AutoCAD Tutorial Chapter 3

8/13/2019 AutoCAD Tutorial Chapter 3

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Learning Objectives

Arcs and its various options.

Rectangles, ellipses, and elliptical arcs. Polygons such as hexagons and pentagons.

Polylines and donuts.

Point style and point size.

Infinite lines.

Simple text


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DRAWING ARCS

Ribbon: Home > Draw Arc drop-down

Toolbar: Draw > Arc

Menu Bar: Draw > ArcCommand: ARC or A

The tools in the Arc drop-down


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The 3-Point Option

The Start, Center, End Option

The Start, Center, Angle OptionThe Start, Center, Length Option

The Start, End, Angle Option

The Start, End, Direction Option

The Start, End, Radius Option

The Center, Start, End Option

The Center, Start, Angle Option

The Center, Start, Length OptionContinue Option

Continue (LineCont:) Option


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DRAWING RECTANGLES

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Rectangle

Toolbar: Draw > Rectangle

Tool Palettes: Draw > RectangleCommand: RECTANG

Invoking the RECTANGLEcommand from the Ribbon


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Drawing Rectangles by Specifying Two Opposite Corners

Drawing Rectangles by Specifying the Area and One Side

Drawing Rectangles by Specifying their Dimensions

Drawing Rectangle at an Angle

Chamfer

Fillet

Width

Thickness

Elevation


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DRAWING ELLIPSES

Ribbon: Home > Draw >Ellipse drop-down

Toolbar: Draw >Ellipse

Tool Palettes: Draw > EllipseCommand: ELLIPSE

Tools in the ELLIPSE drop-down

in the Draw panel


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Drawing an Ellipse Using the Axis and Endpoint Option

Drawing an ellipse using the

Axis and Endpoint option


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Drawing Ellipse Using the Center Option

Drawing an ellipse using the

Center option


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Drawing Elliptical Arcs

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Ellipse drop-down > Elliptical Arc

Toolbar: Draw > Ellipse Arc

Tool Palettes: Draw > Ellipse ArcCommand: ELLIPSE > Arc

Drawing elliptical arcs


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DRAWING REGULAR POLYGONS

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Polygon

Toolbar: Draw > Polygon

Tool Palettes: Draw > PolygonCommand: POLYGON


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Drawing a Polygon by Specifying the Center of Polygon

Drawing an inscribed polygon using

the Center of Polygon option

Drawing a circumscribed polygon

using the Center of Polygon option


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Drawing a Polygon by Specifying an Edge

Drawing a polygon (hexagon)

using the Edge option


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DRAWING POLYLINES

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Polyline

Toolbar: Draw > Polyline

Tool Palettes: Draw > PolylineCommand: PLINE or PL

Choosing the Polyline tool from the

Draw panel


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DRAWING DONUTS

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Donut

Command: DONUT


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Example 1

Unfilled donut Filled donut Solid-filled donut


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Changing the Point Style and Size

Ribbon: Utilities > Point StyleCommand: DDPTYPE

The Point Style dialog box Different point styles for PDMODE values

PLACING POINTS


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Placing Multiple Points

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Points drop-down > Multiple Points

Toolbar: Draw > Point

Tool Palettes: Draw > PointCommand: POINT

Options in the Points drop-down

Placing Points at Equal Distance

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Pointsdrop-down > Divide

Placing Points at Specified Intervals

Ribbon: Home > Draw > Points

drop-down > Measure


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WRITING A SINGLE LINE TEXTCommand: TEXT

Current text style: "Standard" Text height: 0.2000 Annotative: No

Specify start point of text or [Justify/Style]: Specify the starting point of the text.

Specify height: Enter the text height.

Specify rotation angle of text :

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