autocad 2010 intermediate

AutoCAD 2010Intermediate

Getting StartedThe installation program creates an Autodesk Learningfolder on your desktop. Within that folder, the required exercise files are installed in a folder that corresponds to the product and title of this course.

Start the application and resize it so that you can still see this window.Select a chapter and exercise from the list of chapters and exercises in the pane on the left. Complete each exercise using the application.

NavigatingNote the Show/Hide button and the Home button at the top of this window.

Click the Hide button to hide the list of chapters and exercises and reduce the size of this window while working on an exercise.Click the Show button to display the list of chapters and exercises.

Click the Home button to return to this opening page at any time.

AutoCAD 2010Intermediate

Getting StartedThe installation program creates an Autodesk Learningfolder on your desktop. Within that folder, the required exercise files are installed in a folder that corresponds to the product and title of this course.

Start the application and resize it so that you can still see this window.Select a chapter and exercise from the list of chapters and exercises in the pane on the left. Complete each exercise using the application.

NavigatingNote the Show/Hide button and the Home button at the top of this window.

Click the Hide button to hide the list of chapters and exercises and reduce the size of this window while working on an exercise.Click the Show button to display the list of chapters and exercises.

Click the Home button to return to this opening page at any time.

Exercise: Create and Edit MultilinesIn this exercise, you create a new multiline style and create a multiline. You then use Trim and Extend, as well as the Multilines Edit Tools dialog box to edit the multiline.

Create New Multiline Styles1. Open c_create_edit_multilines.dwg.2. Click Format menu > Multiline Style.

In the Multiline Style dialog box, click New.

In the Create New Multiline Style dialog box, enter Ext-Wall in the New Style Name field.

Click Continue. 3. In the New Multiline Style dialog box, enter

Exterior Wall in the Description field.

Under Caps, verify that the Line Start and End checkboxes are selected.

Under Elements, click Add. Enter -5 in the Offset field.

Click Add again. Enter -9 in the Offset field, and click OK.

4. In the Multiline Style dialog box:

Ensure that the Ext-Wall style is selected. Click Set Current. Click OK to close the dialog box.

5. On the status bar, right-click Osnap. Click Settings. In the Drafting Settings dialog box, ensure that the Node object snap is selected. Click OK to close the Drafting Settings dialog box.

6. Click Draw menu > Multiline and begin selecting points using the Node object snap.

Start with a point in the upper-left and continue counterclockwise.

When you are on the last segment of the multiline, right-click anywhere in the drawing.

Click Close.

7. Click Modify menu > Extend. Select the multiline object as shown.

Press ENTER.8. Select the interior multiline object.

Press ENTER to specify the merged option.

9. Select the interior multiline near the point shown in the following illustration.

Press ENTER to specify the merged option.10. Press ESC to exit the Extend command. Verify

that the interior multiline has extended and merged with the exterior multiline.

Edit Multilines1. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, expand

the Filter Applied list. Thaw the Trim layer.

2. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

Trim.

Select the six lines on the Trim layer.

Press ENTER. 3. Click the multiline at points between the trim

lines.

Press ESC to end the Trim command.4. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, expand

the Filter Applied list. Freeze the Points and Trim layers.

5. Notice that the multilines are capped where they are trimmed.

6. Double-click the exterior wall multiline to start the

Mledit command.

In the Multilines Edit Tools dialog box, select Delete Vertex.

7. Select the multiline near the point indicated.

8. Select the multiline near the point indicated.

Press ESC to exit the Mledit command.9. Double-click the exterior wall multiline to start the

Mledit command.10. In the Multilines Edit Tools dialog box, select Add

Vertex.

11. Select the multiline near the point indicated to

add a new vertex.

Press ESC to exit the Mledit command.12. Select the multiline, you will see new vertex is

added as shown.

13. Drag the newly added vertex grip and place it.

14. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Create Revision CloudsIn this exercise, to highlight the changes in areas of the drawing, you create revision clouds using the Revcloud command. Additionally, you control the shape of the revision cloud using the Arc Length, Calligraphy and Object options.

1. Open c_create_revision_clouds.dwg.2. Zoom into the view on the right side of the

drawing.

3. On the 2D Draw control panel of the Dashboard,

click Stretch. 4. Click two points to define the crossing window as

shown and press ENTER.

5. Click near first point and Enter 5

9. Move the crosshairs around the area until you

return to the point where you started. When you get close enough to the start point, the revision cloud closes itself.

10. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Rectangle.11. With the Rectangle command activated create a

rectangle around the dimension as shown.

12. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Revision

Cloud.13. With the Revcloud command activated, right-

click anywhere in the drawing and click Style. Right-click anywhere in the drawing again and click Calligraphy.

Press ENTER to use the Object option. Select the rectangle object around the

dimension and press ENTER.

14. In the drawing area, after selecting the first

revision cloud you created, right-click anywhere in the drawing and click Polyline Edit.

15. In the Context Menu that opens,

Enter W. Enter 1 for the new width for all segments. Press ENTER to exit the Pedit command.

16. Zoom out the drawing extents.17. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Create a Wipeout ObjectIn this exercise, you create a wipeout object to mask a large area on the drawing and mark it as void due to design changes.

You do the following:

Create a wipeout object. Mark the wipeout object as void.

Create a Wipeout Object1. Open c_create_wipeout.dwg.2. Click Draw menu > Wipeout.

Click to specify points, as highlighted in the illustration below.

3. Complete creating the wipeout object:

Right-click anywhere in the drawing to complete the selection.

Click Close.

Notice that the boundary closes itself.

Mark the Wipeout Object as Void1. On the Draw toolbar, click Multiline Text.2. Double-click inside the wipeout object.3. Select the formatting of the text to be entered.

On the Text Formatting toolbar:

Select Arial as the font type. Enter 1.5 in the Text Height field. Click Bold.

4. On the Text Formatting toolbar:

Select Red from the color list. Select Center justification.

Enter VOID in the in-place text editor.

Click OK. 5. Select the wipeout object to activate its grips.

Click and drag the grips to new locations to see the effect of adjusting the wipeout frame area.

Press ESC to clear the selection. 6. Select the VOID text object with its center grip.

Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Rotate. Rotate the text object.

Press ESC to clear the selection. 7. To hide the boundary of the wipeout object:

Repeat the Wipeout command. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click

Frames. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click

Off.

8. Zoom to the drawing extents to view the full

extent of the drawing after performing the Wipeout command.


Exercise: Create BoundariesIn this exercise, you use the Boundary command to make boundaries out of lots on a site plan. You then calculate the lot areas using the Area command, and notate the areas.

Create Boundaries1. Open c_create_boundaries.dwg.2. Zoom into the area around the right side of the

site plan. Make sure all of the geometry around the seven lots is displayed in the drawing

window. Notice that the current layer is set to Boundaries.

3. Click Draw menu > Boundary.

In the Boundary Creation dialog box, click Pick Points.

4. On the drawing:

Select points near each lot label as shown. You can preview the boundaries.

Press ENTER to create the boundaries.

NOTE: When picking an internal point for the calculation of the boundary, the full area of the bounded shape must be visible in the drawing window. If any part of the geometry that should define the boundary is outside the drawing window, a valid hatch boundary will not be found.

Calculate Lot Areas1. Touch each boundary with the cursor. The new

boundaries are highlighted.

2. Right-click any toolbar and select Inquiry to display the Inquiry toolbar.

3. On the Inquiry toolbar, click Area. With the Area

command activated,

Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Object.

Select the boundary around LOT 1.

4. Repeat the Area command on lots 2 through 7.5. Zoom to the drawing extents.6. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Create RegionsIn this exercise, you use the Region and Boundary commands to create regions in the drawing. You then use the Union and Subtract solids editing commands to combine the separate regions into a single region representing a specialty extrusion profile. Next, you use the Region/Mass Properties command to view the mass properties of the profile. You complete the exercise by creating a point object at the centroid of the region and comparing the point object's position to the construction geometry representing the original center of the profile.

1. Open c_create_regions.dwg2. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel:

Click Region. Click two points to window select the

extrusion objects. Press ENTER.

The objects that qualify are converted to regions and placed on the current layer.

3. To add the 3D Make control panel to the dashboard, right-click any icon on the dashboard, and in the shortcut menu select Control panels and click 3D Make to activate it. This will make boolean command icons available.

4. On the 3D Make control panel:

Click Union. Select the outer region and the four circle

regions. Press ENTER.

5. Verify that the circular regions are trimmed and

combined with the outer region to create a single region.

