autocad course 1

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Ch 1 pg 1-25

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Thursday, January 06, 2011

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New Section 1 Page 1


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Homework for the week is to look through chapter 2

Problems are on page 2-56 do all 3

On the Command line type: startup then 1 then ENTER close autocad.

Next time it is open the screen will be different select new and inches do this form now on

On the ribbon next to the erase button is the explode button use it to make things like rectangles have

each side a different part

Felet makes round corners

Click the button then right click background click radius and press 1 to have a chamfer of 1 inch radius

then right click again and select multiple so that the button does not have to be selected between corners

Right click trim keeps the corners and has the chamfor

Chamfer and felit work about same way

Fielet comand can be used to make 2 lines join just set radius to 0

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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Object snap button helps put lines at intersections cornes ect, ets on the bottom tool bar

Construction tool has several useful right click options like angle and horzontal

Print then plot has several options like printing the display or window



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Homework

HW: Problems 1 - 3 (page 2-56, 2-57).

Bisect button divides an angle in half

Divide button divides a line up but has to change the line snap settings before its helpful

Today create different layers

If building a house use a different layer for everything plumbing electrical ect

There are also different types of lines like thick thin center dotted

Layers

Never use layer 0

When drawing center lines and they dont look right change the line type scale by typing "lts" L T S and

changing the number, usually lower

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When files are saved . Bak files are made

Track time with tools > inquery> time

Class work follow book ch3 pg 3-3 till end

New stuff parallel lines and multiline

To make:

Use

Modify

Or explode command

Quiz Thursday

Homework needs 5 layers: Walls ,Doors, Windows , Construction lines, Bathrooms

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2:58 PM



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Topic for today orthographic projection

3 standard views front top right side

6 total views

Front view usually has fewest hidden lines

4 commonly used lines

Visible or object line (thick .5-.6)Hiden lines (even das .3 )

Center lines (uneven dash .3)

Usually start with front view and object lines sometimes top view

Center lines cannot be drawn between views

Start new document with imperial units

Set up lines as follow:

Turn on the object snap toolbar

Tools>toolbars>AutoCAD>Object snap

Draw> Construction lines> right click horizontal

Start drawing with construction lines

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Offset new line 2.5 inchs away

Make new construction line right click vertical then finish outline of major parts of object left pic outlines, right front of object

Object tracking helps align to. Select line tool then hover over useful corner and slowly move away

dotted line will help it click

To make 45 degree line use construction line again then right click> angle type 45 and select corner of

front face

Finished product



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Talk about model space then scaling homework problems 1-4 ch 4

Shows if in paper or model space click to switch

Height is .125

Angle of rotation of 0 for horzontal

Use all caps in text

Click some where then escape when done

Use for title block

Maek templet:

Impereal units

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Limits 0,0 12,9

Rename tab

Then she went to fast to get notes we made templates and ill draw with dimensions



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Format templates to fit b size paper for inches and metric

Worked on lab problems 2 due today 1 extra credit

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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

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Test next week Tuesday feb 8

How to Use array command

Click select objects

Select objects

Right click when all objects selected

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Thursday, February 03, 2011

2:55 PM



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Use table

TO DELEATE CLICK A CELL THEN CLICK DELEATE

HOLD SHIFT KEYS TO SECLECT MORE THEN ONE CELL

TO THE RIGHT OF DELEATE IS A MERGE CELLS BUTTEN

CAN PUT EQUATIONS INTO CELLS LIKE EXCELL

DOUBLE CLICK A CELL TO CHANGE TEXT

USE GRID POINT TO EXPAND OR SHRINK TABLE:

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RIGHT CLINK CELL > ALIGNMENT > CHOSE HOW YOU WANT LETTERS ALIGNED:

DOCUMNENT NEEDS TO BE SAVED BEFORE FIELD IS UPDATED

AFTER SAVE DOUBLE CLICK > RIGHT CLICK> UPDATE FIELD FOR SAME THING

TO MAKE A NEW STYLE:



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FOR PARTS LIST NEED:

PART NUMBER

PART NAME

PART MATERIAL

# OF PARTS NEEDEDFOR LINES OR ANYTHING RIGHT CLICK > PROPERTIES

CAN CHANGE RADIUS OF CIRCLE OR ANYTHING



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Start chapter 5 pictural drawigs, they look 3d

No class Thursday next week, Feb 25

In autocad draw a box

Use constructions lines at corner

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3:00 PM



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Trace shape of obkect in object lines

2point prospective:

Draw a line

Draw 2 points

Format point style set to any that is easy to see

Circle is length of sides

When finished :

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Read: Chapter 5.

Homework: Problems 1 - 3 (page 5-9 textbook). Create the isometric view using AutoCAD. Submit your

drawings using paper layout.

Learning pictortials

2 most comontypes of pictorials are

Isometric and oblique

Isometric how to

Then copy it to back side

Copy lines between

First draw first side

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then use chamfor to cut lines

For circle



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Over 27 rules to memorize

Dimensioning CH 6

Homework is read ch 6 and there are 3 problems at the end to do

Power point on black board

Make new dimension layer

Make new demsion style

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For metric a template:

Demsioning start:

Tools >toolbars>acad>dimsion



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Or use the annotate tab



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