AutoCAD 2011 Tutor for Engineering Graphics

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
THE 2D DRAFTING & ANNOTATION WORKSPACE......Page 23
THE AUTOCAD CLASSIC WORKSPACE......Page 24
THE INITIAL SETUP WORKSPACE......Page 25
THE STATUS BAR......Page 26
The Command Line......Page 29
Dynamic Input......Page 30
Document Controls......Page 31
TOOLBARS FROM THE AUTOCAD CLASSIC WORKSPACE......Page 32
DOCKING TOOLBARS......Page 33
RIBBON DISPLAY MODES......Page 34
TOOL PALETTES......Page 35
COMMAND ALIASES......Page 36
STARTING A NEW DRAWING......Page 37
OPENING AN EXISTING DRAWING......Page 38
BASIC DRAWING COMMANDS......Page 40
CONSTRUCTING LINES......Page 41
Dynamic Input and Lines......Page 42
THE DIRECT DISTANCE MODE FOR DRAWING LINES......Page 43
USING OBJECT SNAP FOR GREATER PRECISION......Page 45
Center (Cen)......Page 47
Extension (Ext)......Page 48
Insert (Ins)......Page 49
Midpoint (Mid)......Page 50
Nearest (Nea)......Page 51
Perpendicular (Per)......Page 52
Tangent (Tan)......Page 53
CHOOSING RUNNING OBJECT SNAP......Page 55
POLAR TRACKING......Page 56
SETTING A POLAR SNAP VALUE......Page 58
SETTING A RELATIVE POLAR ANGLE......Page 59
OBJECT SNAP TRACKING MODE......Page 60
USING TEMPORARY TRACKING POINTS......Page 62
ALTERNATE METHODS USED FOR PRECISION DRAWING: CARTESIAN COORDINATES......Page 63
POLAR COORDINATE MODE FOR DRAWING LINES......Page 65
COMBINING COORDINATE MODES FOR DRAWING LINES......Page 66
CONSTRUCTING CIRCLES......Page 67
Dynamic Input and Circles......Page 68
CONSTRUCTING POLYLINES......Page 69
ERASING OBJECTS......Page 71
SAVING A DRAWING FILE......Page 72
Save As......Page 73
EXITING AN AUTOCAD DRAWING SESSION......Page 74
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 01_GAGE BLOCK.DWG......Page 75
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 01_ANGLE BLOCK.DWG......Page 76
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 01_ANGLE PLATE.DWG......Page 78
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 01_PATTERN.DWG......Page 80
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 01_TEMPLATE.DWG......Page 84
SETTING DRAWING UNITS......Page 87
ENTERING ARCHITECTURAL VALUES FOR DRAWING LINES......Page 88
SETTING THE LIMITS OF THE DRAWING......Page 89
USING GRID IN A DRAWING......Page 90
SETTING A SNAP VALUE......Page 91
CONTROLLING DYNAMIC INPUT......Page 92
THE ALPHABET OF LINES......Page 93
ORGANIZING A DRAWING THROUGH LAYERS......Page 94
THE LAYER PROPERTIES MANAGER PALETTE......Page 95
CREATING NEW LAYERS......Page 97
AUTO-HIDING THE LAYER PROPERTIES MANAGER PALETTE......Page 99
True Color Tab......Page 100
ASSIGNING LINETYPES TO LAYERS......Page 101
ASSIGNING LINEWEIGHT TO LAYERS......Page 102
THE LINEWEIGHT SETTINGS DIALOG BOX......Page 103
THE LINETYPE MANAGER DIALOG BOX......Page 104
LOCKED LAYERS......Page 105
CONTROL OF LAYER PROPERTIES......Page 106
MAKING A LAYER CURRENT......Page 107
RIGHT-CLICK SUPPORT FOR LAYERS......Page 108
CONTROLLING THE LINETYPE SCALE......Page 109
Layer Filters......Page 111
Layer Groups......Page 112
Layer States Manager......Page 113
ADDITIONAL LAYER TOOLS......Page 114
Match Object’s Layer (Laymch)......Page 115
Isolate Object’s Layer (Layiso)......Page 116
Copy Objects to New Layer (Copytolayer)......Page 117
Layer Walk (Laywalk)......Page 118
Freeze Object’s Layer (Layfrz)......Page 119
Turn Object’s Layer Off (Layoff)......Page 120
Merging Layers into One (Laymrg)......Page 121
