1. BASIC DRAWING COMMANDS FOR AUTOCAD

4. Measuring Commands

5. GRID: Displays a grid of dots at a desired spacing on the screen.

6. Command: GRID (enter)

7. On/Off/Tick spacing(x)/Aspect: (enter value) (enter)

9. SNAP: Specifies a "round off" interval so that points entered with the mouse can be locked into alignment with the grid spacing.

10. Command: SNAP (enter)

11. On/Off/Value/Aspect/Rotate/Style: (enter value) (enter)

13. Basic Draw Commands

14. CIRCLE: Draws circles of any size.

15. Command: Circle (enter)

16. 3P/2P/TTR/<center point>: (pick a center point)

17. Diameter or <Radius>: (Pick a point on the circle)

19. LINE: Draws straight lines between two points

20. Command: LINE (enter)

21. From Point: (pick a point using the mouse)

22. To Point: (Pick a point using the mouse)

23. To Point: (Press return to end the command)

25. ARC: Draws an arc (any part of a circle or curve) through three known points.

26. Command: ARC (enter)

27. Center/ < Start point > : (pick the first point on the arc)

28. Center/End/ < Second point > : C

29. Center: (pick the arc's center point)

30. Angle/Length of chord/ <End point > : (pick the arc endpoint)

32. Display Commands

33. LIMITS:. Sets the size of the drawing paper
LIMITS: Sets the size of the drawing paper. For size "A" drawing paper the limits should be set for x 8.

34. Command: LIMITS (enter)

35. On/Off/Lower left corner <0.0000> (enter)

36. Upper right corner: 10.5,8 (enter)

38. ZOOM: Enlarges or reduces the display of a drawing.

39. Command: ZOOM (enter)

40. All/Center/Dynamic/Extents/Left/Previous/Vmax/Window/<Scale(x/XP)>:

41. (pick a point to define one corner of a rectangular viewing window then pick a point to define the second point to define the opposite diagonal corner of the viewing window)

42. Note: To return the picture to its original viewing size enter ALL and press the enter key when prompted instead of defining a window.

44. PAN: Allows you to move your view point around the drawing without changing the magnification factor.

45. Command: PAN (enter)

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48. Editing Commands

49. CHANGE: Alters properties of selected objects

50. Command: CHANGE (enter)

51. Select objects or window or Last (select objects to be changed)

52. Properties/<Change point>: (type P)

53. Change what property (Color/Elev/LAyer/LType/Thickness)? (type Layer)

54. New Layer: (enter new layer name and press enter)

56. ERASE: Erases entities from the drawing.

57. Command: ERASE (enter)

58. Select objects or Window or Last: (Select objects to be erased and press enter when finished)

60. EXTEND: Lengthens a line to end precisely at a boundary edge.

61. Command: Extend (enter)

62. Select boundary edge(s)...

63. Select Objects (pick the line which represents the boundary edge which lines will be extended to)

64. (press enter when finished selecting cutting edges)

65. <Select object to extend>/Undo: (pick the line(s) that need to be extended

67. TRIM: Trims a line to end precisely at a cutting edge.

68. Command: Trim (enter)

69. Select cutting edge(s)...

70. Select Objects (pick the line which represents the cutting edge of line in which objects will be trimmed to)

71. (press enter when finished selecting cutting edges)

72. <Select object to trim>/Undo: (pick the line(s) that need to be trimmed)

74. Grips

75. You can edit selected objects by manipulating grips that appear at defining points on the object. Grips is not a command. To activate grips simply pick the object. Small squares will appear at various entity-specific positions. By selecting an end grip you can stretch the entity to change its size. By selecting the center grip you can move the entity to a new location. To remove grips press CTL-C twice. You can perform the following using grips: Copy, Multiple Copy, Stretch, Move, Rotate, Scale, and Mirror.

77. Creating Layers

78. LAYER: Creates named drawing layers and assigns color and linetype properties to those layers.

79. Command: LAYER (enter)
A Layer & Linetype Properties dialog box will be displayed. To add a new layer, pick the New button. A new layer listing appears, using a default name of Layer1. the layer name can be changed by highlighting the layer name. Colors and Linetypes can be assigned to each new layer by picking the color box to assign a color and picking the linetype box to assign a line type.

