AutoCAD 2022 Beginners Guide

405 Pages·2021·46.479 MB·English

by  Amit Bhatt

AutoCAD 2022
Beginners Guide
th
(9 Edition)

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Table of Contents

Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to AutoCAD 2022 1

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1
System requirements ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
Starting AutoCAD 2022 ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
AutoCAD user interface ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Changing the Color Scheme in AutoCAD ................................................................................................................... 3
Workspaces in AutoCAD .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Drafting & Annotation Workspace .............................................................................................................................. 5
3D Basics and 3D Modeling Workspaces .................................................................................................................... 6
Application Menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Quick Access Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 6
File tabs ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Drawing Window........................................................................................................................................................... 7
ViewCube ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Navigation Bar ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Command line ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Status Bar ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Menu Bar ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Changing the display of Ribbon ................................................................................................................................ 14
Dialog Boxes and Palettes ........................................................................................................................................... 14
Tool Palettes .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Shortcut Menus ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Selection Windows ....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Starting a new drawing .................................................................................................................................................... 18
Command list .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Questions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 38

Chapter 2: Drawing Basics in AutoCAD 39

Drawing Basic ................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Drawing lines ............................................................................................................................................................... 39
Erasing, Undoing and Redoing ................................................................................................................................. 44
Drawing Circles ........................................................................................................................................................... 46
Drawing Arcs ............................................................................................................................................................... 50
Drawing Splines .......................................................................................................................................................... 53
Drawing Ellipses ......................................................................................................................................................... 54
Drawing Polylines ....................................................................................................................................................... 57
Drawing Rectangles .................................................................................................................................................... 58
Drawing Polygons ....................................................................................................................................................... 62
Questions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Exercise 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Exercise 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Exercise 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Exercise 4 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Exercise 5 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 66

Chapter 3: Drawing Aids in AutoCAD 67

Drawing Aids .................................................................................................................................................................... 67
Setting Grid and Snap ................................................................................................................................................. 67
Setting the Limits of a drawing ................................................................................................................................. 69
Setting the Lineweight ................................................................................................................................................ 70
Using the Ortho mode and Polar Tracking ............................................................................................................. 71
Using Layers ................................................................................................................................................................ 72
Using Object Snaps ..................................................................................................................................................... 75
Running Object Snaps ................................................................................................................................................ 79
Cycling through Object Snaps ................................................................................................................................... 79
Using Object Snap Tracking ...................................................................................................................................... 80
Using Zoom tools ........................................................................................................................................................ 82
Panning Drawings ...................................................................................................................................................... 87
Questions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 88
Exercises ............................................................................................................................................................................. 88
Exercise 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 88
Exercise 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 88

Chapter 4: Editing Tools in AutoCAD 89

Editing Tools...................................................................................................................................................................... 89
The Move tool .............................................................................................................................................................. 89
The Copy tool .............................................................................................................................................................. 90
The Rotate tool ............................................................................................................................................................. 91
The Scale tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 92
The Trim tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 93
The Extend tool ............................................................................................................................................................ 94
The Fillet tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 95
The Chamfer tool ......................................................................................................................................................... 97
The Mirror tool ............................................................................................................................................................ 97
The Explode tool .......................................................................................................................................................... 99
The Stretch tool ............................................................................................................................................................ 99
The Offset tool ........................................................................................................................................................... 101
The Rectangular Array tool ..................................................................................................................................... 104
The Path Array tool ................................................................................................................................................... 105
The Polar Array tool ................................................................................................................................................. 107
Editing Using Grips .................................................................................................................................................. 111
Modifying Rectangular Arrays ............................................................................................................................... 116
Modifying Polar Arrays ........................................................................................................................................... 122
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 127
Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 127
Exercise 5 .................................................................................................................................................................... 128

Chapter 5: Multi View Drawings in AutoCAD 129

Multi View Drawings ..................................................................................................................................................... 129
Creating Orthographic Views ................................................................................................................................. 129
Creating Auxiliary Views ......................................................................................................................................... 139
Creating Named views ............................................................................................................................................. 145
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 148
Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 148

Chapter 6: Dimensions and Annotations in AutoCAD 149

Dimensioning .................................................................................................................................................................. 149
Creating Dimensions ................................................................................................................................................ 149
Creating a Dimension Style ..................................................................................................................................... 159
Adding Leaders ......................................................................................................................................................... 165
Adding Dimensional Tolerances ............................................................................................................................. 170
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing ............................................................................................................ 173
Editing Dimensions by Stretching .......................................................................................................................... 179
Modifying Dimensions by Trimming and Extending .......................................................................................... 179
Using the DIMEDIT command ............................................................................................................................... 181
Using the Update tool ............................................................................................................................................... 182
Using the Oblique tool .............................................................................................................................................. 183
Editing Dimensions using Grips ............................................................................................................................. 187
Modifying Dimensions using the Properties palette ............................................................................................ 190
Matching Properties of Dimensions or Objects ..................................................................................................... 191
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 194

