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AutoCAD Tutorial 2:
FOR RELEASE 2000
PLEASE READ: ___________
This tutorial was designed to be part of the
introductory courses taught by the GraphicCommunications Program at NORTH
CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. All of
the directions used in this, and the other
tutorials in this series, assume that you are
running AutoCAD Release 2000i on an NT
system. These directions will only work withRelease 2000i. Other versions may not have
the same commands or format.
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his tutorial will allow you to explore
new features in AutoCAD while you practice
commands you used in the previous tutorial.
It is assumed that you completed AutoCAD
Tutorial 1 before doing this one.
OBJECTIVES
After completing this tutorial, you should be
able to:
1. create a two-dimensional drawing using
the CIRCLE, TRIM, and LINE
commands;
2. insert a drawing into the titleblock; and
3. print a drawing to scale.
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Throughout this tutorial, you will find
LINKS that will provide explanations
of the commands you will need. Theseexplanations will appear in the LEFT
PANEL of your browser window. You
can also access information on the
command procedures directly through
the links in the LEFT PANEL.
NOTES TO REMEMBER WHEN
WORKING IN AUTOCAD
1. When using an AutoCAD command,
you MUST read the prompt line and
respond as needed.
2. In a prompt, the CAPITALIZED
letter(s) of an option are typed short-
cuts for that option. Information typed onthe prompt line is not case-sensitive.
3. To exit a command and return to a
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Command: prompt, press the Esc
(Escape) key.
4. In command prompts, AutoCAD's has a
default selection. If you press the Enter
key without typing a different option on
the prompt line, the default option is
selected.
EXAMPLE: In a prompt for the Circle
command, which reads:
Specify center point for circle or
[3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]:
1.
If no other option is selected,
AutoCAD assumes that you will
give it a location for the center ofthe circle. If you want to use any
other option [2P, 3P, or Ttr], you
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must type the option on the prompt
line.
2. When AutoCAD asks you to indicate
a location for an object, the default
method of selection is a mouse pick.If you accidentally click your left
mouse button while the cursor is in
the drawing area, the object will be
placed where the cursor was located
when you clicked the mouse button.
STEP 1
Now that you have reviewed a few
AutoCAD procedures, you need to open the
classtemplate file that you used in Tutorial1. This TEMPLATE fileshould be on afloppy diskor in yourHome Directory.
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After the file opens, use Save As... torename the file acadtutor2.
NOTE: Click on the Model tag, next to theLayout 1 tag. If you find the titleblock onthe Model screen, use the Erase commandto remove it. You do not have to worry about
losing the titleblock. It is in the Layout 1
space. You may also want to open theclasstemplate file again and remove thetitleblock in Model space there and resave itto keep you from having the aggrevation of
doing it everytime you open the file.
STEP 2
Before you actually begin the tutorial
drawing, you need to practice four methods
AutoCAD uses for locating elements in adrawing. One of these, Absolute
Coordinates, you used in the last tutorial.
The other three methods are Relative
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Rectangular Coordinates, Relative
Polar Coordinates, and Object Snap
(Osnap). Before practicing these, click onthe link forAbsolute Coordinatesto reviewthe information on this location method.
Now, use the Line command and draw thefollowing lines with Absolute Coordinates.
1.
ForLine 1, draw a horizontal line 30mmlong that begins at the 0,0 point (type 0,0for the start point) and ends at 30,0 (type30,0 for the second point). Press ENTER
to end the line. See FIGURE 1.
NOTE: Think of Absolute Coordinatesas plotting points on a XY graph. You
must select a X value (the first number
in the coordinate) and a Y value (the
number after the comma) to establish a
location on the screen.
2. Line 2 should be vertical, 25mm long,
and begin at the 0,0point.
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3. Line 3 should also be vertical, 15mm
long, and begin at 10,10. Remember, if
you start your line at 10 along the X and10 along the Y, the next coordinate point
must take this into account for the length
of the line to be 15mm long.
The next lines will use a combination of
locating methods: Relative RectangularCoordinates and Object Snaps (Osnap).Object snaps are powerful AutoCAD tools
that allow you to locate positions on existing
elements in your drawing. When using
Object Snaps, the cursor will change shapewhen it is over an appropriate location for
that Osnap option. Each Osnap option willdisplay a different cursor shape.
Before using the Osnap tools, let's place the
Osnap toolbar on the screen. This toolbarwill allow you to select Osnaps by clicking
on their buttons. To access this toolbar, select
the Viewmenu and then Toolbars...
