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How do I Use Delta CAD?
Learning to use DeltaCad involves understanding how to navigate
its tool set.
DeltaCad is a computer-aided design (CAD) program that drafting
professionals use toproduce graphics illustrating structures to be
manufactured (i.e., houses, printers, circuit
boards). Learning to use DeltaCad involves understanding how to
navigate its tool set, which
includes line and shape-drawing functions, and functions zooming
into and out of your
drawings. Becoming proficient in DeltaCad makes it possible to
create the precision graphics
your manufacturing teams need to produce the physical product
those graphics represent.
Instructions
1. Open DeltaCad and click the "Line" tab, which holds functions
for drawing lines.
2. Click the button displaying the downward-pointing arrow.
Click near the upper left of
the drawing window and release the mouse. This action places the
starting point of a
vertical line.
3. Drag down for a short distance, then press the "5" keyboard
key, followed by "Enter."
This creates a vertical line 5 inches long. The line is the
first of an image of an abacus
you'll make. This project will introduce you to many of
DeltaCad's features.
4. Click the toolbar's right-pointing arrow, and click the top
of the first line you drew.
Drag right slightly, then enter "7," followed by "Enter."
DeltaCad will complete a
horizontal line 7 inches long. Its left point matches the top
point of the vertical line.
5. Click the vertical line's lower point, then complete another
horizontal line 7 incheslong using the instructions from the
previous step.
6. Draw a vertical line that completes the rectangle of the
abacus' outline by clicking on
the right point of the top horizontal line. Drag downward
slightly, press "5" and
"Enter" to complete the line.
7. Click the "Select" tab, and click any point below and to the
left of the abacus' lower
left point. Drag the mouse above and to the right of the abacus'
top right point to
define a selection rectangle. Click the mouse to complete the
selection. The abacus
will turn red to indicate its selection.
8. Press "Control-C" to copy the outline to the clipboard. Press
"Control-V" to create a
duplicate of the outline.
9. Click the "Sc" (Scale) button, type "0.1" and press "Enter"
to make the duplicateoutline one -enth the size of the original
abacus outline. This forms the first bead of
the abacus.
10. Click the "Shape" tab, and click the rectangle tool. Click
the top of the abacus bead
from step 9 and drag upward until the mouse reaches the top of
the abacus. Click again
to complete the first bead shaft of the abacus.
11. Duplicate the abacus bead and shaft by using the
instructions in steps 7 and 8. Repeat
this step four times to make a total of five shafts with beads,
which completes the
abacus.
