Up and Running with AutoCAD 2023: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling

Up and Running with AutoCAD® 2023: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling
Copyright
About the authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
What is Autocad?
About this book
Teaching methods
Text organization
What your goal should be
Chapters 1—10
1. AutoCAD fundamentals-Part I
1.1 Introduction and basic commands
Create Objects
Edit/Modify Objects
View Objects
1.2 The AutoCAD environment
1.3 INTERACTING WITH AUTOCAD
Method 1. Type in the Commands on the Command Line
Method 2. Use the Ribbon Tabs, Panels, and Tools
1.4 Practicing the create objects commands
Line
Circle
Arc
Rectangle
1.5 View objects
Zoom
Pan
Regen
1.6 Practicing the Edit/Modify objects commands
Erase
Move
Copy
Rotate
Scale
Trim
Extend
Offset
Mirror
Fillet
1.7 Selection methods
1.8 Drawing accuracy - part 1
Ortho (F8)
1.9 Drawing accuracy - part 2
OSNAPs
ENDpoint
MIDpoint
CENter
QUADrant
INTersection
PERPendicular
1.10 OSNAP drafting settings
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
2. AutoCAD fundamentals-Part II
Learning objectives
2.1 GRIPS
2.2 Units and scale
2.3 Snap and Grid
To set Snap
To Set Grid
2.4 Cartesian coordinate system
2.5 Geometric data entry
Dynamic Input
Manual Input
2.6 Inquiry commands
Quick
Area
Point by Point
Object
Distance
List
ID
Radius and Angle
2.7 Additional drafting commands
Explode
Polygon
Drawing Challenge - Star
Ellipse
Chamfer
Templates
Limits
Save
Help Files
TANgent OSNAP
Time
Drawing the Star
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: architecture
3. Layers, colors, linetypes, and properties
Learning objectives
3.1 Introduction to layers
What are layers?
Why use them?
Creating and deleting layers
Making a layer current
Assigning layer colors
Index Color
True Color
Color Books
Layer Freeze/Thaw and On/Off
Layer Lock/Unlock
3.2 Introduction to linetypes
3.3 Introduction to properties
Properties palette
Match Properties
Layers and the Ribbon
3.4 In-class drawing project: floor plan layout
Basic file preparation
Starting the floor plan
Drawing the inner wall geometry
Drawing the doors and windows
Doors
Windows
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
4. Text, mtext, editing, and style
4.1 Introduction to text and mtext
4.2 Text (single line)
Editing Text
4.3 Mtext
Formatting mtext
Toolbar text editing
4.4 Style
4.5 Spell check
4.6 In-Class drawing project: adding text and furniture to floor plan layout
NEArest OSNAP
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
5. Hatch patterns
5.1 Introduction to Hatch
Architecture
Civil engineering
Mechanical engineering
5.2 Hatch procedures
Step 1. Pick the Hatch pattern you want to use
Step 2. Indicate where you want the pattern to go
Pick Points
Step 3. Fine-Tune the pattern by adjusting scale and angle (if necessary)
Step 4. Watch the Preview of the pattern and accept it if it is OK
5.3 Working with Hatch patterns
Exploding Hatch patterns
Hatch pattern layers and colors
Advanced Hatch topics
Origin
Options
Gap Tolerance
5.4 Gradient and solid fill
Solid fill
5.5 SuperHatch
5.6 In-Class drawing project: adding Hatch to floor plan layout
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: mechanical engineering
6. Dimensions
Learning objectives
6.1 Introduction to dimensions
6.2 Types of dimensions
Linear dimensions
Aligned dimension
Diameter dimension
Radius dimension
Angular dimension
Continuous dimensions
Baseline dimensions
Leader and multileader
Leader
Multileader
Secondary dimensions
6.3 Editing dimensions
6.4 Customizing dimensions
Dimstyle
Step 1. Change the units of the dimensions
Step 2. Change the font of the dimensions
Step 3. Change the arrowheads of the dimensions
Step 4. Change the fit (size) of the dimensions
6.5 Center marks and centerlines
6.6 In-Class drawing project: adding dimensions to floor plan layout
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
7. Blocks, Wblocks, dynamic blocks, groups, and purge
7.1 Introduction to blocks
Blocks versus the wblock command
Creating a block
Retain
Convert to block
Delete
7.2 Insert
7.3 Purge
7.4 Wblocks
Retain
Convert to block
Delete from drawing
Inserting blocks from other files or entire .dwg files
7.5 Dynamic blocks
Actions and parameters
Visibility
7.6 Groups
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
8. Polar, rectangular, and path arrays
8.1 Polar array
Steps in creating a polar array
Additional operations with polar array
8.2 Rectangular array
Steps in creating a rectangular array
Additional operations with rectangular array
8.3 Path array
Steps in creating a path array
Additional operations with path array
8.4 In-class drawing project: mechanical device
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: interior design
9. Basic printing and output
9.1 Introduction to printing and plotting
9.2 The essentials
What printer or plotter to use
What paper size to use
What area to plot
Extents
Window
Display and limits
At what scale to plot
What pen settings to use
What orientation to use
What offset to use
Miscellaneous
9.3 The plot dialog box
Preview
9.4 Page setup manager
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
10. Advanced output-Paper Space
10.1 Introduction to Paper Space
What is Paper Space?