Deleting All Objects on a Layer (Laydel)......Page 122
CREATING TEMPLATE FILES......Page 123
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 02_CREATING LAYERS.DWG......Page 125
MECHANICAL APPLICATION......Page 130
CIVIL APPLICATION......Page 131
VIEWING YOUR DRAWING WITH ZOOM......Page 132
ZOOMING WITH A WHEEL MOUSE......Page 134
ZOOMING IN REAL TIME......Page 135
USING ZOOM-CENTER......Page 136
USING ZOOM-EXTENTS......Page 137
USING ZOOM-WINDOW......Page 138
USING ZOOM-OBJECT......Page 139
USING ZOOM-SCALE......Page 140
PANNING A DRAWING......Page 141
CREATING NAMED VIEWS......Page 142
CREATING OBJECT SELECTION SETS......Page 147
Selecting Objects by Individual Picks......Page 148
Selecting Objects by Window......Page 149
Selecting Objects by a Fence......Page 150
Selecting Objects by a Crossing Polygon......Page 151
CYCLING THROUGH OBJECTS......Page 152
THE QSELECT COMMAND......Page 153
ISOLATE AND HIDE OJECTS......Page 154
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 03_SELECT OBJECTS.DWG......Page 156
METHODS OF SELECTING MODIFY COMMANDS......Page 166
MOVING OBJECTS......Page 167
COPYING OBJECTS......Page 169
SCALING OBJECTS......Page 170
SCALE—Reference......Page 172
ROTATE—Reference......Page 173
CREATING FILLETS AND ROUNDS......Page 174
Filleting by Radius......Page 175
Fillet as a Cornering Tool......Page 176
Filleting Polylines......Page 177
CREATING CHAMFERS......Page 178
Chamfer by Equal Distances......Page 179
Chamfer by Angle......Page 180
Chamfer Project—Beam......Page 181
Offsetting Using a Through Point......Page 182
Offsetting by a Distance......Page 183
Performing Multiple Offsets......Page 184
Selecting Individual Cutting Edges......Page 185
Selecting All Objects as Cutting Edges......Page 186
More about Individual Cutting Edges......Page 187
Trimming Exercise—Floor Plan......Page 188
Selecting Individual Boundary Edges......Page 189
Extending Multiple Objects......Page 190
Extend Exercise—Piping Diagram......Page 191
Identifying a New First Break Point......Page 192
Break at Point......Page 193
LEVEL II MODIFY COMMANDS......Page 194
Creating Rectangular Patterns with Positive Offset......Page 195
Creating Rectangular Patterns with Negative Offsets......Page 197
CREATING POLAR ARRAYS......Page 198
Mirroring and Copying......Page 200
Mirroring by Flipping......Page 201
STRETCHING OBJECTS......Page 202
How Stretching Affects Dimensions......Page 203
Stretching Using Multiple Crossing Windows......Page 204
Joining Objects into a Single Polyline......Page 205
Generating Splines......Page 206
Linetype Generation of Polylines......Page 207
Multiple Polyline Editing......Page 208
EXPLODING OBJECTS......Page 210
LENGTHENING OBJECTS......Page 211
JOINING OBJECTS......Page 212
UNDOING AND REDOING OPERATIONS......Page 213
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 04_ANGLE.DWG......Page 214
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 04_GASKET.DWG......Page 220
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 04_TILE.DWG......Page 225
END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 4......Page 228
METHODS OF SELECTING OTHER DRAW COMMANDS......Page 229
CONSTRUCTING ARCS......Page 230
Continue Mode......Page 232
CREATING A BOUNDARY......Page 233
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR CREATING CIRCLES......Page 235
2 Points Circle Mode......Page 236
Constructing an Arc Tangent to Two Lines Using CIRCLE-TTR......Page 237
