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Introduction to AutoCAD
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Function keys and
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AutoCAD Screen
INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD (HISTORY)
The first important step in the development of computer-aided draughting
was made at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1963
where a system called Sketchpad was developed and demonstrated.
It consisted of a cathode ray tube (CRT) driven by software running on a
Lincoln TX2 computer which was able to create, modify and graphically
display a drawing on the screen using a light pen as a pointing device.

The first computer aided drawing system was introduced by IBM.

INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD (HISTORY)
AutoCAD was derived from a program that began in 1977, and then released in
1979 called Interact CAD, also referred to in early Autodesk documents as
MicroCAD, which was written prior to Autodesk's (then Marinchip Software
Partners) formation by Autodesk cofounder Michael Riddle

The first version by Autodesk was demonstrated at the 1982 Comdex and released
that December. As Autodesk's flagship product, by March 1986 AutoCAD had
become the most ubiquitous CAD program worldwide.
INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD (VERSIONS)
AutoCAD 1.0 December 1982 (Release 1)
AutoCAD 1.2 April 1983 (Release 2)
AutoCAD 1.3 August 1983 (Release 3)
AutoCAD 1.4 October 1983 (Release 4)
AutoCAD 2.0 October 1984 (Release 5)
AutoCAD 2.1 May 1985 (Release 6)
AutoCAD 2.5 June 1986 (Release 7)
AutoCAD 2.6 April 1987 (Release 8)
AutoCAD R9 September 1987 codename White Album (Release 9)
AutoCAD R10 October 1988 codename Abbey Road (Release 10)
AutoCAD R11 October 1990 codename Let it Be (Release 11)
 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD (VERSIONS)
AutoCAD R12 June 1992 (Release 12)
AutoCAD R13 November 1994 (Release 13)
AutoCAD R14 February 1997 codename Sedona and Pinetop for 14.01 (Release 14)
AutoCAD 2000 March 1999 codename Tahoe (Release 15)
AutoCAD 2000i July 2000 codename Banff (Release 16)
AutoCAD 2002 June 2001 codename Kirkland (Release 17)
AutoCAD 2004 March 2003 codename Reddeer (Release 18)
AutoCAD 2005 March 2004 codename Neo (Release 19)
AutoCAD 2006 March 2005 codename Rio (Release 20)
AutoCAD 2007 March 2006 codename Postrio (Release 21)
AutoCAD 2008 March 2007 codename Spago (Release 22)
INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD (VERSIONS)
AutoCAD 2009 March 2008 codename Raptor (Release 23)
AutoCAD 2010 March 2009 codename Gator (Release 24)
AutoCAD 2011 March 2010 codename Hammer (Release 25)
AutoCAD 2012 March 2011 codename Ironman (Release 26)
AutoCAD 2013 March 2012 codename Jaws (Release 27)
AutoCAD 2014 March 2013 codename Keystone (Release 28)
AutoCAD 2015 March 2014 codename Longbow (Release 29)
AutoCAD 2016 March 2015 codename  Maestro (Release 30)
AutoCAD 2017 March 2016 codename Nautilus (Release 31)
AutoCAD 2018 March 2017 codename Omega (Release 32)
AutoCAD 2019 April 2018 codename Pi (Release 33)
AutoCAD 2020 April 2019 codename Qubert (Release 34)
 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD
(REQUIREMENT)
System requirements for AutoCAD 2020 including Specialized Toolsets (Windows)

•Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with Update KB4019990 (64-bit only)

Operating System •Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (64-bit only)
•Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only) (version 1803 or higher)
Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor
Processor
Multiple processors: Supported by the application
Memory Basic: 8 GB Recommended: 16 GB
Conventional Displays: 1920 x 1080 with True Color
Display Resolution High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on
Windows 10, 64-bit

Basic: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

Display Card
Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant

Disk Space 6.0 GB

 INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD
(REQUIREMENT)
System requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2020
•Apple® macOS® Catalina v10.15 (requires Update 2020.1)
Operating System •Apple® macOS® Mojave v10.14
•Apple® macOS® High Sierra v10.13
Apple Mac Pro® 4,1 or later; MacBook Pro® 5,1 or later; iMac® 8.1 or later;
Model
Mac mini® 3.1 or later; MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook® 5.1 or later
CPU Type 64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster recommended)

Memory 4 GB of RAM (8 GB or above recommended)

1280 x 800 display with true color (2880 x 1800 with Retina Display
Display Resolution
recommended)

Disk Space 3 GB free disk space for download and installation

INSTALLING AUTOCAD
Downloaded AutoCAD from Autodesk ,

Run and select the extraction destination folder.

Click OK to proceed.

The files will then extract and will prompt you to decide if you want to allow the
app to make changes to your device. Select YES to proceed.
 INSTALLING AUTOCAD

The installation window will

appear and you can click on
the Install button to begin the
installation process.
INSTALLING AUTOCAD

 Make sure you understand

the License and Services
Agreement before selecting
the “I ACCEPT” button
then click NEXT.
 INSTALLING AUTOCAD

 On the next window, you can

click on the down arrow to
see configuration options such
as installation type. Click the
arrow again to close and
return to product list. Click on
the INSTALL button.
INSTALLING AUTOCAD

Once the installation is

complete, you will see this
window which will list
down the items that has
been successfully installed.
Click FINISH to exit
 INSTALLING AUTOCAD
You must restart your computer
for changes to take effect.

