Beginning ® AutoCAD 2020 EXERCISE WORKBOOK by Cheryl R. Shrock Professor, retired, Drafting Technology Orange Coast College, California. Autodesk Authorized Author Updated for AutoCAD® 2020 by Steve Heather Former Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Aided Design. AutoCAD Beta Tester INDUSTRIAL PRESS, INC. Industrial Press, Inc. 32 Haviland Street, Suite 3 South Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone: 203-956-5593 Toll-Free in USA: 888-528-7852 Email: [email protected] Authors: Cheryl Shrock and Steve Heather Title: Beginning AutoCAD© 2020 Exercise Workbook Library of Congress Control Number: 2019936585 © 2019 by Cheryl R. Shrock and Industrial Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Published 2019. Printed in the United States of America. 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ISBN 978-0-8311-9428-4 For information about these and other bestselling titles, visit: https://books.industrialpress.com https://ebooks.industrialpress.com iv Table of Contents Introduction About this Workbook .......................................................................... Intro-1 About the Authors .............................................................................. Intro-1 Configuring Your System ................................................................... Intro-2 Customizing Your Wheel Mouse ....................................................... Intro-8 Lesson 1 Starting AutoCAD .............................................................................. 1-2 AutoCAD Application Window ........................................................... 1-5 Application Window Descriptions ....................................................... 1-6 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 File ...................................................... 2-19 Open Multiple Files ............................................................................ 2-20 Saving a Drawing File ........................................................................ 2-23 Automatic Save ................................................................................. 2-24 Back up Files and Recover ................................................................ 2-25 Exiting AutoCAD ................................................................................ 2-26 Exercises ........................................................................................... 2-27 Lesson 3 Circle ................................................................................................. 3-2 Rectangle .......................................................................................... 3-4 Grid and Increment Snap ................................................................... 3-7 Layers ................................................................................................ 3-8 Lineweights ........................................................................................ 3-12 Transparency ..................................................................................... 3-14 Creating New Layers ......................................................................... 3-15 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 Multiple Copies ......................................................................... 7-2 Copy “Array” Option ........................................................................... 7-4 Mirror ................................................................................................. 7-5 Fillet ................................................................................................... 7-7 Chamfer ............................................................................................. 7-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 7-11 Lesson 8 Single Line Text ................................................................................. 8-2 Multiline Text ..................................................................................... 8-4 Tabs, Indents and Spelling Checker .................................................. 8-6 Columns ............................................................................................ 8-7 Paragraph and Line Spacing ............................................................. 8-9 Editing Text ........................................................................................ 8-10 Exercises ........................................................................................... 8-13 Lesson 9 Coordinate Input ................................................................................ 9-2 Absolute Coordinates ........................................................................ 9-3 Relative Coordinates ......................................................................... 9-4 Examples of Coordinate Input ........................................................... 9-5 Direct Distance Entry (DDE) .............................................................. 9-6 Measure Tools and ID Point .............................................................. 9-7 Exercise: Creating a Border ............................................................... 9-10 Basic Plotting from Model Space ....................................................... 9-15 More Exercises .................................................................................. 9-19 vi Lesson 10 Moving the Origin ............................................................................... 10-2 Displaying the UCS Icon .................................................................... 10-5 Exercises ........................................................................................... 10-6 Lesson 11 Polar Coordinate Input ....................................................................... 11-2 Dynamic Input .................................................................................... 11-4 Using Dynamic Input and Polar Coordinates ..................................... 11-6 Polar Tracking ................................................................................... 11-8 Using Polar Tracking and DDE .......................................................... 11-9 Polar Snap ......................................................................................... 11-10 Using Polar Tracking and Polar Snap ................................................ 11-11 Exercises ........................................................................................... 11-12 Lesson 12 Offset ................................................................................................. 12-2 Properties Palette .............................................................................. 12-4 Quick Properties Panel ...................................................................... 12-6 Customizing the Quick Properties Panel ........................................... 12-7 Offsetgaptype .................................................................................... 12-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 12-9 Lesson 13 Array .................................................................................................. 13-2 Exercises ........................................................................................... 13-12 Lesson 14 Scale .................................................................................................. 14-2 Stretch ............................................................................................... 14-3 Rotate ................................................................................................ 14-4 Exercises ........................................................................................... 14-5 Lesson 15 Hatch ................................................................................................. 15-2 Hatch Properties ................................................................................ 15-3 Hatch Types ...................................................................................... 15-8 Editing Hatch ..................................................................................... 15-12 Exercises ........................................................................................... 15-13 Lesson 16 Dimensioning ..................................................................................... 16-2 Linear Dimensioning .......................................................................... 16-4 Continue Dimensioning ...................................................................... 16-5 Baseline Dimensioning ...................................................................... 16-6 Dimension Styles ............................................................................... 16-7 Creating a New Dimension Style ....................................................... 16-8 Ignoring Hatch Objects ...................................................................... 16-15 Exercises ........................................................................................... 16-16 vii Lesson 17 Editing Dimension Text Values .......................................................... 17-2 Editing the Dimension Position .......................................................... 17-3 Modify an Entire Dimension Style ...................................................... 17-5 Override a Dimension Style ............................................................... 17-6 Edit an Individual Existing Dimension ................................................ 17-7 Dimension Breaks .............................................................................. 17-8 Jog a Dimension Line ........................................................................ 17-11 Adjust Distance Between Dimensions ............................................... 17-12 Exercises ........................................................................................... 