6. On the Layers control panel, freeze the

Construction layer.7. Click Draw menu >Boundary.

In the Boundary Creation dialog box, select Region in the Object Type list.

8. Click Pick Points. In the drawing, select points

inside the inner extrusion shapes as shown. Press ENTER.

9. On the Layers control panel, freeze the Visible

layer.10. On the 3D Make control panel:

Click Subtract. Select the outer region (1). Press ENTER. Select the inner region (2). Press ENTER.

11. Touch any part of the outer profile to highlight the region. Notice how both outer and inner profiles are now a single region.

12. On the 3D Make control panel, click Union.

Select all regions. Press ENTER.

13. Touch any part of the profile with the cursor. Notice

all geometry is highlighted, indicating a single region.

14. On the command line:

Enter SHADE. Press ENTER.

The region is shaded in the color of the layer on which it resides.

15. On the Standard toolbar, click Undo to return to wireframe display mode.

16. On the Layers control panel, thaw the Construction layer.

17. If the Inquiry toolbar is not open, right-click any toolbar and select Inquiry.

18. On the Inquiry toolbar, click Region/Mass Properties.

Select the region and press ENTER. The AutoCAD Text window appears, displaying the region's mass properties.

19. Enter No for writing the analysis to a file. Press

ENTER to close the text window.20. Press F2 to reopen the text window.21. On the command line:

Enter POINT. Press ENTER. Note the Centroid X and Y values. Enter 107.7489, 72.1047. Press ENTER. Press F2 to close the text window.

Note the location of the point, slightly offset from the original construction lines. While the construction lines represent the center of the profile as it was drawn, the point represents the center of mass for the region.


Enter SHADE.

Press ENTER. 23. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Use Quick SelectIn this exercise, you use the Quick Select command to select blocks in a drawing based on the block name. You then change the attributes for the selected blocks. You also use the Quick Select command to select circles with a specific radius and change the radius of the selected circles.

Select Blocks in a Drawing and Change Their Attributes1. Open c_using_quick_select.dwg.2. Ensure that the Properties palette is displayed.

Note: If the Properties palette is not displayed, press CTRL+1.

3. Right-click anywhere in the drawing area. Click Quick Select.

4. To set the selection criteria, in the Quick Select dialog box:

Ensure that Entire Drawing is selected from the Apply To list

Select Block Reference from the Object Type list.

Select Name from the Properties list. Ensure that = Equals is selected from the

Operator list. Ensure that Computer is selected from the

Value list.

5. In the Quick Select dialog box:

Ensure that Include in New Selection Set is clicked.

Click OK. 6. On the Properties palette, ensure that Block

Reference (30) is selected from the list.7. On the Properties palette, under Attributes:

For Model, enter DELL 8400. For Cost, enter 1895.00.

8. In the drawing area:

Click a blank area. Press ESC to clear the selection set.

9. In the drawing, click two points to create a window selection, as shown.

10. On the Properties palette, click Quick Select.

11. In the Quick Select dialog box:

Select Block Reference from the Object Type list.

Select Name from the Properties list. Ensure that = Equals is selected from the

Operator list. Select Phone from the Value list. Click OK.

12. On the Properties palette, ensure that Block Reference (23) is selected from the list.

13. On the Properties palette, under Attributes, for Model, enter Bell Western 2200.



Select Circles in a Drawing and Change Their Radius1. Zoom into the drawing to clearly view the circles.2. Right-click anywhere in the drawing area. Click

Quick Select.3. To set the selection criteria, in the Quick Select

dialog box:

Select Circle from the Object Type list. Select Radius from the Properties list. Ensure that = Equals is selected from the

Operator list. For Value, enter 24.

4. Click OK to close the Quick Select dialog box.5. On the Properties palette, ensure that Circle (3)

is selected from the list.6. On the Properties palette, under Geometry, for

Radius, enter 36.




Exercise: Purge Objects from a DrawingIn this exercise, you purge unused objects, such as blocks, dimension styles, text styles, and layers from a drawing.

1. Open c_purge_objects.dwg. 2. Click File menu > Drawing Utilities > Purge. 3. In the Purge dialog box:

Verify that View Items You Cannot Purge is selected.

Under the Items Currently Used in Drawing pane, expand the Blocks group to view the blocks that you

cannot purge.

4. Click View Items You Can Purge. 5. Under the Items Not Used in Drawing pane:

Click the Blocks group. Verify that Confirm Each Item to be

Purged is selected. Click Purge.

6. In the Confirm Purge dialog box, click Yes each time the dialog box appears.

7. In the Purge dialog box:

Expand the Dimension Styles group. CTRL+click the dimension styles, as

shown.

Clear the Confirm Each Item to be Purged check box.

Click Purge. 8. To purge all the items together, regardless of

the group that is selected:

Select the Purge Nested Items check box to turn on purging of nested items.

Click Purge All. 9. Verify that all the groups appear without "+"

icon. This indicates that there are no objects to be purged under the group.

10. Click Close to close the Purge dialog box. 11. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Create PointsIn this exercise, you use the Point command to create points in a drawing for locating features on a sheet metal part. You change the point style in the drawing to display the points by using a different symbol. You insert a block containing a point object located at the base point of the block. You can then see how the new point style affects the points embedded in block definitions.

1. Open c_create_points.dwg.2. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

Point.

Use object snap tracking to track from the midpoint of the lower edge of the line shown in the illustration.

Move the cursor upward. Enter 50. Press ENTER.

Note: Verify that with the current point style setting, the point object is barely visible.

3. Press ESC to end the Point command.4. Click Format menu > Point Style.

In the Point Style dialog box, click the point style icon as shown.

Verify other settings as shown and click OK.

Note: Verify that there is a change in appearance of the point object you created.

5. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click Point.

Use object snap tracking and track from the midpoint of the upper edge as shown.

Enter 50. Press ENTER.

6. Continue tracking from the midpoints of the remaining top and bottom edges using a distance of 50 each time.

7. Exit the Point command.8. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, select

Visible from the Filter Applied list to make it the current layer.

9. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click Polygon.

Enter 6. Press ENTER. Shift+right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Node.

10. Use the Node objects snap to select the point as shown.

Enter C. Press ENTER. Enter 15. Press ENTER.

11. On the status bar, right-click Osnap > click Settings.

In the Drafting Settings dialog box, verify that Node is selected.

Click OK. 12. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

Copy.

Select the polygon. Use the Node object snap to specify the

base point for the copy.

Continue using the Node object snap to copy the polygon to the three other points as shown.

Exit the Copy command.

13. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click Insert Block.

In the Insert dialog box, select Louver-Punch from the Name list.

In the Insertion Point area of the dialog box, select the option Specify On-Screen if it is not checked.

Click OK. Use object snap tracking to track from the

indicated point. Drag the cursor upward. Enter 25. Press

ENTER.

Note: Verify that the point objects that are part of a block definition are also affected by the current point style setting.

14. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click Array.

15. In the Array dialog box, click Select Objects.16. In the drawing area, select the Louver-Punch

block. Press ENTER.17. In the Array dialog box:

Adjust the values, as shown.

Click OK.

Note: Verify that the drawing appears as shown in the completed exercise illustration.

18. Zoom into the drawing. Click View menu > Regen.

Note: Verify that the display size of the point object is updated to 5 percent of the screen size. This reflects the current point style settings.

19. Zoom to the drawing extents.20. Click Format menu > Point Style.

In the Point Style dialog box, click Set Size in Absolute Units.

Click OK.

Note: Verify that the size of the point object has changed.

21. Zoom into the drawing and note that the size of the point objects remains unchanged.

22. Zoom to the drawing extents.23. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Divide and Measure ObjectsIn this exercise, you use the Block option of the Divide command to add shrubs at regular intervals around a parking lot. You then use the Block option of the Measure command to place sprinklers at a specific distance around a building. Finally, you use the Divide command to create equal sized parking spaces in front of the building.

Add Shrubs Using the Block Option of the Divide Command1. Open c_divide_measure.dwg.2. Zoom into the lower area of the parking lot.

3. To place point objects on the left side of the

parking lot entrance:

Click Draw menu > Point > Divide to start the Divide command.

Select the dashed path on the left side of the parking lot entrance.

Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Block.

4. To create the point objects:

Enter Shrub. Press ENTER. Press ENTER to align the block with the

object. Enter 12. Press ENTER.

5. To place point objects on the right side of the

parking lot entrance:

Click Draw menu > Point > Divide to start the Divide command.

