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Lab Practice # 02
AutoCAD Basic Drawing
2.1 Objectives:
The objectives of these notes are to give a brief general idea of basic drawing in AutoCAD 2010.
The notes contain exercises that you should try out as you go along and are intended to be
reasonably self-contained.
To be familiar with basic drawings such as line, rectangle, polygon, circle, arc, donut, pline
and ellipse.
To draw by all possible ways.
2.2 Procedure:
LINE
Distance between any two points is called a Line. OR
Line is collection of points in straight direction. OR
Line is the shortest possible distance between two points.
The LINE command draws line segments. Constructing lines in drawings is the most basic CAD
operation. In AutoCAD, you can draw many types of lines and apply a variety of options to them,
but most lines are drawn with the LINE command. A single line is sometimes called a segment. At
each end, the line has endpoints.
6. This time, draw several lines. Notice that each new segment connects precisely at the endpoint of the
previous segment. The connection is called a vertex.
7. Press ENTER to exit the command. In AutoCAD,
pressing ENTER ends (most) commands; pressing it again restarts the same command.
RECTANG
The RECTANG command draws rectangles and squares by a variety of methods and in a
variety of styles. This command can draw rectangles with thin or fat lines, tilt them at an angle, and
add rounded or cutoff corners. The primary parts of a rectangle are its length and width:
2. Pick a point for one corner of the rectangle, such as the lower-left corner:
Specify first corner point or[Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Thickness/Width]:(Pick point 1.)
In drawing regular polygons, the word circle is used, because each vertex is the same distance
from the center point just like every point on a circles circumference.
2. Specify the number of sides. For example, enter 3 for a triangle, 4 for a square, 5 for a pentagon, and
so on.
Enter number of sides <4>: (Enter a value between 3 and 1024.)
4. Decide if the polygon fits inside (is inscribed within) or outside (circumscribes) an imaginary circle:
Enter an option [Inscribed in circle/Circumscribed about circle] <I>: (Type I or C.)
5. Specify the radius of the circle, which determines the size of the polygon:
Specify radius of circle: (Enter a radius, or pick a point.)
CIRCLE
The CIRCLE command draws circles by several methods. The important parts of the circle
are its center point, the radius or diameter, and its circumference.
AutoCAD constructs arcs by many methods. This flexibility allows you to place arcs in many
different situations.
DONUT
The DONUT command draws circles with thick walls and solid-filled circles. These kinds of
circles are useful for PCB (printed circuit board) designs.
5. This command repeats until you exit the command. Press ENTER to end it:
Specify center of donut or <exit>: (Press ENTER to exit command.)
PLINE
The PLINE command draws polylines. The PLINE command draws polylines, perhaps the
most unique and flexible object created by any CAD program.
A polyline is a single object that consists of connected lines and arcs. It can be curved, splined, and
open or closed (like an irregular polygon). You can specify the width of each segment, or give each
segment a tapered width.
AutoCAD reminds you of the current line width, which is 0, unless you change it with the
Width option: Current line-width is 0.0000
3. Pick the next point, or select an option:
Specify next point or [Arc/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width]: (Pick a point, or enter an
option.)
4. Continue picking points, and then press ENTER to exit the command:
Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width]: (Press ENTER to
exit the command.)
ELLIPSE
The ELLIPSE command draws ellipses and elliptical arcs.
Ellipses are elongated circles drawn with two diameters called axes. The major axis is the longer
axis; the minor axis, the shorter.
An ellipse is sometimes referred to by its rotation angle. A circle is an ellipse that has not been
rotated: its rotation is zero degrees; the major and minor axes have the same length. An ellipse is a
circle that is rotated, or viewed at an angle. For instance, tilt this page away from you and the circle
looks like an ellipse. A 40-degree ellipse is a circle that has been rotated by 40-degrees about the
major axis. AutoCAD allows you to specify ellipse rotations between 0.0 (a circle) and 89.4 degrees
(a very thin ellipse).
By default, AutoCAD always displays the UCS icon at the drawing origin (0, 0), in the bottom left-
hand corner of the drawing area.
If you find the UCS icon distracting when it's floating in the middle of the screen, you can force it to
be displayed in the bottom left-hand corner using the ucsicon command.
Enter an option [ON/OFF/All/Noorigin/ORigin/Properties] <ON>:
Use the "Noorigin" option to force the icon into the bottom left corner.
Explore: other object commands in the Draw panel & their use.
Exercise:
1. Draw Figure A using various options of the LINE and CIRCLE commands. Use absolute, relative
rectangular or relative polar coordinates for drawing the triangle. The vertices of the triangle will be
used as the center of the circles. The circles can be drawn using the Center and Radius, Center and
Diameter, or Tan, Tan, Tan options. (Height of triangle = 4.5 X sin 60 = 3.897.) Do not draw the
dimensions; they are for reference only.
Figure A
2. Draw an arc using the St, C, Ang option. The start point is (6, 3), the center point is (3, 3), and the
angle is 240-degree.
3. Make the drawing shown in Figure B. The distance between the dotted lines is 1.0 unit. Create the
radii by using the arc command options indicated in the drawing.
Figure B
4. Figure C shows a rectangle in the form of a square with hexagons along each edge. Using the
Dimensions prompt of the Rectangle tool construct the square. Then, using the Edge prompt of the
Polygon tool, add the four hexagons. Use the Object Snap endpoint to ensure the polygons are in
their exact positions.
Figure C
5. Using the Ellipse and Arc tools construct the drawing Figure D.
Figure D