circles, arcs ellipses, splines, xlines and rays. When you break
an object, you can either select the object using the first break point and then pick the
second break point, or you can select the object and then pick the two break points.

The Chamfer Command (CHA): The Chamfer command enables


you to create a chamfer between any two non-parallel lines as in the illustration
below or any two adjacent polyline segments. Usually, the Chamfer command is  Tangent - The tangent osnap mode snaps to the tangent of a circle, arc,
used to set the chamfer distances before drawing the chamfer. Follow the command ellipse, elliptical arc, or spline.
sequence below where the chamfer distances are changed to 20 before the chamfer is
made.

The Fillet Command (F): The Fillet command is a very useful tool
which allows you to draw an arc between two intersecting lines or adjacent polyline
segments. You first need to use the command to set the required radius and then a
second time to select the two lines.
 Perpendicular - It snaps to a point that is perpendicular to an object, such
as a line, multiline, polyline, spline, xline, 3D solid, circle, ellipse, arc,
elliptical arc, ray, or region.

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 Parallel - The parallel snap mode forces a line segment, polyline


segment, ray, or xline to be parallel to another linear object in the
drawing.

 Intersection - It snaps to the intersection of objects such as lines,


polylines, xlines, splines, arcs, circles, and ellipses.

 Apparent Intersect - It snaps to the visual intersection of two objects


that do not intersect in a 3D space but may appear to intersect in the
current view.
 Extension - It enables a temporary extension arc or line to appear when
you hover the cursor over the endpoints of the objects. This allows you to
specify points on the extended line or arc.

 Node - The node object snap mode snaps to a point object, dimension text
origin, or dimension definition point.

 Insertion - The insertion snap mode snaps to the insertion point of


objects such as blocks, texts, or attributes.

 Nearest - It snaps to the nearest point on an object, such as a line, spline,


xline, polyline, arc, circle, ellipse, elliptical arc, point, or ray.

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