Training Report on Autocad

CONTENTS

 Introduction to AutoCAD
 GUI of AutoCAD
 Commands in AutoCAD
 Layers
 Viewports
 Exercises
• Sample – 1
• Sample – 2
• Sample – 3
• Sample – 4
• Sample – 5
 3D in AutoCAD
 3D commands
 3D Exercises
• Sample – 1
• Sample – 2 AutoCAD

AutoCAD, developed by Autodesk Inc., is the most popular PC – CAD system available in the market. This design package is a general purpose computer aided design and drafting application for your computer. The speed and ease with which a drawing can be prepared and modified using a computer offer a phenomenal advantage over hand preparation. Here I’m going to mention a few of the applications for which AutoCAD is being used today:-
• Architectural drawings of all kinds.
• Interior designs on facility planning.
• Drawings for Electronics, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Automotives and Aerospace engineering applications.
• Theatre set lighting designs.
• Line drawing for the Fine Arts, Textiles, Fashion and Dress designing. Some other CAD packages developed by the same company are:-
• Auto Shade
• Auto Flix
• Auto Ketch
• Animator
• 3D Studio

AutoCAD Screen

Various components of the initial AutoCAD screen are drawing area, command window, menu bar, several toolbars, model and layouts, and the status bar (Fig. 1). A title bar that has AutoCAD symbol and the current drawing name is displayed on top of the screen. Figure 1 AutoCAD Screen SCREEN COMPONENTS

Drawing Area
The drawing area covers the major portion of the screen. Here we can draw the objects and use the commands. To draw the objects, we need to define the coordinate points, which can be selected by using our pointing device

Command Window Figure 2 Command Window
The command window at the bottom of the drawing area has the command prompt where we can enter the commands. It also displays the subsequent prompt