week 4
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AutoCAD
Short cuts
To draw a line – L
To draw a circle - C
Start new drawing
Save as soon as opened, In case it crashes the programme automatically saves every 10 to 1 minutes, it therefor has a destination o save to.
Open with no template, and always
work in Metric.
Control A – select all
ESC will unselect everything
Press L and then space bar
This command bar tells you
what to do next
It then asks you to select where to place your first
line
Distance
Use the scroll key on the mouse enables you to zoom in and out.
Space bar an esc to exits the command.
Using the mouse to drag across the object to select certain aeas.
There are two ways for specific selection, using marquee selection.
Green - Intercepting
Blue – Fully Inclusive
CTRL + Z = undo
F8 restricts the lines so they are only horizontal or vertical – Autho so it only allows me to draw in right angles.
Dragging from left to right, this only selects what’s inside the
box.
Dragging from right to left, this selects anything that connects to
the box
F3 – Objects snap Enables you to highlight snap points, to grab an accurate point and the end or on the joint of a line. Locatng device
This restricts you when drawing lines.
Selecting a specific point
Click and press ‘DI’ for distance shortcut, then select the two points on which you want to measure.
The grey box above then shows the information needed.
Z – Zoom command
Z spacebar, then select ALL
Drawing to scale