Select the dashed path on the right side of the parking lot entrance.


6. To complete the Divide command on the right side of the parking lot:

Enter Shrub. Press ENTER. Press ENTER to align the block with the

object.

Enter 8 as the number of segments. Press ENTER.

7. Use the Divide command to create the same

shrub pattern on the opposite side of the parking lot.

Place Sprinklers Using the Block Option of the Measure Command1. Zoom into the side of the building.

2. Click Draw menu > Point > Measure.

Select the dashed path along the side of the building.


3. To place the blocks:

Enter Sprinkler. Press ENTER. Press ENTER to align the block with the

object. Enter 2500 when prompted for length of

segment. Press ENTER.

4. Create the Sprinkler pattern on the opposite side

of the building as well. Notice that the arc of the Sprinkler block aligns along the path and points toward the opposite side of the building.

Note: The arc of the Sprinkler block aligns along the path and points toward the opposite side of the building because of the direction in which the path was originally drawn, in this case from right to left. If it had been from left to right, the arc would be above or to the right of the path.

Create Equal Sized Parking Spaces Using the Divide Command1. On the Layers toolbar, select Striping in the

Layer list to make it the current layer.2. To create equal sized parking spaces:

Run the Divide command. Select the line on the right side of the

parking lot above the walkway to the building.

Enter 3 for the number of segments. Press ENTER.

Note: Since you did not use the Block option, point objects are placed along the object to divide it into three equal segments.

3. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Polyline. Draw two polylines from right to left with a width of 200 units and a length of 4000, using the point objects as the start point for each polyline.

Tip: Use the Node object snap to reference the point objects.

4. Zoom to the drawing extents to see the entire

drawing after performing all steps.5. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Use QuickCalc to Adjust Perforated AreaIn this exercise, you use QuickCalc to determine the radius required for the perforation circles in order to achieve over 50 percent perforation in the surface area of the disc.

1. Open c_adjust_perforated_area.dwg.2. Examine the table showing the current

perforated area as a percentage of the total disc area.

Formulas in the table have been created to retrieve area information from the holes and the disc area. These values are associative and will update as the areas of the circles change.

Note: You can update the table by using REGEN.

3. If the Properties palette is not displayed, click Properties on the Standard toolbar.

Note: You can also double-click the large circle mentioned in the following step to display the Properties palette.

4. Select the large circle representing the disc. 5. In the Properties palette:

Click the Area field and confirm the value against the Total Area value in the table.

Click the QuickCalc icon in the Area field. 6. The value is automatically placed in the Input

field. On the Number Pad,

Click MS to store the value in memory.

Click Close. 7. Window-select all circles in the drawing, then

SHIFT+select the large circle to remove it from the selection set.

8. The Properties palette should indicate 60 circles

selected. In the Area field, click the QuickCalc icon.

9. The area of each circle is automatically placed

into the Input field. To calculate the total area, complete the expression by entering *60 to multiply the area of one circle by the total number of circles. The completed expression should read 706.8583*60. Press ENTER.

10. The resulting value represents the total area of

the perforation circles. Compare this value with the value in the table.

11. On the Number Pad, click / (forward slash). Click

MR.

Note: You may have to click the down arrows on the Number Pad title bar to expand the Number Pad window.

12. Press ENTER to evaluate the expression and compare the value with the % of TOTAL value in the table.

Here you can note that the current area of the perforated holes is less than the required 50 percent minimum. Next, you need to use additional calculator functions to adjust the area of the perforation circles to achieve the 50 percent requirement.

13. In the QuickCalc dialog box, on the Number Pad,

Click the C button to clear the value. Click MR*.50. Press ENTER. The expression results in 50893.801. This

represents the total area required for the perforation circles to achieve a minimum 50 percent perforation area.

14. On the Number Pad,

Click /60 to complete the expression. Press ENTER. The resulting value represents the minimum required area for

each perforation circle.

Click Apply to close the dialog box and pass the resulting value to the Area field in the Properties palette.

15. In the Properties palette, confirm the new Area and Radius values.

The minimum area evaluates to a Radius of 16.4317.

16. In the Radius field:

Enter 16.5 to round off the radius value. Press ENTER.

Press ESC. 17. Click View > Regen to update the table values.

Confirm that the % of TOTAL field is greater than 50 percent.


Exercise: Create a Drawing TemplateIn this exercise, you create a drawing template that contains text styles, dimension styles, drawing units, layers, layouts, and a title block.

Set Units, Styles, Layer Properties, and Page Setup1. Open c_create_drawing_template.dwg.2. To set the units for the drawing, click Format

menu > Units.3. In the Drawing Units dialog box:

Ensure that the drawing units are adjusted as shown.

Click OK. 4. On the Styles toolbar, click Text Style.5. In the Text Style dialog box:

Select Arial from the Font Name list. Click Apply to save the changes. Click New.

6. In the New Text Style dialog box:

For Style Name, enter3.5 Gen Notes. Click OK.

7. In the Text Style dialog box:

Select Tahoma from the Font Name list. For Height, enter 3.5. Click Apply to save the changes. Click Close.

8. On the Styles toolbar, select Standard from the Text Styles list.

9. On the Styles toolbar, click Dimension Style.10. In the Dimension Style Manager dialog box, click

Modify.11. In the Modify Dimension Style dialog box:

On the Primary Units tab, select '.' (Period) from the Decimal separator list.

On the Text tab, under Text Alignment, click ISO standard.

Click OK. 12. Click Close to close the Dimension Style

Manager dialog box.13. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, click

Layer Properties Manager.14. In the Layer Properties Manager dialog box:

Create new layers and assign layer properties, as shown.

Note: Color assignments are not critical. Use your own color preferences.

For Objects layer, set the value in the Status to current.

Click OK. 15. In the drawing area:

Click the Layout1 tab to activate the layout.

Select the predefined viewport. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click

Display Viewport Objects > No. At the turn off active viewports prompt,

enter Y. Press ENTER. Right-click the Layout1 tab. Click Page

Setup Manager. 16. In the Page Setup Manager, click New.17. In the New Page Setup dialog box:

For New page setup name, enter A2-ePlot.

Click OK. 18. In the Page Setup - Layout1 dialog box:

Select DWF6 ePlot.pc3 from the Name list as the printer/plotter device.

Select ISO A2 (594.00 x 420.00 MM) from the Paper size list.

Ensure that 1:1 is selected from the Scale list.

Click OK. 19. In the Page Setup Manager dialog box:

Double-click the A2-ePlot page setup to assign it to Layout1.

Click Close

Create a Drawing Template1. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, select

TitleBlock from the Filter Applied list.2. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

Insert Block.3. In the Insert dialog box, click Browse. 4. In the Select Drawing File dialog box:

Navigate to A2-Title.dwg. Click Open.

5. In the Insert dialog box, click OK.6. At the command line, enter 0,0 for the insertion

point. Press ENTER.7. In the drawing area, right-click the Layout2 tab.

Click Delete.8. In the AutoCAD dialog box, click OK.9. In the drawing area, click the Model tab to

activate model space.10. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, select

Objects from the Filter Applied list.11. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click

Options.12. In the Options dialog box, Files tab:

Expand Template Settings > Drawing Template File Location.

Double-click the existing path. 13. In the Browse for Folder dialog box:

Navigate to the location where the exercise datasets are installed.

Note: In a real-world situation, these DWT files would probably be stored on a network where all users would have access to them.

Click OK.

14. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.15. Click File menu > Save As.16. In the Save Drawing As dialog box:

Select AutoCAD Drawing Template (*.dwt) from the Files of Type list.

Verify that the Save In folder switches to the location specified in the Options dialog box.

For File name, enter A2-Template. Click Save.

17. In the Template Options dialog box:

Enter the description, as shown.

Click OK.

Open a Drawing Based on New Template File1. Click File menu > New.

Note: Depending on the setting that you have made for the Startup system variable, either the Select Template or Create New Drawing dialog box will be displayed.

If the Select Template dialog box is

displayed, select the template and click Open.

If the Create New Drawing dialog box is displayed, click Use a Template.

Note: In the Create New Drawing dialog box, select your template from the list and click OK.

2. Check the units, layers, text styles, dimension styles, Layout1 settings, and title block of the new drawing.

3. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Options.

4. In the Options dialog box, Files tab:

Expand Template Settings > Drawing Template File Location.

Double-click the existing path. Navigate to the default location for the

template files: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2008\R17.1enu\Template.

