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AutoCAD Tutorial 2:

FOR RELEASE 2000

PLEASE READ: ___________

This tutorial was designed to be part of the

introductory courses taught by the GraphicCommunications Program at NORTH

CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. All of

the directions used in this, and the other

tutorials in this series, assume that you are

running AutoCAD Release 2000i on an NT

system. These directions will only work withRelease 2000i. Other versions may not have

the same commands or format.


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his tutorial will allow you to explore

new features in AutoCAD while you practice

commands you used in the previous tutorial.

It is assumed that you completed AutoCAD

Tutorial 1 before doing this one.

OBJECTIVES

After completing this tutorial, you should be

able to:

1. create a two-dimensional drawing using

the CIRCLE, TRIM, and LINE

commands;

2. insert a drawing into the titleblock; and

3. print a drawing to scale.


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Throughout this tutorial, you will find

LINKS that will provide explanations

of the commands you will need. Theseexplanations will appear in the LEFT

PANEL of your browser window. You

can also access information on the

command procedures directly through

the links in the LEFT PANEL.

NOTES TO REMEMBER WHEN

WORKING IN AUTOCAD

1. When using an AutoCAD command,

you MUST read the prompt line and

respond as needed.

2. In a prompt, the CAPITALIZED

letter(s) of an option are typed short-

cuts for that option. Information typed onthe prompt line is not case-sensitive.

3. To exit a command and return to a


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Command: prompt, press the Esc

(Escape) key.

4. In command prompts, AutoCAD's has a

default selection. If you press the Enter

key without typing a different option on

the prompt line, the default option is

selected.

EXAMPLE: In a prompt for the Circle

command, which reads:

Specify center point for circle or

[3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]:

1.

If no other option is selected,

AutoCAD assumes that you will

give it a location for the center ofthe circle. If you want to use any

other option [2P, 3P, or Ttr], you
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must type the option on the prompt

line.

2. When AutoCAD asks you to indicate

a location for an object, the default

method of selection is a mouse pick.If you accidentally click your left

mouse button while the cursor is in

the drawing area, the object will be

placed where the cursor was located

when you clicked the mouse button.

STEP 1

Now that you have reviewed a few

AutoCAD procedures, you need to open the

classtemplate file that you used in Tutorial1. This TEMPLATE fileshould be on afloppy diskor in yourHome Directory.


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After the file opens, use Save As... torename the file acadtutor2.

NOTE: Click on the Model tag, next to theLayout 1 tag. If you find the titleblock onthe Model screen, use the Erase commandto remove it. You do not have to worry about

losing the titleblock. It is in the Layout 1

space. You may also want to open theclasstemplate file again and remove thetitleblock in Model space there and resave itto keep you from having the aggrevation of

doing it everytime you open the file.

STEP 2

Before you actually begin the tutorial

drawing, you need to practice four methods

AutoCAD uses for locating elements in adrawing. One of these, Absolute

Coordinates, you used in the last tutorial.

The other three methods are Relative
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Rectangular Coordinates, Relative

Polar Coordinates, and Object Snap

(Osnap). Before practicing these, click onthe link forAbsolute Coordinatesto reviewthe information on this location method.

Now, use the Line command and draw thefollowing lines with Absolute Coordinates.

1.

ForLine 1, draw a horizontal line 30mmlong that begins at the 0,0 point (type 0,0for the start point) and ends at 30,0 (type30,0 for the second point). Press ENTER

to end the line. See FIGURE 1.

NOTE: Think of Absolute Coordinatesas plotting points on a XY graph. You

must select a X value (the first number

in the coordinate) and a Y value (the

number after the comma) to establish a

location on the screen.

2. Line 2 should be vertical, 25mm long,

and begin at the 0,0point.
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3. Line 3 should also be vertical, 15mm

long, and begin at 10,10. Remember, if

you start your line at 10 along the X and10 along the Y, the next coordinate point

must take this into account for the length

of the line to be 15mm long.

The next lines will use a combination of

locating methods: Relative RectangularCoordinates and Object Snaps (Osnap).Object snaps are powerful AutoCAD tools

that allow you to locate positions on existing

elements in your drawing. When using

Object Snaps, the cursor will change shapewhen it is over an appropriate location for

that Osnap option. Each Osnap option willdisplay a different cursor shape.

