Engineering Drawing

Mr.Abdulrazzaq S.Abdullah

Commands in Auto CAD

In Auto CAD system the commands can be started ( or entered ) in a
number of ways:
1.Command names (or short-cuts) can be entered at the keyboard in the
command window
2. Toolbar
3. Pull-down menu

1.

Line Command
To draw a line, there are three methods to do that:
1-Command window : print LINE (short-cut L) then hit Enter
2-Toolbar:

Draw

3-Pull-down menu : Draw

Line

For example
Command: LINE
Specify first point: (pick P1)
Specify next point or [Undo]: (pick P2)
Specify next point or [Undo]: (to end )

Understanding the X,Y Coordinate Systems

There are two types of Co-ordinates in Auto CAD :
a) Cartesian coordinate
b) Polar coordinate .

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Cartesian Coordinate
There are two ways to write the Cartesian coordinate system
a) Absolute Cartesian coordinate
Absolute co-ordinates are measured from 0,0.
Absolute Cartesian form is X,Y

b) Relative Cartesian coordinate

Relative co-ordinates specify the X and Y distance from a previous point.
Relative Cartesian form is @X,Y

Polar Coordinate
Another common situation is to know the distance and angle of a point from
previous point.
Relative Polar form is

@L<

Example1
1.Open new file.
2. Choose File Save as and save the drawing in D: hard disk as ex1.dwg.

3. Start the LINE command

Specify first point: -10,-5
Specify next point or [Undo]: 21,-5
Specify next point or [Undo]: 21,49

Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: -10,49

Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: -10,-5
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: esc to end the command.

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Example 2
1.

Open new file.

2. Choose File Save as and save the drawing in D: hard disk as ex2.dwg.
3. Start the LINE command. Follow the prompts:
Specify first point: Pick any point at the lower-left corner
of your screen.
Specify next point or [Undo]: @0,-3/4
Specify next point or [Undo]: @75-1/4,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @0,3/4
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-75-1/4,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: to end the command.

4. Start the LINE command again. Follow the prompts:

Specify first point: . This starts the line at the last
endpoint you specified.
Specify next point or [Undo]: @4-3/4,0
Specify next point or [Undo]: @43<40
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @43<320
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @-2-1/4,0
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @39-7/8<140
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: @39-7/8<220
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: to end the command.

5. Save your drawing.

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Mr.Abdulrazzaq S.Abdullah

2-The Rectangle Command

There are three way to draw the rectangle:
Tool bar
Menu bar draw rectangle
Command window rec
Command: RECTANG
Specify first corner point or
[Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Thickness/Width]: (pick P1)
Specify other corner point or [Dimensions]: (pick P2)

3-Polygon Command
AutoCAD can draw polygons with anything from 3 to 1,024 sides. The polygon
command creates a polyline, meaning that the entire polygon is one object,
rather than a series of line segments.

Creating polygon:
Tool bar
Menu bar draw polygon
Command window pol

Command Sequence
Command: POLYGON
Enter number of sides <4>: 6
Specify center of polygon or [Edge]:
Enter an option [Inscribed in circle/Circumscribed about circle] <I>:
Specify radius of circle:

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Mr.Abdulrazzaq S.Abdullah