AutoCAD® 2007 Tutorial

First Level: 2D Fundamentals

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Randy H. Shih
Oregon Institute of Technology

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Chapter 1
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AutoCAD Fundamentals

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Material ♦ Create and Save AutoCAD® Drawing
Files
♦ Use the AutoCAD® Visual Reference
Commands
♦ Draw, Using the LINE and CIRCLE

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Commands
♦ Use the ERASE Command
♦ Define Positions Using the Basic Entry
Methods

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♦ Use the AutoCAD® Pan Realtime Option
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Introduction
Learning to use a CAD system is similar to learning a new language. It is necessary to
begin with the basic alphabet and learn how to use it correctly and effectively through

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practice. This will require learning some new concepts and skills as well as learning a
different vocabulary. All CAD systems create designs using basic geometric entities.
Many of the constructions used in technical designs are based upon two-dimensional
planar geometry. The method and number of operations that are required to accomplish
the constructions are different from one system to another.
In order to become effective in using a CAD system, we must learn to create geometric
entities quickly and accurately. In learning to use a CAD system, lines and circles are
the first two, and perhaps the most important two, geometric entities that one should

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master the skills of creating and modifying. Straight lines and circles are used in almost
all technical designs. In examining the different types of planar geometric entities, the
importance of lines and circles becomes obvious. Triangles and polygons are planar
figures bounded by straight lines. Ellipses and splines can be constructed by connecting

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arcs with different radii. As one gains some experience in creating lines and circles,
similar procedures can be applied to create other geometric entities. In this chapter,
the different ways of creating lines and circles in AutoCAD® 2007 are examined.

Starting Up AutoCAD® 2007

1. Select the AutoCAD 2007 option on the Program menu or select the
AutoCAD 2007 icon on the Desktop. Once the program is loaded into

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memory, the AutoCAD® 2007 drawing screen will appear on the screen.

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2. Choose AutoCAD Classic as the initial
workspace.

3. Select Don’t Show me this again and click OK

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to continue.

Note that AutoCAD® automatically assigns generic name, Drawing X, as new

drawings are created. In our example, AutoCAD® opened the graphics window
using the default system units and assigned the drawing name Drawing1.

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4. Close the Tool Palettes by clicking once on
Close button located at the upper right corner
of the window as shown.

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on the Close button located at the upper right

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corner of the window as shown.
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Drawing Units Setup
Every object we construct in a CAD system is measured in units. We should determine
the value of the units within the CAD system before creating the first geometric entities.

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[Format]
[Units]

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2. In the Drawing Units dialog box, set the Length Type to Decimal. This will set
the measurement to the default English units, inches.

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3. Set the Precision to two digits after the decimal point as shown in the above
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4. Pick OK to exit the Drawing Units dialog box.
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Drawing Area Setup
Next, we will set up the Drawing Limits; setting the Drawing Limits controls the
extents of the display of the grid. It also serves as a visual reference that marks the

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working area. It can also be used to prevent construction outside the grid limits and as a
plot option that defines an area to be plotted/printed. Note that this setting does not limit
the region for geometry construction.

1. In the pull-down menus, select:

[Format]
[Drawing Limits]

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2. In the command prompt area, near the bottom of the AutoCAD® drawing

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screen, the message “Reset Model Space Limits: Specify lower left corner or
[On/Off] <0.00,0.00>:” is displayed. Press the ENTER key once to accept the
default coordinates <0.00,0.00>.

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3. In the command prompt area, the message “Specify upper right corner
<0.00,0.00>:” is displayed. Press the ENTER key once to accept the default
coordinates <12.00,9.00>.

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4. On your own, move the graphic cursor near the upper-right comer inside
the drawing area and note that the drawing area is unchanged. (The Drawing
Limits command is used to set the drawing area; but the display will not be
adjusted until a display command is used.)
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5. In the pull-down menus, select:

[View]
[Zoom]
[All]

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 The Zoom All command will adjust
the display so that all objects in the
drawing are displayed to be as large as
possible. If no objects are constructed,
the Drawing Limits are used to adjust
the current viewport.

6. Move the graphic cursor near the upper-

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right comer inside the drawing area and
note that the display area is updated.