Constructing an Arc Tangent to a Line and Arc Using CIRCLE-TTR......Page 238
Constructing an Arc Tangent to Two Arcs Using CIRCLE-TTR......Page 240
Constructing an Arc Tangent to Two Arcs Using CIRCLE-TTR......Page 241
Constructing a Line Tangent to Two Arcs or Circles......Page 242
CIRCLE—Tan Tan Tan......Page 243
CREATING FILLED-IN DOTS (DONUTS)......Page 244
CONSTRUCTING ELLIPTICAL SHAPES......Page 246
CREATING POINT OBJECT......Page 248
DIVIDING OBJECTS INTO EQUAL SPACES......Page 249
CREATING POLYGONS......Page 251
CREATING A RAY CONSTRUCTION LINE......Page 253
Changing Rectangle Properties......Page 254
Rectangle by Dimensions......Page 255
CREATING A REVISION CLOUD......Page 256
Calligraphy Revision Clouds......Page 257
CREATING SPLINES......Page 258
MASKING TECHNIQUES WITH THE WIPEOUT COMMAND......Page 259
CREATING CONSTRUCTION LINES WITH THE XLINE COMMAND......Page 260
CREATING OBJECTS WITH THE ADDSELECTED COMMAND......Page 262
OGEE OR REVERSE CURVE CONSTRUCTION......Page 263
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 05_GEAR-ARM.DWG......Page 265
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 05_PATTERN1.DWG......Page 271
AUTOCAD TEXT COMMANDS......Page 276
ADDING MULTILINE TEXT IN THE 2D DRAFTING AND ANNOTATION WORKSPACE......Page 277
FORMATTING PANEL......Page 279
SPELL CHECK AND TOOLS PANELS......Page 280
JUSTIFYING MULTILINE TEXT......Page 281
INDENTING TEXT......Page 282
BULLETING AND NUMBERING TEXT......Page 283
CHANGING THE MTEXT WIDTH AND HEIGHT......Page 284
CREATING PARAGRAPHS OF TEXT......Page 285
ORGANIZING TEXT BY COLUMNS......Page 286
ADDING MULTILINE TEXT IN THE AUTOCAD CLASSIC WORKSPACE......Page 288
IMPORTING TEXT INTO YOUR DRAWING......Page 289
MULTILINE TEXT SYMBOLS......Page 290
TEXT JUSTIFICATION MODES......Page 291
ADDITIONAL SINGLE LINE TEXT APPLICATIONS......Page 292
EDITING TEXT......Page 293
GLOBALLY MODIFYING THE HEIGHT OF TEXT......Page 296
GLOBALLY MODIFYING THE JUSTIFICATION OF TEXT......Page 297
SPELL-CHECKING TEXT......Page 299
CREATING DIFFERENT TEXT STYLES......Page 300
FIELDS......Page 302
Fields and Drawing Properties......Page 304
CREATING TABLES......Page 305
INSERT AND DATA PANELS......Page 308
Modifying a Table......Page 309
Autofilling Cells in a Table......Page 310
TABLES AND MICROSOFT EXCEL......Page 311
CREATING TABLE STYLES......Page 312
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 06_PUMP_ASSEMBLY.DWG......Page 315
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 06_TABLE_SUMMATIONS.DWG......Page 329
USING OBJECT GRIPS......Page 334
OBJECT GRIP MODES......Page 336
Using the Grip—STRETCH Mode......Page 338
Using the Grip—SCALE Mode......Page 339
Using the Grip—MOVE Mode/Copy Option......Page 340
Using the Grip—MIRROR Mode......Page 341
Using the Grip—ROTATE Mode......Page 342
Using the Grip—Multiple ROTATE Mode......Page 343
Using Grip Offset Snap for Rotations......Page 344
Using Grip Offset Snap forMoving......Page 346
MODIFYING POLYLINES WITH MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GRIPS......Page 347
MODIFYING THE PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS......Page 348
USING SELECTION TOOLS OF THE PROPERTIES PALETTE......Page 351
ROLLOVER TOOLTIPS AND THE QUICK PROPERTIES TOOL......Page 353
USING THE QUICK SELECT DIALOG BOX......Page 354
PERFORMING MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS......Page 357
USING THE LAYER CONTROL BOX TO MODIFY OBJECT PROPERTIES......Page 359