Before using the Osnap tools, let's place the

Osnap toolbar on the screen. This toolbarwill allow you to select Osnaps by clicking

on their buttons. To access this toolbar, select

the Viewmenu and then Toolbars...
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When the Toolbars dialogue box appears,scroll down to Osnap, and click on the

square check box to the RIGHT of itsname. After the Osnap toolbar appears onthe screen (See Figure to the RIGHT),

select Close to exit the Toolbars dialoguebox.

To move the Osnap toolbar to a betterlocation, hold down the LEFT mouse buttonat the top of the toolbar (by its name), and

drag it to a convenient position. You can

place it on the drawing screen or with the top

and right side toolbars, on the edges of the

AutoCAD drawing window. Buttons on thetoolbar are usually arranged horizontally, but

will become vertical (as shown in the

illustration to the right) if you place it with

the toolbars on the left side of the screen.

Slide your cursor onto one of the buttons onthe Osnap Toolbar without clicking themouse. Notice that the name of that button

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button on any toolbar in this fashion.

Relative Rectangular Coordinatesallow you to treat any point on the

screen as if it is the 0,0,0 point. This is why

this system is referred to as a RELATIVE

locating method. Read the directions for the

Osnap and Relative Rectangular

Coordinates before drawing the linesindicated below.

1. Line 4 should be started from the

midpoint of the LAST line (line 3) thatyou drew earlier. After you activate the

Line command, the prompt directs you to: Specify first point:. Use theMidpoint Osnap to select the point. AMidpoint Osnap can be activated by

clicking on the button on the Osnaptoolbar or typing mid on the prompt line.

Now, slide the cursor over the midpoint

of line 3 and click the left mouse button
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when the cursor changes shape. The

cursor change indicates that AutoCAD

has located a midpoint. When asked forthe second point, type @10,10.

Remember the @ symbol indicates that

you are using a relative coordinate, and

the second point is 10 over (along the X-

axis) and 10 up (along the Y-axis) from

the midpoint of line 3. See FIGURE 2.

2. Start Line 5 from the midpoint ofline2

and end it 25 along the X-axis and 25

along the Y-axis from the midpoint of

line 2. Don't forget the @ symbol before

the coordinate or the line will not be thecorrect length.

3. Start Line 6 at the bottomend (use the

Endpoint Osnap) ofline number 3 (theshorter vertical line) and make it 20mm

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Relative Polar Coordinates are

similar to Relative RectangularCoordinates in that they use an @

symbol and allow you to treat any

point as if it is the0,0,0point.However, Relative Polar Coordinates

indicate the length and the angle of the line

instead of an X and Y position. Read theinformation on Osnaps and Relative PolarCoordinates and draw the following lines.

1.

Draw Line 7 so that it begins at theintersection ofLines 3 and 6 (use the

Intersection Osnap button or type int),is 20mm long, and at a 45 degree angle.

Type @20


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2. Begin Line 8 from the TOP end ofLine

2 (using the EndpointOsnap), make it

15 mm long and at a 30 degree angle.Don't forget the @ symbol.

3. Draw Line 9 so that it starts at the end ofLine 1 and is 15 long and at a -30 angle.

If your lines match those in FIGURE 3,

erase them and continue to the next part ofthe tutorial. If they don't, erase any lines that

are wrong, and try them again. It is important

you become comfortable with these selection

systems.

To check your lines, you can use an Inquirycommand called Distance.

To activate this command, type dist at a

Command:prompt.When the prompt asks Specify first point:,use the EndpointOsnap to select one endof a line.

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point:, use the Endpoint Osnap again topick the other end of the line.

AutoCAD will display the position, length,and angle for this line in the prompt window.

STEP 3

Look at FIGURE 4. This figure provides

a view of the drawing you will construct inthis tutorial, inside of the titleblockyou

constructed in Tutorial 1. You will complete

this figure and then use the Insert commandto place the titleblock around it.

You will begin by constructing a rectangle,

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FIGURE 4

**HELP NOTES

You can type u forUndowhile you are

inside of the Linecommand, and AutoCADwill remove the last point you placed without

exiting the command. Many commands in

AutoCAD will allow you to undo certain

actions during the command.

If you accidentally leave the Line command,you can start the next line where you left off.

Activate the Line command and use theEndpointOsnap to select the end of the last
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line you drew.

You may need to Zoom out further to besure that you can see all of the lines you aredrawing. Use the Realtime orAll option ofthe Zoom command to be sure you moveback far enough.

DRAWING PROCEDURE

For the construction of the rectangle, you will

create a series of lines straight lines.

