AUTOCAD
PUSA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NAME - SACHIN SHARMA
ROLL NO - 1808041053
BRANCH - CIVIL (MOR)
SEM/YEAR - 5th/ 3rd
SUBMITTED TO – NITISH KUMAR
AUTOCAD
INTRODUCTION : AutoCAD is a commercial software application
used to draft 2dimensional and 3-dimensional models with the aid of a
Computer. Although this description provides an all-encompassing
explanation of what AutoCAD is used for, it does not break down its
uses into the specialized units the software is known for. Therefore, I
shall outline 5practical ways in which the CAD software can be made
used of
AutoCAD is widely used in the civil engineering field because of its
ability to plan sites a lot easier then hand drawings. The main thing is
that if WE want to draft any civil engineering structure (2D, 3D) such as
buildings, bridges, roads, drainage, pipeline, dams, intersection etc. with
accuracy, speed and that can be easily edited, AutoCAD is the best
option.
I. Application Menu: Provides access to filenavigationand
management options. It was referred to as the application
menu in other versions of Revit and other office appl
2. Quick Access Toolbar: Used to display the most frequently
used commands.
3. Ribbon: Featured in most desktop applications, it contains
commands needed for mutine tasks.
4. Infocenter: Provides information related to keyw'ord
searches, product updates, and announcements.
5. Drawling Tabs: Provides the list of opened drawings in
tabs format.
6. Drawling Area: It displays views, sheets, schedules, and
other elements ofthe project.
Newly opened views display on top of other opened views in
the drawing area.
7. ViewCube and Navigation Tools: Allows to choose and
adjusta model's viewpoint. civil
8. LaWEt and Model Elements: Allows selecting and
switching between different laWEts and model views.
9. Command Line: The command line is themain medium of
communication between the user and AutoCAD, besides the
commands available from the ribbon. This is where we
execute and provide dynamic inputs.
I O. Status Bar: Located at the bottom, it provides names,
family, types, tips, or hints on selected element
Importance of AutoCad :
o AutoCAD as an 2D-engineering drafting tool: WE can use
AutoCAD to draw accurate 2D drawings for any engineering
domain and also use AutoCAD to render to 3D models to help in
visualization of the end product. It helps engineers to design,
analyse and solve design issues resulting in accurate designs.
o 3D View: AutoCAD help model 3D objects with colors,
materials and/or textures applied to various surfaces making
them vivid and easier for the user to visualize the end product.
3D drafting of building and bridge repectively.
o Accuracy: AutoCAD enables WE to draw with fractional
dimensions and also define precision to any number of
decimal places, which is not possible to achieve in hand-
drafted manual drawings, hence offering accuracy in all
dimensions.
o Speed.
o Easy to use and edit:
o Powerful Graphics and realistic view
Disadvantage of AutoCad :
o The program has a high cost, due to its license.
o Knowing how to fully use the software requires a lot of time
since there are many functions, and even that they are of little
application, since they are very specific.
o It requires a powerful computer to work with processing speed,
and a high space on the hard drive.
o Most people who want to learn to use this program have to
choose to pay quite expensive courses to learn how to use
them completely.
The mouse
The computer mouse has an important role in AutoCAD.
There are three essential parts of a mouse, namely, the left
button, right button, and a scroll wheel.
DRAWING COMMANDS
Drawing commands form the foundation of
any CAD program. These commands are
circles, rectangles, polygons, line, trim, etc.
LINE :- To draw a line, line command is used. Line
command can be given by following ways.
1) Activate the LINE
command
2) Click on the starting
3) move mouse
4) Click to indicate the
ending point (Do not
hold the click)
5) Press on the ESC key
on OUR keyboard to
end the process
POLY LINE :- A polyline is a connected sequence of line
segments created as a single object.
1) Click on Poly line icon
2) Click on the starting
3) Move mouse
4) Click to indicate the end point
5) Press on the ESC key on keyboard to end the process.
RECTANGLE:- The rectangle command is used to
create rectangles in our drawing.
1) Click on RECTANGLE icon
2) Click on the starting
3) Move mouse
4) Click to indicate the end point
5) Press on the ESC key on keyboard to end the process.