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When the Toolbars dialogue box appears,scroll down to Osnap, and click on the
square check box to the RIGHT of itsname. After the Osnap toolbar appears onthe screen (See Figure to the RIGHT),
select Close to exit the Toolbars dialoguebox.
To move the Osnap toolbar to a betterlocation, hold down the LEFT mouse buttonat the top of the toolbar (by its name), and
drag it to a convenient position. You can
place it on the drawing screen or with the top
and right side toolbars, on the edges of the
AutoCAD drawing window. Buttons on thetoolbar are usually arranged horizontally, but
will become vertical (as shown in the
illustration to the right) if you place it with
the toolbars on the left side of the screen.
Slide your cursor onto one of the buttons onthe Osnap Toolbar without clicking themouse. Notice that the name of that button
appears on the screen. You can identify any
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button on any toolbar in this fashion.
Relative Rectangular Coordinatesallow you to treat any point on the
screen as if it is the 0,0,0 point. This is why
this system is referred to as a RELATIVE
locating method. Read the directions for the
Osnap and Relative Rectangular
Coordinates before drawing the linesindicated below.
1. Line 4 should be started from the
midpoint of the LAST line (line 3) thatyou drew earlier. After you activate the
Line command, the prompt directs you to: Specify first point:. Use theMidpoint Osnap to select the point. AMidpoint Osnap can be activated by
clicking on the button on the Osnaptoolbar or typing mid on the prompt line.
Now, slide the cursor over the midpoint
of line 3 and click the left mouse button
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when the cursor changes shape. The
cursor change indicates that AutoCAD
has located a midpoint. When asked forthe second point, type @10,10.
Remember the @ symbol indicates that
you are using a relative coordinate, and
the second point is 10 over (along the X-
axis) and 10 up (along the Y-axis) from
the midpoint of line 3. See FIGURE 2.
2. Start Line 5 from the midpoint ofline2
and end it 25 along the X-axis and 25
along the Y-axis from the midpoint of
line 2. Don't forget the @ symbol before
the coordinate or the line will not be thecorrect length.
3. Start Line 6 at the bottomend (use the
Endpoint Osnap) ofline number 3 (theshorter vertical line) and make it 20mm
long and horizontal. Don't forget the @symbol.
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Relative Polar Coordinates are
similar to Relative RectangularCoordinates in that they use an @
symbol and allow you to treat any
point as if it is the0,0,0point.However, Relative Polar Coordinates
indicate the length and the angle of the line
instead of an X and Y position. Read theinformation on Osnaps and Relative PolarCoordinates and draw the following lines.
1.
Draw Line 7 so that it begins at theintersection ofLines 3 and 6 (use the
Intersection Osnap button or type int),is 20mm long, and at a 45 degree angle.
Type @20
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2. Begin Line 8 from the TOP end ofLine
2 (using the EndpointOsnap), make it
15 mm long and at a 30 degree angle.Don't forget the @ symbol.
3. Draw Line 9 so that it starts at the end ofLine 1 and is 15 long and at a -30 angle.
If your lines match those in FIGURE 3,
erase them and continue to the next part ofthe tutorial. If they don't, erase any lines that
are wrong, and try them again. It is important
you become comfortable with these selection
systems.
To check your lines, you can use an Inquirycommand called Distance.
To activate this command, type dist at a
Command:prompt.When the prompt asks Specify first point:,use the EndpointOsnap to select one endof a line.
When the prompt asksSpecify second
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point:, use the Endpoint Osnap again topick the other end of the line.
AutoCAD will display the position, length,and angle for this line in the prompt window.
STEP 3
Look at FIGURE 4. This figure provides
a view of the drawing you will construct inthis tutorial, inside of the titleblockyou
constructed in Tutorial 1. You will complete
this figure and then use the Insert commandto place the titleblock around it.
You will begin by constructing a rectangle,
which you will edit to add other features.
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FIGURE 4
**HELP NOTES
You can type u forUndowhile you are
inside of the Linecommand, and AutoCADwill remove the last point you placed without
exiting the command. Many commands in
AutoCAD will allow you to undo certain
actions during the command.
If you accidentally leave the Line command,you can start the next line where you left off.
Activate the Line command and use theEndpointOsnap to select the end of the last
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line you drew.
You may need to Zoom out further to besure that you can see all of the lines you aredrawing. Use the Realtime orAll option ofthe Zoom command to be sure you moveback far enough.
DRAWING PROCEDURE
For the construction of the rectangle, you will
create a series of lines straight lines.