81. Standard AutoCAD colors

82. 1 = Red 2 = Yellow 3 = Green 4 = Cyan

83. 5 = Blue 6 = Magenta 7 = White

85. Standard AutoCAD linetypes

86. Hidden2 = hidden lines

87. Center2 = center lines

88. Phantom2 = phantom or cutting-plane lines

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92. Construction Commands

93. ARRAY: Makes multiple copies of selected objects in a rectangular or circular pattern

94. Command: ARRAY (enter)

95. Select objects or Window or Last: (select object to array)

96. Rectangular or Polar array (R/P) <current>: (P)

97. Center point of array: (pick the point around which to form the array)

98. Angle to fill (+=CCW, -=Cw) <360>: (enter)

100. COPY: Draws a copy of selected objects.

101. Command: COPY (enter)

102. Select objects or Window or Last: (select objects to be copied)

103. Base point or displacement: (pick a point on the object to be use as a reference point)

104. Second point of displacement: (pick a point which represents the new location of the copied

105. object)

107. MIRROR: Makes mirror images of existing objects.

108. Command: MIRROR (enter)

109. Select objects or Window or Last: (select objects to be mirrored)

110. First point of mirror line: (pick a point on top of the mirror line)

111. Second point: (pick a point on the bottom of the mirror line)

112. Delete old objects? <N> y or n (enter)

114. MOVE: Moves designated entities to another location.

115. Command: MOVE (enter)

116. Select objects or Window or Last: (select objects to move)

117. Base point or displacement: (pick a point on the object to be use as a reference point)

118. Second point of displacement: (pick a point which represents the new location of the object)

120. OFFSET: Constructs an entity parallel to another entity at a specified distance. Offset can be used with lines, circles, arcs, and polylines.

121. Command: OFFSET (enter)

122. Offset distance or Through <last>: (enter a distance value)

123. Select object to offset: (select object to offset)

124. Side to offset: (Pick any point on the side of the object you wish to offset)

126. FILLET: Changes any corner to a rounded corner.

127. Command: FILLET

128. Polyline/Radius/Angle/Trim/Method/ <Select first line > : (pick the first line)

129. Select second line: (pick the second line)

131. CHAMFER: Changes any corner to an angled corner.

132. Command: CHAMFER

133. Polyline/Distance/Angle/Trim/Method/ < Select first line > : (pick the first line)

134. Select second line: (pick the second line)

136. OSNAP

137. Instantly locates exact points relative to existing objects (points).

138. Object Snap Modes: Endpoint, Midpoint, Center, Quadrant, Intersection, Insertion, Perpendicular, Tangent,

139. Nearest, Node, and None.

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142. Placing lettering on a drawing

143. TEXT: Draws text characters of any size.

144. Command: TEXT (enter)

145. Justify/Style/<Start point>: (pick a starting point or enter a justification letter)

146. Height (0) (enter the height of the lettering)

147. Rotation Angle (0) (enter)

148. Text: (enter the desired lettering) (enter)

150. Summary of Options

151. <Start Point> Left-Justifies text along its baseline

152. Justify Justifies text according to the alignment options

153. Style Enters a new text style

154. Null reply Enters a new line of text below the previous text.

155. (space or Enter key will give a Null reply)

157. Text Alignment Options

158. Alignment Abbreviation Orientation

159. Aligned. A. Aligns text between two points. Text
Aligned A Aligns text between two points. Text height will adjust automatically

160. Fit F Fits text between two points. Text height will not change

161. Centered C Centers text at the baseline of a specified point

162. Middle. M. Centers text horizontally and vertically at
Middle M Centers text horizontally and vertically at the baseline of a specified point

163. Right R Right Justify text at the baseline of a specified point

164. Alignment Abbreviation Orientation

165. Top Left TL Left Justifies text at the top of text

166. Top Center TC Centers text at the top of text

167. Top Right TR Right justifies text at the top to text

168. Middle Left ML Left justifies text at the middle of text

169. Middle Center. MC. Centers text both horizontally and vertically
Middle Center MC Centers text both horizontally and vertically at the middle of the text

170. Middle Right MR Right justifies text at the middle of text

171. Bottom Left BL Left justifies text at the bottom of text

172. Bottom Center BC Centers text a the bottom of text

173. Bottom Right BR Right justifies text at the bottom of text

175. The SPELL command will check the spelling of a group of text.

177. Crosshatching a drawing

178. BHATCH: Allows the user to crosshatch areas of a section view.
Command: BHATCH (enter)
The Boundary Hatch dialogue Box will be displayed. Select the Hatch Options box.
The Hatch Options box will be displayed. Select the Patterns box.
The Choose Hatch Pattern box will be displayed. Select the desired hatch pattern.
The Hatch Options box will be displayed again. You can select a scale and rotation angle for the crosshatch pattern. Select the OK box when finished.

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The Boundary Hatch dialogue box will be displayed again. Select the Pick Points box. When prompted select the internal point of the are to be crosshatched. Press the enter key when finished.
The Boundary Hatch dialog box will be displayed again. Select the Apply box to add the crosshatching to the drawing.