Click OK. 5. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Use Annotation ScalingIn this exercise, you are introduced to basic annotation scaling. You use annotative scale objects to annotate the drawing in model space and in layout viewports with different scales.

1. Open M_Intro-to-Annotation-Scaling.dwg.2. Set the drawing to use an annotative dimension

style:

On the Dimensions dashboard panel, select Annotative in the Dimension Styles list.

On the status bar, select 1:50 in the Annotation Scale list. Note: This value varies with each drawing you create. In general, you should set a scale value that is equivalent to your DIMSCALE value if you were not using annotation scaling. Another way to estimate this value is to determine the scale factor of your typical

border, if you were to insert it at a scale large enough to fit the geometry.

3. Zoom into the top right corner of the assembly.

On the Dimensions dashboard panel, click Linear.

Place a linear dimension as shown.

Note: Place the dimensions to the green centerlines.

4. On the Dimensions dashboard panel, click Continue. Place a string of continuous dimensions across the entire truss assembly.

5. Click the Details tab to switch to the layout. Three views have already been defined at different scales.

Double-click the lower-right viewport to activate it.

Confirm the VP Scale and Annotation Scale values in the status bar are set to 1:30 and the viewport is locked.

Make sure the option to Automatically add scales to annotative objects (3) is enabled as shown.

6. On the Dimensions dashboard panel, click Linear and place linear dimensions on the concrete truss base as shown.

7. Zoom out to see the entire sheet. The

dimensions are currently only visible in viewports that match the annotation scale. Despite the fact the viewport is set to a different scale factor, the paper size of the dimensions in the upper viewport and the current viewport are identical.

8. Double-click the lower-left viewport to activate it.

On the Dimensions dashboard panel, click Linear.

Place dimensions on the view similar to the ones shown. Note: The exact dimensions are not required.

On the status bar, click Model to exit the viewport and return to the layout.

9. Zoom out to see the entire sheet. Again note the dimensions only appear in the viewport in which the viewport scale matches the annotation scale of the dimension. The paper size of the dimensions are consistent across viewports.

10. To view all dimensions in each viewport:

Hover the cursor over Show Annotative Objects for Current Scales Only and click to activate Show Annotative Objects for All Scales Indicator on the status bar.

Click again to show annotative objects for the current scale only.

11. With the lower left viewport still active, on the status bar, click the Lock icon to unlock the viewport.

Select 1:16 on the Annotation Scale list.

The VP Scale changes to match the Annotation Scale, and the annotative objects are updated in the viewport.

Click the Lock icon to lock the viewport.

12. Select one of the dimensions and position the cursor over the dimension.

Note the double-annotative icon indicating multiple scale representations exist for the selected object.

Observe the overlaid dimension values. These are the scale representations.

13. Click the Model tab to return to model space. Click the Show Annotative Objects for all Scales option.

14. Save and close all files.

Exercise: Update an Existing Drawing to Use Annotation Scaling In this exercise, you update an existing detail drawing to utilize annotative objects and annotative scaling. After the update is completed you insert the drawing into another, and test the annotation scaling.

1. Open I_Update-to-Annotation-Scaling.dwg.2. When updating an existing drawing to use

annotation scaling, you can use the DIMSCALE system variable to determine a good annotation scale to start with.

On the command line, enter dimscale and press ENTER.

The value shown should be 12. This indicates that the current annotation is using a scale of 1:12 or 1"=1'-0"

Press ENTER to exit the command. On the status bar, for Annotative Scale,

select 1"=1'-0 Any annotative objects you create will

now be sized similar to the current annotation.

Make sure the other annotative status icons are configured as shown.

3. On the Multileaders dashboard panel, click Multileader Style Manager.

In the Multileader Style Manager dialog box, click Modify.

In the Modify Multileader Style dialog box, click the Leader Structure tab.

Under the Scale area select Annotative. Click OK. Verify that the Annotative icon appears

next to the name. Click Close.

4. While it is possible to update existing leaders and mtext objects to be annotative, multileaders are easier to manage because the leader and text elements are treated as one object.

Using the Multileader command, create new leaders and text for all leaders in the drawing or for as many leaders as time will allow. Tip: Copy and paste the leader text to speed up the process.

Delete the leaders and text that you are unable to convert.

5. Near the top of the detail, select both numbers for the roof pitch symbol.

Right-click anywhere in the drawing window. Click Properties.

In the Properties palette, select Yes in the Annotative list.

Press ESC to clear the selection.

6. Select the hatch patterns in the detail, and set their annotative property to Yes. Press ESC to clear the selection.

7. Save the drawing to your student dataset directory as AEC-Detail.dwg.

8. Open I_Insert-Annotation-Scaling.dwg.

9. Click Insert menu > Block.

In the Insert dialog box click Browse and browse to and select AEC-Detail.dwg.

Make sure Specify On-screen is selected under the Insertion point area and click OK.

Click a point to position the detail in the area above the floor plans.

10. Click the D-size Plot tab to switch to layout.

Create a single viewport below the notes as shown.

11. Activate the viewport and zoom around the detail.

On the status bar, set the Annotation Visibility option to Show annotative objects for all scales.

On the status bar, click 1/2"=1'0" in the VP Scale list. The annotation and hatch objects update to reflect the new scale.

12. If necessary, pan the view and adjust the size of the viewport so that all text is visible.

If the multileader text objects are overlapping, explode the block and grip edit the leader text accordingly.

Click the Lock icon on the status bar to lock the viewport and annotation scale or experiment with other annotation scales.


Exercise: Control Annotation Scaling In this exercise, you use annotation scaling commands to create and manage annotative objects in a drawing. You set the SAVEFIDELITY system variable so the drawing can be viewed in an earlier version of AutoCAD while maintaining visual fidelity for annotative objects.

1. Open M_Control-Annotation-Scaling.dwg.2. Select the lower-left viewport and check the VP

Scale and Annotation Scale settings on the status bar. They are currently out of sync because the viewport has not yet been scaled properly.

3. To set the annotation scale and viewport scale

simultaneously:

On the status bar, select 1:16 in the Annotation Scale list.

Double-click inside the viewport to activate it, and use the Pan command to center the view inside the viewport.

Click the Lock icon to lock the viewport and annotation scales.

Compare your status bar settings to the following image. If necessary, adjust your settings to match.

4. On the dashboard, click Text Style on the Text

control panel.

In the Text Style dialog box, select Romans in the Styles list and select Annotative.

Click Apply. Click Close.

5. On the dashboard, click Single Line Text.

Select a start point as shown (1). Enter 3.5 for the paper height. Select point (2) to specify the rotation

angle. Enter 150x90x12 L for the text. Press ENTER twice to exit the command.

6. Hover the cursor over the text object you just

created. Note the appearance of the Annotative icon, indicating it is an annotative object. Next,

hover over the other three text objects; the annotative icon does not appear. Even though their text style has been made annotative, the existing objects do not automatically receive the annotative property.

7. To make the existing text objects annotative:

Select each text object. Right-click anywhere in the drawing

window, and click Properties. In the Properties palette, adjust the

properties as shown.

8. Press ESC to clear the selection.

Close the Properties palette. Hover the cursor over the three text

objects and note the appearance of the annotative icon.

9. On the Status bar, change the Annotative

Visibility icon to activate the Show Annotative Objects for All Scales option. (The light bulb icon should turn yellow.)

Note the appearance of several multileader objects and dimensions in the viewport.

Select all of the multileader objects. On the Annotation control panel of the

dashboard, click Add Current Scale.

10. On the status bar, turn off Show Annotative

Objects for All Scales. Confirm that in the viewport, only those objects with scale representations that match the current annotation scale are visible.

11. Using standard grip editing techniques, adjust the positions of the leaders and dimensions to clean up the view.

12. Select one or more of the multileaders or dimensions you have moved and note the appearance of multiple scale representations. The current scale representation (1) and alternative scale representations (2).

13. To synchronize the position of the scale

representations:

Select one or more annotative objects. Right-click anywhere in the drawing

window. Click Annotative Object Scale > Synchronize Multiple-scale Positions.

The positions of the alternate scale representations should match with the current scale representation.

14. In the upper-left area of the viewport, several

dimensions and multileaders exist that are not required for this view. To remove them from the view:

Select the dimensions and multileaders as shown.

On the Annotation Scaling control panel of the dashboard, click Delete Current Scale.

15. To remove all the unnecessary scale

representations:

On the Annotations Scaling control panel, click Add/Delete Scales.

All annotative objects are made visible. Select the multileaders and dimensions

highlighted in the following image and press ENTER.