NOTE: The icon that usually appearsin the lower left hand corner of your
AutoCAD screen may not be in the same
position as the one shown in the figures
below. Its position, relative to the drawing,
depends on the Zoom factor and its
configuration. To move this icon so that it isnot in your way, we will set it so that it
consistently stays in the lower Left Corner of
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the screen. The default position for this icon
is at the 0,0 point.
To change the postion of the icon, typeucsicon at a Command: prompt. The nextprompt will read: Enter an option[ON/OFF/ALL/Noorigin/ORigin/Properties] : type n, forNorigin, and press
Enter.1. First Point-Review the Linecommand
andAbsolute Coordinates.
Activate theLinecommand, and use anabsolute coordinate to start the first line
at 0 on the X-axis and the 0 on the Y-axis (0,0).
2. The second end of the line should be
placed so that the line is 260mm long and
horizontal. Press Enter to exit theLinecommand. See FIGURE 5.
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FIGURE 5
**HELP NOTE: Remember, you areusing an XY coordinate orCartesian
System to place these points. If you were
plotting this point on graph paper, how
far along the X-axis and the Y-axis
would you move to place the other end
of the line so that the line ends up130mm long and horizontal?
At this point you probably cannot see
all of the line you just created. Use a
Zoomcommand to reduce the size ofthe image on the screen and then use
the scroll bars to move it to the bottom
of the screen.
3. Line Two -To create the next line, first
look at the information onRelative Polar
Coordinates. Now,activate theLinecommand and use theEND Osnaptoselect the right end of the first line you
added. The second end of the second line
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should be placed so that the line is
160mm long and at a 90 degree angle.
DO NOT EXIT THE LINECOMMAND. See FIGURE 6.
You should have two lines that are
perpendicular to each other, but still be in
the Line command. If you move your
mouse, a "rubber band-like" lineshould appear to be attached to the end of
this line, which indicates that you are still
in the Line command. The next line willbe attached to the "rubber band" end of
this line.
FIGURE 6
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4. Line Three-The next line will connect
to the end of the last line. Look at
FIGURE 7 to see how the drawing willlook after adding this line.If you have
accidentally exited the Line command,reactivate it and, when the prompt asks
for the first end of the line withSpecifyfirst point: use anOsnapto select the
endpoint of the last line you added andpress Enter.Once this is accomplished,
you can continue adding lines.
Using aRelative Polar Coordinate, add
this next pointso that the line will be260mm long and at a 180 degree angle.
You need to consider whether you should
use a positive or negative angle to place
the end of this line. This will complete
the third line. DO NOT EXIT THE
LINE COMMAND. See FIGURE 7.
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FIGURE 7
5. Line Four-For the last point, which will
create the 4th line, use the Endpoint
Osnapto connect it to the beginning ofthe first line.
You should now have a rectangle thatlooks like the one in FIGURE 8.
FIGURE 8
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**HELP NOTE: If you have lines in the
wrong place, useErase to remove them
and add them again.STEP 4
You are now going to add two circlesto your rectangle and edit them to form arcs.
CIRCLES can be added in several ways, butyou will add the next two circles with the
Tangent Tangent Radius (Ttr) option. Readthe information on constructing Circles withthe Ttroption. Look at FIGURE 9 to seewhere to place these circles. The elements the
circles will touch should be clear.
Now, add a 80mm radius circle (on the right
side of the figure) using the Ttroption. Usethe same option to add a 40mm radius
circle (on the upper left side of the figure). If
your figure does not match the one inFIGURE 9, useUndo orErase toremove them and try placing them again.
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FIGURE 9
STEP 5You now need to trim the rectangle back
to the circles, remove one line, and trim the
circles so that you are left with arcs. You will
trim the lines in STEP 5 and the circles in
STEP 6. Read the information on the Trimcommand.
Now, trim the lines touching the large circle.Examine FIGURE 10 to see how the
drawing should look when you complete this
first trim stage.
**HELP NOTE: In this Trimoperation thecutting edge is the circle and is the first item
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you select when asked to select objects. The
elements to be trimmed are the part of the
lines that extend beyond the circle.
FIGURE 10
Repeat theTrimcommandto remove thelines that extend past the small circle so that
the drawing looks like FIGURE 11.
FIGURE 11
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Remove the excess vertical line (touching thelarge circle) with the Erase command. Lookat FIGURE 12 if you are not sure which
line.You can useoopsorUndoto replacethe line if you accidentally remove the wrong
one.
