BASIC COMMAND FOR AUTOCAD - An Introduction

Autocad Basic Command

1. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
CMA402 –DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION
BY: TS BALKHIZ ISMAIL

2. CONTENT
Introduction
User Interface
Drawing Command
Shapes
Summary

3. INTRODUCTION
AutoCADis a CAD (Computer Aided Design or
Computer Aided Drafting) software for 2D and 3D
design and drafting.
With AutoCADyou can:
▪Quickly create designs
▪Improved quality over hand drafting
▪Can be customized to suit the individual’s needs
▪Teaches a marketable skill
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4. USER INTERFACE
HOW MOUSE & KEYBOARD WORKS?

5. HOW MOUSE & KEYBOARD WORKS?
Although the 2 fingers is specifically pressing
space bar and ESC (Escape), it can also
conduct others drawing Commands
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6. HOW MOUSE & KEYBOARD WORKS?

7. USER INTERFACE
SETTING & LAYOUT

8. SETTING & LAYOUT

9. SETTING & LAYOUT

10. SETTING & LAYOUT

11. SETTING & LAYOUT
NAVIGATION BAR
•Steering Wheel
•Pan and Zoom
•Orbit
•Show Motion
DRAWING SPACE
•Model space: Where you create and modify the objects that
represent things in the real world —walls, widgets, waterways, or
whatever.
•Paper (Layout) space: Where you create views of these objects for
plotting, usually with a title block around them. Paper space
comprises one or more layouts, each of which can contain a
different arrangement of model space views and different title block
information.
! ! TIPS: Double-click on Model/Layout to
make it current (so you can edit)

12. DRAWING
COMMAND

13. DRAWING COMMAND
! ! TIPS:
Use the ESC key to bail out of the current command. Press ENTER to accept the default action.
Command options appear in regular square brackets: [Close/Undo].
COMMAND WINDOW
•In command line everything must be entered through the
keyboard.
•After launching a command through any means command
line will prompt you what next step should be taken to
complete the command.
•Example: L for the LINE command and Ctrl + C for COPY
command.

14. DRAWING COMMAND
Command in the DRAW PANEL
1.LINE (L)
2.CIRCLE (C)
3.RECTANGULAR (REC)
4.OFFSET (O)
5.TRIM (TR)
6.MOVE (M)
7.ROTATE (RO)
8.ZOOM (Z / Finger Point)
9.COPY (Ctrl + C)
10.PASTE (Ctrl + V)
11.UNDO (Ctrl + Z)
Line tool
LET’S TRY BASIC COMMAND:
Circle tool
Rectangular, Move, Copy, Rotate
and other tools

15. SHAPES

16. SQUARE
! ! TIPS: SQUARE CAN BE ACHIEVED IF ALL THE DIMENSION IS EQUAL

17. SQUARE

18. SQUARE

19. SQUARE

20. SQUARE

21. SQUARE

22. SHAPES
Q1
Q2
Q3
RECTANGULAR
TRIANGLE
PENTAGON
EXERCISE: LET’S TRY TO PRODUCE THIS SHAPES:

23. SUMMARY
By now, you should be able to get familiarize with
user interface, familiarize with drawing command /
shortcut key and familiarize with the method of
drawing shapes.

24. THANK YOU