Autodesk Official Training Guide Essentials ® AutoCAD 2010 ® Learning AutoCAD 2010, Volume 2 Using hands-on exercises, learn the features, commands, and techniques for creating, editing, and printing drawings with AutoCAD® 2010 and AutoCAD LT® 2010 software. Autodesk Certification Preparation 001B1-050000-CM01A April 2009 © 2009 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by Autodesk, Inc., this publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose. Certain materials included in this publication are reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder. 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Disclaimer THIS  PUBLICATION  AND  THE  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  MADE  AVAILABLE  BY  AUTODESK,  INC.  “AS  IS.” AUTODESK, INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS.  Published by:  Autodesk, Inc.  111 Mclnnis Parkway  San Rafael, CA 94903, USA Contents Chapter 6: Working with Layouts ...................................................................... 1 Lesson: Using Layouts ......................................................................................... 2 About Layouts ........................................................................................... 3 Creating a New Layout .............................................................................. 4 Exercise: Create Layouts ........................................................................... 8 Lesson: Using Viewports ................................................................................... 11 Creating Rectangular Viewports .............................................................. 12 Setting Viewport Scale Factor ................................................................. 17 Manipulating Viewports .......................................................................... 23 Rotating Viewports .................................................................................. 30 Exercise: Create and Manipulate Viewports ........................................... 32 Challenge Exercise: Architectural ...................................................................... 35 Challenge Exercise: Mechanical ........................................................................ 38 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................. 40 Chapter 7: Annotating the Drawing ................................................................. 41 Lesson: Creating Multiline Text ......................................................................... 42 About Multiline Text ............................................................................... 43 Creating Multiline Text ............................................................................ 45 MText Columns and Grips ....................................................................... 50 Exercise: Create Multiline Text ................................................................ 52 Lesson: Creating Single Line Text ...................................................................... 56 About Single Line Text ............................................................................. 57 Creating Single Line Text ......................................................................... 59 Exercise: Create Single Line Text ............................................................. 63 Lesson: Editing Text ........................................................................................... 66 Editing Text .............................................................................................. 67 Exercise: Edit Text ................................................................................... 71 Lesson: Using Text Styles ................................................................................... 73 Text Styles ............................................................................................... 74 Creating and Using Text Styles ................................................................ 75 Exercise: Use Text Styles ......................................................................... 80 Challenge Exercise: Architectural ...................................................................... 82 Challenge Exercise: Mechanical ........................................................................ 86 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................. 89 iii Chapter 8: Dimensioning ............................................................................. 91 Lesson: Creating Dimensions ........................................................................ 92 Creating Dimensions on Linear Objects .............................................. 93 Creating Dimensions on Curved Objects ........................................... 105 Enhancing Dimensions ...................................................................... 117 Exercise: Create Dimensions ............................................................. 128 Lesson: Using Dimension Styles .................................................................. 132 About Dimension Styles .................................................................... 133 Creating and Modifying Dimension Styles ........................................ 134 Exercise: Modify a Dimension Style .................................................. 145 Lesson: Using Multileaders ......................................................................... 148 About Multileaders ........................................................................... 149 About Multileader Styles .................................................................. 151 Using Multileaders ............................................................................ 154 Exercise: Use Multileaders ................................................................ 158 Lesson: Editing Dimensions ......................................................................... 163 Editing Dimensions ............................................................................ 164 Exercise: Edit Dimensions ................................................................. 169 Challenge Exercise: Architectural ................................................................ 172 Challenge Exercise: Mechanical .................................................................. 175 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 178 Chapter 9: Hatching Objects ...................................................................... 179 Lesson: Hatching Objects ............................................................................ 180 Introduction to Hatch Patterns and Gradient Fills ............................. 181 Associative Hatch Patterns ................................................................ 183 Creating Hatched Objects ................................................................. 184 Exercise: Create Hatches ................................................................... 197 Exercise: Create Fills and Gradients .................................................. 200 Lesson: Editing Hatch Objects ..................................................................... 204 Maintaining Associative Properties when Editing Hatches ................ 205 Editing Hatches ................................................................................. 205 Exercise: Edit Hatch Patterns and Fills .............................................. 209 Challenge Exercise: Architectural ................................................................ 212 Challenge Exercise: Mechanical .................................................................. 214 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 217 Chapter 10: Working with Reusable Content ............................................. 