NOTE: The icon that usually appearsin the lower left hand corner of your

AutoCAD screen may not be in the same

position as the one shown in the figures

below. Its position, relative to the drawing,

depends on the Zoom factor and its

configuration. To move this icon so that it isnot in your way, we will set it so that it

consistently stays in the lower Left Corner of
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the screen. The default position for this icon

is at the 0,0 point.

To change the postion of the icon, typeucsicon at a Command: prompt. The nextprompt will read: Enter an option[ON/OFF/ALL/Noorigin/ORigin/Properties] : type n, forNorigin, and press

Enter.1. First Point-Review the Linecommand

andAbsolute Coordinates.

Activate theLinecommand, and use anabsolute coordinate to start the first line

at 0 on the X-axis and the 0 on the Y-axis (0,0).

2. The second end of the line should be

placed so that the line is 260mm long and

horizontal. Press Enter to exit theLinecommand. See FIGURE 5.
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FIGURE 5

**HELP NOTE: Remember, you areusing an XY coordinate orCartesian

System to place these points. If you were

plotting this point on graph paper, how

far along the X-axis and the Y-axis

would you move to place the other end

of the line so that the line ends up130mm long and horizontal?

At this point you probably cannot see

all of the line you just created. Use a

Zoomcommand to reduce the size ofthe image on the screen and then use

the scroll bars to move it to the bottom

of the screen.

3. Line Two -To create the next line, first

look at the information onRelative Polar

Coordinates. Now,activate theLinecommand and use theEND Osnaptoselect the right end of the first line you

added. The second end of the second line
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should be placed so that the line is

160mm long and at a 90 degree angle.

DO NOT EXIT THE LINECOMMAND. See FIGURE 6.

You should have two lines that are

perpendicular to each other, but still be in

the Line command. If you move your

mouse, a "rubber band-like" lineshould appear to be attached to the end of

this line, which indicates that you are still

in the Line command. The next line willbe attached to the "rubber band" end of

this line.

FIGURE 6


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4. Line Three-The next line will connect

to the end of the last line. Look at

FIGURE 7 to see how the drawing willlook after adding this line.If you have

accidentally exited the Line command,reactivate it and, when the prompt asks

for the first end of the line withSpecifyfirst point: use anOsnapto select the

endpoint of the last line you added andpress Enter.Once this is accomplished,

you can continue adding lines.

Using aRelative Polar Coordinate, add

this next pointso that the line will be260mm long and at a 180 degree angle.

You need to consider whether you should

use a positive or negative angle to place

the end of this line. This will complete

the third line. DO NOT EXIT THE

LINE COMMAND. See FIGURE 7.
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FIGURE 7

5. Line Four-For the last point, which will

create the 4th line, use the Endpoint

Osnapto connect it to the beginning ofthe first line.

You should now have a rectangle thatlooks like the one in FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 8
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**HELP NOTE: If you have lines in the

wrong place, useErase to remove them

and add them again.STEP 4

You are now going to add two circlesto your rectangle and edit them to form arcs.

CIRCLES can be added in several ways, butyou will add the next two circles with the

Tangent Tangent Radius (Ttr) option. Readthe information on constructing Circles withthe Ttroption. Look at FIGURE 9 to seewhere to place these circles. The elements the

circles will touch should be clear.

Now, add a 80mm radius circle (on the right

side of the figure) using the Ttroption. Usethe same option to add a 40mm radius

circle (on the upper left side of the figure). If

your figure does not match the one inFIGURE 9, useUndo orErase toremove them and try placing them again.
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FIGURE 9

STEP 5You now need to trim the rectangle back

to the circles, remove one line, and trim the

circles so that you are left with arcs. You will

trim the lines in STEP 5 and the circles in

STEP 6. Read the information on the Trimcommand.

Now, trim the lines touching the large circle.Examine FIGURE 10 to see how the

drawing should look when you complete this

first trim stage.

**HELP NOTE: In this Trimoperation thecutting edge is the circle and is the first item
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you select when asked to select objects. The

elements to be trimmed are the part of the

lines that extend beyond the circle.

FIGURE 10

Repeat theTrimcommandto remove thelines that extend past the small circle so that

the drawing looks like FIGURE 11.

FIGURE 11


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Remove the excess vertical line (touching thelarge circle) with the Erase command. Lookat FIGURE 12 if you are not sure which

line.You can useoopsorUndoto replacethe line if you accidentally remove the wrong

one.