MATCHING THE PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS......Page 363
Matching Dimension Properties......Page 365
Matching Text Properties......Page 366
Matching Hatch Properties......Page 367
Matching Polyline Properties......Page 368
Matching Viewport Properties......Page 369
Match Properties and Tables......Page 371
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 07_MODIFY-EX.DWG......Page 372
ONE-VIEW DRAWINGS......Page 380
TWO-VIEW DRAWINGS......Page 382
THREE-VIEW DRAWINGS......Page 385
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 08_ORTHOGRAPHIC BLOCK.DWG......Page 389
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 08_SHIFTER.DWG......Page 392
CREATING AUXILIARY VIEWS......Page 399
CONSTRUCTING AN AUXILIARY VIEW......Page 400
CREATING AUXILIARY VIEWS USING XLINES......Page 403
TRANSFERRING DISTANCES WITH THE OFFSET COMMAND......Page 404
CONSTRUCTING THE TRUE SIZE OF A CURVED SURFACE......Page 406
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 08_BRACKET.DWG......Page 409
END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 8......Page 416
THE HATCH COMMAND......Page 417
AVAILABLE HATCH PATTERNS......Page 420
ARCHITECTURAL AND SOLID FILL HATCH PATTERNS......Page 421
GRADIENT PATTERNS......Page 422
ISLAND DETECTION......Page 424
HATCH PATTERN SCALING......Page 425
HATCH PATTERN ANGLE MANIPULATION......Page 426
MODIFYING ASSOCIATIVE HATCHES......Page 427
TRIMMING HATCH AND FILL PATTERNS......Page 428
EDITING HATCH PATTERNS......Page 430
ADVANCED HATCHING TECHNIQUES......Page 431
Gap Tolerance......Page 432
PRECISION HATCH PATTERN PLACEMENT......Page 433
INHERIT HATCHING PROPERTIES......Page 434
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 09_COUPLER.DWG......Page 435
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 09_ELEVATION.DWG......Page 438
END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 9......Page 443
METHODS OF CHOOSING DIMENSION COMMANDS......Page 444
LINEAR DIMENSIONS......Page 445
ALIGNED DIMENSIONS......Page 447
Rotated Linear Dimensions......Page 448
CONTINUE DIMENSIONS......Page 449
BASELINE DIMENSIONS......Page 450
DIAMETER AND RADIUS DIMENSIONING......Page 451
DIMENSIONING ANGLES......Page 452
THE QLEADER COMMAND......Page 453
ANNOTATING WITH MULTILEADERS......Page 455
Aligning and Adding Multileaders......Page 456
Collecting Multileaders......Page 458
ADDING ORDINATE DIMENSIONS......Page 459
Continuous Mode......Page 462
Staggered Mode......Page 463
Ordinate Mode......Page 464
Radius and Diameter Mode......Page 465
APPLYING BREAKS IN DIMENSIONS......Page 466
INSPECTION DIMENSIONS......Page 467
ADDING JOGGED DIMENSIONS......Page 468
LINEAR JOG DIMENSIONS......Page 469
DIMENSIONING SLOTS......Page 470
EDITING DIMENSIONS......Page 471
Flipping Dimension Arrows......Page 474
GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING (GDT)......Page 475
GDT Symbols......Page 476
CHARACTER MAPPING FOR DIMENSION SYMBOLS......Page 477
GRIPS AND DIMENSIONS......Page 479
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 10_FIXTURE.DWG......Page 481
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 10_DIMENSION VIEWS.DWG......Page 488
END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 10......Page 489
THE DIMENSION STYLE MANAGER DIALOG BOX......Page 490
THE LINES TAB......Page 493
Dimension Line Settings......Page 494
Extension Line Settings......Page 495
Extension Linetypes......Page 496
