Beginning AutoCAD 2015 EXERCISE WORKBOOK by Cheryl R. Shrock Professor, retired Drafting Technology Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, Ca. Autodesk Authorized Author Updated for AutoCAD 2015 by Steve Heather Former Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering & Computer Aided Design INDUSTRIAL PRESS Copyright ©2014 by Cheryl R. Shrock and Industrial Press ISBN 978-0-8311-3497-6 Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Limits of Liability and disclaimer of Warranty The author and publisher make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, with regard to the documentation contained in this book. 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Shrock: Beginning AutoCAD 2011 ISBN 978-0-8311-3416-7 Advanced AutoCAD 2011 ISBN 978-0-8311-3417-4 Beginning AutoCAD 2012 ISBN 978-0-8311-3430-3 Advanced AutoCAD 2012 ISBN 978-0-8311-3431-0 Beginning AutoCAD 2013 ISBN 978-0-8311-3456-3 Advanced AutoCAD 2013 ISBN 978-0-8311-3457-0 Beginning AutoCAD 2014 ISBN 978-0-8311-3473-0 Advanced AutoCAD 2014 ISBN 978-0-8311-3474-7 Beginning AutoCAD 2015 ISBN 978-0-8311-3497-6 Advanced AutoCAD 2015 ISBN 978-0-8311-3499-0 AutoCAD Pocket Reference 5th Edition, Releases 2011/2012 ISBN 978-0-8311-3428-0 AutoCAD Pocket Reference 6th Edition, Releases 2013/2014 ISBN 978-0-8311-3484-6 For information about these books visit: www.industrialpress.com iv Table of Contents Introduction About this book .................................................................................. Intro-1 About the Authors .............................................................................. Intro-1 Configuring your system .................................................................... Intro-2 System Requirements ....................................................................... Intro-8 Customizing your Wheel Mouse ........................................................ Intro-10 Lesson 1 Starting AutoCAD .............................................................................. 1-2 AutoCAD Application Window ........................................................... 1-5 AutoCAD Workspaces ....................................................................... 1-6 Application Menu Descriptions .......................................................... 1-7 Status Bar Buttons ............................................................................. 1-12 Tooltip Help ....................................................................................... 1-24 Lesson 2 Create a Template ............................................................................. 2-2 Using a Template ............................................................................... 2-6 How to select a command ................................................................. 2-7 Drawing Lines .................................................................................... 2-10 Methods of selecting objects ............................................................. 2-13 Erase ................................................................................................. 2-16 Undo and Redo ................................................................................. 2-17 Starting a new drawing ...................................................................... 2-18 Opening an existing drawing ............................................................. 2-19 Open Multiple Files ............................................................................ 2-20 Saving a drawing file .......................................................................... 2-23 Back up files and Recover ................................................................. 2-25 Exiting AutoCAD ................................................................................ 2-26 Exercises ........................................................................................... 2-27 Lesson 3 Circle ................................................................................................. 3-2 Rectangle .......................................................................................... 3-4 Grid & Increment Snap ...................................................................... 3-7 Layers ................................................................................................ 3-8 Lineweights ........................................................................................ 3-12 Exercises ........................................................................................... 3-17 Lesson 4 Object snap ....................................................................................... 4-2 Running Object snap ......................................................................... 4-6 Zoom ................................................................................................. 4-8 Drawing setup .................................................................................... 4-10 Exercises ........................................................................................... 4-15 v Lesson 5 Polygon .............................................................................................. 5-2 Ellipse ................................................................................................ 5-3 Donut ................................................................................................. 5-6 Point .................................................................................................. 5-7 More object snaps ............................................................................. 5-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 5-9 Lesson 6 Break ................................................................................................. 6-2 Trim ................................................................................................... 6-4 Extend ............................................................................................... 6-5 Move .................................................................................................. 6-6 Drag ................................................................................................... 6-7 Nudge ................................................................................................ 6-8 Explode .............................................................................................. 6-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 6-10 Lesson 7 Copy .................................................................................................. 7-2 Mirror ................................................................................................. 7-5 Mirrtext ............................................................................................... 7-6 Fillet ................................................................................................... 7-7 Chamfer ............................................................................................. 7-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 7-1 Lesson 8 Single line text ................................................................................... 8-2 Multiline text ....................................................................................... 8-4 Mtjigstring .......................................................................................... 8-5 Tabs ................................................................................................... 8-6 Indents ............................................................................................... 8-6 Spelling Checker................................................................................ 8-6 Columns ............................................................................................ 8-7 Paragraph .......................................................................................... 8-9 Line spacing ...................................................................................... 8-9 Editing text ......................................................................................... 8-10 Exercises ........................................................................................... 8-12 Lesson 9 Coordinate input ................................................................................ 9-2 Absolute ........................................................................................ 9-3 Relative ......................................................................................... 9-4 Direct Distance Entry ......................................................................... 9-6 Measure Tools ................................................................................... 9-7 Creating a Border .............................................................................. 9-8 Basic Plotting from Model Space ....................................................... 9-13 Exercises ........................................................................................... 9-17 vi Lesson 10 Moving the Origin ............................................................................... 10-2 Displaying the UCS icon .................................................................... 10-4 Exercises ........................................................................................... 10-5 Lesson 11 Polar Coordinate Input ....................................................................... 11-2 Using Polar Coordinates .................................................................... 