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design, drafting, CAD, and other engineering courses for over nineteen years. Before joining Purdue University, Prof.
Tickoo has worked as a machinist, quality control engineer, design engineer, engineering consultant, and software
developer. He has received a US patent for his invention Self Adjusting Cargo Organizer for Vehicles.
2015, one of the world's leading designing and drafting packages. In this textbook, the author has explained the concepts, tools, and
commands in detail with the help of examples. The author has laid special emphasis on the applications of tools and commands to
solve designing and drafting problems. The chapters in the textbook are structured in a pedagogical sequence that helps the readers
understand the concepts faster and learn the capabilities of the software easily and effectively.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to AutoCAD
yy Starting AutoCAD
yy AutoCAD Screen Components
yy Saving Your Work
yy Automatic Timed Save
... and more
2. Getting Started with AutoCAD
yy Dynamic Input Mode
yy Drawing Lines in AutoCAD
yy Erasing Objects
yy Canceling and Undoing Operation
yy Object Selection Methods ... and more
3. Starting with Advanced Sketching
yy Drawing Arcs
yy Drawing Rectangles
yy Drawing Ellipses
yy Drawing Polylines
... and more
4. Working with Drawing Aids
yy Introduction
yy Understanding the Concept and Use of
Layers
yy Working with Layers
yy Object Properties
... and more
5. Editing Sketched Objects-I
yy Creating a Selection Set
yy Editing Sketches
yy Moving the Sketched Objects
yy Copying the Sketched Objects
yy Offsetting Sketched Objects ... and more
6. Editing Sketched Objects-II
yy Introduction to Grips
yy Types of Grips
yy Adjusting Grip Settings
yy Editing Objects by Using Grips
yy Loading Hyperlinks
yy Editing Gripped Objects
... and more
7. Creating Texts and Tables
yy Annotative Objects
yy Annotation Scale
yy Multiple Annotation Scales
yy Entering Special Characters
yy Creating Multiline Text
... and more
8. Basic Dimensioning, Geometric
Dimensioning, and Tolerancing
yy Need for Dimensioning
yy Dimensioning in AutoCAD
yy Fundamental Dimensioning Terms
yy Associative Dimensions
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yy Definition Points
yy Annotative Dimensions
yy Creating Linear Dimensions ... and more
9. Editing Dimensions
yy Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools
yy Modifying the Dimensions
yy Editing the Dimension Text
yy Updating Dimensions
... and more
10. Dimension Styles, Multileader Styles, and
System Variables
yy Using Styles and Variables to Control
Dimensions
yy Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles
yy New Dimension Style Dialog box
yy Controlling the Dimension Text Format
yy Formatting the Tolerances
yy Dimension Style Families
... and more
11. Adding Constraints to Sketches
yy Introduction
yy Adding Geometric Constraints
yy Controlling the Display of Constraints
yy Applying Constraints Automatically
yy Applying Dimensional Constraints
... and more
12. Hatching Drawings
yy Hatching
yy Hatching Drawings Using the Hatch Tool
yy Panels in the Hatch Creation Tab
yy Creating Annotative Hatch
yy Editing Hatch Patterns
... and more
13. Model Space Viewports, Paper Space
Viewports, and Layouts
yy Model Space and Paper Space/Layouts
yy Model Space Viewports (Tiled Viewports)
yy Making a Viewport Current
yy Joining Two Adjacent Viewports
yy Temporary Model Space
yy Editing Viewports
... and more
14. Plotting Drawings
yy Plotting Drawings in AutoCAD
yy Adding Plotters
yy Editing the Plotter Configuration
yy Importing PCP/PC2 Configuration Files
yy Setting Plot Parameters
... and more
15. Template Drawings
yy Creating Template Drawings
yy Standard Template Drawings
Understanding Attributes
Defining Attributes
Editing Attribute Definition
Inserting Blocks with Attributes
Managing Attributes
Extracting Attributes
... and more
External References
Dependent Symbols
The Overlay Option
Attaching Files to a Drawing
Working with Underlays
... and more
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