Concepts of Engineering and Technology Introduction To Basic Auto CAD Problem #3 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved. 1

OBJECTIVE: Learn how to draw and edit in ACAD: Use the Edit and Modify Tools to create a “Smile Face” Change text Save correctly Plot or print work Turn in for grading 2 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Open ACAD Find the ACAD link, click on it, and open it 3 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Download the file: Go to my website or the “Baxter” local share drive and download the file as instructed 4 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Click Yes This message will pop up Click on “YES” This is because I have the file set up so that you can’t change the original. 5 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

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Make sure Object is the current Layer Click on Format, Layer Make the Object layer “current” 7 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Circle Type in “C” and hit the  “Enter” key OR click on the draw Circle icon Type in “22,20” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “9” and hit the  “Enter” key 8 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 9 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Arc Type in “A” and hit the  “Enter” key OR click on the draw Arc icon Type in “17,19” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “19,16” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “22,15” and hit the  “Enter” key 10 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 11 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Circle #2 Now draw a circle Type in “17,21” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “2” and hit the  “Enter” key 12 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 13 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Line Now draw a line Type in “14,21” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “20,21” and hit the  “Enter” key two times 14 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 15 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Trim Click on Modify, Trim OR the Trim icon located on the right side tool bar menu 16 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now hit the Space Bar on your keyboard Now click on the TOP part of the small circle It should look like this 17 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Erase Click on Modify, erase OR Erase icon OR type in “E” and hit the  “Enter” key 18 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now select the line Now hit the  “Enter” key It should look like this 19 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now click on Modify, Mirror OR the Mirror icon Now put a “box” around everything inside the first circle drawn and hit the  “Enter” key Mirror 20 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now click on the bottom of the Arc Move your mouse up to the center of the circle and click there Now type in “N” and hit the  “Enter” key 21 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 22 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Circle #3 Now draw another circle Type in “20,24” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “1” and hit the  “Enter” key 23 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 24 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Copy Now click on Modify, Copy OR the Copy icon Select the small circle and hit the  “Enter” key 25 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now click on the center of the circle Now type in “22,19” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “24,24” and hit the  “Enter” key twice 26 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 27 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Multiline Now click on the Draw, Mulitline OR type in “ML” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “S” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “1” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “11,8” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “11,31” and hit the  “Enter” key twice 28 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 29 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Multiline #2 Now draw another Multiline Now type in “S” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “1” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “10,31” and hit the  “Enter” key Now type in “34,31” and hit the  “Enter” key twice 30 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this: 31 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Explode Now click on Modify, Explode OR the Explode icon 32 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now click on the two (2) multilines you just drew and hit the  “Enter” key 33 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Offset Now click on Modify, Offset OR the Offset icon OR type in “offset” and hit the  “Enter” key Type in “21” and hit the  “Enter” key 34 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Vertical Offset Now select the two (2) vertical lines one at a time Move your mouse to the right of the drawing 35 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this 36 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Horizontal Offset Now select the two (2) horizontal lines one at a time Move your mouse to the bottom and click 37 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

It should look like this 38 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Trim #2 Now we want to trim Hit the “Space Bar” on your key board OR Place a window around the whole drawing and hit the  “Enter” key 39 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Now select the inside And outside portions of the lines Erase the last part still there 40 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Another Trim Option: Trim and select the Trim to line Hit the enter key Type in Fence and then enter Draw a line across the parts to delete. This is ACAD’s quick trim. 41 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

You are making a “Picture Frame” that should look like this: 42 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

To Change Text Simply move your mouse onto the text and double click (fast) This screen will pop up Change the text and click on OK DO NOT hit the enter key! 43 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

How to Save As Now click on File, Save As! Change it from the AutoCAD folder to Your DRIVE and your FOLDER! Not on the Baxter Drive! 44 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

How to Plot/Print Click on File Plot 45 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Plot/Print It Print as an Adobe PDF Click on OK Ta-da it is done! 46 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Save the PDF Save the PDF file to your DRIVE & your FOLDER Log into Moodle & upload the PDF file for grading. 47 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Next Assignment Next is the LAST Basic ACAD drawing assignment Problem #4-Plate 48 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.