Autocad Tutorial

In the last several exercises, you learned how to select objects by using both a regular window and a crossing window. Although there are several ways to make regular and crossing selections (such as when you used the Fence option to trim lines in Chapter 2, “Learning Basic Commands to Get Started”), …

Sometimes it’s more efficient to select more objects than you want and then deselect those you don’t want. You’ll see how this is done when you select the kitchen and bathroom fixtures: 1. Make sure I06-07-SlidingDoor.dwg (M06-07-SlidingDoor.dwg) is open. 2. To start a crossing window, pick a point in the kitchen …

The Quick Properties panel provides access to several of the most commonly changed parameters of the selected objects. You can quickly change the selected object’s layer, color, and linetype, as well as several parameters specific to the type of object selected. For example, the Radius parameter is available when a circle is selected, …

AutoCAD has two types of selection windows: the regular selection window and the crossing window. The crossing window is represented by dashed lines, and its interior is, by default, a semitransparent light green color. The regular window is represented by solid lines, and its interior is a semitransparent lavender color when using a white …

When assigning existing objects in the drawing to new layers, your strategy will be to begin by selecting several of the objects that belong on the same layer and that are easiest to select. You’ll reassign them to their new layer by using the Layer drop-down list. You’ll then move to a set …

Now is a good time to look at what it means for a layer to be current. Notice the green check mark above the Layer List box in the Layer Properties Manager shown earlier in Figure 6.7. The same green check mark appears in the Status column in the layer 0 row. The …

When you assign a color to a layer, you can choose any color supported by your system. This is not so with linetypes. Each new drawing has only two linetypes loaded into it by default (the Continuous and Phantom2 linetypes). You must load any other linetypes you need from an outside file: 1. …

If you select a color by using the RGB or HSL screen, that color appears in the Layer List box of the Layer Properties Manager along with its three RGB numbers(see Figure 6.11). F igu re 6 . 1 1 : The Layer List within the Layer Properties Manager with the …

AutoCAD also supports a True Color palette and various Pantone, Digital Image Correlation (DIC), and RAL color groups. Although I won’t cover these features in any depth in this book, let’s take a quick look at them before moving on. Feel free to follow along as you explore these additional tabs by making …

Let’s create a few new layers, name them, and assign colors to them: 1. Continue using I05A-FPLAYO.dwg (M05A-FPLAYO.dwg), or open it if it’s not already open. 2. In the toolbar at the top of the Layer Properties Manager, click the New Layer icon. A new layer named Layer1 appears in …