AutoCAD

THE AUTOCAD INTERFACE

 Navigating the working environment

 Working with files

 Displaying objects

BASIC DRAWING AND EDITING

 Drawing lines

 Drawing rectangles

 Drawing circles

 Drawing with snap and grid

 Erasing objects

DRAWING WITH PRECISION

 Coordinate entry

 Using object  snap

 Using polar tracking

 Using object snap tracking

MANIPULATING OBJECTS

 Selecting objects in the drawing

 Moving objects

 Copying objects

 Arraying objects

 Rotating objects

 Mirroring objects

 Scaling objects

DRAWING ORGANIZATION AND INQUIRY COMMANDS

 Using layers

 Using line types

 Layer states

OBJECT PROPERTIES AND MEASUREMENTS

 Working with object properties

 Quick select

 Matching properties

 Measuring objects

ALTERING OBJECTS

 Trimming and extending objects to defined boundaries

 Creating parallel and offset geometry

 Joining objects

 Applying fillets

 Creating a chamfer

 Stretching objects

CREATING ADDITIONAL DRAWING OBJECTS

 Working with polylines

 Drawing splines

 Drawing arcs

 Drawing polygons

ANNOTATING THE DRAWING

 Creating multiline text

 Creating single line text

 Using text styles

 Editing text

DIMENSIONING

 Creating dimensions

 Using dimension styles

 Editing dimensions

 Using multi-leaders

HATCHING OBJECTS

 Hatching objects

 Editing hatch objects

WORKING WITH REUSABLE CONTENT

 Using blocks

 Working with Design Centre™

 Using tool pallets

WORKING WITH LAYOUTS (DRAWING SHEETS)

 Model/Paper space principles

 Setting up layouts

 Using viewports

PLOTTING YOUR DRAWING

 Printing layouts

 Plotting from model space

 Plotting line weights