AutoCAD Fundamentals:

Starting AutoCAD

AutoCAD Screen Components

Drawing Area

Command Window

Application Status Bar

Drawing Status Bar

Status Bar Tray Options

Invoking Commands in AutoCAD

AutoCAD Dialog Boxes

Start from Scratch, use Wizard

Open a Drawing

Creating of Backup Files

Use Template

Changing Automatic Timed Saved and Backup Files Into AutoCAD Format

Automatic Timed Save Creation of Backup Files

Using the Drawing Recovery Manager to recover Files

Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Select File Dialog Box

Opening an Existing Drawing using the Startup  Dialog Box

Dynamic Input Mode

Enable Pointer Input

Enable Dimensional Input Where Possible

Show Command Prompting and Command Input Near the Crosshairs

Drafting Tooltip Appearance

Getting Stared  with AutoCAD

Drawing Lines in AutoCAD

Coordinate Systems, Absolute Coordinate Systems,

Canceling and Undoing a Command

Object Selection Methods

Drawing Circles

Bask Display commands

Setting Units

Setting Limits of the Drawings

Introduction to Plotting Drawings

Modifying AutoCAD Settings Using the Options Dialog Box

Starting With the Advanced Sketching

Drawing Arcs

Drawing Rectangles

Drawing Ellipses

Drawing elliptical Arcs

Drawing Regular Polygons

Drawing Ploylines

Drawing Donuts

Drawing points

Drawing Infinite Lines

Drawing XLINE

Drawing RAY

Writing a Single Line Text

Working With Drawing Aids

Understanding the Concept and Use of Layers

Working with Layers

LINE WEIGHT Command

Object  Properties

Properties Panel

Properties Palette

Global and Current Linetype Scaling

LTSCALE Factor for Plotting

Working with the Design Center

Drafting  Settings Dialog Box

Drawing Straight lines Using the Ortho Mode

Working with Object Snaps

Running Object Snap Mode

Using Auto Tracking

Function and Control Keys

Editing sketched Objects-I

Creating a Selection Set

Editing Sketches

Moving Sketched Objects

Copying Objects Using the Base Point

Pasting Contents from the Clipboard

Pasting Contents Using the Original Coordinates

Offsetting Sketched Objects

Rotating Sketched Objects

Scaling Sketched Objects

Filleting Sketches

Trimming Sketched Objects

Extending Sketched Objects

Stretching Sketched Objects

Lengthening Sketched Objects

Arraying Sketched objects

Rectangular Array

Polar Array

Mirroring sketched Objects

Breaking Sketched Objects

Joining Sketched Objects

Editing Sketched Objects-II

Editing with Grips

Types of Grips

Adjusting Grip Settings

Editing Objects with Grips

Stretching Objects with Grips

Rotating Object with Grips

Mirroring Objects with Grips

Loading Hyperlinks

Editing gripped objects

Listing Information about all Objects in a Drawing

Checking Time-Related Information

Obtaining Drawing Status Information

Displaying Drawing Properties

Basic Display Options

Redrawing the Screen

Regenerating the Drawings

Zooming Drawings

Panning Drawings

Creating Views

Aerial View

Creating Text and Tables

Annotative Objects

Annotation Scale

Multiple Annotation Scale

Controlling the Display of Annotative Objects

Crating text

Writing Single Line Text

Entering Special Characters

Creating Multiline Text

Editing Text

Editing Text Using the DDDEDIT Command

Editing Text Using the Properties Palette

Modifying the Scale of the Text

Inserting Table in the drawing

Creating a New Table Style

Setting a Table Style Current

Modifying a Table Style

Modifying Tables

Substituting Fonts

Crating Text Styles

Determining Text Height

Creating Annotative Text

Checking Spelling

Text Quality and Text Fill

Finding and Replacing Text

Basic Dimensioning, Geometric Dimensioning , and Tolerance

AutoCAD

Need for Dimensioning

Dimensioning in AutoCAD

Fundamental Dimensioning Terms

Associative dimensions

Definition Points

Annotative Dimensions

Selecting Dimensioning Commands

