Save a File to A360 Drive
Open a File From A360 Drive
Exiting AutoCAD
Customizing Your Wheel Mouse
Methods of Selecting Objects
Selecting Status Bar Tools
Control the Display of Tabs and Panels
Design Feed Palette
Tag a Colleague in the Design Feed
SECTION 6 — Layers
Layers
Controlling Layers
Layer Color
Lineweights
Assigning Lineweights
Creating New Layers
Loading and Selecting Layer Linetypes
Layer Transparency
Match Layer
SECTION 7 — Input Options
Coordinate Input
Absolute Coordinates
Relative Coordinates
Examples of Coordinate Input
Direct Distance Entry (DDE)
Polar Coordinate Input
Polar Tracking
Polar Snap
Dynamic Input
SECTION 8 — Miscellaneous
Background Mask
Back Up Files
Grips
Object Snap
How to Use Object Snap
Running Object Snap
Pan
Properties Palette
Quick Properties Panel
Customizing the Quick Properties Panel
Command Line Enhancements
SECTION 9 — Plotting
Background Plotting
Plotting from Model Space
Plotting from Paper Space
SECTION 10 — Settings
Drawing Setup
Annotative Property
Annotative Objects
Assigning Multiple Annotative Scales
How to Remove an Annotative Scale
Annotative Hatch
SECTION 11 — Text
Creating New Text Styles
How to Select a Text Style
Delete a Text Style
Change Effects of a Text Style
Multiline Text
Tabs, Indents and Spelling Checker
Columns
Paragraphs and Line Spacing
Editing Multiline Text
Single Line Text
Editing Single Line Text
Special Text Characters
SECTION 12 — UCS
Displaying the UCS Icon
Moving the Origin
Examples of Moving the Origin
SECTION 13 — Constraints
Parametric Drawing
Geometric Constraints
Dimensional Constraints
A Metric Conversion Factors
B Frequently Asked Questions
INDEX
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“I originally wrote this book for myself. Occasionally I forget commands and ‘How to’ steps also. Its convenient small size allows me to toss it in my briefcase or set it beside my monitor. No need to memorize anymore.”
Cheryl Shrock
The AutoCAD Pocket Reference, 7th Edition, includes all the important fundamental Commands, Concepts, and How to information for the every day use of AutoCAD 2015 or 2016. It is not designed to take the place of larger textbooks but rather to supplement them as a quick reference.
Note: If you are using AutoCAD 2013 or 2014, please refer to the Sixth Edition of the AutoCAD Pocket Reference.
The information in this book has been organized in 13 sections.
Each section contains related material. For example, if you needed information regarding dimensioning, you would go to:
Section 3: Dimensioning
AutoCAD has two color themes, Light and Dark. The Light color theme has been used throughout this book. To change the color theme refer to Appendix B.
Cheryl R. Shrock, is a retired Professor and was Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. She is also an Autodesk® registered author. Cheryl is always trying to think of new ways to make it easy to learn AutoCAD. The Pocket Reference series is the latest in that endeavor.
Steve Heather has 30-plus years