FIGURE 12

Type qsave at a Command: prompt, so you

can save the work you have completed.

STEP 6
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The last items to trim are the circles so

they form arcs. Use theTrimcommand to

edit these. Examine FIGURE 13.**HELP NOTE: Now, the boundary edges

are the lines that touch the circles, and the

items to trim are the part of the circles

that are not needed.

FIGURE 13

Use qsave to save your changes.

STEP7

The next step is to add a polygon to the

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FIGURE 14

AutoCAD allows you to construct regular

polygons; however, a polygon created in this

program is a single orgrouped object and is

oriented to a default angle. This means that

you must Rotate the polygonto change itsorientation and Explode it before you canedit it. You will be doing both of these in this

step.

Read the information on thePolygoncommandand Center Osnap(if needed).

Next, add a Hexagon that is concentric with
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the larger arc and has a radius of30mm

across its flats. Remember, if it is constructed

to a measurement across its flats, it iscircumscribed.

With the hexagon in the drawing, click on

one of its lines with the Left mouse button.

Notice that the whole polygon selects. This is

because it is a grouped item. You cannotselect just one line. Use the Escape Key to

deselect the Polygon when you are done. In a

later tutorial you will encounter a discussion

of(Plines). Polygons are created asPolylines, which are treated by AutoCAD as

a single object.Polylines

The hexagon you just added has a corner at 0

degrees on the XY plane. This is a

hexagon's default orientation in AutoCAD.

You need to rotate the hexagon so that this

corner is at a 90 degree angle (aligned with

the Y-axis). Read the information on the


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Rotatecommand before you rotate thehexagon to the proper angle.When asked for

a basepoint for rotation, use the CenterOsnapand select the large arc. SeeFIGURE 15.

FIGURE 15

Figure 16 shows how the drawing should

look when you are done.

FIGURE 16

**NOTE:A polygon does not have a center
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like a circle. If this hexagon had not been

concentric with the large arc, you would have

had to find some way to create a basepointfor its rotation. Fortunately, a basepoint does

not have to be part of the object being

rotated. Other items can be used for this

reference. For Polygons with an even number

of sides, you can add a line that connects two

corners of the Polygon and crosses throughits center. The midpoint of this construction

line could be used as the basepoint for

rotating the Polygon. Elements are added to a

CAD drawing for construction purposes the

same way they are to instrument drawings.

To edit the hexagon, Explodeit intoindividual lines so it is no longer a single or

grouped entity. It is not possible to remove

part of it otherwise.

I know, you expected something

spectacular to happen. Sorry, no

pyrotechnics come with this command,
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although I have always thought the

programmers should have added a small

sound effect for fun. The hexagon even looksthe same; however, if you click on one of the

hexagon's lines, only that line is now

selected. With the hexagon exploded, use the

Erasecommand to remove the two top linesof the hexagon. Look at FIGURE 17 to be

sure which lines to remove.

FIGURE 17

This is a good time to save your changes.

STEP8

The next command you will use is the

Extendcommand. This command will allow
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you to extend the vertical sides of the

hexagon so they touch the top of the

drawing.Look at FIGURE 18 to see how the drawing

should appear when you have completed this

step.

FIGURE 18

Readthe information on theExtendcommand.

After familiarizing yourself with this

information, use it to extend the vertical

sides of the hexagon to the top of thedrawing.
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**HELP NOTE: You have twoboundary

edges, and both can be selected at the same

time. One is the top horizontal line, and theother is the large arc. Since they are

individual elements in the drawing, they both

have to be selected. Once the boundary edges

are selected, you click on the TOP ends of

both of the polygon's vertical lines to extend

them to the boundary edges.

AutoCAD in this command, and several

other commands, is directional. If you

click on the lower end of these lines, the

vertical line on the right side of the

hexagon will be extended to the wrong side

of the arc.

STEP9

Look at FIGURE 19.Notice that part of

the horizontal line and the arc, between the

lines you extended, have been trimmed. Use

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FIGURE 19

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STEP 10

The last visible lines you will add to thedrawing are in the lower left corner of the

figure. Look at FIGURE 20. Use a

combination ofAbsolute, Relative

Rectangular orRelative Polar Coordinates

to add these lines.

The first linebegins 40mm from the bottom

of the left side of the drawing, both are

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other. You should recall that the lower left

corner of the original rectangle was started

at the 0,0 point.

