Term

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AutoCAD Workshop

31 October 2014

Brief:
Get Scale Ruler
Be a detective, from internets, books,
videos

Text t
Zoom Extend z, then e
Regen - rea
Import Image

Navigation & Commands

Mouse click, Scroll Wheel and Scroll Click
Space bar, ESC
Prompts
Selection, Click/Drag/Multiple Selection
Deselction, ESC

Print
Layout
Viewports
Plotstyles Printer Set up / Lineweights
Scaling drawing Scale List

Interface
Windows Set Up:
Click windows at the top of your screen
Layers
Tools Sets
Properties Inspector
Command Line
Status Bar
File Set up
Units meters
Object Snap - Osnap
Grid On/Off
Commands & Command Prompts
Geometry
Line - l
Polyline - pl
Circle c,
Arc arc
Edit
Move - m
Rotate r
Mirror mi
Scale - sc
Offset - o
Fillet - f
Trim - tr
Extend - ex
Fillet vs trim/extend
Explode x
Join - j
Layer
Types of layers
Freezing layers vs switch off layers
Non plotting layers
WIP layer
Advance
Extend line- Xl
Match Properties - ma
Hatch - h
Spline spl
Dash Load linetype

Work flow From Big to Small

1)ALWAYS, Draw in 1:1 , Print in scale!!!!!
2)start with centre lines & outline geometry
3)Offset centre lines for walls
4)Openings windows/doors
5)How to generate Section, Section lines
Drawing Convention:
Thick line vs thin lines
Continuous line vs dash lines
Section cuts and direction
Solid vs lines
List
Edit scale List:
1:100 > 10:1
1:200 > 5:1
1:500 > 2:1
1:1000 > 1:1
Layers Typical Layers
Door - Green
Elevation - Magenta
Furniture - Yellow
Ground - Cyan
Hatch - Magenta
Stair - Yellow
Viewport - White
Walls - BLue
Windows - Green
WIP Any Colour
Plot Styles Table
Suggested Lineweights
Red 0.1mm
Yellow 0.02mm
Green 0.05mm
Cyan 0.5mm
Blue 0.2mm
Magenta 0.05mm