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Dedication To all technical and non-technical audience Special Thanks to Employees of CADFolks For Technical Support, contact us at: [email protected], [email protected] For Resource files, please mail us at: [email protected] Table of Contents Title Page Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD 2022 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 System requirements ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 Starting AutoCAD 2022 ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 AutoCAD user interface ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Changing the Color Scheme in AutoCAD ................................................................................................................... 3 Workspaces in AutoCAD .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Drafting & Annotation Workspace .............................................................................................................................. 5 3D Basics and 3D Modeling Workspaces .................................................................................................................... 6 Application Menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Quick Access Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 6 File tabs ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Drawing Window........................................................................................................................................................... 7 ViewCube ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Navigation Bar ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Command line ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Status Bar ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Menu Bar ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Changing the display of Ribbon ................................................................................................................................ 14 Dialog Boxes and Palettes ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Tool Palettes .................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Shortcut Menus ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Selection Windows ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Starting a new drawing .................................................................................................................................................... 18 Command list .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Questions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Chapter 2: Drawing Basics in AutoCAD 39 Drawing Basic ................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Drawing lines ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 Erasing, Undoing and Redoing ................................................................................................................................. 44 Drawing Circles ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 Drawing Arcs ............................................................................................................................................................... 50 Drawing Splines .......................................................................................................................................................... 53 Drawing Ellipses ......................................................................................................................................................... 54 Drawing Polylines ....................................................................................................................................................... 57 Drawing Rectangles .................................................................................................................................................... 58 Drawing Polygons ....................................................................................................................................................... 62 Questions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................................. 64 Exercise 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Exercise 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Exercise 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Exercise 4 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Exercise 5 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Chapter 3: Drawing Aids in AutoCAD 67 Drawing Aids .................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Setting Grid and Snap ................................................................................................................................................. 67 Setting the Limits of a drawing ................................................................................................................................. 69 Setting the Lineweight ................................................................................................................................................ 70 Using the Ortho mode and Polar Tracking ............................................................................................................. 71 Using Layers ................................................................................................................................................................ 72 Using Object Snaps ..................................................................................................................................................... 75 Running Object Snaps ................................................................................................................................................ 79 Cycling through Object Snaps ................................................................................................................................... 79 Using Object Snap Tracking ...................................................................................................................................... 80 Using Zoom tools ........................................................................................................................................................ 82 Panning Drawings ...................................................................................................................................................... 87 Questions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 88 Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................................. 88 Exercise 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 88 Exercise 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 88 Chapter 4: Editing Tools in AutoCAD 89 Editing Tools...................................................................................................................................................................... 89 The Move tool .............................................................................................................................................................. 89 The Copy tool .............................................................................................................................................................. 90 The Rotate tool ............................................................................................................................................................. 91 The Scale tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 92 The Trim tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 93 The Extend tool ............................................................................................................................................................ 94 The Fillet tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 95 The Chamfer tool ......................................................................................................................................................... 97 The Mirror tool ............................................................................................................................................................ 97 The Explode tool .......................................................................................................................................................... 99 The Stretch tool ............................................................................................................................................................ 99 The Offset tool ........................................................................................................................................................... 101 The Rectangular Array tool ..................................................................................................................................... 104 The Path Array tool ................................................................................................................................................... 105 The Polar Array tool ................................................................................................................................................. 107 Editing Using Grips .................................................................................................................................................. 111 Modifying Rectangular Arrays ............................................................................................................................... 116 Modifying Polar Arrays ........................................................................................................................................... 122 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 126 Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 126 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 126 Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 126 Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Exercise 5 .................................................................................................................................................................... 128 Chapter 5: Multi View Drawings in AutoCAD 129 Multi View Drawings ..................................................................................................................................................... 129 Creating Orthographic Views ................................................................................................................................. 129 Creating Auxiliary Views ......................................................................................................................................... 139 Creating Named views ............................................................................................................................................. 145 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 148 Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 148 Chapter 6: Dimensions and Annotations in AutoCAD 149 Dimensioning .................................................................................................................................................................. 149 Creating Dimensions ................................................................................................................................................ 149 Creating a Dimension Style ..................................................................................................................................... 159 Adding Leaders ......................................................................................................................................................... 165 Adding Dimensional Tolerances ............................................................................................................................. 170 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing ............................................................................................................ 173 Editing Dimensions by Stretching .......................................................................................................................... 179 Modifying Dimensions by Trimming and Extending .......................................................................................... 179 Using the DIMEDIT command ............................................................................................................................... 181 Using the Update tool ............................................................................................................................................... 182 Using the Oblique tool .............................................................................................................................................. 183 Editing Dimensions using Grips ............................................................................................................................. 187 Modifying Dimensions using the Properties palette ............................................................................................ 190 Matching Properties of Dimensions or Objects ..................................................................................................... 