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Quick References
AutoCAD Interface Standard Tool Bar Draw Tool Bar Modify Tool Bar Properties Tool Bar Input methods and command controls

AutoCAD Interface
Getting Started Accessing commands File Formats in AutoCAD Customizing AutoCAD Interface Setting Drawing units Open & Save Drawings Selecting Objects in AutoCAD Drawing First Line Coordinate System Coordinate Entry Methods in AutoCAD Display Controls Undo & Redo Erase Editing with Grips Zoom Aerial View Pan Quick Menu Properties of an Object UCS & WCS

Drawing objects & its aids

Referencing & Aids Referencing from a point From Status Bar Construction Object Construction Line Ray Point Multiline Drawing Objects Circle Polygon Rectangle Ellipse Donut Arc

Circular Arc

 Polyline Elliptical Arc Spline Revision Cloud Region, Hatches & Text Creating Region Hatch & Color Gradient PEDIT or Polyline Edit Text in Drawings Tables

Modifying Objects
Modifying Line Type & Text Text Style Tool Dimension Style Tool Table Style Tool Line Color Control Line Type Control Line Weight Control Object Properties Ordinate Erase Copy Mirror Offset Array Move Rotate Scale Stretch Trim Extend Break at point Break Join Chamfer Fillet

Dimensioning & Layers

Dimensions Linear Dimension Aligned Dimension Arc Length Ordinate Radius Jogged Diameter Angular Dimension Base line Continue Dimension

 Make Dimension Oblique Quick Dimension Leader Dimension Mark Dimension Symbol Tolerance Text Alignment Dimension Style Layers Layer Properties Object Layer Tasks

Libraries & Standards

Object Libraries, External References and Tools Inserting Layouts Inserting Blocks Inserting DWG References Inserting Raster Image References Inserting Fields External References Tool Palettes Design Center Inquiry Standardization of drawings Standardization on single drawing Standardization on batch drawings Presentation

Drawing Layouts & Plotting

Model & Layout Spaces Viewports in Model Space Viewports in Layout Space Layout Wizard Layout for 3D Objects Layout Tool Bar Advance Layout Commands Page Setup Manager Wireframe Modeling Surface Modeling Solid Modeling World Coordinate System or WCS User Coordinate System or UCS Planar or surfaces Solid Objects in AutoCAD 3D Solid Operations : Extrude, Revolve, Seep, Loft, Section, Slice etc Boolean Operations Surfacing Rendering

Introduction to 3D Modeling