AutoCAD in 30days

1. Introduction: Hello and welcome to my course on AutoCad in 30 days. I am Prashanti. I've got a civil engineering degree and a master's in information systems. I've got teaching experience in AutoCad, right from the basics to the advanced three D modeling. Before we dive into the lessons, we need to download the AutoCAD software from autodesk.com. After installation, you need to get familiarized with the workspace, toolbars and menus to have a strong foundation. What you will learn. I have divided the course into simple lessons which are easy to follow along and build the skills that are needed. You will learn the lines. As you move on, you will going to learn shapes, rectangles, poly lines, splines, et cetera. You will also learn about arrays, tables and blocks. You will also learn about layers where you have better control over the drawings. Finally, you are going to learn about printing and create layers so that they are displayed in a more professional manner. This course is designed for all levels right from the basic beginners to the advanced expert levels. A basic computer knowledge is necessary. No CAD experience is needed. By the end of the course, you will have a drawing floor plans on your own and have a professional portfolio of your own. I look forward to helping build these skills to succeed. Let's get started. 2. Lines: Section. For the lab section, I'm going to cover open you will have a indicates that it is Autocad. You open a file, open a file. This is the file which you can open. This is the file. This is the Autocad files. Opening a file. Now you have opened a file, start command with the start command, you open a new file. You open a new file. This is a new file which we have opened it. Now you start working on it, start working on it. With the help of a line line command, you can draw the lines. You click with a mouse, you can draw lines. For the first lab, you have to practice these lines, drawing of these lines. 3. Shapes: You have to draw a circle, draw circle, draw circle. You click on the circle command and it says that it is whether it is a 3.2 point or ten or radius. We mention it as radius is radius. Specify the center point for the circle. The center point for the circle would be this one of of radius two units. A circle is being drawn. Now you select an arc. Next one is an arc. So specify the start point, start point. This is the start point. The second point would be it's a three point arc. We are drawing an arc of three point, it is asking the second point. Second point I've mentioned. The third point is this one. This is the arc which we have drawn with the help of three points. Now you select a polyline. Polyline means you have to draw a line a straight line. This is a straight line. Now you are mentioning an arc. Now you are mentioning an arc, you specify it as an arc as an arc here. Automatically, our cursor will move as the an arc is being formed. This is a polyline. Then again, one more straight line. One more arc. We are in an arc mode. We can draw any number of arcs. We can draw any number of arcs. This is how we have drawn the arcs. This is a poly line. Now the command next command is of a rectangle. Rectangle specify the first corner and specify the other corner. A rectangle is being drawn. Now, rectangle is drawn. Now you take an ellipse. This is an ellipse. Specify the center of the ellipse. This is the center of the ellipse. Specify the end point. This is the end point. This is the endpoint. Specify the distance of the other axis. This is the minor axis. You have to specify the center. This is how an ellipse is drawn. Now we have covered line polyline, circle arc, rectangle ellipse. Ellipse. This is of a donut structure. Now you select the doughnut. Specify the inside diameter of the doughnut here it's 0.5 is already there. We are taking that 0.5 and specify the second point. This is the donut that we have drawn. 0.5 and one that is the shape of the donut. 4. Grips: In this chapter, we are going to learn about the grips. For example, you draw circle, you draw circle. Draw a line. Draw a line. Now, in order to have a grip, this is the grip. This is the grip command, this is a grip. These are the grips. Now using the grips, you could move the object. For example, you could move the object from here to here using grip commands. You can move it to here using the grip commands. Now, you could rotate the grips, you could rotate. For example, you could rotate in this direction. These are the rotate commands. You could scale scale the grip. For example, this is the scale, you could scale it you could decrease the size of the circle. This is the scale command. 5. Layers: Layer. So it is being created. Now you have to set the color. Now you create a new layer. Here you type on the new layer button, click on the new layer. This is layer one. You set its color. It's color two, like yellow. It's color to yellow. The color is changed to yellow. The continuous line type, we are taking the continuous line type. Now you create another layer, another layer that is layer two. Now change the color. Color two, like red. You click on the button. Now this time, line type, you change it. Line type, you change it. So here you have to load the line type. These are the dash lines. These dash lines once we load it, those dash lines are common. Once you load it, you click the Okay button. Now, these are the hidden lines. These are the hidden lines. Now you set now we are in the layer one. For example, we are in the layer one. We have activated layer one. The lines which we are going to draw will be uh draw will be it will be in a layer form in yellow color. For example, you want to draw house elevation house elevation. Yellow