 Launching your AutoCAD 2020

application for the first time will
display the activation dialog.
Verify what type of license you
have either as SINGLE-
USER or MULTI-USER.
 INSTALLING AUTOCAD
Read the Autodesk Privacy Statement
and click on the I AGREE button.

Select ACTIVATE which will then require

you to enter a valid Serial Number and
Product Key then click NEXT.
 INSTALLING AUTOCAD
Fill serial Key and product key and
click on next.

Select I have an activation code and

click next.
INSTALLING AUTOCAD

 Copy the Activation code

and paste this Code on
Blank Space on “Autodesk
Licensing - Activation
Option” page and click Next
INSTALLING AUTOCAD
FUNCTION KEYS AND SHORTCUTS IN
AUTOCAD
FUNCTION KEYS AND SHORTCUTS (TOGGLE DRAWING
MODES)
Key Feature Description
F1 Help Displays Help for the active tooltip, command,
palette or dialog box.
F2 Expanded history Displays an expanded command history in the
Command window.
F3 Object snap Turns object snap on and off.
F4 3D object snap Turns additional object snaps for 3D on and off.
F5 Isoplane Cycles through 2D isoplane settings.
F6 Dynamic UCS (AutoCAD only) Turns automatic UCS alignment with planar
surfaces on and off.
F7 Grid display Turns the grid display on and off.
FUNCTION KEYS AND SHORTCUTS (TOGGLE DRAWING
MODES)
Key Feature Description
F8 Ortho Locks cursor movement to horizontal or vertical.
F9 Grid snap Restricts cursor movement to specified grid
intervals.
F10 Polar tracking Guides cursor movement to specified angles.
F11 Object snap tracking Tracks the cursor horizontally and vertically from
object snap locations.
F12 Dynamic input Displays distances and angles near the cursor and
accepts input as you use Tab between fields.
 SHORTCUTS (TOGGLE GENERAL
FEATURES)
Keys Description
Ctrl+G Toggle Grid
Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes
Ctrl+F Toggle running object snaps
Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style
Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Hide pallets
Ctrl+I Toggle Coords
Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle Infer Constraints
 SHORTCUTS (MANAGE SCREEN)
Keys Description
Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen
Ctrl+1 Property Palette
Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette
Ctrl+3 Tool Palette
Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette
Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager
Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette
Ctrl+8 Quick Calc
Ctrl+9 Command Line
 SHORTCUTS (MANAGE WORKFLOW)
Keys Description
Ctrl+A Select all objects
Ctrl+C Copy object
Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink
Ctrl+X Cut object
Ctrl+V Paste object
Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to clipboard with base point
Ctrl+Shift+V Paste data as block
Ctrl+Z Undo last action
Ctrl+Y Redo last action
Ctrl+[ Cancel current command (or ctrl+\)
ESC Cancel current command
 SHORTCUTS (MANAGE DRAWING)
Keys Description
Ctrl+N New Drawing
Ctrl+S Save drawing
Ctrl+O Open drawing
Ctrl+P Plot dialog box
Ctrl+Tab Switch to next
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing
Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing
Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing
Ctrl+Q Exit
Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as
AUTOCAD SCREEN
 AUTOCAD SCREEN (FEATURES)
Title Bar
UCS
Menu Bar
Draw tool bar
Standard Tool Bar
Modify tool bar
Drawing Area
Property and Layer tool bar
Command Line
Layout Tab
Crosshair Cursor
Status Bar
 AUTOCAD SCREEN (FEATURES)
Title Bar: Shows the title, file type and saved directory of the AutoCAD drawing

Menu Bar: Show all the available functions that can be carried out in AutoCAD

Standard Tool Bar: Show all the available tools to create, modify and manipulate a
drawing

Drawing Area: Area available for drawing. Where all the drawings are done

Command Line: This is an interface where AutoCAD interacts with the designer and
vice-versa.

Crosshair Cursor: This is the cursor that can be found in the drawing area. It is
characterised by a target box in the middle of two intersecting lines.
 AUTOCAD SCREEN (FEATURES)

UCS : User Coordinate System shows the X and Y coordinates of the AutoCAD screen

Draw tool bar: This toolbar has all the tools available to create a drawing

Modify tool bar: This toolbar has all the tools available to modify a drawing

Property and Layer tool bar: This tool bar has all the tools available to alter the
property of a drawing, and also section parts of a drawing in layers

Status Bar: This bar is located at the bottom of the screen, it has all tools required to
make a drawing process easy

Layout Tab: This tab shows different layouts of an AutoCAD drawing

ASSIGNMENT
Install any AutoCAD version from Keystone and above.
a. Take screenshots of the installation steps
b. Take a Screenshot of the final screen and label all the features of the screen
c. Take a screenshot of your desktop showing the AutoCAD shortcut icon. This
screenshot must also show an open word document stating your name, email,
and matriculation number.
d. Right Click on the AutoCAD desktop shortcut and select “Open file location”,
after the location has been open, take a screenshot.

Submit all screenshot through your classroom page.