10.2 Paper Space concepts
Layouts
Viewports
Floating Model Space
Modifying the Viewport
Polygonal Viewport
Scaling
Layers
Lock VP
Hiding the VP
Text and dims
Annotation and Annotative Objects
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Answers to review questions
Chapters 11—20
11. Advanced linework
11.1 Introduction to advanced linework
11.2 Pline (polyline)
Pedit
Exploding a pline
Additional pline options
Stretch
Add Vertex
Convert to arc
Boundary
11.3 Xline (construction line)
11.4 Ray
11.5 Spline
11.6 Mline (multiline)
Modifying the mline
Mlstyle (multiline style)
Mledit (Multiline Edit)
Other Mline properties
11.7 Sketch
Applications of sketch
GEOmetric center OSNAP
11.8 Level 2 drawing project (1 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
12. Advanced layers
Learning objectives
12.1 Introduction to advanced layers
12.2 Script files
12.3 Layer State Manager
12.4 Layer filtering
12.5 Layer Freeze, Isolate, and Walk
Layer Freeze
Layer Isolate
Layer Walk
12.6 Level 2 drawing project (2 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: electrical engineering
13. Advanced dimensions
13.1 Introduction to advanced dimensions
13.2 Dimension Style Manager
Lines tab
Symbols and Arrows tab
Text tab
Fit tab
Primary Units tab
Alternate Units tab
Tolerances tab
13.3 Introduction to constraints
13.4 Geometric constraints
Types of geometric constraints
Adding geometric constraints
Hiding, showing, and deleting geometric constraints
13.5 Dimensional constraints
Working with dimensional constraints
13.6 Dimension-driven design
13.7 Level 2 drawing project (3 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
14. Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools
Learning objectives
14.1 Options
Files Tab
Display Tab
Window Elements
Layout Elements
Display Resolution
Display Performance
Crosshair Size
Fade Control
Open and Save Tab
File Save
File Safety Precautions
File Open
Applications Menu
External References (Xrefs)
ObjectARX Applications
Plot and Publish Tab
Default Plot Settings for New Drawings
Plot to File
Background Processing Options
Plot and Publish Log File
Auto Publish
General Plot Options
Specify Plot Offset Relative To
Plot Stamp Settings…
Plot Style Table Settings
System Tab
Hardware Acceleration
Current Pointing Device
Touch Experience
Layout Regen Options
General Options
Help
InfoCenter
Security
dbConnect Options
User Preferences Tab
Windows Standard Behavior
Insertion Scale
Hyperlink
Fields
Priority for Coordinate Data Entry
Associative Dimensioning
Undo/Redo
Block Editor Settings…
Lineweight Settings…
Default Scale List…
Drafting Tab
AutoSnap Settings
AutoSnap Marker Size
Object Snap Options
Auto Track Settings
Alignment Point Acquisition
Aperture Size
Drafting Tooltip Settings…
Lights Glyph Settings … and Cameras Glyph Settings…
3D Modeling Tab
Selection Tab
Pickbox Size
Selection Modes
Ribbon Options
Grip Size
Grips
Preview
Profiles Tab
14.2 Shortcuts
PGP File
Altering the PGP File
14.3 Customize User Interface
14.4 Design Center
14.5 Express tools
Block Tools
Text
Modify Tools
Layout Tools
Draw Tools
Dimension Tools
Tools
Web Tools
14.6 Level 2 drawing project (4 of 10): Architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
15. Advanced design and file management tools
15.1 Introduction to advanced design and file management tools
15.2 Align
15.3 Action recording
15.4 Audit and recover
15.5 Blend
15.6 Break and join
Break, Method 1
Single Break, Method 2
Join
15.7 CAD standards
15.8 Calculator
15.9 Defpoints
15.10 Divide and point style
15.11 Donut
15.12 Draw order
15.13 eTransmit
15.14 Filter
15.15 Hyperlink
15.16 Lengthen
15.17 Object snap tracking
15.18 Overkill
15.19 Point and node
15.20 Publish
15.21 Raster
15.22 Revcloud
15.23 Sheet sets
15.24 Selection methods
15.25 Stretch
15.26 System variables
15.27 Tables
15.28 Tool palette
15.29 UCS and crosshair rotation
Method 1
Method 2
15.30 Window tiling
15.31 Wipeout
15.32 Level 2 drawing project (5 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: civil engineering
16. Importing and exporting data
Learning objectives
16.1 Introduction to importing and exporting data
16.2 Importing and exporting to and from MS office applications
Word into AutoCAD
AutoCAD into Word
Excel into AutoCAD
AutoCAD into Excel
PowerPoint into AutoCAD
AutoCAD into PowerPoint
16.3 Screen shots
16.4 JPGs
16.5 PDFs
16.6 Other cad software
16.7 Exporting and the save as feature
16.8 Inserting and OLE
16.9 Level 2 drawing project (6 Of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Exercise
17. External references (xrefs)
Learning objectives
17.1 Introduction to xrefs
What Is an Xref?
