ME1001 – Engineering Drawing

Lab
Semester : Fall 2024
Department of Electrical Engineering
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Lecture 3

Prepared by: Maimoona Akram

Asst. Professor in (EE) dept.
FAST NUCES, Lahore
Erase
► This command is used to delete any object you select
► Erase command can be started by one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Erase button
❖ Type erase in Command Line → Press Enter
► The following prompt will appear:
Select objects:
► Once you are done, press [Enter] or right-click
► Once this prompt appears, the cursor will change to a pick box and
you can select object using pick box in following three ways:
❖ click on an object to select it
❖ Go to an empty place, click, and go to the right; this will get you a Window
(Blue)
❖ Go to an empty place, click, and go to the left; this will get you a Crossing
Window (Green)
Erase

► A rectangular window (blue) specified by two opposite corners (points)

► The first point will be placed when you click on the empty place. Then,
release your hand, go to a suitable place towards right, and click the second
point to create the opposite corner
► Whatever is fully inside the rectangle will be selected. If any part (even a
small part) is outside the rectangle, it will not be selected. See the following
illustration:
Erase

► A rectangular crossing window (green) is specified by two opposite

corners (points)
► The first point will be placed when you click on the empty place. Then,
release your hand, go to a suitable place towards left, and click the second
point to create the opposite corner.
► Whatever is fully inside the rectangle and whatever it touches will be
selected. See the following illustration:
Undo & Redo

► Undo is used to undo the last command

► You can reach this command using one of the following methods:

❖ From the Quick Access toolbar, click the Undo button

❖ Type u in the Command Window (don’t type undo, because it has a different
meaning)
❖ Press [Ctrl] + Z

► Redo is used to redo the last command

► You can use this command using one of the following methods:
❖ From the Quick Access toolbar, click the Redo button

❖ Type redo in the Command Window

❖ Press [Ctrl] + Y
Move
▪ The Move command is used to move objects from one place to another
▪ You can reach this command using one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Move button
❖ Type m or move in Command Line → Press Enter
▪ The Move command is a three-step command
▪ Select object(s) you want to move
▪ Once you are done, press [Enter] or right-click
▪ Specify base point
▪ Specify new location of base point
Copy
▪ The Copy command is used to copy objects
▪ You can reach this command using one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Copy button
❖ Type co or copy in Command Line → Press Enter
▪ The Copy command is a three-step command
▪ Select object(s) you want to copy
▪ Once you are done, press [Enter] or right-click
▪ Specify base point
▪ Specify new location of base point
Rotate
▪ The rotate command is used to rotate objects around a point using the rotation
angle
▪ You can reach this command using one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Rotate button
❖ Type ro or rotate in Command Line → Press Enter
▪ The Rotate command is a three-step command
▪ Select object(s) you want to rotate
▪ Once you are done, press [Enter] or right-click
▪ Specify base point
▪ Specify the rotation angle to rotate the object(s) around base point (+ve value
anticlockwise rotation , -ve value clockwise rotation)
▪ You can use the Copy option if you want to rotate a copy of the objects selected while
keeping the original intact
Trim
▪ Trimming means, we want to remove part of an object by cutting the
edge(s)
▪ You can reach this command using one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Trim button
❖ Type tr or trim in Command Line → Press Enter
▪ The Trim command is a two-step command
▪ Select the edge(s) to be cut
▪ Once you are done, press [Enter] or right-click
▪ Select the object(s) to be trimmed
Trim
Fillet
▪ Fillet command is used to create sharp corner or round corner
▪ You can reach this command using one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Fillet button
❖ Type f or fillet in Command Line → Press Enter
► The Fillet command works with two different settings:
► Radius = 0 will create a neat intersection (sharp corner)
► Radius > 0 will do the same except it will use an arc rather than a corner point
► When you close the shape with an arc, what will happen to the original objects?
► To solve this issue, the Fillet command works in two different modes:
► In Trim mode, the arc will be produced, and the original objects will be trimmed
accordingly
► In No trim mode, the arc will be produced, but the original objects will stay intact
Chamfer
▪ Chamfer command is used to create slanted edge
▪ You can reach this command using one of the following methods:
❖ Ribbon Bar
Home Tab > Modify Panel > Chamfer button
❖ Type cha or chamfer in Command Line → Press Enter
► The chamfer command works with two different methods:
► Two distances
► Dist1 = Dist2 = 0 (sharp corner)
► (Dist1 = Dist2) > 0
► (Dist1 ≠ Dist2) > 0
Chamfer
► Length and angle
► Specify chamfer length on the first line
► Specify angle from the first line

► When you draw the slant, what will happen to the original objects?
► To solve this issue, the Chamfer command works in two different modes:
► In Trim mode, the slant will be produced, and the original objects will be trimmed
accordingly
► In No trim mode, the slant will be produced, but the original objects will stay intact
Example
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