16. In the Annotation Object Scale dialog box, select

1:1 and click Delete. Click OK. 17. Double-click the top viewport to activate it.

Select the highlighted dimensions and multileaders.

On the Annotation Scaling control panel of the dashboard, click Delete Current Scales.

18. To prepare this drawing to be opened by an

earlier version of AutoCAD:

Right-click anywhere in the drawing window. Click Options.

In the Options dialog box select the Open and Save tab.

Select the Maintain Visual Fidelity for Annotative Objects option if it is not selected.

Click OK.

19. Double-click anywhere on the sheet to make sure

you are in a layout. Click Zoom Extents and save the drawing.

20. Optional Steps:

If AutoCAD 2007 or an earlier version of AutoCAD is installed on your workstation, launch the application.

Open the saved version of M_Control-Annotation-Scaling.dwg.

If an earlier version of AutoCAD does not exist on your workstation, this exercise is complete, you can save and close all files.

21. Open the Layer Properties Manager.

Note the appearance of the Annotation @ 16 and additional Dimension layers. These are the layers that contain the annotative objects.

Freeze the Annotation @ 16 layer and the Dimen @ 16 layer.

The dimension and text objects are not longer visible in the lower left viewport.


Exercise: Work with Multiline TextIn this exercise, you format columns to add text notes to the drawing. You also spell check your notes for accuracy.

1. Open M_Create-Column-Text.dwg .

2. To locate multiline column text:

On the dashboard, Text panel, click Multiline Text.

Specify a rectangle from the lower left corner of the drawing, and track up from the corner of the revision block to below the door schedule.

3. To define the columns, in the Text Formatting

dialog box, click Columns > Static Columns > 4.

4. To apply paragraph settings to the column text:

In the Text Formatting dialog box, click Paragraph.

In the Paragraph dialog box, enter 1/4"[6mm] for the Left and Right Indent.

For Hanging enter 1/2"[13mm]. Click OK.

5. To adjust settings for the column text:

In the Text Formatting dialog box, click Columns > Column Settings. In the Column Settings dialog box, enter the following values for Height and Gutter.

Height 3 5/8" [90mm], Gutter: 1" [25mm]. Click OK.

6. In the Text Formatting dialog box, enter the

following notes with a space between each sentence. Click OK.

NOTES: ROOFING SYSTEM IS TO BE

ENGINEERED TRUSSES. OVERHANG IS TO BE PRESENT AT ALL EVES.

METAL ROOFING IS TO BE MCELROYMETAL, INC. STRUCTURAL STANDING SEAM ROOF SYSTEM.

INTERIOR OF HOUSE IS TO BE PAINTED FLAT WHITE WITH OAK BASE BOARD AND OAK TRIM.

VERIFY ROUGH OPENINGS AND FRAMING REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO FRAMING.

VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE BUILDING OR STARTING CONSTRUCTION. NOTIFY THE ARCHITECT OF ANY DISCREPANCY OR VARIATION IMMEDIATELY.

7. Click OK.

8. To specify text for spelling check:

On the dashboard, Text panel, click Spell Check.

In the Check Spelling dialog box, under

Where to Check, select objects from the list.

Click the Select Text Objects button and select the column text.

Press ENTER. Click Start.

The Check Spelling dialog box should find MCELROYMETAL and offer possible solutions.

9. Since MCELROYMETAL is a brand name, click Ignore to retain this spelling. Continue to check the rest of the column text for spelling errors.

In the AutoCAD message dialog box, click OK.

In the Check Spelling dialog box, click Close.

10. To display the Attribute Definition dialog box, click Draw > Block > Define Attributes.

11. To create an attribute definition:

In the Attribute Definition dialog box, under Attribute, in the Tag field, enter ROOM_INFORMATION.

In the Prompt field, enter Room Name & Door-Window Count.

Under Mode, click Multiple Lines.

12. To define the boundary width:

Under Text Settings, in the Boundary Width field, enter 1 1/2" [38mm].

Click OK.

13. To locate the attribute definition, click any blank

area in the drawing window.

14. Create a block using the attribute definition.

Name the Block: Room Information. Under Base Point, click Pick Point. Specify

a point near the attribute definition. Under Objects, click Delete. Click Select

Objects, and select the attribute definition. Click OK.

15. To verify that the ATTDIA is set to on.

On the command line, enter ATTDIA. If the default is not 1, enter 1.

16. To add information to a room:

Click Insert menu > Block. In the Insert dialog box, for Name, click the

arrow and select Room Information. Verify that the insertion point is set for

Specify On-screen. Click OK.

17. To locate the block:

When prompted to specify insertion point: In the Second Floor Plan view, click inside

the lower left room. In the Edit Attributes dialog box, click

Open Multiline Editor.

18. To define the multiline attribute:

In the streamlined Text Formatting dialog box enter: Master Bedroom. Press ENTER.

Enter 5 Windows. Press ENTER. Enter 3 Doors. Press ENTER.

19. To override the boundary width:

In the streamlined Text Formatting dialog box, click the right arrow and drag until the text is not wrapped.

Exercise: Use DesignCenterIn this exercise, you use DesignCenter to insert and scale an entire drawing. The drawing was originally drawn using imperial units and you convert the design to use metric units. You also insert blocks for kitchen appliances from DesignCenter.

1. Open i_Use_DesignCenter.dwg.2. On the Tools menu, click Inquiry > Distance. 3. In the drawing area, click two points and note the

distance between them.

4. Close the drawing. 5. Create a new metric drawing from scratch.

Note: If the Create New Drawing dialog box is not displayed when you open the Select Template dialog box, select Open with no Template - Metric from the drop down list on the Open button.

6. On the Standard toolbar. Click DesignCenter. 7. In the DesignCenter, navigate to the folder

where exercise datasets are installed. 8. In the tree pane, click the \Intermediate\ folder. 9. In the Content pane, click

i_use_DesignCenter.dwg.

20. In the Text Formatting dialog box, click OK. In the Edit Attributes dialog box, click OK.


10. Drag the i_use_DesignCenter.dwg drawing into the current drawing.


Note that the scale of the drawing is indicated.

At the Specify Insertion Point prompt, enter 0,0. Press ENTER.

Continue to press ENTER until the insert command is complete.

12. On the Tools menu, click Inquiry > Distance.

Note: You may need to zoom the drawing to extents to view the inserted drawing.

13. In the drawing area, select the two points indicated.

Note: The distance should be 4286.5746 units. Because the current drawing's insertion scale units are represented in millimeters, the drawing is scaled based on a 1 = 25.4 conversion factor.

14. On the Layers dashboard, select Appliances from the Layer list to set Appliances the current layer.

15. In DesignCenter:

Click Home. Expand the Kitchens.dwg file located in

the DesignCenter folder.

Select the Blocks object group.

16. In the content pane on DesignCenter, double-click the Refrigerator-2 Door - 36 in Top block.

17. In the Insert dialog box, under Rotation:

Clear the Specify On-screen checkbox. For Angle, enter -90. Click OK.

18. In the drawing area, select the location near the door marked 3, as shown. The block is scaled using a conversion factor of 25.4.

19. In DesignCenter, drag the Sink-double - 36 in

Top block and place it near the indicated point.

20. In the drawing area, grip edit or move the block

to the indicated location.

21. In DesignCenter, under Content pane, double-

click the Range-Oven - 30 in Top block. 22. In the Insert dialog box, under rotation:

For Angle, enter 90. Click OK.

23. Position the Range-Oven block near the indicated point, and then use the Move command to adjust it, as shown.

24. Zoom to the drawing extents. 25. Close all files without saving.

Exercise: Create a New Tool Palette with Custom ToolsIn this exercise, you create a new tool palette and drag objects from a drawing to create new command and content tools. You then use the DesignCenter to create a new tool palette that contains all the blocks in a drawing.

Create a Tool Palette with Custom Tools1. Open c_create_tool_palettes.dwg.2. Ensure that the Tool Palettes window is

displayed.

Note: To display the Tool Palettes window, press CTRL+3.

3. In the Tool Palettes window:

Right-click an empty area. Click New Palette.

For the tool palette name, enter Landscaping. Press ENTER.


Select and drag the shrub block onto the tool palette.

Select and drag the sprinkler block onto the tool palette.

Tip: Select and drag from an outer point on the block, not the grip.


Select and drag any of the dimension objects to the tool palette.

Select and drag one of the parking lot stripe lines.

6. On the Visual Styles tool palette, right-click the Sprinkler content tool. Click Properties.

7. In the Tool Properties dialog box:

Ensure that the source file path is populated in the Source file field.