Using the Line Command

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pull-down menu to activate the Quick Help
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2. Move the graphics cursor to the first icon in the Draw toolbar.
This icon is the Line icon. A help-tip box appears next to the

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cursor and a brief description of the icon is displayed at the
bottom of the AutoCAD® drawing screen: “Creates Straight
line segments: LINE.”

3. Select the icon by clicking once with the left-mouse-button,

which will activate the Line command.

Notice a brief explanation of the selected

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command is displayed in the Info Palette
window. It is highly recommended that you read
the explanations to gain some insights on the
general procedure of using AutoCAD®.

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4. In the Info Palette window, click To draw
lines to open the AutoCAD® Help window and
get a more detailed explanation on the procedure.
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in AutoCAD® is displayed in the Info
Palette window.

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5. Click on Close button located at the
upper left corner of the Info Palette
window as shown.

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6. In the command prompt area, near the bottom of the AutoCAD® drawing screen,

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the message “_line Specify first point:” is displayed. AutoCAD® expects us to
identify the starting location of a straight line. Move the graphics cursor inside
the graphics window and watch the display of the coordinates of the graphics
cursor at the bottom of the AutoCAD® drawing screen. The three numbers
represent the location of the cursor in the X, Y, and Z directions. We can treat
the graphics window as if it was a piece of paper and we are using the graphics
cursor as if it were a pencil with which to draw.

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Coordinates of the location
of the graphics cursor.

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3 2 point star using the Line command. Do not
be overly concerned with the actual size or
the accuracy of your freehand sketch. This
exercise is to give you a feel for the
AutoCAD® 2007 user interface.

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7. We will start at a location near
the bottom of the graphics window.
Left-click once to position the
starting point of our first line.
This will be point 1 of our sketch.

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the cursor, represent the current
cursor position. Note that the same
two numbers are also displayed at the
lower left corner of the AutoCAD
main window. The displaying of
tooltips is known as the Dynamic

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Input option. Tooltips are displayed
near the cursor, which are
dynamically updated as the cursor
moves.

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and toward the right side of
point 1. Notice the rubber-band
line that follows the graphics
cursor in the graphics window.
Left-click again (point 2) and we
have created the

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first line of our sketch.

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• The two numbers, displayed next
to the cursor, represent the
distance and angle of the current
cursor position relative to the

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previously selected location on
the screen. This feature is also
part of the Dynamic Input
option. A more detailed
discussion on how to utilize this

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feature is presented in Chapter 3
of this text.
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point 2 and create a horizontal line
roughly about the same length as
the first line on the screen.

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the freehand sketch by adding three more
3 2 lines (from point 3 to point 4, point 4 to
point 5, and then connect to point 5 back
to point 1).

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11. Notice that the Line command remains activated even after
we connected the last segment of the line to the starting
point (point 1) of our sketch. Inside the graphics window,
click once with the right-mouse-button and a popup menu
appears on the screen.

12. Select Enter with the left-mouse-button to end the Line

command. (This is equivalent to hitting the [ENTER] key

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on the keyboard.)

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the horizontal line by watching the displayed coordinates for each point at the
bottom of the screen.
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Visual Reference
The method we just used to create the freehand sketch is known as the interactive
method, where we use the cursor to specify locations on the screen. This method is

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perhaps the fastest way to specify locations on the screen. However, it is rather difficult
to try to create a line of a specific length by watching the displayed coordinates. It would
be helpful to know what one inch or one meter looks like on the screen while we are
creating entities. AutoCAD® 2007 provides us with many tools to aid the construction
of our designs. We will use the GRID and SNAP options to get a visual reference as to
the size of objects and learn to restrict the movement of the cursor to a set increment on
the screen.
The Status Bar area is located at the bottom of the AutoCAD® drawing screen. The words

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SNAP, GRID, ORTHO, POLAR, OSNAP, OTRACK, DUCS, LWT and MODEL appearing
to the right of the coordinates are buttons that we can left-click to turn these special
options ON and OFF. When the corresponding button is highlighted, the specific option
is turned ON. These buttons act as toggle switches; each click of the button will toggle

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the option ON or OFF. Using the buttons is a quick and easy way to make changes to
these drawing aid options. We can toggle the options on and off in the middle of another
command.