FIGURE 20

If you look at FIGURE 20 again, you

shouldnotice the lines that form the LOWER

LEFT CORNER, between the lines you just

added, have been trimmed away. Use the

Trim command to remove this part of theselines.

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Now that the visible lines of the drawing

are complete, you need to add center lines.

Examine FIGURE 21, which again showsyou a scaled down version of the completed

drawing inside a titleblock.

FIGURE 21

So far all of the construction of this drawing

has been on one layer of the file. You will

add the center lines in the Center layer.

The startpage file, which you used inTutorial 1, was already been configured with

a set of layers.Since you used this file to

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tutorial, it also has the same layers.If you

open a new AutoCAD file, only the 0 layer

(the default layer in AutoCAD) exists.Another configuration that was made to the

startpage filewas the assignment of line

types, line colors, and line weights to the

layers. AutoCAD refers to this as assignment

BYLAYER. Anything drawn in a layer will

be in the line type, line color, and lineweight (when printed) assigned to that

layer.

To draw center lines in thisfile,all you

have to do is change to the Center Layer. In

a later tutorial, you will be shown how to add

layers to a new drawing file and configure

them. If you have accidentally started this

tutorial in a default AutoCAD file, there will

be no Center layer.

Look at the Layer Status Window in the

upper left corner of the screen,which

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1. FIGURE 22

Look at the symbols in the Layer Status

Window to the Left of the layer name.These symbols indicate the following

(from Left to Right):

2. The layer is VISIBLE or is ON. This is

indicated by the yellow light bulb.Clicking on the light bulb toggles the

layer between visible and invisible. Items

on an invisible layer are still printed.

3. The layer is THAWED. The yellow sun

indicates the layer is thawed, can be

edited, and can be printed. When a layer

is frozen, a snowflake indicates it is

invisible, cannot be edited, and cannot be

printed.

4. The layer is UNLOCKED. The open

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be edited, and can be printed. A closed

lockindicates the layer cannot be edited,

but it is visible, and can be printed.

5. The layer's line COLORis white. The

layer's color is always indicated in thesmall square between the lock and the

layer name.

6. The NAME of the layer is zero (0). Each

layer must be given a unique name to

differentiate it from the others.

Change to the CENTER Layerbyselecting it on the Layer Status Window

drop-down menu. The Center Layer

name should now appear in the Layer

Status Window.

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Oh no, I only have a 0 Layer! Now what do

I do?

That will teach you to read my directionsmore carefully, but don't panic! Since you

accidentally started this tutorial in a default

AutoCAD file, you will need to insert the

drawing you created into that file now. To do

this, you will use the Insert command youused in the last tutorial.

First, open the classtemplate file and click

on the MODEL button to move to MODELSPACE.

Under the Insert menu, select Block...

When the Block dialogue box appears, clickon the Browse button.

Locate youracadtutor2 file and click on

OK. You will return to the Block dialoguebox.

Click on OKto exit the Block dialogue box.
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Click the mouse on the screen to place the

drawing.

Press Enter until you have passed all of theprompts and returned to a Command:prompt.

Use Save as... to name the classtemplatefile acadtutor2 to overwrite the old file.

Use the Explode command to explode thedrawing. NOTE: When you insert a drawing

from one file into another, it will always be

converted to a grouped drawing orBlock.To edit it, you have to explode it back to

individual lines.

If an inserted drawing needs to be moved, it

should be moved while it is still a single item

with theMovecommand.

**HELP NOTE: You can edit elements in

all the layers if they are not locked or frozen,

but you can only draw in the current layer.
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If you need to move an element to a different

layer,use the Layer Status Window drop-

down menu (see FIGURE 22). To moveitems with the Layer Status menu, selectthe objects that need to bemoved and then

the appropriate layer on the Layer Status

Window drop-down menu. Finally, press

Escape to keep from reactivating the last

command you used and to deselect theitem(s) you moved. To determine if the layer

change was properly completed, click on an

item that you moved to a different layer, and

its layer will appear in the Layer Status

Window.

To add center lines to the arcs in your

drawing, first you will addtwo circles.The

circles radii should be 10mm larger than the

arcsin the final printout of the drawing, so

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double the size of the circles because you

will scale it half size in the titleblock for

printing. You will have to print the drawinghalf size for it to fit. Therefore, if the center

lines are twice as long in your drawing, they

will be the right size in the printout.