17-13 Lesson 18 Dimensioning Diameters .................................................................... 18-2 Dimensioning Radii ............................................................................ 18-4 Angular Dimensioning ........................................................................ 18-6 Center Mark – Automatic ................................................................... 18-7 Center Mark – Manual ....................................................................... 18-8 Centerline .......................................................................................... 18-10 Flip Arrow .......................................................................................... 18-11 Creating a Dimension Sub-Style ........................................................ 18-12 Exercises ........................................................................................... 18-14 Lesson 19 Multileader ......................................................................................... 19-2 Create a Multileader Style ................................................................. 19-4 Aligned Dimensioning ........................................................................ 19-6 Special Text Characters .................................................................... 19-7 Prefix and Suffix................................................................................. 19-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 19-9 Lesson 20 Dim Command ................................................................................... 20-2 Quick Dimension ................................................................................ 20-7 Editing Multiple Dimensions ............................................................... 20-9 Editing Dimensions Using Grips ........................................................ 20-10 Exercises ........................................................................................... 20-11 Lesson 21 Match Properties................................................................................ 21-2 Match Layer ....................................................................................... 21-3 Creating a Revision Cloud ................................................................. 21-4 Creating a Rectangular Revision Cloud ............................................. 21-5 Creating a Polygonal Revision Cloud ................................................ 21-6 Convert a Closed Object to a Revision Cloud .................................... 21-7 Revision Cloud Style .......................................................................... 21-8 Wipeout ............................................................................................. 21-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 21-10 viii Lesson 22 Arc ..................................................................................................... 22-2 Dimensioning Arc Lengths ................................................................. 22-3 Dimensioning a Large Curve ............................................................. 22-5 Exercises ........................................................................................... 22-6 Lesson 23 Polylines ............................................................................................ 23-2 Exercises ........................................................................................... 23-6 Lesson 24 Editing Polylines ................................................................................ 24-2 Join Command .................................................................................. 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 Change Effects of a Text Style .......................................................... 25-6 Divide Command ............................................................................... 25-7 Measure Command ........................................................................... 25-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 25-9 Lesson 26 Serious Business ............................................................................... 26-2 Model and Layout Options ................................................................. 26-3 Model and Layout Tabs ..................................................................... 26-4 Viewports ........................................................................................... 26-6 Why Layouts are Useful ..................................................................... 26-8 How to Reach Into a Viewport ........................................................... 26-9 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 Annotative Objects ............................................................................. 27-4 Paper Space Dimensioning ............................................................... 27-9 Exercises ........................................................................................... 27-10 ix Lesson 28 Assigning Multiple Annotative Scales ................................................ 28-2 How to Remove an Annotative Scale ................................................ 28-6 Annotative Hatch ............................................................................... 28-8 Exercises ........................................................................................... 28-11 Lesson 29 Blocks ................................................................................................ 29-2 Inserting Blocks ................................................................................. 29-6 Re-Defining a Block ........................................................................... 29-11 Purge Unwanted and Unused Blocks ................................................ 29-12 Multileader and Blocks ....................................................................... 29-14 Collect Multileader ............................................................................. 29-18 Exercises ........................................................................................... 29-19 Lesson 30 Text – Arc Aligned ............................................................................. 30-2 Text – Modify Text ............................................................................. 30-3 Text – Convert to MText and Auto Number ....................................... 30-4 Text – Enclose in Object .................................................................... 30-5 Draw – Break-Line Symbol ................................................................ 30-6 Tools – Command Aliases ................................................................. 30-7 Creating a Group ............................................................................... 30-8 Import a PDF File into AutoCAD ........................................................ 30-10 Import a PDF file with SHX fonts ....................................................... 30-14 Drawing Compare .............................................................................. 30-17 Shared Views .................................................................................... 30-25 Exercises ........................................................................................... 30-32 Appendixes A Add a Printer / Plotter B Dynamic Input C Frequently Asked Questions Index ® Final Notes about AutoCAD ixx Introduction About this Workbook Beginning AutoCAD® 2020, Exercise Workbook is designed for classroom instruction or self-study. It is suitable for both inch and metric users. There are 30 lessons. Each lesson starts with step-by-step instructions followed by exercises designed for practicing the commands you learned within that lesson. You may find the order of instruction in this Workbook somewhat different from most textbooks. The approach we take is to familiarize you with the drawing commands first. After you are comfortable with the drawing commands, you will be taught to create your own setup drawings. This method is accomplished by supplying you with preset drawings, “inch-helper.dwg” and “metric-helper.dwg.” These drawings are ready for you to open and use. For the first eight lessons you do not need to worry about settings, you just draw. How to get the supplied drawings? The file “workbook-helper.zip” should be downloaded from our website: http://books.industrialpress.com/ext/downloads/acad/workbook-helper.zip Enter the address into your web browser and the download will start automatically. Once the file has been downloaded you can unzip it to extract both drawing files. Printing The exercises in the Workbook have been designed to be printed on any 8-1/2ʺ X 11ʺ (letter size) or 210mm X 297mm (A4 size) paper. You will be able to print your exercises and view your results as you progress through the lessons. If you would like to configure a large format printer, refer to Appendix-A to “Add a Printer / Plotter.” About the Authors Cheryl R. Shrock is a retired Professor and Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, where she had taught since 1990. Previous to teaching, Cheryl owned and operated a commercial product and machine design company, where designs were created and documented using CAD. She also is an Autodesk® registered author. This Workbook is a combination of her teaching skills and her industry experience. Steve Heather is a former Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Aided Design in England, UK. Previous to teaching and for more than 30 years, he worked as a Precision Engineer in the Aerospace and Defense industries. For the past 10 years Steve has been a Beta Tester for Autodesk®, testing the latest AutoCAD® software. He also is a member of the AutoCAD Customer Council. Steve can be contacted for questions or comments about this book at [email protected] Intro-1