Autodesk AutoCAD 2022 Learn CAD With Ease (For Beginners) Madhumita Kshirsagar Copyright © 2021 Madhumita Kshirsagar All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or modified in any form, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Preface This book is original and specifically designed to get you working with AutoCAD 2D and Productivity tools as knowledgeable as possible. This book is comprehensive and aims to give you a deeper understanding and a better learning experience. This book is designed for students related to different engineering fields according to their needs. This content helps students to understand drafting in AutoCAD. This book is useful for students who want to learn AutoCAD on any version like 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019,2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 etc. This book is based on AutoCAD 2022 and AutoCAD 2021, with their new features. This book contains all the commands with their diagrams and their dialog boxes. No previous knowledge of software required to learn AutoCAD by this book. After completing this book, you will create your projects in AutoCAD with all detailed drawings. I am always committed to giving students the best and advance. Madhumita Kshirsagar Design Head (Arch.) CadEasy. i CONTENTS 2 DIMENSIONS…………………………………….1-219 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION OF AUTOCAD…………1-9 1.1 Parts of AutoCAD according to working criteria 1.2 Launching of AutoCAD How to start a “new” drawing file in AutoCAD How to open an existing drawing file 1.3 Workspaces of AutoCAD 1.4 How to save drawings CHAPTER 2: BASIC DRAW COMMANDS……………… 10-33 2.1 Line 2.1.2 Point Fixing Methods i. Cartesian Co-ordinate System Absolute Co-ordinate System Relative Rectangular Co-ordinate System Relative Polar Co-ordinate System Entering co-ordinates using AutoCAD drawing aid tools. ii. Pick Point Method. 2.2 Circle a. Center Radius b. Center Diameter c. 3 Point d. 2 Point e. Tan, Tan, Radius f. Tan, Tan, Tan 2.3 Arc 3 Point Start, Center, End Start, Center, Angle Start, Center, Length Start, End, Angle Start, End, Direction Start, End, Radius Center, Start, End Center, Start, Angle Center, Start, Length Continue 2.4 Polygon Inscribed in Circle Circumscribed about Circle Edge 2.5 Ellipse Axis, End Center Elliptical Arc Rotation 2.6 Donut 2.7 Construction Line 2.8 Ray 2.9 Revision Cloud. CHAPTER 3: DIFFERENT SELECTION METHODS…….34-39 a) Window Selection b) Crossing Window Selection c) Implied Window Selection d) The Undo Option e) Selecting All Objects f) Fence Selection g) Window Polygon Selection h) Crossing Polygon Selection i) Previous Selection j) Selecting the Last Object k) Adding & Removing Objects. CHAPTER 4: DRAFTING SETTINGS………………………40-50 1) Ortho mode 2) Object Snap 3) Object Snap Tracking 4) Polar Tracking 5) Dynamic Input 6) Grid & Snap How to Draw Isometric View 7) Selection Cycling 8) Quick Properties CHAPTER 5: MODIFY COMMANDS………………………51-77 5.1 Offset 5.2 Trim 5.3 Extend 5.4 Move 5.5 Copy 5.6 Mirror 5.7 Rotate 5.8 Stretch 5.9 Scale 5.10 Break 5.11 Join 5.12 Array CHAPTER 6: UTILITIES & PROPERTIES…………………78-94 6.1 Measure 6.1.2 Distance 6.1.3 Radius 6.1.4 Angle 6.1.5 Area 6.2 Id Point 6.3 Point 6.4 Point Style 6.5 Color 6.6 List 6.7 Line Type 6.8 Line Type Scale 6.9 Line Weight 6.10 Properties 6.11 Match Properties 6.12 Quick Calculator CHAPTER 7: POLYLINES & HATCH………………………95-111 7.1 Polyline 7.1.1 Polyline Edit 7.2 Rectangle 7.3 Region 7.4 Explode 7.5 Hatch 7.6 Hatch Edit CHAPTER 8: DRAWING SETUP……………………………112-117 8.1 Units 8.2 Limits CHAPTER 9: FILLET & CHAMFER…………………………118-123 9.1 Fillet 9.2 Chamfer 9.3 Blend CHAPTER 10: ANNOTATION………………………………124-204 10.1 Single Line Text 10.2 Text Style 10.3 Multiline Text 10.4 Text Edit 10.5 Mirror Text 10.6 Scale Text 10.7 Linear Dimension 10.8 Aligned Dimension 10.9 Angular Dimension 10.10 Arc Length 10.11 Radius 10.12 Diameter 10.13 Ordinate 10.14 Jogged Dimension 10.15 Baseline Dimension 10.16 Continue Dimension 10.17 Break Dimension 10.18 Center Mark 10.19 Inspect 10.20 Adjust Space 10.21 Quick Dimension 10.22 Tolerance 10.23 Dimension Style 10.24 Dimension Update 10.25 Dimension Edit 10.26 Dimension Text Edit 10.27 Dimension Override 10.28 Multileader 10.29 Add leader 10.30 Remove Leader 10.31 Align Leader 10.32 Multileader Style 10.33 Multileader Collect 10.34 Table & Table Style CHAPTER 11: LAYERS……………………………………… 205-219 11.1 Layer a. Layer off b. Layer on c. Layer Freeze d. Layer Thaw e. Layer Lock f. Layer Unlock g. Layer Isolate h. Layer Unisolate i. Match Layer j. Change to current Layer k. Copy Object’s to new layer l. Layer Walk m. Layer Merge n. Layer Delete o. Layer Previous p. Make Current PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS.…………………………220-322 CHAPTER 1: ADVANCE SELECTION METHODS……...221-225 1.1 Quick Select 1.2 Filter 1.3 Selection Cycling CHAPTER 2: BLOCKS & ATTRIBUTE……………………..226-256 2.1 Design Center 2.2 Tool Palettes 2.3 Create Block 2.4 Insert Block 2.5 Block Editor 2.5.1Dynamic Block 2.6 Divide 2.7 Measure 2.8 Attribute Define Attribute 2.9 Editing of Attributes Edit Attribute 2.10 Attribute Display 2.11 Block Attribute Manager CHAPTER 3: GROUP & EDITING COMMANDS……….257-264 3.1 Group Creating a Group Managing Groups Group Bounding Box Manipulating Group Objects Group Selection ON/OFF Edit Group