219 Lesson: Using Blocks ................................................................................... 220 About Blocks ..................................................................................... 221 How Blocks Behave ........................................................................... 224 Creating Blocks .................................................................................. 226 Inserting Blocks ................................................................................. 232 Exercise: Create and Insert Blocks .................................................... 238 Lesson: Working with DesignCenter ........................................................... 241 Using DesignCenter ........................................................................... 242 Exercise: Use DesignCenter ............................................................... 245 iv ■ Contents Lesson: Using Tool Palettes ......................................................................... 247 Using Tool Palette Tools .................................................................... 248 Exercise: Add Content from Tool Palettes ......................................... 250 Challenge Exercise: Architectural ................................................................ 252 Challenge Exercise: Mechanical .................................................................. 255 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 257 Chapter 11: Creating Additional Drawing Objects ..................................... 259 Lesson: Working with Polylines ................................................................... 260 About Polylines ................................................................................. 261 Creating Polylines .............................................................................. 262 Editing Polylines ................................................................................ 264 Exercise: Create and Modify Polylines .............................................. 268 Lesson: Creating Splines .............................................................................. 271 About Splines .................................................................................... 272 Creating Splines ................................................................................. 274 Exercise: Create a Spline ................................................................... 280 Lesson: Creating Ellipses ............................................................................. 282 About Ellipses .................................................................................... 283 Creating Ellipses ................................................................................ 284 Exercise: Create Ellipses .................................................................... 288 Lesson: Using Tables ................................................................................... 290 About Tables ..................................................................................... 291 Creating Table Styles ......................................................................... 293 Creating Tables and Entering Table Data ........................................... 297 Exercise: Create a Dimension Table .................................................. 302 Challenge Exercise: Architectural ................................................................ 306 Challenge Exercise: Mechanical .................................................................. 312 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 314 Chapter 12: Plotting Your Drawings ........................................................... 315 Lesson: Using Page Setups .......................................................................... 316 Applying Page Setups to Layouts ...................................................... 317 Creating Page Setups ........................................................................ 322 Exercise: Create and Activate Page Setups ....................................... 325 Lesson: Plotting Drawings ........................................................................... 327 About Plotting Environments ............................................................ 328 Plotting from Model Space ............................................................... 330 Plotting from Layouts ........................................................................ 333 Plot Command .................................................................................. 336 Preview Command ............................................................................ 341 Exercise: Plot a Drawing .................................................................... 343 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 345 Contents ■ v Chapter 13: Creating Drawing Templates ................................................... 347 Lesson: Creating Drawing Templates ........................................................... 348 About Drawing Templates ................................................................. 349 Drawing Template Options ................................................................ 350 Creating Drawing Templates ............................................................. 353 Exercise: Create a Drawing Template ................................................ 354 Chapter Summary ....................................................................................... 358 Appendix .................................................................................................... 359 vi ■ Contents Acknowledgements The Autodesk Learning team wishes to thank everyone who participated in the development of this project, with special acknowledgement to the authoring contributions and subject matter expertise of Ron Myers and CrWare, LP. CrWare, LP began publishing courseware for Autodesk® Inventor® in 2001. Since that time, the company has grown to include full-time curriculum developers, subject matter experts, technical writers, and graphics specialists, each with a unique set of industry experiences and talents that enables CrWare to create content that is both accurate and relevant to meeting the learning needs of its readers and customers. The company's Founder and General Partner, Ron Myers, has been using Autodesk® products since 1989. During that time, Ron Myers worked in all disciplines of drafting and design, until 1996 when he began a career as an Applications Engineer, Instructor, and Author. Ron Myers has been creating courseware and other training material for Autodesk since 1996 and has written and created training material for AutoCAD®, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD® Mechanical, Mechanical Desktop®, and Autodesk® Impression. Acknowledgements ■ vii viii ■ Acknowledgements Chapter 6 Working with Layouts Your design is only as good as your ability to communicate it to others. Your drawings can contain a lot of different information, and you need to be able to output a variety of aspects of the design. Layouts and viewports help you to structure and focus your design and its supporting information for the final step of communicating it to others through both paper and electronic media. You also need to understand how Layouts and Viewports work before you can add annotations, such as dimensions and text, to your drawings. Objectives After completing this chapter, you will be able to: ■ Identify the environments in which you can plot data and create a new layout. ■ Create and manipulate viewports. ■ In this exercise, you use what you learned about working with layouts to create and configure a layout with three viewports. Standard Object Snap and Status Bar Settings Before completing the exercises in this chapter, refer to the "Settings for the Exercises" section in the Introduction in Volume 1. 1