THE SYMBOLS AND ARROWS TAB......Page 497
Arrowhead Settings......Page 498
Center Mark Settings......Page 499
Controlling Dimension Arc Length Symbol......Page 500
THE TEXT TAB......Page 501
Text Appearance......Page 502
Text Placement......Page 503
Horizontal Text Placement......Page 504
Text Alignment......Page 505
THE FIT TAB......Page 506
Fit Options......Page 507
Scale for Dimension Features......Page 509
THE PRIMARY UNITS TAB......Page 511
Applying a Dimension Prefix or Suffix......Page 512
THE ALTERNATE UNITS TAB......Page 513
Alternate Units......Page 514
THE TOLERANCES TAB......Page 515
Tolerance Format......Page 516
The DIMASSOC System Variable......Page 517
Reassociating Dimensions......Page 518
USING DIMENSION TYPES IN DIMENSION STYLES......Page 519
OVERRIDING A DIMENSION STYLE......Page 522
MODIFYING THE DIMENSION STYLE OF AN OBJECT......Page 525
CREATING MULTILEADER STYLES......Page 526
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 11_DIMEX.DWG......Page 529
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 11_ARCHITECTURAL DIMENSION.DWG......Page 538
USING MEASURE GEOMETRY COMMANDS......Page 545
FINDING THE AREA OF AN ENCLOSED SHAPE......Page 546
FINDING THE AREA OF AN ENCLOSED POLYLINE OR CIRCLE......Page 547
FINDING THE AREA OF A SHAPE BY SUBTRACTION......Page 549
MEASURING LINES......Page 551
INTERPRETATION OF ANGLES WHEN MEASURING LINES......Page 552
MEASURING AN ANGLE......Page 553
THE ID (IDENTIFY) COMMAND......Page 554
ADDITIONAL INQUIRY COMMANDS......Page 555
USING FIELDS IN AREA CALCULATIONS......Page 556
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 13_C-LEVER.DWG......Page 559
SOLUTIONS TO THE QUESTIONS ON C-LEVER......Page 564
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 12_FIELD_CALC.DWG......Page 571
DISPLAYING PARAMETRIC MENUS......Page 575
GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS......Page 576
DELETING CONSTRAINTS......Page 577
THE CONSTRAINTS DIALOG BOX......Page 578
DRAWING WITH INDIVIDUAL LINES VERSUS POLYLINES......Page 579
APPLYING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CONSTRAINTS......Page 580
APPLYING PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR CONSTRAINTS......Page 581
APPLYING COINCIDENT CONSTRAINTS......Page 582
APPLYING COLLINEAR CONSTRAINTS TO LINES......Page 584
APPLYING TANGENT CONSTRAINTS......Page 586
APPLYING EQUAL CONSTRAINTS......Page 587
APPLYING A FIX CONSTRAINT......Page 588
AUTO CONSTRAINING......Page 589
INFER CONSTRAINTS......Page 590
ESTABLISHING DIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS......Page 591
WORKING WITH PARAMETERS......Page 592
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 13_LEVER.DWG......Page 594
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 13_PARAMETERS.DWG......Page 601
MODEL SPACE......Page 608
MODEL SPACE AND LAYOUTS......Page 609
LAYOUT FEATURES......Page 610
SETTING UP A PAGE......Page 611
FLOATING MODEL SPACE......Page 613
SCALING VIEWPORT IMAGES......Page 614
CONTROLLING THE LIST OF SCALES......Page 615
LOCKING VIEWPORTS......Page 616
MAXIMIZING A VIEWPORT......Page 617
CREATING A LAYOUT......Page 618
USING A WIZARD TO CREATE A LAYOUT......Page 624
ARRANGING ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS IN A LAYOUT......Page 625
CREATING MULTIPLE DRAWING LAYOUTS......Page 627
USING LAYERS TO MANAGE MULTIPLE LAYOUTS......Page 630
ADDITIONAL LAYER TOOLS THAT AFFECT VIEWPORTS......Page 632
