By:
Dr. S. SUMATHI
Introduction to CAD
• Creating engineering drawings using software
• Computer Aided Design
• Useful in all fields of Engineering (Mechanical, Civil,
Architectural, Electrical, Aerospace, Chemical,
Environmental etc.)
• The main purpose is to communicate to other engineers
• Famous one is AutoCad – Mainly used by Mechanical Eng.
• There are many others as well such Inventor, Solidworks,
Civil 3D, etc.
Properties of AutoCAD
Standard
Toolbar
Properties
Toolbar
UCS
Command
Bar Tracking Bar Cursor
Main Tracking
• SNAP- track distance for X & Y axis
• DYN – track the movements
• OSNAP- track the edges
• POLAR – track the angle
• ORTHO – straight line
• OTRACK – track changes by OSNAP
• DUCS – 3D drawing
• GRID- to have grids on
Always make sure
• This icons must be “ON”
• GRID
• DYN
• MODEL
Drawing Background Setting
• Click “new” above the “file”
• Sheet Sets
• Civil/Architectural Metric
• Click “format”
• Units
• Decimal
• Precision:0.00
• Units to scale: Centimeter
• Lighting: International
Drafting
• To set the drawing limits
• Click “format”
• Drawing limits
• A4 – start (0,0) end (29.7, 21.0)
• A3 – start (0,0) end (42.0, 29.7)
GRID Spacing
• To set the grid spacing
• Click “Tools”
• Drafting settings
• Snap & Grid
•Change grid spacing X & Y = 1.0
•Change snap spacing X & Y= 1.0
Basic command
• To delete
• Highlight and delete
• Use eraser, click the item to
delete, press enter
• To Undo
• “Ctrl Z” or “shift U enter”
• To drag drawing area
• Hold the scroll at mouse and drag
• To Zoom and back to original
position
• “Z” enter “A” enter
DRAWING LINES USING
AUTOCAD
Draw Lines
• To draw line use draw tool bar
• Go to “Draw”
• Click “line”
Cartesian Coordinate System
• To define the exact location of points in the
graphics AutoCAD uses “Cartesian
Coordinate System”
• (0,0) is the “ORIGIN POINT”
• Works with 2 axis, X-axis, Y-axis
• Lines drawn in 2 dimension has start and
end point coordinates
• Example : start (0,0)
Relative coordinates
• Autocad enters points based on the position
of a point that has already been defined
• Relative to the last point
• This is named as dynamic input
• Example
– Start at (2,2)
– (3,3)
– (1,5)
– esc
Absolute coordinates
• Autocad places the points according to
Cartesian coordinate system
• This is named as absolute input
• With DYN (on) use the #
• Example:
– Start at (2,2)
– #(7,3)
– #(10,6)
– #(4,7)
– esc.
Exercise 1
• Drawing a square
• Start point (1,1)
• (8,0)
• (0,8)
• (-8,0)
• (0,-8)
Exercise 2
• Start point (1,1)
(6,0)
(1,2)
(0,2)
(-3,0)
(-2,2)
(-1,0)
(-1,1)
Type C (Close)
return to original
Exercise 3
Draw this dimension using your own reference command
Exercise 4
2
0.5
Start 2,2 5
1
3
3
2
6
4
2
1 1
Draw the following figure using autocad drawing commands
Exercise 5
Polar coordinates
• Same as relative positioning but used for
angles
• Area surrounding is 360º
• Angles measured counterclockwise
• East is considered zero degree
• Uses “tab” not “comma” for coordinates
• Example;
- (2 tab 120°)
Exercise 6
• Start point (1,1)
(6,0)
(2.25 tab 60)
(2 tab 120)
(3.5 tab 160)
(1.5 tab 90)
(1.5 tab 180)
Close (C)
Exercise 7
2
4 3
4 30
3
240 117
Starts at (2,2)
Practical 2
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