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1. Left-click the GRID button in the Status Bar to turn On the GRID option. (Notice
in the command prompt area, the message “<Grid on>” is also displayed.)

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2. Move the cursor inside the graphics window, and estimate the distance in between
the grid points by watching the coordinates display at the bottom of the screen.

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The GRID option creates a pattern of dots

that extends over an area on the screen.
Using the grid is similar to placing a sheet
of grid paper under a drawing. The grid

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helps you align objects and visualize the
distance between them. The grid is not
displayed in the plotted drawing. The
default grid spacing, which means the
distance in between two dots on the screen,
is 0.5 inches. We can see that the sketched
horizontal line in the sketch is about 4.0
inches long.

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DYN Off
1. Left-click the DYN button in the Status Bar to turn Off the Dynamic
Input option.

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The DYN button allows the quick toggle of the Dynamic Input option.
We will switch off this option to discuss the basic input options available in
AutoCAD®. A more detailed discussion on this feature is presented in Chapter
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SNAP On
1. Left-click the SNAP button in the Status Bar to turn On the SNAP option.

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2. Move the cursor inside the graphics window, and move the cursor diagonally
on the screen. Observe the movement of the cursor and watch the
coordinates display at the bottom of the screen.

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movement to specified intervals. When SNAP mode is on, the screen cursor and
all input coordinates are snapped to the nearest point on the grid. The default snap
interval is 0.5 inches, and aligned to the grid points on the screen.

3. Click on the Line icon in the Draw toolbar. In the command

prompt area, the message “_line Specify first point:” is
displayed.

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4. On your own, create another sketch of the five-point star with the GRID and
SNAP options switched ON.

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5. Use the right-mouse-button and select Enter in the popup

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menu to end the Line command if you have not done so.
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Using the ERASER Command
 One of the advantages of using a CAD system is the ability to remove entities without
leaving any marks. We will erase two of the lines using the Erase command.

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1. Pick Erase in the Modify toolbar. (The icon is
the first icon in the Modify toolbar. The icon is
a picture of an eraser at the end of a pencil.)
The message “Select objects” is displayed in
the command prompt area and AutoCAD® awaits
us to select the objects to erase.

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2. Left-click the SNAP button on the Status Bar to turn off the SNAP option so
that we can more easily move the cursor on top of objects. We can toggle the
Status Bar options ON or OFF in the middle of another command.

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3. Select any two lines on the screen; the selected lines are displayed as dashed
lines as shown in the figure below.

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4. Right-mouse-click once to accept the selections. The selected two lines are
erased.
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Repeat the Last Command
1. Inside the graphics window, click once with the right-
mouse-button to bring up the popup option menu.

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2. Pick Repeat Erase, with the left-mouse-button, in the
popup menu to repeat the last command. Notice the other
options available in the popup menu.

AutoCAD® 2007 offers many options to accomplish the

same task. Throughout this text, we will emphasize the
use of the AutoCAD Heads-up DesignTM interface,
which means we focus on the screen, not on the

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keyboard.

3. Move the cursor to a location that is above and toward the left side of the
entities on the screen. Left-mouse-click once to start a corner of a rubber-band

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window.

First corner

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4. Move the cursor toward the right and below the entities, and then left-mouse-
click to enclose all the entities inside the selection window. Notice all entities

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that are inside the window are selected.

5. Inside the graphics window, right-mouse-click once to proceed with erasing

the selected entities.

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On your own, create a free-hand sketch of your choice using the Line command.
Experiment with using the different commands we have discussed so far. Also try
switching the GRID and SNAP options ON and OFF in the middle of a command.
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The CAD Database and the User Coordinate System
 Designs and drawings created in a CAD system are
usually defined and stored using sets of points in what is

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called world space. In most CAD systems, the world
space is defined using a three-dimensional Cartesian
coordinate system. Three mutually perpendicular axes,
usually referred to as the X-, Y-, and Z-axes, define this
system. The intersection of the three coordinate axes
forms a point called the origin. Any point in world space
can then be defined as the distance from the origin in the
X-, Y- and Z- directions. In most CAD systems, the
directions of the arrows shown on the axes identify the

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positive sides of the coordinates.