ASSOCIATIVE DIMENSIONS AND LAYOUTS......Page 635
HATCH SCALING RELATIVE TO PAPER SPACE......Page 637
QUICK VIEW LAYOUTS......Page 639
QUICK VIEW DRAWINGS......Page 640
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 14_HVAC.DWG......Page 641
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 15_CONFIGURING A PLOTTER......Page 651
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 15_CENTER GUIDE.DWG......Page 655
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 15_V_STEP.DWG......Page 658
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 15_COLOR_R-GUIDE.DWG......Page 661
System Settings......Page 662
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 15_PUBLISHING MULTIPLE SHEETS......Page 667
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 15_PUBLISHING TO THE WEB......Page 670
WHAT ARE BLOCKS?......Page 676
CREATING A LOCAL BLOCK......Page 677
INSERTING BLOCKS......Page 680
SCALING AND ROTATING BLOCK INSERTIONS......Page 681
INSERTING GLOBAL BLOCKS (FILES)......Page 682
Use Grid When Proportionality, but Not Scale, Is Important......Page 684
TRIMMING AND EXTENDING TO BLOCK OBJECTS......Page 685
MANAGING UNUSED BLOCK DATA WITH THE PURGE DIALOG BOX......Page 686
EDITING AND REDEFINING BLOCKS......Page 688
BLOCKS AND THE DIVIDE COMMAND......Page 690
BLOCKS AND THE MEASURE COMMAND......Page 691
TABLES AND BLOCKS......Page 692
INTRODUCING THE DESIGNCENTER......Page 694
DESIGNCENTER COMPONENTS......Page 695
USING THE TREE VIEW......Page 696
INSERTING BLOCKS THROUGH THE DESIGNCENTER......Page 697
INSERTING BLOCKS USING THE TOOL PALETTE......Page 698
Creating a New Tool Palette......Page 701
WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DRAWINGS......Page 703
Working between Drawings......Page 704
ADVANCED BLOCK TECHNIQUES—CREATING DYNAMIC BLOCKS......Page 705
Working with Parameters and Actions......Page 709
Working with Value Set Properties for Parameters......Page 712
Alignment Parameter Applications......Page 713
Scale and Angle Offset Applications......Page 715
Array Applications......Page 717
Using Lookup Parameters and Tables......Page 719
Creating Dynamic Block Tables......Page 721
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 16_ELECTRICAL SCHEMATIC......Page 724
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 16_DYNAMIC_SWITCH_PLATE.DWG......Page 728
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 16 _DYNAMIC_ELECTRICAL LIST.DWG......Page 732
END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 16......Page 735
WHAT ARE ATTRIBUTES?......Page 736
CREATING ATTRIBUTES THROUGH THE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION DIALOG BOX......Page 737
SYSTEM VARIABLES THAT CONTROL ATTRIBUTES ATTREQ......Page 738
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 17_B TITLE BLOCK.DWG......Page 739
CREATING MULTIPLE LINES OF ATTRIBUTES......Page 745
FIELDS AND ATTRIBUTES......Page 746
Visibility Off (Hide All)......Page 747
EDITING ATTRIBUTES......Page 748
THE ENHANCED ATTRIBUTE EDITOR DIALOG BOX......Page 749
THE BLOCK ATTRIBUTE MANAGER......Page 750
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 17_BLOCK ATTRIB MGR.DWG......Page 752
EDITING ATTRIBUTE VALUES GLOBALLY......Page 754
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 17_COMPUTERS.DWG......Page 756
Using the Properties Palette to Edit Attribute Tags......Page 758
Redefining the Block with Attributes......Page 759
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 17_RESISTORS.DWG......Page 760