CIRCLE:-The circle command is used to draw
a circle by specifying the center point and radius
1. Click on the CIRCLE icon
2. Specify the center of the circle with a
click in the drawing area
3. Specify the radius of the circle with
another click
POLYGON:- Polygon command is used to draw regular
polygon shapes.
1) Click on “polygon” tool bar
2) Type polygon by key board in command window.
3) Specify the center point by clicking a point or typing coordinates.
4) Specify the radius by typing a distance or clicking a point.
COPY:- The copy command is used to copy the objects.
1) Click the COPY Icon
2) Type COPY at the Command Prompt.
3) Pick Objects to copy.
4) Pick A point to Move from.
5) Type A point to copy to
MOVE:- Move command is
used when we can‟t display
object to a specified location
1) Select the object to move (or
objects to move)
2) Click on the icon shown on the image above
3) Select the base point with a click.
4) Move and drop
MIRROR:- The mirror command in AutoCAD is used
to create a copy (mirror copy) of the selected object.
1) Select objects
2) Click on the MIRROR
icon
3) Specify the first point of the
mirror line
4) Specify the second point of
the mirror line
5) Hit Enter
ROTATE:- Rotate command facilitates to rotate the
object at defined angle.
1) Select the object to rotate
2) Click on the ROTATE icon
3) Specify the base point
4) Specify the rotation angle
(positive angle for
anticlockwise rotation and
negative angle for clockwise
rotation) and Hit Enter
OFFSET:- The Offset command creates parallel copies
of objects like lines or curves.
1) Click on the Offset
Icon.
2) Type OFFSET at the
command prompt.
3) Type The Distance to
offset.
4) Select object to
offset
5) Pick A side to offset
object to
6) Pick Another Object to offset.
DIMENSION:- Use Dimenson command to create
horizontal, vertical, aligned, and radial dimensions.
1) Click on
Dimension
Icon.
2) Select
starting
and ending
point.
3) Select the
distance
point.
TRIM:- The Trim
command in
AutoCAD is used to
remove the objects, which
meet the edges of other
objects. It is used to
remove extra lines or
extra parts of an object.
1) Click on TRIM Icon.
2) Select Objects that intersect each other and Hit
ENTER
3) Select the part (or parts) to be removed.
TEXT:- The Text command in AutoCAD is use single-
line text to create one or more lines
of text.
1) Click elsewhere in a drawing to
start a new set of rows of single-
line text
2) Press Tab or Shift+Tab to move
forward and back between the sets
of single-line text
3) Press Alt and click a text object to
edit a set of text lines
❖ ARC COMMAND:- The Arc command is often used
to produce arcs.
1) Choose Draw Arc. Or
2) Click the ARC Icon. or
3) Type ARC at the Command Prompt.
4) Draw one of the Arcs.
FILLET:- The Fillet command adds a highly
specific fillet (arc) between two
objects in the drawing, making each
of the fillet's end points tangent to
one of the objects.
1) Click on the fillet command icon
2) Type R and Press Enter
3) Specify the fillet Radius and Press Enter
4) Select the first line
5) Select the second line
CHAMFER:- The
chamfer is very similar to the fillet
command of Auto Cad software.
The difference between them is
Chamfer works on distance or
angle but fillet works on the arc.
1. Click on the Chamfer icon
2. Type D and Press Enter
3. Specify the first chamfer distance and Press Enter
4. Specify the second chamfer distance and Press Enter
5. Select the first line
6. Select the second line
ERASE:- The erase command is used to remove or delete
objects from the drawing.
1) Select the object to Erase.
2) Click on ERASE Icon.
EXPLODE:-
The EXPLODE command in
AutoCAD comes in handy to
disassemble a component into its
sub-components
1) Select the object to EXPLODE.
2) Type X or EXPLODE on the command line and press Enter.
JOIN
1) Select the object to JOIN.
2) Type J or join on the command line
and press Enter.
SPLINE:- A SPLINE is a smooth curve that passes through or
near a set of fit points.
1) Click on the SPLINE icon
2) Specify the points, one after the other
3) When done specifying points, Press ENTER
ARAAY POLAR:-
ARRAYPOLAR will help distribute
objects in a circular pattern around a
center point.
