Wednesday, September 18, 2013

List of commands used frequently in AutoCAD

The student is expected to be familiar with the following commands:
  • units
  • limits
  • line
  • point
  • polygon
  • offset
  • extend
  • trim
  • xline
  • move
  • rotate
  • copy
  • erase
  • regenerate
  • redraw
  • save
  • qsave
  • dsettings
  • 'F2'
  • osnap
  • copyhist
  • arc
  • block
  • explode
  • chamfer
  • fillet
  • circle
  • clean
  • distance
  • area
  • mirror
  • array
  • pan
  • zoom
  • snap
  • grid
  • spline
  • mtext

LIST OF DRAWINGS

LIST OF DRAWINGS
Introduction to AutoCAD, its ease and use in creating civil engineering drawings. Demonstration of various basic commands used in AutoCAD and creating basic drawings.

  1. Alphabets (A to Z) and Numbers (0 to 9)
  2. Drawing alphabets H, I, L, T and a single room plan using
    1. Absolute coordinate method and 
    2. Polar coordinate method (including a sample page for command history for each method)
  3. Polygon laminae
  4. Circles
  5. House plan - 1 (Direct distance method)
  6. House Plan - 2
  7. House Plan - 3
  8. Dimensions Exercise
  9. Exercise showing use of "chamfer", "fillet", "offset" and "trim" commands
  10. Arches (Parabolic, Semicircular and three-fourth arch)