FIGURE 12
Type qsave at a Command: prompt, so you
can save the work you have completed.
STEP 6
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The last items to trim are the circles so
they form arcs. Use theTrimcommand to
edit these. Examine FIGURE 13.**HELP NOTE: Now, the boundary edges
are the lines that touch the circles, and the
items to trim are the part of the circles
that are not needed.
FIGURE 13
Use qsave to save your changes.
STEP7
The next step is to add a polygon to the
drawing and modify it. Look at FIGURE 14.
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FIGURE 14
AutoCAD allows you to construct regular
polygons; however, a polygon created in this
program is a single orgrouped object and is
oriented to a default angle. This means that
you must Rotate the polygonto change itsorientation and Explode it before you canedit it. You will be doing both of these in this
step.
Read the information on thePolygoncommandand Center Osnap(if needed).
Next, add a Hexagon that is concentric with
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the larger arc and has a radius of30mm
across its flats. Remember, if it is constructed
to a measurement across its flats, it iscircumscribed.
With the hexagon in the drawing, click on
one of its lines with the Left mouse button.
Notice that the whole polygon selects. This is
because it is a grouped item. You cannotselect just one line. Use the Escape Key to
deselect the Polygon when you are done. In a
later tutorial you will encounter a discussion
of(Plines). Polygons are created asPolylines, which are treated by AutoCAD as
a single object.Polylines
The hexagon you just added has a corner at 0
degrees on the XY plane. This is a
hexagon's default orientation in AutoCAD.
You need to rotate the hexagon so that this
corner is at a 90 degree angle (aligned with
the Y-axis). Read the information on the
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Rotatecommand before you rotate thehexagon to the proper angle.When asked for
a basepoint for rotation, use the CenterOsnapand select the large arc. SeeFIGURE 15.
FIGURE 15
Figure 16 shows how the drawing should
look when you are done.
FIGURE 16
**NOTE:A polygon does not have a center
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like a circle. If this hexagon had not been
concentric with the large arc, you would have
had to find some way to create a basepointfor its rotation. Fortunately, a basepoint does
not have to be part of the object being
rotated. Other items can be used for this
reference. For Polygons with an even number
of sides, you can add a line that connects two
corners of the Polygon and crosses throughits center. The midpoint of this construction
line could be used as the basepoint for
rotating the Polygon. Elements are added to a
CAD drawing for construction purposes the
same way they are to instrument drawings.
To edit the hexagon, Explodeit intoindividual lines so it is no longer a single or
grouped entity. It is not possible to remove
part of it otherwise.
I know, you expected something
spectacular to happen. Sorry, no
pyrotechnics come with this command,
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although I have always thought the
programmers should have added a small
sound effect for fun. The hexagon even looksthe same; however, if you click on one of the
hexagon's lines, only that line is now
selected. With the hexagon exploded, use the
Erasecommand to remove the two top linesof the hexagon. Look at FIGURE 17 to be
sure which lines to remove.
FIGURE 17
This is a good time to save your changes.
STEP8
The next command you will use is the
Extendcommand. This command will allow
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you to extend the vertical sides of the
hexagon so they touch the top of the
drawing.Look at FIGURE 18 to see how the drawing
should appear when you have completed this
step.
FIGURE 18
Readthe information on theExtendcommand.
After familiarizing yourself with this
information, use it to extend the vertical
sides of the hexagon to the top of thedrawing.
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**HELP NOTE: You have twoboundary
edges, and both can be selected at the same
time. One is the top horizontal line, and theother is the large arc. Since they are
individual elements in the drawing, they both
have to be selected. Once the boundary edges
are selected, you click on the TOP ends of
both of the polygon's vertical lines to extend
them to the boundary edges.
AutoCAD in this command, and several
other commands, is directional. If you
click on the lower end of these lines, the
vertical line on the right side of the
hexagon will be extended to the wrong side
of the arc.
STEP9
Look at FIGURE 19.Notice that part of
the horizontal line and the arc, between the
lines you extended, have been trimmed. Use
theTrimcommand to remove these lines.
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FIGURE 19
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STEP 10
The last visible lines you will add to thedrawing are in the lower left corner of the
figure. Look at FIGURE 20. Use a
combination ofAbsolute, Relative
Rectangular orRelative Polar Coordinates
to add these lines.
The first linebegins 40mm from the bottom
of the left side of the drawing, both are
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other. You should recall that the lower left
corner of the original rectangle was started
at the 0,0 point.
