AutoCAD 2009 Essentials

PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES......Page 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 14
PREREQUISITES......Page 16
STARTING AUTOCAD 2009......Page 18
UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOCAD 2009 INTERFACE......Page 19
POINTS IN AUTOCAD......Page 23
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AUTOCAD......Page 24
DRAWING LIMITS......Page 25
AUTOCAD UNITS AND AUTOCAD SPACES......Page 26
VIEWING COMMANDS......Page 27
OPENING AN EXISTING FILE......Page 28
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 33
CHAPTER REVIEW ANSWERS......Page 34
LINE COMMAND......Page 36
DRAFTING USING DYNAMIC INPUT......Page 37
PRECISION METHOD 1: SNAP AND GRID......Page 38
PRECISION METHOD 2: DIRECT DISTANCE ENTRY AND ORTHO......Page 40
DIRECT DISTANCE ENTRY AND ORTHO......Page 41
ARC COMMAND......Page 42
DRAWING ARCS......Page 43
CIRCLE COMMAND......Page 44
DRAWING CIRCLES......Page 46
PRECISION METHOD 3: OBJECT SNAP (OSNAP)......Page 47
OBJECT SNAP TRACKING (OTRACK)......Page 50
DRAWING USING OSNAP & OTRACK......Page 52
PLINE COMMAND......Page 54
DRAWING POLYLINES......Page 56
POLAR TRACKING......Page 57
DRAWING USING POLAR TRACKING......Page 60
ERASE COMMAND......Page 61
REDRAW & REGEN COMMANDS......Page 64
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 66
CHAPTER REVIEW ANSWERS......Page 67
THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE SETTING UP YOUR DRAWING......Page 68
STEP 1: DRAWING UNITS......Page 69
STEP 2: DRAWING LIMITS......Page 70
STEP 3: LAYERS......Page 71
LAYER NAMES, COLORS, LINETYPES, AND LINEWEIGHTS......Page 77
LAYER FUNCTIONS......Page 78
QUICK PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES, AND MATCH PROPERTIES......Page 83
CREATING OUR PROJECT (IMPERIAL)......Page 86
CHAPTER REVIEW ANSWERS......Page 88
INTRODUCTION......Page 90
OFFSET COMMAND......Page 91
OFFSETTING OBJECTS......Page 94
FILLET COMMAND......Page 95
FILLETING OBJECTS......Page 97
CHAMFER COMMAND......Page 98
CHAMFERING OBJECTS......Page 101
TRIM COMMAND......Page 102
TRIMMING OBJECTS......Page 103
EXTEND COMMAND......Page 104
EXTENDING OBJECTS......Page 106
LENGTHEN COMMAND......Page 107
LENGTHENING OBJECTS......Page 108
DRAWING THE PLAN (METRIC)......Page 109
DRAWING THE PLAN (IMPERIAL)......Page 112
CHAPTER REVIEW ANSWERS......Page 116
INTRODUCTION......Page 118
SELECTING OBJECTS......Page 119
OTHER METHODS FOR SELECTING OBJECTS......Page 121
MOVE COMMAND......Page 122
MOVING OBJECTS......Page 123
COPY COMMAND......Page 124
ROTATE COMMAND......Page 125
ROTATING OBJECTS......Page 126
SCALE COMMAND......Page 127
SCALING OBJECTS......Page 128
ARRAY COMMAND......Page 129
RECTANGULAR ARRAY......Page 131
MIRROR COMMAND......Page 134
STRETCH COMMAND......Page 136
STRETCHING OBJECTS......Page 137
BREAK COMMAND......Page 138
BREAKING OBJECTS......Page 139
GRIPS: THE FIVE COMMANDS......Page 140
GRIPS: STEPS & NOTES......Page 141
GRIPS & DYNAMIC INPUT......Page 142
USING GRIPS......Page 144
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 146
CREATING BLOCKS......Page 148
CREATING A BLOCK (METRIC)......Page 152
INSERTING BLOCKS......Page 153
INSERTING BLOCKS (METRIC)......Page 155
INSERTING BLOCKS (IMPERIAL)......Page 156
EXPLODING BLOCKS......Page 157
SHARING DATA BETWEEN AUTOCAD FILES USING DESIGN CENTER (BLOCKS)......Page 158
BLOCK AUTOMATIC SCALING......Page 160
USING DESIGN CENTER (METRIC)......Page 162
TOOL PALETTE: INTRODUCTION......Page 163
CREATING A TOOL PALETTE FROM SCRATCH......Page 165
CUSTOMIZING TOOL PALETTES......Page 167
USING AND CUSTOMIZING TOOL PALETTES (METRIC & IMPERIAL)......Page 170
EDITING BLOCKS......Page 171
EDITING BLOCKS (IMPERIAL)......Page 173
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 175
HATCH COMMAND: SELECTING THE HATCH PATTERN......Page 176
HATCH COMMAND: SELECTING THE AREA TO BE HATCHED......Page 180
HATCHING USING THE HATCH COMMAND (METRIC)......Page 181
HATCHING USING THE HATCH COMMAND (IMPERIAL)......Page 182
HATCH COMMAND: OPTIONS......Page 183
