COMPUTER AIDED REVIEWER Command Line (below Drawing Area)
- Where you type commands)
AutoCAD - Not recommended for 3D
- recommended for plant layouts, floor Commands - Shortcut keys that perform
plan, electrical plans, sanitary plans, specific function when activated (example:
etc. drawing objects, moving objects, erasing
objects)
IWCAD - Recommended softwares for 3D
modelling: Layout Space - space you can lay out
drawn objects.
ENGINEERING DRAWING
1) How to draw an Engineering plan Ribbon Tab - where toolbars are located
based on standard
2) How to interpret the plan Home tab - most frequently used tab in
ribbon tab.
AUTOCAD SOFTWARE IU PARTS
Layer Customization
Drawing Area {Model Space) - Where you
draw objects. Layer Properties - where you can:
- add, freeze, delete, and select a layer as
Status Bar - Bottom right of Drawing Area current layer
and where settings for cursor drawing,
display, workspace, viewports, snaps, - Customize layer properties (color, linetype,
workspace, and other customizations are lineweight, transparency)
located.
Multi selection
Status Bar settings:
● Green area - selects objects that
Model - Change to Model space or Paper touched the green area (even partially)
space. Left click then move cursor to left to create a
rectangular selection area, move cursor to
Snap Mode - Restricts movement. left while left clicking to create a crooked
selection area
Orthomode- Restricts cursor to drawing
only vertical or horizontal lines. ● Blue area - selects objects that are
fully covered by the blue area.
Polar Tracking - Lines drawn at specified Left click then move cursor to right to create
angles will be a broken line. a rectangular selection area, move cursor to
right while left clicking to create a crooked
LWDISPLAY - When on, it displays selection area
lineweight customization done in layers
(color, lineweight thickness, transparency) COMMANDS:
Object Snap Mode - snaps cursor to Esc button - used for exiting a command in
selected 2d reference points use
Common Reference Points:
- Midpoint (triangle) Space bar - used for reusing a command in
- Endpoint (square) use
- Center (circle)
- Intersection (cross) Fillet (F) - Turns a sharp corner into a
- Parallel (two parallel broken lines) rounded corner with specified radius.
Line (L) - creates a line Dimension align (DAL) - getting dimension
(length) of diagonal lines
Circle (C) - creates a circle
C + space + select center point + number Dimension radius (DIMRAD) - getting
( optional, to specify radius length) dimension (length) of radius of circles
Array (Ar) - creates object copies along a Dimension diameter (DIMDIA) - getting
specified path (rectangular, path, polar) dimension (length) of diameter of circles
Erase (E)- deletes selected objects. Hatch (H) - places patterns in an enclosed
object and patterns are used to indicate the
Offset (O) - copies a selected object with type of material.
specified distance from it
Defpoints - a layer created for imaginary
Explode (X) - separates grouped objects objects or guidelines and any object drawn
in this layer will not be shown in printed
Locate drawing - z + space + e (extend) + copies
space
Tan, Tan, Radius (TTR) - creates a circle
Mirror (Mi) - copies a selected object on the with a specified radius that is tangent to two
opposite specified mirror line existing objects.
Trim (Tr) - trims a select part of an object VPORTS - Viewports
(used for exploded objects)
SCALE
Copy (Co) - copies a selected object
1:100, Left side (1) size in the drawing sheet
Extend (Ex) - extend a line to a selected while right side (100) size in actual.
object.
Rectangle (Rec) - creates a rectangle
Rotate (Ro) - rotates a selected object
Align (Al) - aligns selected objects
Join (J) - joins selected objects into one
object.
Polyline (PL) - used to create lines that
count as one entity
Move (Mo) - moves selected object
Commands Dimension style manager
D (Dimstyle) - for managing dimension
styles
Dimension linear (DLI) - getting dimension
(length) of horizontal and vertical lines