Why Do We Need an Xref? What Is the Benefit?
17.2 Using xrefs
17.3 Layers in xrefs
17.4 Editing and reloading xrefs
17.5 Multiple xrefs
17.6 Ribbon and xrefs
17.7 Level 2 drawing project (7 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
18. Attributes
Learning objectives
18.1 Introduction to attributes
18.2 Creating the design
18.3 Creating the attribute definitions
18.4 Creating the attribute block
18.5 Attribute properties and editing
Exploding attributes
Inserting attributes
18.6 Attribute extraction
18.7 Invisible attributes
18.8 Level 2 drawing project (8 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
Spotlight on: aerospace engineering
19. Advanced output and pen settings
Learning objectives
19.1 Introduction to advanced output and pen settings
19.2 Setting standards
19.3 The CTB file
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
19.4 Additional CTB file features
19.5 Lineweight VISIBILITY Settings
19.6 Level 2 drawing project (9 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
20. Isometric drawing
20.1 Introduction to graphical projection
Types of projections
20.2 Isometric projection
Why use isometric projection instead of 3D?
When not to use isometric perspective
20.3 Basic technique
20.4 Ellipses in isometric drawing
20.5 Text and dimensions in isometric drawing
20.6 Level 2 drawing project (10 of 10): architectural floor plan
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Answers to review questions
Chapters 21—30
21. 3D Basics
Learning objectives
21.1 Axes, Planes, and Faces
21.2 3D Workspaces, Ribbon, Toolbars, and 3D Options
21.3 Entering and Exiting 3D
21.4 Projecting into 3D
Method 1 (New)
Method 2 (Classic)
21.5 3D Dynamic Views
21.6 Extrude
21.7 Visual Styles: Hide and Shade
21.8 Viewcube and Navigation Bar
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
22. Object Manipulation
Learning objectives
22.1 Introduction to Object Manipulation
Rotate3D
3Drotate (Gizmo)
3D Modeling Exercise: Chair
Mirror3D
3D Modeling Exercise: Bookshelf
3Darray
3Dscale
3Dmove
Fillets and Chamfers in 3D
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: chemical engineering
23. Boolean operations and primitives
Learning objectives
23.1 Introduction to boolean operations
Union
Subtract
Intersect
3D Modeling exercise: building wall with door and window
23.2 Introduction to primitives
Box
Wedge
Cone
Sphere
Cylinder
Torus
Pyramid
23.3 Applying primitives
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
24. Solid Modeling
Learning objectives
24.1 Introduction to Solid Modeling
Revolve
Shell
Taper
3D Modeling Exercise: Wastebasket
Loft
3D Modeling Exercise: Mechanical Drill Bit
Path Extrusion
Sweep
Drawing Challenge: Helical Coil
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
25. Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges
Learning objectives
25.1 Introduction To Advanced Solids, Faces, And Edges
Polysolid
Helix
3D Path Array
3Dalign
25.2 Working With Faces
Delete Faces
Move Faces
Copy Faces
Offset Faces
Rotate Faces
Color Faces
25.3 Working With Edges
Color Edges
Copy Edges
Helical Coil Explained
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
Spotlight on: biomedical engineering
26. Surfaces and meshes
Learning objectives
26.1 Introduction to Surfaces and Meshes
26.2 Surfacing Commands
Planar Surface
Region
Rulesurf
Tabsurf
Revsurf
Edgesurf
3Dface and 3Dmesh
26.3 Smooth Mesh Primitives
Mesh Modification 1. Smoothness
Mesh Modification 2. Filters and Gizmos
Mesh Modification 3. Additional Tools
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
27. Slicing, sectioning, layouts, and vports
Learning objectives
27.1 Introduction to slicing, sectioning, layouts, and vports
27.2 Slicing and sectioning
Slice
Section
27.3 Layouts and details
VIEWBASE Establishes the Base (Parent) View