HATCH COMMAND: HATCH ORIGIN......Page 186
ASSOCIATIVE HATCHING & HATCH ORIGIN (IMPERIAL)......Page 187
HATCH COMMAND: ADVANCED FEATURES......Page 188
HATCHING USING TOOL PALETTES......Page 190
GRADIENT COMMAND......Page 191
HOW TO EDIT AN EXISTING HATCH OR GRADIENT......Page 195
EDIT HATCHING (IMPERIAL)......Page 197
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 198
INTRODUCTION......Page 200
TEXT STYLE......Page 201
CREATING A TEXT STYLE (IMPERIAL)......Page 204
SINGLE LINE TEXT......Page 205
MULTILINE TEXT COMMAND......Page 206
WRITING TEXT (METRIC & IMPERIAL)......Page 213
EDITING TEXT USING QUICK PROPERTIES & PROPERTIES......Page 214
TEXT & GRIPS......Page 217
SPELL CHECK & FIND AND REPLACE......Page 218
EDITING TEXT (METRIC & IMPERIAL)......Page 219
TABLE STYLE......Page 220
CREATING TABLE STYLE (METRIC)......Page 224
TABLE COMMAND......Page 225
INSERTING TABLES (METRIC)......Page 227
INSERTING TABLES (IMPERIAL)......Page 228
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 229
INTRODUCTION......Page 232
DIMENSION TYPES......Page 233
DIMENSION STYLES: THE FIRST STEP......Page 236
DIMENSION STYLE: LINES TAB......Page 237
DIMENSION STYLE: SYMBOLS AND ARROWS TAB......Page 240
DIMENSION STYLE: TEXT TAB......Page 243
DIMENSION STYLE: FIT TAB......Page 246
DIMENSION STYLE: PRIMARY UNITS TAB......Page 247
DIMENSION STYLE: ALTERNATE UNITS TAB......Page 249
DIMENSION STYLE: TOLERANCES TAB......Page 250
DIMENSION STYLE: CREATING A CHILD STYLE......Page 253
CONTROLLING DIMENSION STYLES......Page 254
CREATING DIMENSION STYLES (METRIC)......Page 255
CREATING DIMENSION STYLES (IMPERIAL)......Page 256
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: INTRODUCTION......Page 257
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: LINEAR......Page 258
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: ALIGNED......Page 260
LINEAR AND ALIGNED DIMENSIONS......Page 261
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: ANGULAR......Page 262
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: ARC LENGTH......Page 263
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: RADIUS......Page 264
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: DIAMETER......Page 265
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: ORDINATE......Page 266
ANGULAR, ARC LENGTH, RADIUS, DIAMETER AND DIMENSIONS......Page 267
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: CONTINUE......Page 268
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: BASELINE......Page 269
CONTINUOUS AND BASELINE DIMENSIONS......Page 270
DIMENSIONING COMMANDS: QUICK DIMENSION......Page 271
DIMENSION BLOCKS AND GRIPS......Page 272
QUICK DIMENSION AND EDITING......Page 274
MULTILEADER: INTRODUCTION......Page 276
MULTILEADER: COMMANDS......Page 282
MULTILEADER......Page 283
CREATING DIMENSIONS IN THE PLAN (IMPERIAL)......Page 284
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 287
MODEL SPACE VS. PAPER SPACE......Page 288
INTRODUCTION TO LAYOUTS......Page 289
HOW DO YOU SWITCH BETWEEN MODEL SPACE AND LAYOUTS?......Page 290
HOW DO YOU CREATE A NEW LAYOUT?......Page 291
WHAT IS PAGE SETUP MANAGER?......Page 293
CREATING LAYOUTS AND PAGE SETUP (METRIC)......Page 295
CREATING LAYOUTS AND PAGE SETUP (IMPERIAL)......Page 296
LAYOUTS AND VIEWPORTS......Page 297
MODEL SPACE AND PAPER SPACE MODES IN LAYOUTS......Page 302
MODIFYING, SCALING, AND MAXIMIZING VIEWPORTS......Page 303
INSERTING AND SCALING VIEWPORTS (METRIC)......Page 306
INSERTING AND SCALING VIEWPORTS (IMPERIAL)......Page 308
PLOT STYLE TABLES: COLOR-DEPENDENT PLOT STYLE TABLE......Page 310
PLOT STYLE TABLES: NAMED PLOT STYLE TABLE......Page 315
PLOT COMMAND......Page 319
WHAT ARE DWF FILES?......Page 320
CREATING MULTIPLE SHEET DWF FILES (METRIC & IMPERIAL)......Page 324
CHAPTER REVIEW......Page 325
WHAT ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN A TEMPLATE FILE?......Page 326
HOW DO YOU CREATE A TEMPLATE FILE?......Page 327
ID COMMAND......Page 328
AREA COMMAND......Page 329
LIST COMMAND......Page 330
INDEX......Page 332