Concepts covered for the week are as follows. You can click the topic to see a 15 minute video for instructions.
- Interface and line commands:
- Cartesian co-ordiantes, User coordinate system and the cursor:
- Erasing Objects, Erasing using a Window and a Crossing Window.
- Drawing Lines with Polar Tracking, Absolute coordinates, Relative coordinates, Relative Polar coordinates, Dynamic Input.
- Working with command line options and the rectangle command.
- Drawing circles using the various methods that AutoCAD provides
- Viewing your drawing. Zoom realtime, pan, zoom extents, etc
- Snap to: Endpoint, Midpoint, Intersection, Perpendicular, Ortho.
- Center, Quadrant, Tangent, Osnap Settings, None, Osnap Tracking
- Moving Objects, Copying Objects
You are expected to practice all the below exercises on AutoCAD, so that you will be ready for the class test at the beginning of week 2. Concentrate on speed and accuracy. Knowledge of most of the above concepts will be tested in class.
- Total time assigned: 20 Minutes
- Total Marks towards final = 4 Marks (10/2.5 = 4)