VIEWPROJ Establishes Additional Projections
VIEWSECTION Creates Section Views
VIEWDETAIL Creates Detail Views
Additional Layout Options
27.4 Flatten and flatshot
Flatten
Flatshot
27.5 Vports
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
28. Advanced UCS, Views, Text, and Dimensions in 3D
Learning objectives
28.1 Introduction To Advanced Ucs, Views, Text, And Dimensions In 3d
28.2 Advanced Ucs
UCS
World
UCS Previous
Face UCS
Object
View
Origin
Z-Axis Vector
3 Point
X, Y, and Z
Named UCS
28.3 Views And View Manager
28.4 Text And Dimensions In 3d
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
Spotlight on: drafting, CAD management, teaching, andconsulting
Overview
AutoCAD training requirements
Architectural drafting
Engineering drafting
CAD management
Teaching AutoCAD
AutoCAD consulting
29. Dview, camera, walk and fly, path animation
Learning objectives
29.1 Dynamic view
Camera
Target
Distance
Points
Pan
Zoom
Twist
Clip
Hide
Off
Undo
29.2 Cameras
29.3 Walk and fly
29.4 Path animation
Summary
Review questions
Exercises
30. Lighting and rendering
Learning objectives
30.1 Introduction to lighting and rendering
30.2 Lighting
Point Light
Spotlight
Distant light
Lighting options
Shadows, sun, and sky
30.3 Materials and rendering
Materials
Rendering
Summary
Review questions
Exercise
Answers to review questions
A - Additional Information on AutoCAD
A.1 WHO MAKES AUTOCAD?
A.2 WHAT IS AUTOCAD LT?
A.3 HOW IS AUTOCAD PURCHASED AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
A.4 ARE THERE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AUTOCAD RELEASES?
A.5 IS THERE AN AUTOCAD FOR THE MAC?
A.6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF AUTODESK AND AUTOCAD
A.7 AUTOCAD RELEASES
A.8 MAJOR AUTODESK PRODUCTS
A.9 AUTOCAD-RELATED WEBSITES
B - Other CAD software, design and analysis tools, and concepts
B.1 MicroStation
B.2 ArchiCAD
B.3 TurboCAD
B.4 Other design software
B.4.1 CATIA
B.4.2 NX
B.4.3 PTC Creo elements/Pro (formerly Pro/ENGINEER)
B.4.4 SolidWorks
B.4.5 Inventor
B.4.6 IronCAD
B.4.7 SolidEdge
B.4.8 NASTRAN
B.4.9 ANSYS
C - File extensions
C.1 AUTOCAD PRIMARY EXTENSIONS
C.2 AUTOCAD SECONDARY EXTENSIONS
C.3 MISCELLANEOUS SOFTWARE EXTENSIONS
D - Custom linetypes and hatch patterns
D.1 LINETYPE DEFINITIONS (BASIC)
D.2 LINETYPES (STRING COMPLEX AND SHAPE COMPLEX)
D.3 HATCH PATTERN DEFINITIONS (BASIC)
E - Principles of CAD management
E.1 PART 1: KNOW THE EIGHT GOLDEN RULES OF AUTOCAD
E.2 PART 2: KNOW THE CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF AUTOCAD
Capabilities
Limitations
E.3 PART 3: MAINTAIN AN OFFICE CAD STANDARD
E.4 PART 4: BE AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER AND HIRING MANAGER
E.5 PART 5: STAY CURRENT AND COMPETENT
F - AutoLISP basics and advanced customization tools
F.1 Overview 1: AutoLISP
F.2 Overview 2: Visual LISP
F.3 Overview 3: VBA, .NET, Active X, and ObjectARX
F.4 AutoLISP fundamentals
F.5 Variables and comments
F.6 Advanced features and the vlide command
G - PC hardware, printers/plotters, networks, and the cloud
G.1 PC Hardware
AutoCAD Requirements (Windows)
G.2 Printers and Plotters
G.3 Networks
G.4 The Cloud
H - What are kernels?
I - Lighting, rendering, effects, and animation
J - 3D printing
J.1 Overview and history
J.2 Printing process-part 1 (creating the model)
J.3 Printing process-part 2 (exporting and preparing the model)
J.4 Printing process-part 3 (printing the model)
J.5 Printing process-part 4 (finishing model)
J.6 Applications, related issues, and the future of 3D printing
K - AutoCAD certification exams
L - AutoCAD employment
M - The future of AutoCAD
M.1 2D DESIGN, AUTOCAD, AND VERTICALS
M.2 3D DESIGN AND SOLID MODELING
M.3 MERGING OF INDUSTRIES
M.4 REVIT AND BIM
M.5 THE FUTURE OF AUTOCAD
Index
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