Download PDF Up and Running with AutoCAD 2014 2D and 3D Drawing and Modeling by Elliot Gindis

Sinopsis

AutoCAD 2014 is a very complex program. If you are taking a class or reading this textbook, this is something you probably already know. The commands available to you, along with their submenus and various options, number in the thousands. So, how do you get a handle  on them and begin using the software? Well, you have to realize two important facts.

First, you must understand that, on a typical workday, 95% of your AutoCAD drafting time is spent using only 5% of the available commands, over and over again. So getting started is easy; you need to learn only a handful of key commands; and as you progress and build confidence, you can add depth to your knowledge by learning new ones.

Second, you must understand that even the most complex drawing is essentially made up of only a few basic fundamental objects that appear over and over again in various combinations on the screen. Once you learn how to create and edit them, you can draw surprisingly quickly. Understanding these facts is the key to learning the software. We are going to strip away the perceived complexities of AutoCAD and reduce it to its essential core. Let us go ahead now and develop the list of the basic commands.

For a moment, view AutoCAD as a fancy electronic hand-drafting board. In the old days of pencil, eraser, and T-square, what was the simplest thing that you could draft on a blank sheet of paper? That of course is a line. Let us make a list with the following header, “Create Objects,” and below it add “Line.”

So, what other geometric objects can we draw? Think of basic building blocks, those that cannot be broken down any further. A circle qualifies and so does an arc. Because it is so common and useful, throw in a rectangle as well (even though you should note that it is a compound object, made up of four lines). Here is the final list of fundamental objects that we have just come up with:

Create Objects

• Line
• Circle
• Arc
• Rectangle

As surprising as it may sound, these four objects, in large quantities, make up the vast majority of a typical design, so already you have the basic tools. We will create these on the AutoCAD screen in a bit. For now, let us keep going and get the rest of the list down.

Content

1. AutoCAD Fundamentals Part I
2. AutoCAD Fundamentals Part II 
3. Layers, Colors, Linetypes, and Properties
4. Text, Mtext, Editing, and Style 
5. Hatch Patterns
6. Dimensions
7. Blocks, Wblocks, Dynamic Blocks, Groups, and Purge
8. Polar, Rectangular, and Path Arrays
9. Basic Printing and Output
10. Advanced Output—Paper Space
11. Advanced Linework
12. Advanced Layers
13. Advanced Dimensions
14. Options, Shortcuts, CUI, Design Center, and Express Tools
15. Advanced Design and File Management Tools
16. Importing and Exporting Data
17. External References (Xrefs) 
18. Attributes
19. Advanced Output and Pen Settings
20. Isometric Drawing
21. 3D Basics
22. Object Manipulation
23. Boolean Operations and Primitives
24. Solid Modeling
25. Advanced Solids, Faces, and Edges
26. Surfaces and Meshes
27. Slicing, Sectioning, Layouts, and Vports
28. Advanced UCS, Views, Text, and Dimensions in 3D
29. Dview, Camera, Walk and Fly, and Path Animation
30. Lighting and Rendering

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