A CAD file, which is the electronic version of the design, contains data that describe
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world space for all endpoints, center points, etc., along with the descriptions of the
types of entities are all stored in the file. Knowing that AutoCAD stores designs by
keeping coordinate data helps us understand the inputs required to create entities.

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The icon near the bottom left corner of the default AutoCAD® graphics window
shows the positive X-direction and positive Y-direction of the coordinate system
that is active. In AutoCAD®, the coordinate system that is used to create entities is
called the user coordinate system (UCS). By default, the user coordinate system
is aligned to the world coordinate system (WCS). The world coordinate system is

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a coordinate system used by AutoCAD® as the basis for defining all objects and other
coordinate systems defined by the users. We can think of the origin of the world
coordinate system as a fixed point being used as a reference for all measurements.
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Changing to the 2D UCS Icon Display
 In AutoCAD® 2007, the UCS icon is displayed in various ways to help us visualize
the orientation of the drawing plane.

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[View]
[Display]

[UCS Icon]
[Properties]

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2. In the UCS icon style section, switch
to the 2D option as shown.

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3. Click OK to accept the settings.

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indicates the UCS is aligned to the world
coordinate system.
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Cartesian and Polar Coordinate Systems
In a two-dimensional space, a point can be represented using different coordinate
systems. The point can be located, using a Cartesian coordinate system, as X and

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Y units away from the origin. The same point can also be located using the polar
coordinate system, as r and θ units away from the origin.

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For planar geometry, the polar coordinate system is very useful for certain
applications. In the polar coordinate system, points are defined in terms of a radial
distance, r, from the origin and an angle θ between the direction of r and the positive
X axis. The default system for measuring angles in AutoCAD® 2007 defines positive
angular values as counter-clockwise from the positive X-axis.

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Absolute and Relative Coordinates

AutoCAD® 2007 also allows us to use absolute

and relative coordinates to quickly construct objects.

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Absolute coordinate values are measured from the
current coordinate system's origin point. Relative
coordinate values are specified in relation to previous
coordinates.

Note that the coordinate display area can also be

used as a toggle switch; each left-mouse-click will
toggle the coordinate display on or off.

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In AutoCAD® 2007, the absolute coordinates and the relative coordinates can be used
in conjunction with the Cartesian and polar coordinate systems. By default, AutoCAD®

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expects us to enter values in absolute Cartesian coordinates, distances measured from the
current coordinate system's origin point. We can switch to using the relative coordinates
by using the @ symbol. The @ symbol is used as the relative coordinates specifier,
which means that we can specify the position of a point in relation to the previous point.
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Defining Positions
In AutoCAD®, there are five methods for specifying the locations of points when we
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Interactive method: Use the cursor to select on the screen.

Absolute coordinates (Format: X,Y): Type the X and Y coordinates to locate the
point on the current coordinate system relative to the origin.

Relative rectangular coordinates (Format: @X,Y): Type the X and Y

coordinates relative to the last point.

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Relative polar coordinates (Format: @Distance<angle): Type a distance and
angle relative to the last point.

Direct Distance entry technique: Specify a second point by first moving the

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cursor to indicate direction and then entering a distance.

The Guide Plate

We will next create a mechanical design using the different coordinate entry methods.

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Use the Erase command and erase all entities on the screen before
proceeding to the next section.
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• The rule for creating CAD designs and drawings is that they should be created
at full size using real-world units. The CAD database contains all the
definitions of the geometric entities and the design is considered as a virtual,
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paper is the design scaled to fit on a sheet. The tedious task of determining a
scale factor so that the design will fit on a sheet of paper is taken care of by
the CAD system. This allows the designers and CAD operators to concentrate
their attention on the more important issues – the design.

1. Select the Line command icon in the Draw toolbar. In the

command prompt area, near the bottom of the AutoCAD®
graphics window, the message “_line Specify first point:” is
displayed. AutoCAD® expects us to identify the starting

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location of a straight line.

2. In the command prompt area, we will locate the starting point

of our design at the origin of the world coordinate system.