Select Yes from the Prompt for Rotation list to rotate the sprinkler block when you place it in a drawing.

Click OK.

Note: The tool does not work if the source file path is not populated in the source file field.

8. In the Tool Palettes window, right-click the Linear Dimension command tool. Click Properties to configure the Linear Dimension command tool as

a flyout tool.9. In the Tool Properties dialog box, click [] in the

Flyout Options field.10. In the Flyout Options dialog box:

Clear the Jogged Dimension, Ordinate Dimension, and Tolerance check boxes.

Click OK. 11. Click OK to close the Tool Properties dialog box.12. In the Tool Palettes window, click the Linear

Dimension flyout to view the available options.

13. Right-click the Polyline command tool. Click

Properties to configure the Linear Dimension command tool as a flyout tool.

14. In the Tool Properties dialog box:

Select No from the Use Flyout list.

Click OK.

Note: The Name and Description fields are populated automatically.

Create a Tool Palette from Design Center1. On the Standard toolbar, click DesignCenter.2. In the DesignCenter window:

Navigate to the /Sample/DesignCenterHome-Space Planner.dwg file.

Right-click the drawing. Click Create Tool Palette .

3. Verify that a new tool palette is created, named after the drawing and containing all the blocks in the drawing.


Exercise: Create and Activate a Custom Palette GroupIn this exercise, you assign existing tool palettes to a custom palette group.

1. Open a new drawing.2. If the Tool Palettes window is not open, on the

Standard Annotation toolbar, click Tool Palettes Window.

3. In the Tool Palettes window, right-click an empty area. Click Customize Palettes.

4. To create a new palette group, in the Customize

dialog box, Palette Groups area:

Collapse all palette groups. Right-click an empty area. Click New

Group.

For the name of the new palette group, enter Object Creation.

5. To add a tool palette to the new group, drag Annotation from the Palettes area to the Object Creation group.

6. To add more palettes to the Object Creation group, repeat step 5 for the Hatches and Fills,

Draw, and Modify palettes.

7. To set the Object Creation palette group current, right-click the Object Creation folder. Click Set Current.

8. Notice that the Tool Palettes window displays only the palettes that are a part of the Object Creation palette group.

9. To reorder the palette groups, in the Customize

dialog box, Palette Groups area:

Ensure that all the palette groups are collapsed.

Drag the Object Creation folder and position it above the Architectural Tools folder.

10. Click Close to close the Customize dialog box.11. To ensure that the palette groups are reordered,

on the title bar of the Tool Palettes window:

Click Properties (1). Verify that the Object Creation group (2)

appears as the first group in the list.


Exercise: Share Tool PalettesIn this exercise, you simulate a network environment, and import custom tool palettes and a palette group. You then modify the custom tool palette.

1. Open c_sharing_palettes.dwg.2. To simulate a network drive for sharing

palettes, use Windows Explorer to create a folder named CustomToolPalettes in drive C.

3. To store tool palettes in the

CustomToolPalettes folder, in Windows Explorer:

Navigate to the location of the exercise files.

Right-click the AcTpCatalog.atc file. Click Copy.

Navigate to the CustomToolPalettes folder.

Right-click anywhere in the CustomToolPalettes folder window. Click Paste.

4. To configure the new path of the ATC file, right-click anywhere in the drawing area. Click Options.

5. In the Options dialog box, Files tab:

Expand Tool Palettes File Locations. Click Add. Click Browse.

6. In the Browse for Folder dialog box:

Navigate to the CustomToolPalettes folder.

Click OK. 7. In the Options dialog box, Files tab:

Under Tool Palettes File Locations, ensure that C:\CustomToolPalettes is selected.

Click Move Up. 8. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.9. Open the Tool Palettes window.

10. To import tool palettes, right-click a blank area in the Tool Palettes window. Click Customize Palettes.

11. In the Customize dialog box, Palettes list, right-click a blank area. Click Import.

12. In the Import Palette dialog box:


Click the 2d_basic_drawing.xtp file. Click Open.

13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 to import the basic_editing.xtp file.

14. To import palette groups, right-click a blank area in the Palette Groups list and click Import.

Note: The Import option appears only when a tool palette group is highlighted on right-clicking.

15. In the Import Group dialog box:


Click the 2d_basic_drawing.xpg file. Click Open.

16. In the Customize dialog box, Palette Groups list, verify that the 2D Basic Drawing group is imported and added to the end of the list.

17. From the Palettes list, drag the 2D Basic

Drawing and Basic Editing palettes to the 2D Basic Drawing palette group, as shown.

18. In the Palette Groups list, right-click the 2D

Basic Drawing group. Click Set Current.19. In the Tool Palettes window, verify that the

2D Basic Drawing palette group is set current.

20. From the Draw toolbar, drag the Arc,

Ellipse, and Make Block tools to the 2D Basic Drawing palette, as shown.

21. To view the tool palette source files:

Using the Windows Explorer, navigate to the CustomToolPalettes folder.

Expand the Palettes subfolder that is created automatically.

Verify that the source files for the two new palettes are created.

22. Click Close to close the Customize dialog

box.

Note: To make these new palettes available to the members of your design team, you add the network path of the tool palettes folder to the Tool Palettes File Locations property of each member's computer.


Exercise: Work with XrefsIn this exercise, you work with several drawings that are used as xrefs. You load, unload, attach, and open the xrefs for editing.

1. Open Ground Floor.dwg.

This is located in the \Use Xrefs subdirectory.2. On the Dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

External References.

Note: If the Reference toolbar is not displayed, right-click any toolbar. Click Reference.

3. On the External References palette, note the status and the saved path values of the xref.

4. Verify that the Existing-Building xref refers to the structure indicated in the following illustration.

Note: You may need to move the External References palette to see the Existing-Building xref.

5. On the External References palette:

Right-click the Existing-Building xref. Click Unload.

Verify that the status of the Existing-Building reference changes to Unloaded.

6. Close the External References palette. 7. Verify that the xref is unloaded and the drawing

for the existing structure disappears. 8. Repeat the Xref command. 9. On the External References palette:

Click Existing-Building. Right-click Reload. Verify that the status of the Existing-

Building reference changes to Loaded. 10. On the External References palette, click the

Attach DWG icon. 11. In the Select Reference File dialog:

Navigate to SiteConcrete.dwg. Click Open.

12. In the External Reference dialog box:

Under Reference Type, click Attachment. Select Relative path from the Path Type

list. In the Insertion Point, Scale, and Rotation

areas, clear the Specify On-screen options to place the xref at 0,0,0.

13. Click OK to close the External Reference dialog box.

14. Notice that the site concrete and the topo lines cover the floor plan.

15. Locate the Draw Order toolbar. 16. In the drawing area, select the concrete

geometry. 17. On the Draw Order toolbar, click Send to Back. 18. In the drawing area, verify that the drawing

appears, as shown.

19. In the drawing area, zoom into the front entrance

of the building.

Note: There is a problem with the concrete pad because it does not extend far enough beneath

the floor plan. Because the problem is with the xref, you need to edit the xref. Although it is possible to edit the xref in-place, for now you use the Xopen command to open the xref in a separate window.

20. On the dashboard, 2D draw control panel, click External References.

21. Notice the appearance of the SiteTopo nested xref.

Note: SiteTopo is referenced into the SiteConcrete drawing as an attachment and therefore it is displayed here. It appears when you attach the SiteConcrete drawing.


Click List View. Right-click SiteConcrete. Click Open. Verify that the status of the SiteConcrete

reference changes to Opened.

23. Close the External References palette. 24. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Stretch. 25. In the drawing area:

Define the stretch crossing window, as shown.

Stretch the geometry 500 units at 180 degrees, to the left.

Save and close the SiteConcrete drawing. 26. Return to the Ground Floor drawing. 27. Notice the bubble in the Status field indicating

that the SiteConcrete xref needs to be reloaded.

28. Click Reload SiteConcrete in the bubble in the Status field as shown in the previous step.

29. In the drawing area, verify that the concrete pad appears correctly under the floor plan, as shown.

30. In the lower-right corner of the screen, click

Manage Xrefs to access the External References

palette. 31. On the External References palette, click

SiteConcrete and change the type as overlay in the Type field.

32. Verify that the Type of the xref changes to

Overlay.

Note: The Ground Floor drawing is referenced into other drawings that do not require the SiteConcrete and SiteTopo geometry. Changing the xref type to Overlay prevents the reference from carrying forward and showing up in those drawings. You cannot change the SiteTopo xref because it is a nested xref. However, because it is nested within an overlay xref, you do not have to change it.

