It is a basic 2D software for all the 3D softwares. Architects, engineers, and construction professionals use AutoCAD to: Design and annotate 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, surfaces, and mesh objects. Usually, most of the companies use AutoCad for 2D sketches and detailing and in the automation industry, the circuit designs can be carried out with AutoCad. This is basically a drafting software, where the users can draw and draft by using shortcut keys to increase productivity. For laser cutting purpose, this software is more useful for transferring files.
File management, User interface, Basic settings, Navigation bar, Steering wheel, View port
DRAW SETTING & CONDITION Units, Limits, UCS icon Function keys & its work
DRAWING TOOLS Line, polyline, Circle, arc Rectangle, polygon Ellipse, Elliptical arc, spline Spline Edit, Xline, Ray, Points Measure, Divide, Region Wipeout, Helix, Donut, Revision cloud, hatch, Gradient
MODIFY TOOLS Move, copy, Rotate, scale Stretch, fillet, chamfer Erase, offset, explode Array, polar Array, path array Trim, extend, mirror, Edit polyline, Edit spline, Edit hatch Edit array, break, break at point Blend vertex, joint, overkill, lengthen.
Annotations Dimensions, dimension setting Linear dimension, Aligned dimension Angular dimensions, arc length, Radius Diameter, ordinates, jogged Base line dimension, Dim base Continuous dimension MULTILEADER: Multileader setting, create multileader Multileader edit, multileader align TEXT: Text style, single text, multi text TABLE: Table style, create table Table Edit, text placement
PROPERTIES TOOLS Property: color, line type Line weight, show icon Match properties GROUP: New group, Edit group Active and inactive group
LAYERS Create layers, Edit layers properties Layer control (hide, freeze, lock Layout lock, print lock)
UTILITIES TOOLS UT tools – distance, Radius, Angle Area, volume, quick select, Quick calculator, point, ID point CLIP BOARD: copy, cut, paste Paste as a block, paste special
BLOCK AND ATTRIBUTES BLOCK: create block (Block & write block) Insert block, block Editor ATTRIBUTES: create attributes, Attributes mode setting, block Attributes, insert attributes, Edit attributes Tool palettes, design Centre, Add object to Tool Palettes and Design Centre, Insert object from Tool Palettes and Design Centre
CONSTRAINTS GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT Coincident, parallel, tangent Collinear, midpoint, smooth Concentric, Horizontal, symmetric Lock, Vertical, Equal, Show and hide constraints DIMENSION CONSTRAINT Linear, aligned, Radius, diameter Angle, show and hide dim constraints Delete constraints, parameters
References: External reference, Attach files IMPORT: Import 2D, import 3D, OLE LAYOUTS: Multiview, paper space, model space Page setup, print setup Print setting, PDF conversion DXF, batch print
Introduction, getting start, work space setting, View setting, views
VISUALIZE Views, view manager, visual style, Edge style in visual, view port Configuration, Create new view Ports, Coordinates, navigation bar, Steering wheel, zoom tool, orbit Tools
WIRE FRAME MODELING Absolute input method, relative Input method
SOLID MODELING – PRIMITIVE Box, cylinder, sphere, cone, Pyramid, wedge, torus, poly solid, Object poly solid
SOLID MODELING Extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, loft with path, Loft with guide curves
BOOLEAN OPERATION Press pull, union, subtract, Intersect, Interference
SOLID EDIT On face – Extrude, move, rotate, Offset, Tapper, delete, copy, color, Material On edge – Copy, color On body – color
SOLID EDIT Shell object, fillet, edge, Chamfer edge
SOLID EDIT Interference, intersect, slice tool, Thicken
SOLID MODEL – EDIT 3D array, 3D rotates, Rotate 3D, 3D moves,3D scale, 3D mirror, Fillet edge
OBJECT & ORTHOGRAPHIC Live section, add jog, generate section, Flat shot, extract edges
SURFACE MODELING Extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, Planar, Network, blend surface, Patch surface, offset surface
FACE MODELING 3D face, rule surface, edge surf, Surface tab 1, Surface tab 2, Plane surface, mesh primitives, Smooth object, refine mesh, add and remove crease, Mesh edit, Split face, merge face, convert to Solid, convert to surface, Faceted Methods