EXTRACTING ATTRIBUTES......Page 763
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 17_CAD DEPT MODULES.DWG......Page 764
COMPARING EXTERNAL FILE REFERENCES AND BLOCKS......Page 769
CHOOSING EXTERNAL REFERENCE COMMANDS......Page 770
ATTACHING AN EXTERNAL REFERENCE......Page 773
OVERLAYING AN EXTERNAL REFERENCE......Page 776
THE XBIND COMMAND......Page 780
IN-PLACE REFERENCE EDITING......Page 781
BINDING AN EXTERNAL REFERENCE......Page 783
CLIPPING AN EXTERNAL REFERENCE......Page 785
OTHER OPTIONS OF THE EXTERNAL REFERENCES PALETTE......Page 787
Reload......Page 788
EXTERNAL REFERENCE NOTIFICATION TOOLS......Page 789
USING ETRANSMIT......Page 790
WORKING WITH RASTER IMAGES......Page 791
CONTROLLING IMAGES THROUGH DRAWORDER......Page 797
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 18_EXTERNAL REFERENCES......Page 799
CREATING NEW VIEWPORTS......Page 806
ARRANGING DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE SAME DRAWING......Page 807
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 19_ROOF PLAN.DWG......Page 808
CREATING A DETAIL PAGE IN LAYOUT MODE......Page 813
ADDITIONAL VIEWPORT CREATION METHODS......Page 818
MATCHING THE PROPERTIES OF VIEWPORTS......Page 822
ANNOTATION SCALE CONCEPTS......Page 824
CREATING AN ANNOTATIVE STYLE......Page 825
ANNOTATIVE SCALING TECHNIQUES......Page 826
VIEWING CONTROLS FOR ANNOTATIVE SCALES......Page 827
ANNOTATIVE LINETYPE SCALING......Page 829
CREATING AN ANNOTATIVE TEXT STYLE......Page 831
CREATING AN ANNOTATIVE DIMENSION STYLE......Page 835
WORKING WITH ANNOTATIVE HATCHING......Page 837
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 19_ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.DWG......Page 839
WORKSPACES FOR 3D MODELING......Page 849
Additional Tabs of the 3D Modeling Workspace Ribbon......Page 850
The AutoCAD Classic Workspace and 3D......Page 851
CREATING USER COORDINATE SYSTEMS......Page 852
THE UCS–SPECIFY ORIGIN OF UCS AND ORIGIN OPTION......Page 854
THE UCS–3POINT OPTION......Page 855
THE UCS–X/Y/Z ROTATION OPTIONS......Page 856
THE UCS–OBJECT OPTION......Page 857
THE UCS–FACE OPTION......Page 858
USING DYNAMIC UCS MODE......Page 859
USING THE UCS DIALOG BOX......Page 863
MODEL SPACE (TILED) VIEWPORTS FOR 3D......Page 865
THE PLAN COMMAND......Page 866
VIEWING 3D MODELS WITH ORBIT......Page 867
VIEWING WITH FREE ORBIT......Page 868
VIEWING 3D MODELS WITH THE VIEWCUBE......Page 869
USING THE STEERING WHEEL......Page 871
THE VIEW COMMAND......Page 872
SHADING SOLID MODELS......Page 873
CREATING A VISUAL STYLE......Page 874
SOLID MODELING COMMANDS......Page 875
CREATING SOLID PRIMITIVES......Page 876
Creating Cylinder Primitives......Page 877
Creating a Torus Primitive......Page 878
USING BOOLEAN OPERATIONS ON SOLID PRIMITIVES......Page 879
CREATING SOLID UNIONS......Page 880
SUBTRACTING SOLIDS......Page 881
3D Applications of Unioning Solids......Page 882
3D Applications of Moving Solids......Page 883
CREATING INTERSECTIONS......Page 884
CREATING SOLID EXTRUSIONS......Page 886
Extruding an Existing Face......Page 888
CREATING REVOLVED SOLIDS......Page 889
CREATING A SOLID BY SWEEPING......Page 891
CREATING A SOLID BY LOFTING......Page 893
CREATING POLYSOLIDS......Page 896
CREATING A SOLID USING PRESSPULL......Page 898
USING PRESS AND PULL ON BLOCKS......Page 900
CREATING A HELIX......Page 903
OBTAINING MASS PROPERTIES OF A SOLID MODEL......Page 905