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Command: _line Specify first point: 0,0 [ENTER]
(Type 0,0 in the command prompt area and press the
[ENTER] key once.)

3. We will create a horizontal line by entering the absolute coordinates of the

second point.

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• The line we created is aligned to the bottom edge of the drawing window. Let
us adjust the view of the line by using the Pan Realtime command.

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Standard toolbar area. The icon is the picture of
a hand with four arrows.

 The Pan command enables us to move the view

to a different position. This function acts as if
you are using a video camera.

5. Move the cursor, which appears as a hand inside the graphics window, near
the center of the drawing window, then push down the left-mouse-button and

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drag the display toward the right and top side until we can see the sketched
line. (Notice the scroll bars can also be used to adjust viewing of the display.)

6. Press the [Esc] key to exit the Pan command. Notice that AutoCAD® goes

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back to the Line command.

7. We will create a vertical line by using the relative rectangular coordinates

entry method, relative to the last point we specified:
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @0,2.5 [ENTER]

8. We can mix any of the entry methods in positioning the locations of the
endpoints. Move the cursor to the Status Bar area, and turn ON the GRID and

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9. Create the next line by picking the location, world coordinates

(8,2.5), on the screen.

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10. We will next use the relative polar coordinates entry method, relative to the
last point we specified:

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Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @3<90 [ENTER]
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Reference Coordinate System system aligned at the previous
aligned at the previous point point. Coordinates are measured
along the two reference axes.
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]:
@-1.5,1 [ENTER]
(-1.5 and 1 inches are measured
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by entering 6.5 [ENTER].

13. For the last segment of the sketch, we can use the Close
option to connect back to the starting point. Inside the

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appears on the screen.

14. Select Close with the left-mouse-button to connect back

to the starting point and end the Line command.

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Creating Circles
The menus and toolbars in AutoCAD® 2007 are designed to allow the CAD operators to
quickly activate the desired commands. Besides using the Draw toolbar, we can also

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select the different Draw commands through the pull-down menus.

1. In the pull-down menus, select:

[Draw]
[Circle]
[Center, Diameter]

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Notice the different options available under the circle submenu:

• Center Point: Draws a circle based on a center point and a diameter or a radius.

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• 2 Points: Draws a circle based on two endpoints of the diameter.

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• TTR–Tangent, Tangent, Radius: Draws a circle with a specified radius
tangent to two objects.

• TTT–Tangent, Tangent, Tangent: Draws a circle tangent to three objects.

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2. In the command prompt area, the message “Specify center point for circle or
[3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]:” is displayed. AutoCAD expects us to identify
the location of a point or enter an option. We can use any of the four
coordinate entry methods to identify the desired location. We will enter the
world coordinates (2.5,3) as the center point for the first circle.

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Specify center point for circle or [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]: 2.5,3 [ENTER]

3. In the command prompt area, the message “Specify diameter of circle:” is

displayed.
Specify diameter of circle: 2.5 [ENTER]

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click to bring up the popup option menu.

5. Pick Repeat Center, Diameter with the

left-mouse-button in the popup menu to
repeat the last command.

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6. Using the relative rectangular coordinates
entry method, relative to the center-point
coordinates of the first circle, we specify the
location as (2.5,2).

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7. In the command prompt area, the message “Specify Diameter of circle:
<2.50>” is displayed. The default option for the Circle command in
AutoCAD® is to specify the radius and the last radius used is also displayed
in brackets.

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Saving the CAD Design
1. In the pull-down menus, select:

[File]
[Save As]

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[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[S].

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2. In the Save Drawing As dialog box, select the folder in which you want to
store the CAD file and enter GuidePlate in the File name box.

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3. Pick Save in the Save Drawing As dialog box to accept the selections and
save the file.

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the pull-down menu or type QUIT at the command prompt.
Note the command can also be activated with quick-key
combination of [Ctrl]+[Q].

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Questions:
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using CAD systems to create
engineering drawings?

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2. How do the GRID and SNAP options assist us in sketching?

3. List and describe the different coordinate entry methods available in AutoCAD®?

4. List and describe two types of coordinate systems commonly used for planar
geometry.

5. Identify the following commands:

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