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Practical 2: Learn the basic options of drawing aids.
As visible from the main screen of AutoCAD 2010, there are
Ribbon tabs that
control the display and order in which ribbon panels are
displayed on the ribbon. Ribbon panels
are organised by rows, sub-panels, and slide-out elements. Rows
and sub-panels are used to
organise how commands and controls are displayed on the ribbon
panel. A slide-out is
automatically added to each ribbon panel. Rows located below a
slide-out are displayed only
when a ribbon panel is expanded.
Fig 1.:- Ribbon and Toolbars
We also have Toolbars containing buttons that start commands.
When you move
your mouse over a toolbar button, the tool-tip displays the name
of the button. The Quick
Access toolbar at the top of the application window is displayed
by default. It contains
frequently used AUTOCAD commands such as PLOT, UNDO, REDO, as
well as Microsoft Office
standard commands such as New, Open, Save, etc.
To display a toolbarCheck the box against the toolbar that you
want to display using Customize User
Interface. The alternate method is to Right-click on any toolbar
and click a toolbar on
the shortcut menu.
To dock a toolbarDrag the toolbar to a docking location at the
top, bottom, or either side of the drawing
area and release the mouse button when the outline of the
toolbar appears.
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To undock a toolbarPosition the cursor on the double bars at the
end of the toolbar, and hold down the
button on your pointing device. Drag the toolbar away from its
docked location and
release the buuton.
To close a toolbarIf the toolbar is docked, undock it. Click the
Close button in the upper-right corner of the
toolbar
DRAW TOOLBAR
It contains buttons for drawing basic two dimensional entities.
It is the most important
toolbar that finds frequent use in AutoCAD. The buttons
available on this toolbar are listed
below with the purpose they serve.
Fig 2.:- Draw toolbar
1. Line: Creates straight line segments.2. Construction Line:
Creates a line of infinite length.3. Polyline: Creates a 2D
polyline.4. Polygon: Creates an equilateral closed polyline.5.
Rectangle: Creates a rectangular polyline.6. Arc: Creates an arc
using three points.7. Circle: Creates a circle using a centre point
and a radius.8. Revision Cloud: Creates a revision cloud using a
polyline.9. Spline: Creates a smooth curve that passes through or
near specified points.10.Ellipse: Crates an ellipse or an
elliptical arc.