The ISOLINES (Isometric Lines) System Variable......Page 906
The DISPSILH (Display Silhouette) System Variable......Page 907
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 20_COLLAR.DWG......Page 908
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 20_VACUUM ATTACHMENT.DWG......Page 912
END OF CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 20......Page 918
Dragging Basic Solid Shapes......Page 919
Using Dynamic UCS to Construct on Faces......Page 920
USING GRIPS TO MODIFY SOLID MODELS......Page 921
Grip Editing a Cone......Page 922
Editing with Grips and Dynamic Input......Page 923
MANIPULATING SUBOBJECTS......Page 924
Filter and Gizmo Tools......Page 925
Editing Subobjects with a Solid History......Page 927
ADDING EDGES AND FACES TO A SOLID MODEL......Page 929
ADDITIONAL METHODS FOR EDITING SOLID MODELS......Page 930
FILLETING SOLID MODELS......Page 931
CHAMFERING SOLID MODELS......Page 932
MOVING OBJECTS IN 3D......Page 933
ALIGNING OBJECTS IN 3D......Page 934
ROTATING OBJECTS IN 3D......Page 936
MIRRORING OBJECTS IN 3D......Page 938
SCALING OBJECTS IN 3D......Page 939
ARRAYING OBJECTS IN 3D......Page 940
DETECTING INTERFERENCES OF SOLID MODELS......Page 941
SLICING SOLID MODELS......Page 942
Slicing a Solid with an Extruded Surface......Page 943
Slicing a Solid with a Lofted Surface......Page 945
EDITING SOLID FEATURES......Page 946
EXTRUDING (FACE EDITING)......Page 948
MOVING (FACE EDITING)......Page 949
ROTATING (FACE EDITING)......Page 950
OFFSETTING (FACE EDITING)......Page 951
TAPERING (FACE EDITING)......Page 952
COPYING (FACE EDITING)......Page 953
IMPRINTING (BODY EDITING)......Page 955
SEPARATING SOLIDS (BODY EDITING)......Page 956
SHELLING (BODY EDITING)......Page 957
SURFACE MODELING......Page 958
CREATING PROFILE-BASED SURFACES......Page 959
CREATING A NETWORK SURFACE......Page 961
CREATING SURFACES FROM EXISTING SURFACES......Page 962
EDITING SURFACES......Page 965
MESH MODELING......Page 968
Working with Subobjects......Page 969
Smoothing a Mesh Model......Page 970
Scaling a Face in a Mesh Model......Page 971
Extruding a Face in a Mesh Model......Page 972
Converting a Mesh Model into a Solid Model......Page 973
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 21_SURFACE BOAT.DWG......Page 975
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 21_MESH CAMERA.DWG......Page 987
END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 21......Page 995
THE SOLVIEW AND SOLDRAW COMMANDS......Page 996
CREATING ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEWS......Page 1000
CREATING AN AUXILIARY VIEW......Page 1002
CREATING A SECTION VIEW......Page 1003
CREATING AN ISOMETRIC VIEW......Page 1006
EXTRACTING 2D VIEWS WITH FLATSHOT......Page 1007
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: 22_SOLID DIMENSION.DWG......Page 1010
END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS FOR CHAPTER 22......Page 1015
AN INTRODUCTION TO RENDERINGS......Page 1016
AN OVERVIEW OF PRODUCING RENDERINGS......Page 1018
CREATING AND PLACING LIGHTS FOR RENDERING......Page 1023
AN INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS......Page 1031
WORKING WITH MATERIALS......Page 1033
USING MATERIAL TEMPLATES......Page 1038
ASSIGNING MATERIALS BY LAYER......Page 1042
APPLYING A BACKGROUND......Page 1045
WALKING AND FLYING THROUGH A MODEL......Page 1048
ANIMATING THE PATH OF A CAMERA......Page 1049
TUTORIAL EXERCISE: SUNLIGHT STUDY......Page 1051
Index......Page 1056