Beginning AutoCAD 2018. Cheryl R. Shrock

AutoCAD Application Window

Application Window Descriptions

Tooltip Help

Lesson 2

Create a Template

Using a Template

How to Select a Command

Drawing Lines

Methods of Selecting Objects

Erase

Undo and Redo

Starting a New Drawing

Opening an Existing Drawing File

Open Multiple Files

Saving a Drawing File

Automatic Save

Back up Files and Recover

Exiting AutoCAD

Exercises

Lesson 3

Circle

Rectangle

Grid and Increment Snap

Layers

Lineweights

Transparency

Creating New Layers

Exercises

Lesson 4

Object Snap

Running Object Snap

Zoom

Drawing Setup

       Exercises

       Lesson 5

       Polygon

       Ellipse

       Donut

       Point

       More Object Snaps

       Exercises

       Lesson 6

       Break

       Trim

       Extend

       Move

       Drag

       Nudge

       Explode

       Exercises

       Lesson 7

       Copy Multiple Copies

       Copy “Array” Option

       Mirror

       Fillet

       Chamfer

       Exercises

       Lesson 8

       Single Line Text

       Multiline Text

       Tabs, Indents and Spelling Checker

       Columns

       Paragraph and Line Spacing

       Editing Text

       Exercises

       Lesson 9

       Coordinate Input

       Absolute Coordinates

       Relative Coordinates

       Examples of Coordinate Input

       Direct Distance Entry (DDE)

       Measure Tools and ID Point

       Exercise: Creating a Border

       Basic Plotting from Model Space

       More Exercises

       Lesson 10

       Moving the Origin

       Displaying the UCS Icon

       Exercises

       Lesson 11

       Polar Coordinate Input

       Dynamic Input

       Using Dynamic Input and Polar Coordinates

       Polar Tracking

       Using Polar Tracking and DDE

       Polar Snap

       Using Polar Tracking and Polar Snap

       Exercises

       Lesson 12

       Offset

       Properties