LESSON 1-1

X-Y CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM, INPUTTING POINTS THE AUTOCAD SCREEN BASIC AUTOCAD TERMINOLOGY

LESSON 1-2

ASSIGNMENT 1 - INTRO TO DRAWING / MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-3

ASSIGNMENT 2 - MORE MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-4

ASSIGNMENT 3 - ACCURATE INPUT

LESSON 1-5

SELECTION SETS

LESSON 1-6

ASSIGNMENT 4 - MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-7

ASSIGNMENT 5 - MODIFYING COMMANDS

LESSON 1-8

ASSIGNMENT 6 - LAYERS / DIMENSIONING / TEXT

LESSON 1-9

DIRECT DISTANCE ENTRY AND OBJECT TRACKING

LESSON 1-10

CHANGING THE PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS

INDEX

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 4

Notes about these lessons:

Most regular text is in burgundy on these pages. Anything you see on AutoCAD's command line is in blue Courier font. Important terms are usually highlighted in red and will also have hyper links attached. Whenever you see a icon, click on it for more information.

Topics covered in this Lesson:

Line | Absolute Co-ordinates | Relative Co-ordinates | Polar Co-ordinates

Accurate Input

Now it's time to see if you were paying attention in the first lesson. In this lesson you will complete the drawing that will test your knowledge of drawing accurately using different types of precision input.

You can download the DWG file HERE and view the image HERE
Print the file out and try to reproduce it. Start at the bottom left corner. Use the drawing tools you have learned in the previous lessons. You will have to use a combination of absolute, relative, and polar co-ordinate input.

1. Open AutoCAD and set up the drawing as you have for the previous assignments.

2. Complete the assignment by drawing it accurately using the dimensions provided.

3. If you make an error along the way, remember that you can use your ENDPOINT Osnap to begin where you left off.

4. Save your drawing.

5. Print your drawing using the guidelines given in the previous assignments.

Click HERE to check the command line input for this drawing.

As mentioned earlier, AutoCAD is accurate. It is up to the user to ensure that they give the proper input to make sure that the drawing is accurate. It can be extremely costly to make mistakes with what seem to be 'minor' errors in accuracy.

By this point in the tutorials, you should able to do the above drawing without referencing other materials. If this isn't the case, you should review the previous lessons. Here are two more practice excercises to work on your input and drawing skills.

Extra Practice: Copy this drawing - extra_005.gif

Extra Practice: Copy this drawing - extra_006.gif