AUTOCAD INTERFACE

AND
BASIC COMMANDS
What is AutoCAD?
• AutoCAD is a computer-aided drafting software program used
for creating blueprints for buildings, bridges and computer
chips.
• AutoCAD is a 2-D and 3-D computer aided drafting software
application used in architecture, construction and
manufacturing to assist in the preparation of blueprints and
other engineering plans. Professionals who use AutoCAD are
often referred to as drafters. While drafters work in a number
of specialities, the six most common specialization areas are
mechanical drafting, architectural drafting, civil drafting,
electrical drafting, electronics drafting and aeronautical
drafting.
 AutoCAD Interface
• Application Menu
Single-clicking this button opens
a drop-down menu which
contains some number of the
same options in the quick access
toolbar, and more. More
importantly, it contains links to
most recently opened drawings
and sheet sets.
• Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
The quick access toolbar (QAT), by default,
contains icons for a number of commands,
such as New, Open, Save, SaveAs, Undo, Plot
and Redo. Like most user interface elements
it can be customized to meet the user’s
desires.
 
• Ribbon
The ribbon is a user interface element that  contains
various AutoCAD commands arranged in panels and
tabs . The tabs are quite powerful.  They have panels
of commands as well as options that relate to any
task at hand. For instance, if you select a HATCH
object, a contextual tab appears. The tab contains a
Hatch editing command that appears automatically.
• In-Editor elements
These are elements found
inside the drawing panel.
The user can control their
visibility. In the upper left
corner are the view port
controls that allow the user
to alter the view and visual
styles. The ViewCube,
Navigation bar and the UCS
icon are positioned as shown
in the figure.
• Status Bar
At the bottom of the sreen,
is the Status Bar.  It
contains only icons.
Several icons, by default,
are not enabled, but the
user can decide to turn on
some of them. The figure
shows a status bar, with an
expanded control icon on
the far right, to show you
the other available icons.
• File Tabs
File tabs give access to all open documents. Each document that is
open has a tab. Left-clicking on a tab makes it the current open
document. Right-clicking on a tab gives access to more options,
including Save As and Close. The tab that has a plus sign allows the
user to open a new document. File Tabs are located just below the
Ribbon.
• Layout Tabs
Layout tabs give access to different Model Spaces of each Layout
in any given document. Left-clicking on a tab to makes it the
current open layout. Right-clicking on a tab gives you access to
more options that include Print, Move, or Rename. The tab that
has a plus sign allows the user to create a new layout. Layout
Tabs, by default, are located at the bottom of the drawing panel
below the command line, in the area around status bar.
• Drop-Down Menus
A drop-down menu is a top level name that is clickable. On left-
clicking the menu reveals a list of  commands or sub menus
below it. When a command is selected, the menu vanishes. An
example of a drop-down menu is shown in the figure below.
• Toolbars
Toolbars are flat panels containing buttons or drop-down lists.
Each button has an icon and macro that performs a either a
command or a macro. The figure below shows two toolbars.
• Command Line
This is a palette in which you can input command names. When
docked, it has some fixed number of visible lines. When floating,
the command line can expand to show more data. The figure
below shows an example of a floating command line:
 AutoCAD Basic Commands
• L- It can be used for making simple lines in the drawing.
• C- It is the command used for making a circle in AutoCAD.
• PL- This command can be used to make a Polyline in your
drawing.
• REC- This command will make a rectangle in AutoCAD.
• POL- This command can be used to make a polygon with
minimum of 3 sides and a maximum of 1024 sides.
• ARC- As the name suggests, this command can be used to
make an arc in AutoCAD.
• ELLIPSE- As the name suggests, this command can be used to
make an ellipse with the major and minor axis.
• ARRAY- Using this command you can make Rectangular, polar
or Path array.
• TR- This command is used for trimming a geometry.
• OP- Using this command you can open options window which
contains most of the settings of AutoCAD.
• SC- This command is used to change the scale of an object.
• B- This command is used for creating a block, the properties of
the block can be defined using the block definition window.
• I- This command can be used to insert an existing block or a
drawing as a block in AutoCAD.
• REG- This command can be used to make a region geometry in
AutoCAD.
• CO- This command is used to copy object(s) in AutoCAD.
• ST- Using this command you can open text style window which
controls properties of the default AutoCAD text style.
• X- This command can be used to explode objects like Polyline
to simple lines, an array or a block to a simple geometry etc.
• F- This command can be used to add rounded corners to the
sharp edges of the geometry, these round corners are also
called fillets.
• CHA- This command can be used to add slant edges to the
sharp corners, these slant edges are also called chamfers.
• LA- This command can be used to open layer properties
manage palette which is a tool for creating and managing
layers in a drawing.
• T -This command is used to insert text in the drawing.
• O- This command is used to offset shapes or lines.
GROUP 1
• Mary Grace Awid
• Janine Bautista
• Kyla Ceriales
• Mary Margaret Cruzpero
• Wendy Delayco
• Marie Raphelle Deloria
• Cris J-son Romero
• Janssen Zubiaga