color is not coming so the current layer is not yellow, you have to set it to the layer one. Now, if you start drawing the house elevation, it's going to be like this. See the lines are in yellow color. The lines which we are drawing are in yellow color because the layer is in undo. Using an undo command, you could 20 units, undo the last command. Now you see 20 20 minutes it's going out. You write an undo command. It should be of length 15. Now close close or you make it to the z 180 degrees and 15 and 20. This is the elevation which we have drawn. Now you take an erase command, erase. You erase these lines, select these objects, select these objects and they are being erased. They are being eras. Now you go to the layer property and set the layer two layer two, layer two. Now o lines will be gone and the red lines will come. Since we have created red lines to be a dashed lines, whatever we are going to draw, they are in dashed format. Like for example, you enter and you click on the rectangle, rectangle command. Now you are going to draw rectangle here. Rectangle. These are the windows. These are the windows. These are the windows. See those came in a rectangle format. We have chosen a rectangle, the drawings are in red color. We are in the second layer, so it is you are going to draw rectangle and these are the doors and this is the window. As, or you could mention undo, undo the last command will be undo or as command. Select objects. This is this is a house and these are the windows. This is a house and these are the windows that we got. I want to see if we want to see only the house elevation, no windows, we can go to the layer property and we could freeze the layer. If you click this layer, those windows will disappear. Those windows will disappear. Layer two, windows will disappear. So by using this, we could turn off. Once we turn off these windows are disappeared. Again, once you turn on the layer, you could see the windows. Whatever you want to see, you could see through this command, through these commands. Now we have learned layers in this chapter. 6. Blocks: Are going to learn about blocks. Blocks are nothing but standard objects that are being used again and again, again and again. For example, this is the toilet bowl. This is a block which has already been created. I've already been created. I already been created, see? This is a standard toilet board. For example, you have you are creating a block. I have drawn a door command, a door command. Now I'm making this as a block. I will select this. I will select the entire drawing entire drawing and mention it as block, mention it as block. Block. A block definition is being created. So, you could see the door symbol, you name it as a door. Door. A base point base point of the door, you specify the base point as specified on screen at 00. It will be inserted at 00. Now, you convert 00. Now you convert the object to a block to a block, you name it as okay. Now you specify the block point. I have mentioned this as the block point. Now you know that this is a block. If you want to edit a block, you have already created a block. Now you insert a block. Insert C, the door has the recent block door. Toilet was previous one. Now you insert the door. Now you click the door. It is asking where to insert. You insert it here. Wherever you want, you could insert. For example, for example, if you draw a house, if you draw a house plan, if you draw the elevation of a house plan, draw the elevation of a house plan. Elevation of a house plan, you could insert the door. Block insert inserting this door, you can insert the door at the entrance, it could be here. Here you have inserted the door. Another door if you want to insert, you could mention the door and you could insert it. You could insert it here. A number of doors you could insert any number of blocks. For example, this is this line this line is in the first floor. For example, this line is the first floor, first floor. Now, you want to insert the door in the second floor, then you could mention the block and you could mention the door. You could take the door and in the second floor, you could insert the door. Again, any number of times you could insert the door. Insert the door. A single entity door is being inserted in three levels. In three levels, the same door is being created. You create a window and a window can create a window as a block and the window can also be inserted. 7. Arrays: Okay. You create a rectangle. Now you draw rectangle. Now you draw rectangle. Now you draw rectangle. Now you are creating an array. This is the array, modify, arrays, this one, arrays, this one, select the objects that you want to create. This is the rectangle I have selected. Selected. These are the arrays that are four by three array is being created. Now instead of this one, you could create this is the number of rows and number of columns. These are the three rows and four column array is being created. Polar array. Now for polar array, polar array, now you select select an ellipse. Now you select an ellipse. And this is an ellipse. Now you are creating a polar array, array polar array polar. Array polar array polar, select an object. This is the array polar. I have selected an object. Now you enter, specify the center point. Center point is this one. This is how a design is being created. This is the polar array. Polar array. Now, this is the base point, a number of objects are being created. Now you create, for example, you want to create a circular polar array for a circle. Then you see array polar no. Array polar array polar, select the object. This is the object. Now I have selected the object, specify the base point. Base point is this one. Here a number of circles are drawn within, but we don't need this one. We want to specify the point away from this one. Array polar. Array polar array polar. Select object. I selected this object, this object. Specify the center point if we select object here. These all are the circles that are being drawn. This is the polar array. 