AutoCAD
This page is preapared for the users who wants to learn AutoCAD. Page contains the articles classified by levels and their subjects.
Chapters
- Concepts for beginers
- Tips for beginners
- Modifying Entities
- Layers
- Dimensioning
- Blocks
- Blocks (Advanced)
- TEXT, MTEXT and TABLES
- Annotation
- Hints & Tips for advanced users
- Rendering
- Plotting
- 3D Modeling
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Concepts for Beginners
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- Understanding scale concept and units in Autocad
- Scaling in Autocad drawings and layouts
- Coordinates in AutoCAD
- Beginning a drawing in AutoCAD: Model space and drawing units
- Starting a drawing in AutoCAD-2: Units
- DASHBOARD 1
- DASHBOARD 2
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Tips and hints for Beginners
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- Small tips for Drawing a Rectangle
- Practical method for entering angles: POLAR TRACKING
- How to find the lost toolbar?
- How to bring back the lost command line?
- Selecting overlapping entities
- Send your USCICON to lower left corner
- Attaching hyperlink to AutoCAD entities
- Arc drawing techniques in AutoCAD
- Converting lines and arcs to PLINE with PEDIT command
- Drawing complex curves by using only the CIRCLE Command
- GRIP editing in AutoCAD
- Electricity gone! What will happen to drawing?
- How to maximize your workspace?
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Modifying entities
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- Making selection in AutoCAD
- REFERENCE feature in SCALE and ROTATE
- Command:_ROTATE
- ALIGN command in 2D
- FILLET command in 2D
- Hip tip: Converting lines and arcs to PLINE with PEDIT command
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Layers
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Dimensioning
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- Understanding basics of Dimension Style
- Understanding scale concept and units in Autocad
- Comment Bubble DIM/LEADER
- Dimensioning I
- Dimensioning II
- Dimensioning III
- Dimensioning IV
- Dimension Style Settings 1: Anatomy of a dimensioning object
- Dimension style settings 2: Dimension lines and extension lines
- Dimension Style Settings 3: Dimension arrows and symbols
- Dimension style settings 4: If the dimension doesn’t fit
- Dimension Style Settings 5: Units
- Dimension Style Settings 6 : Alternate Units
- Dimension Style Settings 7: Another tolerance dimensioning
- Using geometric tolerance symbols
- Jogged dimension line: DIMJOGLINE
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Blocks
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- Blocks I
- Blocks II
- Blocks III - Defining attributes
- Blocks IV - Count your blocks with EATTEXT command
- Organization of layers inside the blocks
- Scaling blocks in AutoCAD
- Use of DIVIDE and MEASURE commands I
- Use of DIVIDE and MEASURE commands II
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Blocks (Advanced)
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- External References in AutoCAD: XREF - 1
- External References in AutoCAD: XREF - 2
- External References in AutoCAD: XREF - 3
- Dynamic Blocks 1
- Dynamic Blocks 2
- Dynamic Blocks 3
- Automatic insertion angle in Dynamic Blocks
- Using multiple insertion points in dynamic blocks
- Dynamic Blocks and LOOKUP parameter
- Parametric blocks
- Quantity with AutoCAD 2008 : _EATTEXT command
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Text, mtext and tables
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Annotation
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- Hatching from A to Z
- Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 - 1
- Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 - 2
- Annotation Objects in AutoCAD 2008 - 3
- MULTILEADER command 1
- MULTILEADER command 2
- MULTILEADER command 3
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Hints and tips for advanced users
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- System Variables FILEDIA, CMDDIA
- Managing Visual Styles in Autocad 2007
- AutoCAD 2007 and VIEW command
- Visual Styles in Autocad 2007
- A Practical way of selecting entities: QUICKSELECT
- Surprise egg in AutoCAD: QUICKCALC
- Geometrical Calculator
- Characters entered in front of AutoCAD commands
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Rendering
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Plotting
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- Default scale settings for printouts
- Advanced plotting using Layouts
- Complex viewports inside layouts
- Plotting render and drawing together in layouts
- Taking printout step by step
- Plotting multiple layouts at the same time
- Making the lines and surfaces with unstraigth angles paralel while plotting
- Plot Style Tables
- Getting JPEG printouts
- Pack & Send your projects using e-Transmit
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3D, Solid Modeling
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- CONVTOSOLID
- Fast 3-D Modeling in AutoCAD 2007 (Press-Pull)
- System Variables affecting the display of 3-D solid models
- Creating cylindric solids with REVOLVE command
- LIVE SECTION in AutoCAD 2007 - I
- LIVE SECTION in AutoCAD 2007 - II
- A solid modelling application: Gusket rrawing
- Drawing a bolt with solid modeling
- Take a tour around yor 3D Model with ANIPATH
- 3D Modeling 1: Introduction
- 3D Modeling 2: Primitives
- 3D Modeling 3: Using UNION and SUBTRUCT commands
- 3D Modeling 4: Positioning entities
- 3D Modeling 5: POLYSOLID
- 3D Modeling 6: Using REVOLVE command
- 3D Modeling 7: EXTRUDE
- 3D Modeling 8: Using SWEEP command
- 3D Modeling 9: LOFT
- 3D Modeling 10: FILLET in 3D
- 3D Modeling 11: CHAMFER in 3D
- 3D Modeling 12: Getting 2D view from a solid model by FLATSHOT command
- 3D Modeling 13: Getting 3D wireframe from a solid using XEDGES command.
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