1) Click on its icon or type
ARRAYPOLAR and hit Enter
2) Select the reference object(s) and hit
Enter
3) Specify the center point of the array
PATH ARRAY:- ARRAYPATH will help distribute
objects along a path.
1) Click on its icon or type ARRAYPATH and hit Enter
2) Select the reference object(s) and hit Enter
EXTEND:- It helps extend object(s) to meet the edges of other
objects
1. Click on Extend icon or type extend.
2. Select the objects to serve as boundary
edges. Press Enter when finish selecting
the boundary edges.
3. Select the objects to extend and press
Enter.
FUNCTION KEYS COMMAND
o F1 — Opens the AutoCAD Help window
F2 — Opens the AutoCAD text window, which shows an extended view of the
Command Line entries. Useful when the Command Line is too small to see what
WE are interested in.
F3 — Toggles the Osnap tool (what I call the “Basket of Snaps”–see tip 1004) on
and off. This is a super-useful key. The basket of snaps often snaps to an object
that WE did not intend. This is a time-waster that really adds up if it happens
repeatedly. Use this key to turn the basket on when needed and off when it might
cause mis-snaps.
F4 — Toggles 3D Osnap on and off. See comments above.
F5 — Toggles Isoplane between Top/Right/Left. For drawing “fake-3D” isometric
drawings. To get into the Isometric drawing mode, hover over the Snap Mode button
at the bottom left of the screen, right-click, and choose Settings. Then under Snap
type, choose Isometric Snap. Now use the F5 key to toggle between the three sides
of the object WE are drawing: top, right, and left.
F6 — Turns Dynamic UCS on and off. Useful in 3D modeling work.
F7 — Toggles Grid Display on and off. I use this key in combination with the F9 key
to organize text objects on a regular grid–see Tip 1011.
F8 — Toggles Ortho mode on and off. One of the most useful keys of all.
F9 — Toggles Grid Snap (snap to grid) on and off. See comments on F7.
F10 — Toggles Polar Tracking on and off. Very useful when working with designs
having more than one geometric orientation, as when part of the design is rotated 45
degrees in relation to another part. Note that when WE use this key to turn Polar
Tracking on, Ortho is automatically turned off. In the same way that F7 and F9 are
“sibling” function keys, F8 and F10 are siblings and are often used in tandem.
F11 — Toggles Object Snap Tracking on and off. Some designers use Object Snap
Tracking all the time and never turn it off. This key makes it easy to turn it on and off
as needed.
F12 — Toggles Dynamic Input on and off. It seems to me that WE probably either
love Dynamic Input (which puts the Command Line and Status Bar information near
OUR pointer in the work area) or WE hate it. If WE like it but only at times, this key
will help.
TUTORIAL 1
COMMANDS USED IN TUTORIAL
(1) RECTANGLE
(2) OFFSET
(3) CIRCLE
(4) DIMNSION
(5) CENTER LINE
TUTORIAL 2
COMMANDS USED IN TUTORIAL
(1) LINE
(2) OFFSET
(3) CIRCLE
(4) ARC
(5) DIMNSION
(6) TRIM
(7) MIRRIOR
TUTORIAL 3
COMMANDS USED IN TUTORIAL
(1) LINE (6) TRIM
(2) RECTANGLE (7) FILLET
(3) CIRCLE (8) COPY
(4) ARC
(5) DIMENSION
TUTORIAL 4
FOUNDATION
COMMAND USED IN TUTORIAL
(1) LINE (6) TRIM
(2) MIRRIOR (7) TEXT
(3) RECTANGLE (8) HATCH
(4) TRIM
(5) DIMENSION
TUTORIAL 5
COMMANDS USED IN
TUTORIAL
1) LINE
2) RECTANGLE
3) HATCH
4) DIMENSOIN
5) MULTI LEADER
6) TEXT
7) CIRCLE
8) OFFSET
9) FILLET
10) BREAK LINE
11) MIRRIOR
12) PROPERTY
TUTORIAL 6
COMMANDS USED IN
TUTORIAL
1) LINE
2) RECTANGLE
3) HATCH
4) DIMENSOIN
5) TEXT
6) CIRCLE
7) OFFSET
8) FILLET
9) MIRRIOR
TUTORIAL 7
TUTORIAL 8
TUTORIAL 9
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