11-3 Dynamic Input .................................................................................... 11-4 Using Dynamic Input and Polar Coordinates ..................................... 11-6 Polar Tracking ................................................................................... 11-8 Polar Snap ......................................................................................... 11-10 Exercises ........................................................................................... 11-12 Lesson 12 Offset ................................................................................................. 12-2 Properties Palette .............................................................................. 12-4 Quick Properties Panel ...................................................................... 12-6 Offsetgaptype .................................................................................... 12-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 12-9 Lesson 13 Array .................................................................................................. 13-2 Rectangular .................................................................................. 13-2 Polar ............................................................................................. 13-7 Exercises ........................................................................................... 13-12 Lesson 14 Scale .................................................................................................. 14-2 Stretch ............................................................................................... 14-3 Rotate ................................................................................................ 14-4 Exercises ........................................................................................... 14-5 Lesson 15 Hatch ................................................................................................. 15-2 Gradient Fills ..................................................................................... 15-11 Editing hatch ...................................................................................... 15-12 Exercises ........................................................................................... 15-13 Lesson 16 Associative Dimensioning .................................................................. 16-2 Linear ................................................................................................. 16-4 Continue ............................................................................................ 16-5 Baseline ............................................................................................. 16-6 Dimension styles ................................................................................ 16-7 Creating dimension styles .................................................................. 16-8 Ignoring Hatch Objects ...................................................................... 16-15 Exercises ........................................................................................... 16-16 vii Lesson 17 Editing dimension text values ............................................................ 17-2 Editing dimension position ................................................................. 17-3 Modify an entire dimension style ....................................................... 17-5 Override a dimension style ................................................................ 17-6 Editing an individual existing dimension ............................................ 17-7 Dimension Breaks .............................................................................. 17-8 Jog a dimension................................................................................. 17-11 Adjust distance between dims ........................................................... 17-12 Exercises ........................................................................................... 17-13 Lesson 18 Dimensioning Diameters .................................................................... 18-2 Dimensioning Radii ............................................................................ 18-4 Angular dimensioning ........................................................................ 18-6 Centermark ........................................................................................ 18-7 Flip Arrow .......................................................................................... 18-8 Creating a dimension sub-style ......................................................... 18-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 18-11 Lesson 19 Multileader ......................................................................................... 19-2 Aligned dimensioning ......................................................................... 19-6 Special Text Characters .................................................................... 19-7 Prefix and Suffix................................................................................. 19-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 19-9 Lesson 20 Quick dimensioning ........................................................................... 20-2 Editing multiple dimensions ............................................................... 20-4 Exercises ........................................................................................... 20-6 Lesson 21 Match Properties................................................................................ 21-2 Layer Match ....................................................................................... 21-3 Creating a Revision Cloud ................................................................. 21-4 Convert a closed object into a Revision Cloud .................................. 21-5 Revision Cloud Style .......................................................................... 21-6 Wipeout .............................................................................................2 1-7 Exercises ........................................................................................... 21-8 Lesson 22 Arc ..................................................................................................... 22-2 Dimensioning Arc Lengths ................................................................. 22-3 Dimensioning a Large Curve ............................................................. 22-5 Exercises ........................................................................................... 22-6 viii Lesson 23 Polylines ............................................................................................ 23-2 Exercises ........................................................................................... 23-6 Lesson 24 Editing Polylines ................................................................................ 24-2 Join .................................................................................................... 24-4 Exercises ........................................................................................... 24-5 Lesson 25 Creating new text styles ..................................................................... 25-2 How to select a text style ................................................................... 25-4 Delete a text style .............................................................................. 25-5 Changing effects of a text style .......................................................... 25-6 Divide ................................................................................................. 25-7 Measure ............................................................................................. 25-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 25-9 Lesson 26 Model and Layout options .................................................................. 26-3 Model and Layout tabs ...................................................................... 26-4 Viewports ........................................................................................... 26-6 Pan .................................................................................................... 26-10 How to Lock a viewport ...................................................................... 26-12 How to create a page setup ............................................................... 26-13 Using the Layout ................................................................................ 26-16 How to plot from the Layout ............................................................... 26-18 Annotative Property ........................................................................... 26-22 Exercises ........................................................................................... 26-23 Lesson 27 Creating Scaled Drawings ................................................................. 27-2 Adjusting the viewport scale .............................................................. 27-3 Annotation objects ............................................................................. 27-4 Paper space dimensioning ................................................................ 27-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 27-10 Lesson 28 Assigning multiple annotative scales ................................................. 28-2 How to remove Annotative scale ....................................................... 28-6 Annotative Hatch ............................................................................... 28-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 28-11 ix