33. Close the External References palette. 34. Save and close all files.

Exercise: Edit, Bind, and Clip XrefsIn this exercise, you reconcile the new layers while you attach Xref and perform an in-place reference edit on the Main-Roof.dwg drawing. You bind an xref to make it a permanent part of the Space-Plan drawing and complete the drawing by using the Xclip command to control the display of the xrefs.

1. Open Second-Floor.dwg. This is located in the \Manage Xrefs subfolder.

Note: The Ground Floor drawing is already referenced into this drawing.

2. Notice that the SiteConcrete and SiteTopo geometry does not appear.

Note: The SiteConcrete and SiteTopo geometry does not appear because the SiteConcrete xref is changed to an overlay in the Ground Floor drawing.

3. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click External References.

4. On the File menu, click Save to save the drawing.

5. On the External References palette, click the Attach DWG icon.

6. In the Select Reference File dialog box:

Navigate to and select Main-Roof.dwg. (This file is in the student files directory.)

Click Open. 7. In the External Reference dialog box:

Under Reference Type, click Attachment. Under Path Type, select Relative Path. Under Insertion Point, ensure that Specify

On-screen is cleared. Click OK.

8. On the status bar:

Notice the Unreconciled New Layers notification.

Click on the View Unreconciled New Layers in Layer Properties Manager link to open the Layer Properties Manager dialog box.

9. In the Layer Properties Manager dialog box, click Unreconciled New Layers.

10. Select all the unreconciled layers and right-click the selected unreconciled layers. Click Reconcile Layer to reconcile the unreconciled layers.

11. Click OK to close the Layer Properties Manager

dialog box. 12. On the Drawing area, the Main Roof geometry

appears but closer evaluation determines that it is not complete and needs to be edited.


Select any part of the Main Roof geometry.

Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Edit Xref In-place.

14. In the Reference Edit dialog box:

View the default settings.

Click OK. 15. In the AutoCAD dialog box that opens, click OK

to save the Edits in the Xref file in the release format of the referenced drawing file.

16. In the drawing area, note the faded geometry, which indicates that you are performing an in-place edit.

17. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, select the $0$A-ROOF layer to set it current.

Note: This is the temporary layer for in-place editing. The geometry that you create will be moved to the A-ROOF xref layer when the editing is complete. The Layers control panel also need to note that to view the layer $0$A-ROOF you need to select the All Used Layers filter in the Layer Properties Manager tree view.

18. Using standard geometry creation and editing commands, create the roof lines, as shown.

Note: The angle lines from the roof corners are at 45 degrees. Zoom into the geometry, as required, and make certain you reference the correct geometry with object snaps. For adjusting the reference edit fading right-click anywhere in the drawing area. Click Options > Display tab and change the reference edit fading intensity as required.

19. On the Refedit toolbar, click Save Reference Edits.

20. In the AutoCAD dialog box that opens, click OK to save the reference edits.

21. Open Main-Roof.dwg. 22. In the drawing area, verify that the new lines are

added to the drawing. 23. Close all files without saving. 24. Open Space-Plan.dwg.25. On the Dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

External References if it is not open.26. On the External References palette:

Select and right-click Ground Floor. Click Bind.

27. In the Bind Xrefs dialog box:

Click Insert.

Click OK.

28. On the External References palette, verify that both the xrefs disappear and are now a permanent part of the drawing.

29. In the drawing area, select any part of the floor plan.

30. On the Dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

Explode to explode the floor plan drawing.31. Open Fire-Station.dwg. 32. Open the External References palette to view

the current xrefs.

Note: The SiteConcrete and SiteTopo drawings are saved as overlays in the Ground Floor drawing. As a result, they are not displayed in this drawing.

33. Open Ground Floor.dwg. 34. On the External References palette, select

SiteConcrete and under Details, select Attach from the Type list to change the SiteConcrete xref to be an Attachment type.

35. Close this file after saving.36. On Fire-Station.dwg, on the Status bar, click the

Reload Ground Floor link in the External Reference Alert bubble.

37. On the status bar:

Notice the Unreconciled New Layers notification.

Click on the View Unreconciled New Layers in Layer Properties Manager link to open the Layer Properties Manager dialog box.

38. Repeat steps 9 to 11 to make the unreconciled layers as reconcile.

39. Verify that the drawing appears, as shown.

40. On the command line, enter XCLIP. Press

ENTER. 41. Select any point on the SiteConcrete or SiteTopo

xrefs.

Press ENTER. Press ENTER again to create a new

boundary. Press ENTER to use the Rectangular

option.

42. Create a rectangular boundary, as shown.

Note: If the border of the clipping boundary is not visible, enter XCLIPFRAME in the command line to make the clip boundary visible.

43. Verify that all the geometry outside the border is removed from the drawing.

44. On the Dashboard, Layers control panel, click

Layer Properties Manager.45. In Layer Properties Manager:

Expand the Xref filter group. Under the Xref filter group click

SiteConcrete. In the layer list, freeze the

SiteConcreteSite-Foundation layer. Click OK.

46. Select the Ground Floor layout tab to verify the change in the drawing after the Site-Foundation layer is frozen.


Exercise: Import a Raster FileIn this exercise, you create a building layout by using a site plan image as reference.

1. Open a new drawing.2. Create a new layer named Building Layout. Set

the Color property of the layer as red.3. Create a new layer named Text. Set the Color

property of the layer as blue. 4. On the command line, enter IMAGEATTACH.

Press ENTER.5. In the Select Image file dialog box:

Navigate to the location of the exercise datasets.

Click c_site_plan. Click Open.

6. In the Image dialog box, under Insertion Point, Scale, and Rotation, ensure that the Specify On-screen check box is clear.

7. In the Image dialog box, under Insertion Point:

For X, enter 0. For Y, enter 0. For Z, enter 0.

Note: The value 0 that you enter automatically changes to 0.0000 because the precision for the values is set to four decimal places.

8. In the Image dialog box:

For Scale, enter 1. Under Rotation, for Angle, enter 0.

Click OK. 9. In the drawing area:

Zoom to the drawing extents to view the complete image.

Verify that the drawing appears, as shown.

10. Set the Building Layout layer current.11. In the drawing area, use the Line command to

draw lines above the existing borders in the Building 1 layout image to trace the Building 1 layout.

12. Set the Text layer current.13. In the drawing area, use the Single Line Text

command to create text in the Building 1 layout, as shown.

14. On the dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click

Insert Block > External References.


Verify that the c_site_plan raster image is listed under File References.

Right-click c_site_plan. Click Unload.

16. In the drawing area, verify that the drawing

appears as shown.

17. On the External References palette, right-click

c_site_plan. Click Reload to retrieve the unloaded site plan image.

18. Repeat steps 10 through 13 to trace Building 2 and Building 3 layouts and to create text in both the building layouts, as shown.

19. Zoom to the drawing extents to view the complete drawing.

20. On the External References palette, right-click c_site_plan. Click Detach because you do not need the site plan reference image.

21. In the drawing area, verify that your drawing appears as shown.


Exercise: Create BlocksIn this exercise, you create blocks to use them in the bathrooms of a floor plan. You insert the blocks and then edit one of them in place. You complete the exercise by writing the blocks to drawing files and creating annotative blocks.

Create Blocks1. Open c_create_blocks.dwg.2. In the drawing area:

Zoom into the drawing. Verify that the geometry you need to use

for creating blocks is already created.

Note: All the geometry is created by using standard drawing and editing.

3. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Make Block.4. In the Block Definition dialog box:

For Name, enter Bathtub. Click Pick Point to select a base point.

5. In the drawing area, select the lower-right corner

of the bathtub geometry, as shown.

6. In the Block Definition dialog box, click Select Objects.


Use a window selection to select all the objects that make up a bathtub.

Press ENTER to end the selection, and return to the Block Definition dialog box.

8. In the Block Definition dialog box:

Under Objects, select the Convert to Block option.

Note the number of objects selected and the block preview.

Verify that the settings in the other areas of the Block Definition dialog box are as shown.

9. Click OK to close the Block Definition dialog box.10. In the drawing area:

Select any part of the newly created block.

Verify that all the objects are selected and a single grip appears at the intersection point.

11. Repeat the Block command, and create a block from the toilet geometry.


For Name, enter Toilet. Click Pick Point to select the base point.

