Beginning AutoCAD 2002

Bob McFarlane9780340585719, 0340585714

New features in AutoCAD 2002 are covered in this book, making it a useful refresher course for anyone using AutoCAD at this level, and upgrading to the new software release. The material in the book is also relevant to anyone using other recent releases, including, AutoCAD 2000. It introduces new features in AutoCAD 2002. It provides a thorough grounding in 2D draughting skills. It offers a self-paced learning experience introducing AutoCAD from square one.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 5
Preface……Page 7
1 Enhanced DWF file format……Page 9
1 Publish to Web……Page 10
2 CD-ROM……Page 11
2 Optional hardware……Page 12
3 Saving drawings……Page 13
4 Starting AutoCAD 2002……Page 14
4 The graphics screen……Page 15
4 The menu bar……Page 16
4 The Status bar……Page 17
4 Modify and Draw toolbars……Page 18
4 The escape (Esc) key……Page 19
4 Cascade menu……Page 20
4 Dialogue boxes……Page 21
4 Toolbars……Page 22
4 Fly-out menu……Page 23
4 File types……Page 24
4 Adapting the graphics screen……Page 25
4 The Grips/Pickfirst box……Page 26
5 Starting a new drawing with Wizard……Page 27
5 Drawing line and circle objects……Page 29
5 Active Assistance……Page 32
5 Erasing objects……Page 33
5 Erasing with a Window/Crossing effect……Page 34
5 Note on window/crossing……Page 35
5 The selection set……Page 36
5 Summary……Page 37
6 Grid and Snap setting……Page 38
6 Task……Page 40
6 Drawing with the Polar Tracking aid……Page 41
7 Saving a drawing and exiting AutoCAD……Page 43
7 Opening, modifying and saving existing drawings……Page 44
7 Closing files……Page 47
7 Summary……Page 48
8 Standard sheet 1……Page 50
9 Getting started……Page 52
9 Absolute coordinate entry……Page 53
9 Relative (polar) coordinate entry……Page 54
9 Rectangles……Page 55
9 Conventions……Page 56
9 Task……Page 57
9 Assignment……Page 58
9 Summary……Page 59
10 Circle creation……Page 60
10 Three points on circle circumference……Page 61
10 Saving the drawing……Page 62
10 Summary……Page 63
11 Getting ready……Page 64
11 Using object snap from the toolbar……Page 65
11 The extension and parallel object snap modes……Page 66
11 Running object snap……Page 67
11 Task……Page 68
11 AutoSnap and AutoTrack……Page 69
11 The Snap From object snap……Page 70
11 Object Snap Tracking……Page 71
11 Summary……Page 73
12 Getting started……Page 74
12 Continuous arcs……Page 75
12 Ellipse……Page 76
12 Solid fill……Page 77
12 Ellipses……Page 78
13 Layers and standard sheet 2……Page 79
13 The Layer Properties Manager dialogue box……Page 80
13 Linetypes……Page 82
13 Colour……Page 83
13 Creating new layers……Page 84
13 Saving the layers to the standard sheet……Page 86
13 Layer states……Page 87
13 Saving layer states……Page 89
13 The Object Properties toolbar……Page 90
13 Renaming and deleting layers……Page 91
13 Summary……Page 92
14 User exercise 1……Page 93
15 Fillet and chamfer……Page 95
15 Fillet……Page 96
15 Error messages……Page 97
15 Fillet and chamfer options……Page 98
15 Summary……Page 99
16 Offset……Page 100
16 Extend……Page 102
16 Trim……Page 103
16 Additional exercises……Page 104
16 Changing the offset centre lines……Page 106
16 Question……Page 107
16 Match properties……Page 108
16 Summary……Page 109
17 User exercise 2……Page 110
17 And now……Page 111
18 Text……Page 112
18 Several lines of text……Page 113
18 Editing existing screen text……Page 114
18 Text justification……Page 116
18 Summary……Page 118
19 Dimensioning……Page 119
19 Dimension exercise……Page 120
19 Continue dimensioning……Page 121
19 Leader dimensioning……Page 122
19 Dimension options……Page 123
19 Dimension terminology……Page 124
19 Summary……Page 125
20 Setting dimension style A3DIM……Page 126
20 Using the A3DIM dimension style……Page 132
20 Ordinate dimensioning……Page 133
20 Quick dimensioning……Page 134
20 Summary……Page 136
21 Copy……Page 137
21 Move……Page 139
21 Rotate……Page 140
21 Scale……Page 142
21 Multiple copy……Page 143
21 Mirror……Page 144
21 Reference option……Page 146
21 Summary……Page 148
22 Toggling grips on/off……Page 149
22 What do grips do and how do they work?……Page 150
22 Grip exercise 1……Page 151
22 Selection with grips……Page 153
22 Grips exercise 2……Page 154
22 Summary……Page 155
23 Example 1……Page 156
23 Example 2……Page 157
23 Construction lines……Page 158
23 Rays……Page 160
23 Summary……Page 161
24 Pan……Page 162
24 Zoom……Page 163
24 Zoom center……Page 164
24 Zoom Realtime……Page 165
24 Transparent Zoom……Page 166
24 Summary……Page 167
25 Getting ready……Page 168
25 User-defined hatch patterns – Select objects method……Page 169
25 User-defined hatch patterns – pick points method……Page 172
25 Select objects vs pick points……Page 173