Dimensions a Number of Object Together

Creating Linear Dimensions

Creating Rotated Dimensions

Creating Baseline Dimensions

Creating Ordinate Dimensions

Maintaining Equal Spacing Between Dimensions

Removing the Dimensions Associativty

Converting a Dimension into a True associative Dimension

Drawing Leaders

Multileaders

Drawing Multileaders

Adding Leaders to the Existing Multileader

Removing Leaders from the Existing Multileader

Aligning Multileaders

Attaching Multiple Notes to Single Landing

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance

Geometric Characteristics and Symbols

Adding Geometric Tolerance

Complex Features Control Frames

Combining Geometric Characteristics

Composite Position Toleranceing

Using Features Control Frames with Leaders

Projected Tolerance Zone

Creating Annotative Dimensions, Tolerances, Leaders and Multileaders

Creating Annotative Dimensions, Tolerances, Leader and Multileaders

Editing Dimensions

Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools

Editing Dimensions by Stretching

Editing Dimensions by Trimming and Extending

Modifying the Dimensions

Editing Dimensions with Grips

Editing dimension Using The Properties Palette

Properties Palette

Properties Palette

Model Space and Paper Space Dimensioning

Dimension Styles, Multileader Styles, and Systems Variables

Using Styles and Variables to Control Dimensions

Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles

New Dimension Style Dialog Box

Controlling Dimensions Text Format

Fitting Dimension Text and Arrowheads

Formatting Primary Dimensions Units

Formatting Alternate Dimension Units

Dimension style Families

Comparing and Listing Dimension Styles

Using Externally Referenced Dimension Styles

Creating and Restoring Multileaders styles

Modify Multileader Style Dialog Box

Model Space Viewports, Paper Space, Viewports, and Layouts

Model Space and Paper Space Layouts

Model Space Viewports (Titled Viewports)

Making a Viewport Current

Joining Two Adjacent Viewports

Paper Space Viewports (Floating Viewports)

Creating Tiled Viewports

Making a Viewport Current

Joining Two Adjacent Viewports

Creating Floating Viewports

Creating Polygonal Viewports

Converting an existing Closed Object in to a viewports

Temporary Model Space

Editing Viewports

Controlling the Display Objects in Viewports

Locking in Display in Viewports

Controlling the Display of the Hidden Lines in Viewports

Clipping Existing Viewports

Maximizing Viewports

Manipulating the Visibility viewport Layer

Controlling the display of Object in Viewports

Locking the Display of the Hidden Lines in Viewports

Clipping  Existing Viewports

Maximizing Viewports

Maniputlating the Visibility of Biewport Layers

Controling layers in the Biwports sing the Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box

Paper Space Line type Scaling (PSLTSCALE)

Inserting Layouts

Importing Layouts to Sheet Sets

Inserting a Layout using the Wizard

Defining Page Settings

Working with the MVSETUP Command

Convert Distance Between Model Space and Paper Space

Controlling the Display of Annotative Objects in Viewports

Plotting Drawings

Plotting Drawings in AutoCAD

Plotting Drawings Using the Plot Dialog Box

Adding Plotters

The Plotter manager Command

Editing Plotter Configuration

Importing PCP/PC2 Configuration Files

Setting the Plot Parameters

Using Plot Styles

Adding a Plot Style

Plot Style Table Editor

Setting the Current Plot Style

Plotting Sheets in a Sheet Set

Hatching Drawings

Hatching Drawings Using the Hatch and Gradient Dialog Box

Hatch and Gradient Dialog Box Options

Creating Annotative Hatch

Hatching Around Text, Dimensions, and attributes

Editing Hatch Boundary

Trimming the Hatch Patterns

Using AutoCAD Editing Commands

Hatching Blocks and Xref Drawings

Creating a Boundary Using Closed Loops

Other Features of Hatching