191 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 193 Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 193 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 193 Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 193 Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 194 Chapter 7: Parametric Tools in AutoCAD 195 Parametric Tools ............................................................................................................................................................. 195 Geometric Constraints .............................................................................................................................................. 195 Dimensional Constraints .......................................................................................................................................... 206 Creating equations using the Parameters Manager ............................................................................................. 209 Creating Inferred Constraints .................................................................................................................................. 211 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 214 Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 214 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 214 Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 214 Chapter 8: Section Views in AutoCAD 215 Section Views................................................................................................................................................................... 215 The Hatch tool ........................................................................................................................................................... 215 Setting the Properties of Hatch lines ...................................................................................................................... 224 Island Detection tools ............................................................................................................................................... 228 Text in Hatching ........................................................................................................................................................ 231 Editing Hatch lines .................................................................................................................................................... 232 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 234 Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 234 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 234 Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 235 Chapter 9: Blocks, Attributes and Xrefs in AutoCAD 237 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 237 Creating Blocks .......................................................................................................................................................... 237 Inserting Blocks ......................................................................................................................................................... 239 Creating Annotative Blocks ..................................................................................................................................... 242 Exploding Blocks ....................................................................................................................................................... 243 Using the Purge tool ................................................................................................................................................. 244 Using the Divide tool ................................................................................................................................................ 245 Renaming Blocks ....................................................................................................................................................... 246 Inserting Blocks in a Table ....................................................................................................................................... 247 Using the DesignCenter ........................................................................................................................................... 249 Using Tool Palettes ................................................................................................................................................... 251 Inserting Multiple Blocks ......................................................................................................................................... 255 Editing Blocks ............................................................................................................................................................ 256 Using the Write Block tool ....................................................................................................................................... 257 Defining Attributes ................................................................................................................................................... 259 Inserting Attributed Blocks ...................................................................................................................................... 261 Working with External references .......................................................................................................................... 263 Fading an Xref ........................................................................................................................................................... 266 Clipping External References .................................................................................................................................. 266 Editing the External References .............................................................................................................................. 268 Adding Balloons ........................................................................................................................................................ 268 Create Part List .......................................................................................................................................................... 270 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 274 Exercise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 274 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 274 Chapter 10: Layouts & Annotative Objects in AutoCAD 275 Drawing Layouts ............................................................................................................................................................ 275 Working with Layouts .............................................................................................................................................. 275 Creating Viewports in the Paper space .................................................................................................................. 278 Changing the Layer Properties in Viewports ........................................................................................................ 283 Creating the Title Block on the Layout ................................................................................................................... 284 Working with Annotative Dimensions .................................................................................................................. 285 Scaling Hatch relative to Viewports ....................................................................................................................... 289 Working with Annotative Text ............................................................................................................................... 290 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 292 Exercise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 292 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 292 Chapter 11: Templates and Plotting in AutoCAD 293 Plotting Drawings ........................................................................................................................................................... 293 Configuring Plotters ................................................................................................................................................. 293 Creating Plot Style Tables ........................................................................................................................................ 296 Using Plot Styles ........................................................................................................................................................ 299 Creating Templates ................................................................................................................................................... 303 Plotting/Printing the drawing ................................................................................................................................ 304 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 307 Exercise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 307 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 307 Chapter 12: 3D Modeling Basics in AutoCAD 309 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 309 3D Modeling Workspaces in AutoCAD ...................................................................................................................... 309 The 3D Modeling Workspace .................................................................................................................................. 310 The Box tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 312 Creating the User Coordinate System .................................................................................................................... 313 Creating a Wedge ...................................................................................................................................................... 314 Creating a Cylinder ................................................................................................................................................... 316 Using Dynamic User Coordinate System .............................................................................................................. 322 Model Space Viewports For 3D Modeling ............................................................................................................. 323 Creating Other Primitive Shapes .................................................................................................................................. 324 Creating Cones .......................................................................................................................................................... 324 Creating a Sphere ...................................................................................................................................................... 325 Creating a Pyramid ................................................................................................................................................... 326 Creating a Torus ........................................................................................................................................................ 326 Creating a Wedge ...................................................................................................................................................... 327 Using the Polysolid tool ........................................................................................................................................... 328 Using the Extrude tool .............................................................................................................................................. 328 Using the Loft tool ..................................................................................................................................................... 331 Using the Revolve tool ............................................................................................................................................. 334 Using the Sweep tool ................................................................................................................................................ 336 Using the Presspull tool ........................................................................................................................................... 338 Performing Boolean Operations .............................................................................................................................. 344 Using the Helix tool .................................................................................................................................................. 349 Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 351 Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 351 Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 351 Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 351 Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 352 Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 352