FIGURE 20
If you look at FIGURE 20 again, you
shouldnotice the lines that form the LOWER
LEFT CORNER, between the lines you just
added, have been trimmed away. Use the
Trim command to remove this part of theselines.
STEP11
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Now that the visible lines of the drawing
are complete, you need to add center lines.
Examine FIGURE 21, which again showsyou a scaled down version of the completed
drawing inside a titleblock.
FIGURE 21
So far all of the construction of this drawing
has been on one layer of the file. You will
add the center lines in the Center layer.
The startpage file, which you used inTutorial 1, was already been configured with
a set of layers.Since you used this file to
create the classtemplate file you used for this
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tutorial, it also has the same layers.If you
open a new AutoCAD file, only the 0 layer
(the default layer in AutoCAD) exists.Another configuration that was made to the
startpage filewas the assignment of line
types, line colors, and line weights to the
layers. AutoCAD refers to this as assignment
BYLAYER. Anything drawn in a layer will
be in the line type, line color, and lineweight (when printed) assigned to that
layer.
To draw center lines in thisfile,all you
have to do is change to the Center Layer. In
a later tutorial, you will be shown how to add
layers to a new drawing file and configure
them. If you have accidentally started this
tutorial in a default AutoCAD file, there will
be no Center layer.
Look at the Layer Status Window in the
upper left corner of the screen,which
indicates the current layer (see FIGURE 22).
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1. FIGURE 22
Look at the symbols in the Layer Status
Window to the Left of the layer name.These symbols indicate the following
(from Left to Right):
2. The layer is VISIBLE or is ON. This is
indicated by the yellow light bulb.Clicking on the light bulb toggles the
layer between visible and invisible. Items
on an invisible layer are still printed.
3. The layer is THAWED. The yellow sun
indicates the layer is thawed, can be
edited, and can be printed. When a layer
is frozen, a snowflake indicates it is
invisible, cannot be edited, and cannot be
printed.
4. The layer is UNLOCKED. The open
lockindicates the layer is unlocked, can
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be edited, and can be printed. A closed
lockindicates the layer cannot be edited,
but it is visible, and can be printed.
5. The layer's line COLORis white. The
layer's color is always indicated in thesmall square between the lock and the
layer name.
6. The NAME of the layer is zero (0). Each
layer must be given a unique name to
differentiate it from the others.
Change to the CENTER Layerbyselecting it on the Layer Status Window
drop-down menu. The Center Layer
name should now appear in the Layer
Status Window.
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Oh no, I only have a 0 Layer! Now what do
I do?
That will teach you to read my directionsmore carefully, but don't panic! Since you
accidentally started this tutorial in a default
AutoCAD file, you will need to insert the
drawing you created into that file now. To do
this, you will use the Insert command youused in the last tutorial.
First, open the classtemplate file and click
on the MODEL button to move to MODELSPACE.
Under the Insert menu, select Block...
When the Block dialogue box appears, clickon the Browse button.
Locate youracadtutor2 file and click on
OK. You will return to the Block dialoguebox.
Click on OKto exit the Block dialogue box.
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Click the mouse on the screen to place the
drawing.
Press Enter until you have passed all of theprompts and returned to a Command:prompt.
Use Save as... to name the classtemplatefile acadtutor2 to overwrite the old file.
Use the Explode command to explode thedrawing. NOTE: When you insert a drawing
from one file into another, it will always be
converted to a grouped drawing orBlock.To edit it, you have to explode it back to
individual lines.
If an inserted drawing needs to be moved, it
should be moved while it is still a single item
with theMovecommand.
**HELP NOTE: You can edit elements in
all the layers if they are not locked or frozen,
but you can only draw in the current layer.
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If you need to move an element to a different
layer,use the Layer Status Window drop-
down menu (see FIGURE 22). To moveitems with the Layer Status menu, selectthe objects that need to bemoved and then
the appropriate layer on the Layer Status
Window drop-down menu. Finally, press
Escape to keep from reactivating the last
command you used and to deselect theitem(s) you moved. To determine if the layer
change was properly completed, click on an
item that you moved to a different layer, and
its layer will appear in the Layer Status
Window.
To add center lines to the arcs in your
drawing, first you will addtwo circles.The
circles radii should be 10mm larger than the
arcsin the final printout of the drawing, so
that you can construct center lines that
extend 20mm beyond the arcs. You must
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double the size of the circles because you
will scale it half size in the titleblock for
printing. You will have to print the drawinghalf size for it to fit. Therefore, if the center
lines are twice as long in your drawing, they
will be the right size in the printout.