13. In the drawing area, use the Midpoint object snap to select the point, as shown.

14. In the Block Definition dialog box, click Select

Objects.15. In the drawing area:

Use a window selection to select all the objects that make up a toilet.


Click OK to close the Block Definition dialog box.



Verify that all the objects are selected and a single grip appears at the mid point.

17. Repeat the Block command and create a block

from the sink geometry.


For Name, enter Bathroom Sink. Click Pick Point to select the base point.

19. In the drawing area, use the Quadrant object snap to select the point, as shown.

20. In the Block Definition dialog box, click Select

Objects.21. In the drawing area:

Use a window selection to select all the objects that make up a bathroom sink.


Click OK to close the Block Definition dialog box.



Verify that all the objects are selected and a single grip appears, as shown.

23. In the drawing area, select the three newly created block objects.

24. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, select Appliances from the list to move the blocks to the Appliances layer.

Note: Because the blocks are created from the geometry that resides on layer 0, the blocks inherit the properties of the layer on which they are placed.


Use the grips to drag the blocks to the locations just to the right, as shown.

Press ESC to clear all selections.

Insert Blocks1. In the drawing area, zoom to the bathroom on

the right side of the floor plan, as shown.

2. On the Layers control panel, select Appliances from the list to make Appliances the current layer.

3. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Insert Block.4. In the Insert dialog box:

Select Bathtub from the Name list. Under Rotation, ensure that Specify On-

screen is cleared. For Angle, enter 270.

5. Click OK to close the Block Definition dialog box 6. In the drawing area, select the insertion point, as

shown.

7. Repeat the Insert command.8. In the Insert dialog box:

Select Toilet from the Name list. Under Rotation, select Specify On-screen.

Click OK. 9. On the status bar, click Osnap to turn it off.


Click near point (1). Press SHIFT and move the cursor

downwards, as shown. Click near point (2).

11. Repeat the Insert command to place the

Bathroom sink block in the same way as you placed the Toilet block.

Edit Blocks In-place1. To edit one of the blocks in-place and view the

effect on other instances of the block, in the drawing area:

Select the Bathtub block. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click

Edit Block In-place.

2. In the Reference Edit dialog box, click OK.3. In the drawing area:

Verify that all the other objects in the drawing are faded.

Verify that the Refedit toolbar appears.

Note: The fading of all the other objects in the drawing indicates that only the bathtub geometry is currently considered for editing.

4. On the 2D Draw control panel, click Stretch.5. In the drawing area:

Define the stretch crossing area, as shown.

Press ENTER.


Select the point, as shown.

Enter @12

3. Click OK to close the Write Block dialog box.4. Repeat the steps 13 for the Bathroom Sink and

Toilet blocks.5. Verify that the files have been written to the

drawing files by opening them as drawings.6. After verifying the files, close all files without

saving except the c_create_block file.

Create Annotative Blocks1. On the dashboard, Layer control panel, switch

the North Arrow layer on to make the North Arrow layer the current layer and to turn on the visibility of the North Arrow layer.

2. In the drawing area, verify that North Arrow is displayed, as shown.

3. On the status bar, ensure that the Automatically

Add Scales to Annotative Objects When the Annotation Scale Changes icon is turned off.

4. In the drawing area rescale the North Arrow to

the correct scale for appearing the viewports:

Using the Scale command, window select the arrow and N. Press ENTER.

Select the top apex point of the North Arrow symbol to specify a base point for the Scale command.

Enter .025 to define the scale factor at which you want to scale the objects.

Zoom into the drawing to the rescaled objects.

Note: Notice that the size of North Arrow symbol is reduced to a point sized object after scaling the North Arrow to .025 scale factor. To view the scaled North Arrow symbol, zoom into the drawing closely.

5. On the 2D Draw panel, click Make Block.6. In the Block Definition dialog box:

For Name, enter North Arrow. Click Pick Point to select a base point for

the block.

7. In the drawing area, select the top apex point of

the North Arrow symbol, as shown.


Verify that the settings are as shown.

Under Objects, ensure that Convert to Block is selected.

Click Select Objects.


Window select the entire North Arrow symbol along with the letter N.

Press ENTER.


Under Behavior, select Annotative to make the North Arrow block annotative.

Click OK.


Hover the cursor over the newly created block and verify that the annotative symbol appears near the block.

Select the block. Right-click the block and select Annotative

Object Scale > Add/Delete Scales.

12. In the Annotation Object Scale dialog box, click Add.

13. In the Add Scales to Object dialog box:

Under Scale List, select 3/16 = 1'-0.

Click OK.

14. Click OK to close the Annotation Object Scale dialog box.

15. With the Model tab still selected:

Change the annotation scale value on the status bar to 3/16 = 1'0 to view how the North Arrow block appears in a layout with 3/16 = 1'0.

Zoom out the drawing to view the complete the North Arrow block and verify that the block is now visible at the selected scale.

16. At the bottom of the drawing area, click the D-size Plot tab to switch to the D-size Plot layout.

17. On the dashboard, Layers control panel, switch

on the Viewports layer.18. In the drawing area, verify that the drawing

appears, as shown.

19. Select the left viewport.

Note: If the viewport display is locked, then turn it on by clicking Lock/Unlock Viewport on the status bar.

20. On the status bar, set the VP Scale to 3/16 = 1-0.

21. In the drawing area, verify that all the objects are scaled down and that the North Arrow block appears at the same size as it appears in model space with the same Annotation Scale setting.

Note: The North Arrow block may take a few minutes to adjust to the correct scale. The North Arrow block is not scaled down because of the annotative property of this block.

22. On the status bar, ensure that the Automatically Add Scales to Annotative Objects When the Annotation Scale Changes icon is turned off.

23. On the status bar, set the VP Scale to 1/8 = 1-0.

24. In the drawing area, verify that the North Arrow block disappears.

Note: The North Arrow block disappeared because it is does not have an annotative scale representation available for an annotative scale of 1/8 = 1'-0.

25. Click Undo once to cancel the previous action.26. On the status bar, click Automatically Add Scales

to Annotative Objects When the Annotation Scale Changes.

27. Select the left viewport and set the VP Scale to 1/8 = 1-0.

28. Notice the North Arrow block is visible again, and has been sized the same as with the previous scale setting. This is because the annotative scale of 1/8 = 1'-0 is added. Now you can change the VP Scale to 1/4 = 1'0, and the North Arrow block will again appear at a consistent size.


Exercise: Create AttributesIn this exercise, you use the Attdef command to create attributes for a title block.

1. Open c_create_attributes.dwg. 2. Zoom into the lower-right area of the drawing.

3. On the dashboard:

Right-click any control panel. Click Control Panels > Block Attributes.

On the Block Attributes control panel, click Define Attributes.

4. In the Attribute Definition dialog box, enter the following information:

For Tag, enter Project. For Prompt, enter Enter Project. Ensure that Left is selected from the

Justification list. Ensure that PTITLE is selected from the

Text Style list. Ensure that 4 is entered for Height.

5. Click OK to close the Attribute Definition dialog box.

6. In the drawing, position the attribute, as shown.

7. Press ENTER to repeat the Attdef command. 8. In the Attribute Definition dialog box:

For Tag, enter Drawing. For Prompt, enter Filename. Click Insert Field.

9. In the Field dialog box:

Select Filename from the Field Names list.

Click Filename Only. Ensure that Display File Extension is

selected to turn on the display of file extensions.

Note: Using the Filename field in the attribute reflects the current filename when you insert the title block into a drawing.

10. Click OK to close the Field dialog box. 11. Click OK to close the Attribute Definition dialog

box. 12. In the drawing, position the attribute, as shown.

13. Press ENTER to repeat the Attdef command. 14. In the Attribute Definition dialog box:

For Tag, enter Date. For Prompt, enter Enter Date. Ensure that Left is selected from the




16. In the drawing, position the attribute. 17. Press ENTER to repeat the Attdef command. 18. In the Attribute Definition dialog box:

For Tag, enter Scale. For Prompt, enter Enter Scale. Ensure that Left is selected from the




20. In the drawing, position the attribute, as shown.

21. Save and close the file. 22. Open culinary_first_floor.dwg. 23. On the Status Bar, click Dyn to turn off dynamic

input.

Note: If the command line is not currently displayed, enter COMMANDLINE to turn it on.

24. On the Dashboard, 2D Draw control panel, click Insert Block.

25. In the Insert dialog box, click Browse. 26. In the Select Drawing File dialog box:


Click c_create_attributes.dwg. Click Open.

27. Click OK to close the Insert dialog bo

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