INTRODUCTION

Defining CAD
CAD
Computer Visualisation
System Requirements
An AutoCAD Case Study – Small Change

1 SETTING UP

Limits
Drafting Settings
Precision (Drawing Units)
Options
Profiles
Display
Open & Save
User Preferences
Draw and Modify Toolbar Details

2 STARTING TO DRAW

Moving Around the Drawing Area
Erasing Objects
Drawing Accurately
Absolute Coordinates
Relative Coordinates
Polar Coordinates
Starting the Theatre Drawing
Object Snap (OSNAP)
Ortho and Mirror
Copy
Offset
Extend

3 OBJECT PROPERTIES

Creating Layers .
Layer Linetypes
Layer Lineweight
LineType Scale
Properties
Arcs
Trim
Creating a Door
Rotate
The Mouse Method
Numeric Value Method
Reference Method
Creating the Door Arc
Grips

4 FINISHING THE THEATRE’S STRUCTURE

Fly Floors
Polar Tracking
Circles
Ellipse and Ellipse Arc
Chamfer and Fillet
Polygon
Polylines
Splines
Donuts
Points
Array

5 ADDING INFORMATION TO YOUR DRAWING

Text.
Text Styles
Single Line Text
Multiline Text
Special Symbols
Editing Text
Importing Text
Dimensioning
Linear Dimension
Aligned
Ordinate
Radius
Diameter
Angular
Baseline
Continue
Leader
Dimension Styles
Associative Dimensions

6 DRAWINGS WITHIN DRAWINGS

Blocks
Inserting Blocks
Attribute Extraction
DesignCenter
Tool Palettes
Break
Group
Hatching

7 LINKING DRAWINGS AND OTHER FILES

Revision Cloud
Layers in Xrefs
Inserting Images
Linking to Other Files
Paste
Link
Embed
Exchanging Linked Drawings

8 DRAWING IN THREE DIMENSIONS

Drawing in the Z Axis
Extruding
Modelling with Solids
Editing Solids
Union
Subtract
Intersect
Drawing at Height
Moving the UCS
Attaching Materials
By ACI
By Layer
Rendering
Landscape Objects
Lights
3D Views

9 PLOTTING YOUR DRAWINGS.

Basic Plotting
Plotting to Scale
Layouts
Using an Outside Plotter
Plot Stamps
Creating a Portable Document Format (PDF) File

10 EXCHANGING DRAWINGS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS

DXF
DWF
Exporting Raster Files
Opening AutoCAD .dwgs in Other Programs
TurboCAD V10
VectorWorks V10.5
Stardraw 2D
Softplot 8
WYSIWYG