Figure 01 Tutorial – AutoCAD 2011
ISOMETRIC FIGURE, NO DIMENSIONS
Objectives:
• Understand File, Open and Close procedures
• Understand line sketching
• Understand Trim, Object Snap, Command Line, Limits, Extents, Coordinate System, Linetypes,
Properties, Creating Tables and Printing/Plotting
• Understand Templates
Create a New Drawing
1. Go to the Application Menu > New. This will bring you to a folder location that contains Templates. Choose
the “acad” template > Open. This will create a new AutoCAD file using the standard acad template.
If Grid Lines are showing in your display, type Grid in the Command Line, then type Off > Enter. The grid
display will now be set as off. Watch Video 1
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Setting the Limits and Drawing Area
2. In the Command Line, type Limits > Enter. Notice that the Lower Left Corner is specified as <0.0000,
0.0000>. This means that the lower left corner will be at the “zero, zero” coordinates ( AutoCAD rounds to
four decimal places). Hit Enter to accept the lower left coordinates. Set the Upper Right coordinates to 36,
27, then hit Enter. This gives us a Paper Limits Area of 36” X 27” – enough room to fit our drawing. We will
scale the drawing to fit our paper later.
Next, we will set our Drawing Area so that we have a rectangular border that is ½” inside the paper. Select
the Rectangle tool. Type .5, .5 > Enter. This sets the first point of the rectangle to a point ½” from the lower
left of the limits you set in the previous step. Next, type 35 ,26 > Enter to set the upper right coordinates of
the rectangle. Press Z > Enter, E > Enter to Zoom to the Extents of the drawing. Watch Video 2
Saving Your Drawing
3. Save your drawing into your ENG_DRAW folder within your H:\ Drive (your ID number). Be sure to save using
fig_01_INL_ENG_DRAW_3. Be sure to use YOUR initials (not INL), and YOUR period (3 in the example)
NEVER SAVE INTO My Documents!! Watch Video 3
Start Your Drawing
4. Right Click on the Object Snap button on the Status Bar > Settings. Choose the Object Snap tab. Choose
the settings below, then click OK:
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5. Select the Line tool . Start drawing your line by clicking near the bottom of the rectangular border, at
approximately the middle of the drawing space. See Below:
Start here
6. Draw the line 13”, at an angle of 30°. See Below: Watch Video 4
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7. Continue drawing the lines using the same technique – enter the length, then the angle. See the description
below: Ctrl-S to SAVE!!! Watch Video 5
4. Length = 13
Angle = 30
5. Length = 16
Angle = 30
3. Length = 8
Angle = 90
6. Connect line to here
2. Length = 16
Angle = 150 1. Length = 13
Angle - 30
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8. Draw the rest of the lines, using the same techniques. Ctrl-S to SAVE!!! See Below: Watch Video 6a
We will need to
trim this line.
9. We purposely drew one of the lines too long – we will have to trim this line. The Trim command works by selecting a
“fence” which is used as a cutting edge, then selecting the segment to trim. Here’s how:
10. Select the Trim icon from Home > Modify, or type Trim in the command line. Next select the “fence”, then Enter.
See below:
Select this line as the Fence > Enter
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11. Next, select the line segment that you wish to delete, then press Enter. Ctrl-S to SAVE!!! Watch Video 6b
12. Next, Draw the Hidden lines: See below
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13. Since some of the lines are “hidden”, we will have to change their linetype. In the Command Line, type LINETYPE.
Alternatively, you can go to the Home Tab > Properties > Linetype > Other.
Click Here,
Then here
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14. Click Load > DASHED2 > OK> OK. See Below. Watch Video 7
15. Next, select the lines that need to be hidden by clicking on them. Below:
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16. Right Click > Properties. In the Properties box, select Linetype > Dashed2 > Close Properties > Escape. Ctrl-S to SAVE!!!
Watch Video 8
Close Properties
Linetype > DASHED2 >
Close Properties >Escape
17. Your drawing should look like the one below:
All hidden lines should be
dashed
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Create a Table
18. Go to the Annotate tab >Table > Table. Fill in the table like the one below, and click OK:
Fill in all the information
in this area.
19. Click to drop the table in the lower right corner of your drawing. Hit the Escape key. This will bring you into the Text
Editor.
20. Click in the Style tab. Set your Text Height as 0.5.
21. Click in the Paragraph tab > Justification. Choose Middle Left (ML)
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22. Caps lock on!! Hit the Space Bar, then type your First Initial, Last Name. Hit Enter.
23. Repeat the procedure for each line of the table: Ctrl-S to SAVE!!! Watch Video 9
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Printing your Drawing
24. Go to Application Menu > Print. Fill out the Plot – Model dialogue like the one below.
25. Click Preview to be sure the plot is set correctly. Then, Click Print. Watch Video 12
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Create a Template
Since you will be using the same format for all of your AutoCAD drawings, it will be easier to save this drawing
layout as a template. In the future, you WILL NOT have to set up:
• Limits
• Extents
• Border
• Table
You will start future drawings by opening this template.
26. Go to Application Menu > Save As. Navigate to your ENG_GRAW folder.
27. Save as… Filename: template_27x36_EPB_ENG_01 (YOUR initials, YOUR period number)
Files of Type: AutoCAD Drawing Template (*.dwt)
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28. Click OK, then OK in the Template Options box. Ctrl-S to SAVE!!! Watch Video 10
29. Since you want the template to be empty, select the lines of your drawing by dragging a selection window
from the top left to the bottom right. Hit the Delete key to delete the lines Watch Video 11
30. Double Click in the “Figure 01” section of the table. Highlight and delete Figure 01. Double Click in the Scale
section, and delete the 1” = 3” scale. You can leave the word “Scale:” there. See Below: Ctrl-S to SAVE!!!
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