25 Hatch style……Page 174
25 Predefined hatch patterns……Page 175
25 Associative hatching……Page 178
25 Modifying hatching……Page 179
25 Summary……Page 181
25 Assignments……Page 182
26 Point, polygon and solid……Page 183
26 Point……Page 184
26 Polygon……Page 185
26 Solid (or more correctly 2D Solid)……Page 186
26 Summary……Page 187
27 Polylines and splines……Page 188
27 Task……Page 191
27 Line and arc segments……Page 192
27 Task 3……Page 193
27 Task 5……Page 194
27 Splines……Page 195
27 Assignments……Page 196
28 Modifying polylines and splines……Page 197
28 The join option……Page 198
28 Edit vertex option……Page 199
28 Editing a polygon……Page 201
28 Editing a spline curve……Page 202
28 Summary……Page 203
29 Divide, measure and break……Page 204
29 Measure……Page 205
29 Summary……Page 206
30 Lengthen……Page 207
30 Align……Page 209
30 Stretch……Page 210
30 Stretch example……Page 211
30 Summary……Page 212
31 Obtaining information from a drawing……Page 213
31 Distance……Page 214
31 List……Page 215
31 Area……Page 216
31 Transparent calculator……Page 217
31 Summary……Page 218
32 Text fonts and styles……Page 219
32 Creating a text style from the keyboard……Page 220
32 Creating a text style from a dialogue box……Page 221
32 Notes……Page 222
32 Text control codes……Page 224
32 Summary……Page 225
33 Multiline text……Page 226
33 Spellcheck……Page 228
33 Editing multiline text……Page 229
33 Text modifications……Page 230
33 Importing text files into AutoCAD……Page 232
33 Summary……Page 233
34 The ARRAY command……Page 234
34 Rectangular array……Page 235
34 Polar array with rotation……Page 236
34 Polar array with partial fill angle……Page 237
34 Array options……Page 238
34 Summary……Page 239
34 Assignments……Page 240
35 Changing properties……Page 242
35 Command line CHANGE……Page 243
35 LTSCALE and ltScale……Page 244
35 Lineweight……Page 245
35 Changing Properties using the dialogue box……Page 246
35 Changing text……Page 248
35 Combining ARRAY and CHANGE……Page 249
35 Summary……Page 250
36 User exercise 3……Page 251
36 Assignments……Page 252
37 Getting started……Page 253
37 Creating the new dimension styles……Page 254
37 Modifying the new styles……Page 255
37 Using the created dimension styles……Page 256
37 Comparing dimension styles……Page 258
37 Dimension variables……Page 259
37 Tolerance dimensions……Page 260
37 Creating the tolerance dimension styles……Page 261
37 Feature control frames……Page 262
37 Assignments……Page 265
38 Drawing in inches……Page 266
38 Large-scale drawing……Page 268
38 Small-scale drawing……Page 270
38 Assignment……Page 271
39 Multilines, complex lines and groups……Page 272
39 Multilines……Page 273
39 Groups……Page 276
39 Summary……Page 279
40 Getting started……Page 280
40 Keyboard insertion……Page 281
40 Dialogue box insertion……Page 282
40 Exploding a block……Page 283
40 Block exercise……Page 284
40 Notes on blocks……Page 287
40 Using blocks……Page 289
40 Layer 0 and blocks……Page 291
40 Task……Page 292
40 Assignment……Page 293
41 Creating Wblocks……Page 294
41 Inserting Wblocks……Page 297
41 About WBLOCKS……Page 298
41 Exploding wblocks……Page 300
41 Assignment……Page 301
42 Getting started……Page 302
42 Defining the attributes……Page 303
42 Creating the attribute block……Page 305
42 Attribute information……Page 306
42 Summary……Page 308
43 Creating the xref (a wblock)……Page 309
43 Inserting the xref (drawing layout 1)……Page 310
43 Inserting the xref (drawing layout 2)……Page 311
43 Summary……Page 312
44 Dialogue box method……Page 313
44 Isoplanes……Page 314
44 Isometric example……Page 315
44 Assignment……Page 317
45 Notes……Page 318
45 Getting started……Page 319
45 The sheet layout……Page 320
45 The model……Page 321
45 Using the paper space environment……Page 322
45 Model/Paper space example 2……Page 323
45 Dimensioning in model and paper space……Page 326
45 DIMLFAC……Page 327
45 True Associative Dimensioning……Page 328
45 Final thought……Page 330
46 What is a template?……Page 331
46 Using an AutoCAD template file from Startup……Page 332
46 Using an AutoCAD template file from the TODAY window……Page 336
46 Creating our own A3 template file……Page 338
46 Task……Page 339
46 CAD standards……Page 340
46 Summary……Page 343
47 Accessing the Design Centre……Page 344
47 Using the tree view and hierarchy……Page 345
47 Exercise 1……Page 347
47 Exercise 2……Page 349
47 Exercise 3……Page 350
47 Using the Design Center example 1……Page 351
47 Using the Design Center example 2……Page 353
48 My Drawings……Page 355
48 Bulletin Board……Page 358
48 autoDESK Point A……Page 360
49 Creating a DWF file……Page 362
49 Volo View Express……Page 363
49 e-Transmit……Page 365
49 Publishing to the web……Page 369
Index……Page 393