8. Tables: In this chapter, you are going to learn about tables. Creation of the table, table. Table. The number of columns are six and the number of rows are it's about eight. Now you click Okay. Then a table is being created like this one. This is the table that we have created. We have created. Here this is about the room schedule. Room schedule. Tom schedule. Now you select this room. Room schedule, not annotative size is you increase the size to 1 ". This is about the room schedule. This is the room schedule. Now, here you mention the number. Room number number, whether it is whether it is bedroom or playing room, you mention the name. You enter the cell contents like this, LAN GTH length. Length width height G H height and area. Area. Now, this is the first two room. First room that we are creating room number one, the size should be size should be of 1 ". 1 ". Room number one. Name is what this is a bedroom, C, you see. For example, this is a bedroom. The name is bedroom. So you mentioned here as bedroom. Bedroom. Now the size would be the size would be of 1 " because it's very low 1 " or half inch. Let's make it half inch. Now, the length of the bedroom, length of the bedroom is length of the bedroom is 15 feet by 17, length is 15 feet. Now you mentioned the length of the bedroom is 15 feet. 15 feet. The length is 15 feet. Nottive style of 15 1 ". The size is 1 ". This is 15 feet 15 feet. Width is 17 feet. Width is 17 feet. With this 17 feet. Of 1 ". Length is 15 feet. Length is 15 feet, width is 17 feet. Height is the height of the room is ten feet. Height of the room is ten feet. Now, the height of the room is ten feet. Now, area is nothing but no width, length into width how much quick calc is there. Quick calc. Using calculator, you could find out the measurement 15 into 17 is 255. The area is 255. Text that we have to enter is 255255. 255. Now you have to enter this is about the first bedroom. Now you have to enter about the second bedroom. You could copy the text here. Here the text is there. You could copy the text, CTRCpy copy this one into this one. You paste it. Once you paste it, one number has come. You could edit the cell, edit the cell means what the contents is there. Now you need the content to be two. Not one. You have edited the content. Now you copy this one. Copy. Now you paste this one here. This is bedroom, but it is children bedroom, children bedroom. You have to mention it as children bedroom. You have to modify the text as C children bedroom. Then it's going it's going to be children bed. You modify the text like this. 9. Layouts: This is the lighting system for the office, lighting system for the office. So this is the layout. This is the warehouse and this is the office room and these are the bathrooms, toilets, toilets, this is the docking area for the trucks to come and go. So in this drawing, we have created bathrooms, the elevations of the toilets, the elevations of the toilets and men's room, men's restrooms and women's restrooms. For example, by using block commands we have created. Now there is a layout here. In the layout, we have created a layout. In this layout, I have created the viewports to see all the drawings. You name the layouts, you name them as viewports. Here you are studying the viewports. This is about viewports. About viewports. Study of viewports, you have created the viewports and in the layout two, there is nothing. Layout one, you are studying this one. For this one, you have created a bathroom elevation, you see the bathroom. Just you see the women's restroom. Here it is women's men's restroom and women's restroom. In this way, you are you are creating the layout. Women's restroom, you are creating the layout in three, four formats. In one, this one, this is a single viewpoint. Here you only need the plan, you only need the plan. Then you select this one and you erase the you only need the plan for this one. Only the plan is needed. This is what floor plan floor plan of the office room, you name it as floor plan of the office room. Floor plan of the office room. Next one, you can create another viewpot. Another viewpod you click one more, another layout. This one, you name it as men's restroom. As men's restroom, name this layout as men's restroom. Men's restroom. Here you could see in the viewport, in the viewport, you have created a viewport. For this one, you could only see the men's restroom. You want to see only the men's restroom. Here you see women's restroom, this is women's restroom, so you want men's restroom. This is the men's restroom. You create the viewport. In the bigger form, you could see the men's restroom. You could pan it. You could move the drawing here so that you clearly see the mens resto. You could create any number of layouts, any number of layouts. You could create any number of layouts. Now you create another layout and you mention it as women's, you name it as women's restroom. Women's restroom. This way, you could create any number of layouts. For example, this is the viewport. This is the viewport. For this one, you could create the women's restroom. You could create only the women's restroom. You could see the bigger picture, bigger picture, bigger picture. This is the women's restroom. Women's restroom, escape. Here you see this is the model space. This is the viewpoints that in a single drawing, you could see everything or you could see singly only the flower plant