Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Autocad commands

04.14.2010

Continue Working with AutoCAD (more commands)

Layer, color, line type

To Fade the Screen:
Modify - Object - Image - Adjust - select object - choose 75

F2 - contains all commands
F3 - snaps
pan - middle weel press down

QSAVE - quick saves the drawing, the easiest and quickest way to save
1.[qsave]
2.[-]

In order to find your saved working station, go to 3D Modeling at the bottom of the page and find your name

- polyline
[pl]
[-]
a polyline can be any shape and thickness

- arc

[a]
[-]

arc is also a type of polyline
1. [pl]
2. [-]
3. [click] - screen many points
4. [a] - arc
5. [-]
6. [s] - second point of an arc
7. [click] - third point
8. [l]
9. [-]

- width of a polyline

1. [pl]
2. [-]
3. [click first point]
4. [w] - width
5. [-]
6. [type start width]
7. [-]
8. [type end width]
9. [-]
10. [click on screen]
11. [-]

- to change the width of the existing polyline
1. [pe]
2. [-]
3. [select polyline]
4. [-]
5. [width]
6. [enter width]
7. [-]

- we can also join segments together
1. [pe]
2. [-]
3. [select pline]
4. [y]
5. [-]
6. [join]
7. [highlight everything]
8. [-]
9. [-]

Some Modification Commands


- trim
in order to trim something we need to select an object
after that we need to select the part of the object we want to trim
1. [tr]
2. [-]
3. [-]
4. [click objects]

- fillet
to make sharp corner
1. [f]
2. [-]
3. [r] - fillet radius (ex. 4'')
4. [-]

- circle
to draw a circle of any radius
1. [c]
2. [-]
3. [click]
4. [radius]

- array
this command creates copies of selected objects to a specified spacing
rectangular array (objects in rows and columns) or polar array (in circular pattern)
1. [ar]
2. [-]
3. [select rectangular array]
4. [select object]
5. [select the number of rows and columns]
6. [row offset and column offset]
7. [click OK]

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