To add these circles, use theCircle

command's default option and identify theircenters with the Center Osnapso they areconcentric with the large and small arcs.

You may need to read the information on

Circleand Osnap Centerto see how to

place these.

The circle that is concentric with the large

arc should have a radius of 100mm,

and the circle that is concentric with the

small arc should have a radius of 60mm.

Remember, when you use the Center

Osnap, you must click on the edge of thearcs to identify them.
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See FIGURE 23.

FIGURE 23

Once the circles are placed, draw horizontal

and vertical center lines across each arc using

the Quadrant Osnap.

Read the information on the Quadrant

Osnapand then add a horizontal centerline that starts at one edge of the 50mm

circle and extends to the other side (see

FIGURES 24 and 25).

NOTE:Notice that the cursor changes to a"diamond" shape when using this and
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"snaps" to the appropriate position on the

edge of the circle.

FIGURE 24

FIGURE 25


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Now, add a vertical center line to the

100mm diameter circle. Repeat this

operation to create horizontal and verticalcenter lines for the smaller arc. See Figure

26 for the line positions.

Finally, useEraseto remove the circles youadded for the construction of the lines.

FIGURE 26

Changebackto the 0layer before you insert

your titleblock. If you stay in the CenterLayer, the titleblock will be inserted as center

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STEP 12

It is finally time to insert the drawing in

the titleblock that you created in the first

tutorial. Since the titleblock in on the Layout

1 screen, you need to move to that screenusing the Layout 1 tab.

On the Layout 1 screen, you will see thetitleblock, but not the drawing. To see the

drawing, you must "cut" a window or

VIEWPORT in the Paper of the Paper Spaceso the drawing will show through from

Model Space.

The command you will use to create this

window is called the VPORTS command.

There is three ways to access this command,by typing vports at a Command: prompt,selecting Viewports on the View menu, orusing the Viewports toolbar. There are more
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options available when you type vports at a

Command: prompt than with the other

methods of accessing this command.To use the Viewportstoolbar, you mustfirst place the toolbar on the AutoCAD

screen. This toolbar can be displayed on the

screen by locating Toolbars... on the View

menu. When the Toolbardialogue boxappears, scroll down to the Viewportslisting and click on the check box next to its

name. Click on Close to exit the Toolbardialogue box. The Viewports tool bar willappear on the AutoCAD screen. Move the

toolbar by grabbing it in the area by its nameand dragging it into the area to the top or side

of the screen where other toolbars are

located.

With the Viewporttoolbar visible, click on

the single viewport button to select Singleviewport. AutoCAD will return you to the

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use the scale to fit option. For this drawing,

you need to scale the drawing to 1:2 (half

size) before you print it. To scale thedrawing, you have one of two options: select

a scale factor on the Viewportstoolbar oruse Zoom XP.

To change the size of the drawing in the

viewport with either method, you must firstselect the viewport edge. Since we made it

the same size as the drawing area in the

titleblock, if you click on the top line of the

titleblock, it will select the viewport. This is

because the viewport is on top of the

titleblock line. See Figure 28.

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With the viewport selected, you

can click on the arrow to the Right

of the window containing thecurrent size of the drawing and drag down to

the 1:2 selection,

OR

type z orzoom at a Command: prompt and

then type .5XP and press Enter. Zoom XPscales the drawing to a ratio of the PAPERSpace scale, which we set to 1:1 (actualsize). vports at a Command: prompt. TheViewports dialogue box will appear. In the

dialogue box, select Single and then click onOK.

The drawing should zoom to a smaller size.

STEP 13

You will now need to change the text in

the titleblock. To edit the text in the

titleblock you must Explodeitso that it is
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returned to individual lines. This is the same

command you used to explode the hexagon

earlier in this tutorial.

To edit the titleblock text, you are going to

use a new command called ddedit.Read the information onddeditand then addthe text in the list below.

The text that needs to be added is:

AUTOCAD TUTORIAL 2 after

TITLE:,

the current date afterDATE:,

and

1:2 afterSCALE:.

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STEP 14

It is now time to print the drawing.

To print, you will use thePlotcommand.Read the information on this command,

and then print your drawing in a 1:1 scale. Be

sure to check your drawing with a Full

Previewbefore you select OKto send thedrawing to the printer.

Don't forget to save thedrawingand EXIT

AutoCAD PROPERLY.

Congratulations, you have now

completed Tutorial 2.

In the next tutorial you will create a simple

solid model
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