1 : AutoCAD - Introduction

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Here , we are going to understand a little bit about AutoCAD ( Version is 2010) .

A . WHAT IS AUTOCAD ?

Autocad is a program designed for drawings. There can be two-dimensional design drawings in terms of (2D) and three-dimensional view (3D) .

Working in AutoCAD requires some basic knowledge of your work, and also good to have prior knowledge base and knowledge of the plot coordinate system.

Now , we are going to familiarize with AutoCAD 2010.

When we open autoCAD 2010 , we can see that ,

And , in the bottom of the page , we can see another option , where we can directly type "Commands" , as given below :

For example , if we want to draw a line , we can just type "line" in the command prompt as given above.

Then it will ask "Specify first point" .Just click any of the area where we want to draw a line .

Then it will ask the next point "Specify next point or [Close/Undo]" .Give the finishing point of the line , or just continue drawing lines.

B . Tool bar and Menu bar in AutoCAD

• The leftside toolbars are the most commonly used ones.
• File , edit,view,insert,Format,Tools,Draw....etc are the Menubars .

• To understand about "Tools" select the below given option ,

Tools --> Toolbars --> AutoCAD . Then we can see all the available tools in AutoCAD ., as given below :

See there is a triangle shaped icon , by clicking it , we can directly access this option.  

• Before proceeding , make sure that , you selected the options Tools --> Workspaces --> AutoCAD Classic from Menubar , as its our main working platform.Or the Workspace button located on the Status bar at the bottom of the screen. Just click the dropdown arrow and change it to AutoCAD Classic , see below : 

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