To add these circles, use theCircle
command's default option and identify theircenters with the Center Osnapso they areconcentric with the large and small arcs.
You may need to read the information on
Circleand Osnap Centerto see how to
place these.
The circle that is concentric with the large
arc should have a radius of 100mm,
and the circle that is concentric with the
small arc should have a radius of 60mm.
Remember, when you use the Center
Osnap, you must click on the edge of thearcs to identify them.
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See FIGURE 23.
FIGURE 23
Once the circles are placed, draw horizontal
and vertical center lines across each arc using
the Quadrant Osnap.
Read the information on the Quadrant
Osnapand then add a horizontal centerline that starts at one edge of the 50mm
circle and extends to the other side (see
FIGURES 24 and 25).
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"snaps" to the appropriate position on the
edge of the circle.
FIGURE 24
FIGURE 25
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Now, add a vertical center line to the
100mm diameter circle. Repeat this
operation to create horizontal and verticalcenter lines for the smaller arc. See Figure
26 for the line positions.
Finally, useEraseto remove the circles youadded for the construction of the lines.
FIGURE 26
Changebackto the 0layer before you insert
your titleblock. If you stay in the CenterLayer, the titleblock will be inserted as center
lines.
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STEP 12
It is finally time to insert the drawing in
the titleblock that you created in the first
tutorial. Since the titleblock in on the Layout
1 screen, you need to move to that screenusing the Layout 1 tab.
On the Layout 1 screen, you will see thetitleblock, but not the drawing. To see the
drawing, you must "cut" a window or
VIEWPORT in the Paper of the Paper Spaceso the drawing will show through from
Model Space.
The command you will use to create this
window is called the VPORTS command.
There is three ways to access this command,by typing vports at a Command: prompt,selecting Viewports on the View menu, orusing the Viewports toolbar. There are more
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options available when you type vports at a
Command: prompt than with the other
methods of accessing this command.To use the Viewportstoolbar, you mustfirst place the toolbar on the AutoCAD
screen. This toolbar can be displayed on the
screen by locating Toolbars... on the View
menu. When the Toolbardialogue boxappears, scroll down to the Viewportslisting and click on the check box next to its
name. Click on Close to exit the Toolbardialogue box. The Viewports tool bar willappear on the AutoCAD screen. Move the
toolbar by grabbing it in the area by its nameand dragging it into the area to the top or side
of the screen where other toolbars are
located.
With the Viewporttoolbar visible, click on
the single viewport button to select Singleviewport. AutoCAD will return you to the
Layout 1 screen. The prompt will ask you topick the first corner of the viewport. Use the
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use the scale to fit option. For this drawing,
you need to scale the drawing to 1:2 (half
size) before you print it. To scale thedrawing, you have one of two options: select
a scale factor on the Viewportstoolbar oruse Zoom XP.
To change the size of the drawing in the
viewport with either method, you must firstselect the viewport edge. Since we made it
the same size as the drawing area in the
titleblock, if you click on the top line of the
titleblock, it will select the viewport. This is
because the viewport is on top of the
titleblock line. See Figure 28.
FIGURE 29
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With the viewport selected, you
can click on the arrow to the Right
of the window containing thecurrent size of the drawing and drag down to
the 1:2 selection,
OR
type z orzoom at a Command: prompt and
then type .5XP and press Enter. Zoom XPscales the drawing to a ratio of the PAPERSpace scale, which we set to 1:1 (actualsize). vports at a Command: prompt. TheViewports dialogue box will appear. In the
dialogue box, select Single and then click onOK.
The drawing should zoom to a smaller size.
STEP 13
You will now need to change the text in
the titleblock. To edit the text in the
titleblock you must Explodeitso that it is
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returned to individual lines. This is the same
command you used to explode the hexagon
earlier in this tutorial.
To edit the titleblock text, you are going to
use a new command called ddedit.Read the information onddeditand then addthe text in the list below.
The text that needs to be added is:
AUTOCAD TUTORIAL 2 after
TITLE:,
the current date afterDATE:,
and
1:2 afterSCALE:.
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STEP 14
It is now time to print the drawing.
To print, you will use thePlotcommand.Read the information on this command,
and then print your drawing in a 1:1 scale. Be
sure to check your drawing with a Full
Previewbefore you select OKto send thedrawing to the printer.
Don't forget to save thedrawingand EXIT
AutoCAD PROPERLY.
Congratulations, you have now
completed Tutorial 2.
In the next tutorial you will create a simple
solid model
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