Chapter 7: Parametric Tools in AutoCAD 195

Parametric Tools ............................................................................................................................................................. 195
Geometric Constraints .............................................................................................................................................. 195
Dimensional Constraints .......................................................................................................................................... 206
Creating equations using the Parameters Manager ............................................................................................. 209
Creating Inferred Constraints .................................................................................................................................. 211
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 214
Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 214
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 214
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 214

Chapter 8: Section Views in AutoCAD 215

Section Views................................................................................................................................................................... 215
The Hatch tool ........................................................................................................................................................... 215
Setting the Properties of Hatch lines ...................................................................................................................... 224
Island Detection tools ............................................................................................................................................... 228
Text in Hatching ........................................................................................................................................................ 231
Editing Hatch lines .................................................................................................................................................... 232
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 234
Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 234
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 234
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 235

Chapter 9: Blocks, Attributes and Xrefs in AutoCAD 237

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 237
Creating Blocks .......................................................................................................................................................... 237
Inserting Blocks ......................................................................................................................................................... 239
Creating Annotative Blocks ..................................................................................................................................... 242
Exploding Blocks ....................................................................................................................................................... 243
Using the Purge tool ................................................................................................................................................. 244
Using the Divide tool ................................................................................................................................................ 245
Renaming Blocks ....................................................................................................................................................... 246
Inserting Blocks in a Table ....................................................................................................................................... 247
Using the DesignCenter ........................................................................................................................................... 249
Using Tool Palettes ................................................................................................................................................... 251
Inserting Multiple Blocks ......................................................................................................................................... 255
Editing Blocks ............................................................................................................................................................ 256
Using the Write Block tool ....................................................................................................................................... 257
Defining Attributes ................................................................................................................................................... 259
Inserting Attributed Blocks ...................................................................................................................................... 261
Working with External references .......................................................................................................................... 263
Fading an Xref ........................................................................................................................................................... 266
Clipping External References .................................................................................................................................. 266
Editing the External References .............................................................................................................................. 268
Adding Balloons ........................................................................................................................................................ 268
Create Part List .......................................................................................................................................................... 270
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 274
Exercise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 274
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 274

Chapter 10: Layouts & Annotative Objects in AutoCAD 275

Drawing Layouts ............................................................................................................................................................ 275
Working with Layouts .............................................................................................................................................. 275
Creating Viewports in the Paper space .................................................................................................................. 278
Changing the Layer Properties in Viewports ........................................................................................................ 283
Creating the Title Block on the Layout ................................................................................................................... 284
Working with Annotative Dimensions .................................................................................................................. 285
Scaling Hatch relative to Viewports ....................................................................................................................... 289
Working with Annotative Text ............................................................................................................................... 290
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 292
Exercise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 292
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 292

Chapter 11: Templates and Plotting in AutoCAD 293

Plotting Drawings ........................................................................................................................................................... 293
Configuring Plotters ................................................................................................................................................. 293
Creating Plot Style Tables ........................................................................................................................................ 296
Using Plot Styles ........................................................................................................................................................ 299
Creating Templates ................................................................................................................................................... 303
Plotting/Printing the drawing ................................................................................................................................ 304
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 307
Exercise ............................................................................................................................................................................. 307
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 307

Chapter 12: 3D Modeling Basics in AutoCAD 309

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 309
3D Modeling Workspaces in AutoCAD ...................................................................................................................... 309
The 3D Modeling Workspace .................................................................................................................................. 310
The Box tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 312
Creating the User Coordinate System .................................................................................................................... 313
Creating a Wedge ...................................................................................................................................................... 314
Creating a Cylinder ................................................................................................................................................... 316
Using Dynamic User Coordinate System .............................................................................................................. 322
Model Space Viewports For 3D Modeling ............................................................................................................. 323
Creating Other Primitive Shapes .................................................................................................................................. 324
Creating Cones .......................................................................................................................................................... 324
Creating a Sphere ...................................................................................................................................................... 325
Creating a Pyramid ................................................................................................................................................... 326
Creating a Torus ........................................................................................................................................................ 326
Creating a Wedge ...................................................................................................................................................... 327
Using the Polysolid tool ........................................................................................................................................... 328
Using the Extrude tool .............................................................................................................................................. 328
Using the Loft tool ..................................................................................................................................................... 331
Using the Revolve tool ............................................................................................................................................. 334
Using the Sweep tool ................................................................................................................................................ 336
Using the Presspull tool ........................................................................................................................................... 338
Performing Boolean Operations .............................................................................................................................. 344
Using the Helix tool .................................................................................................................................................. 349
Questions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 351
Exercises ........................................................................................................................................................................... 351
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 351
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 351
Exercise 3 .................................................................................................................................................................... 352
Exercise 4 .................................................................................................................................................................... 352