Chapter 1 Introduction To AutoCAD
Chapter 1 Introduction To AutoCAD
Chapter 1 Introduction To AutoCAD
TO AUTOCAD
TOPIC OUTCOMES
Explain the application of Automated Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD) in
engineering design, modification and innovation processes in industries.
Demonstrate methods and tools that will allow creation of accurate drawings in
order to produce technical drawing that requires precise distance and angles be
constructed.
WHAT IS CAD?
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WHAT IS CAD?
Originally CAD includes any techniques that use computers in the design
process including drafting, stress analysis and motion analysis.
But over the last 35 years, CAD has come to refer more specifically to
Computer Aided Design and Drafting.
CAD program/software is an electronic tool that enables you to make
quick and accurate drawings with the use of a computer.
WHAT IS CAD?
Parts that have been modeled can be assembled in the virtual environment
of the computer.
The relative motion of moving parts can be animated on the computer.
The part can be analysed computationally and redesigned.
The machine tool path or mold filling flow to fabricate the part can be
modeled on the computer.
The part model can be downloaded to a rapid prototyping system that can
create a physical model of the part in a few hours with virtually no human
intervention.
CAPABILITIES OF CAD
1. Presentations
You can create fine drawings with presentation symbols and text styles.
You can use CAD program to make on screen presentations.
CAPABILITIES OF CAD
2) Flexibility in editing
- CAD provides the flexibility to make quick alterations to drawings
- Some of the editing capabilities are; move or copy drawing elements,
enlarge or reduce size of a drawing, make multiple copies of a drawing,
change units of measure and etc.
CAPABILITIES OF CAD
6) Project reporting
- The computer can be used to prepare project reports
7) Engineering analysis
- There is a separate category of programs called CAE that can use CAD
drawings for engineering analysis.
CAPABILITIES OF CAD
A 3D model is the most general model used in CAD software. This model
is equivalent to an isometric view
2 basic types of 3D models are wire frame and surface models.
In a 3D wire frame model, only edges of the object are represented.
A 3D surface model defines the object in terms of surfaces such as plates
(flat) and shells (curved) in addition to edges.
SOLID MODELING
The current state of the art in CAD, is the most sophisticated method of
representing an object.
Unlike wire frame or surface models, a solids model represents an object
in the virtual environment just as it exists in reality, having volume as
well as surfaces and edges.
In this way, the interior of the object is represented in the model as well
as the outer surfaces.
SOLID MODELING
Can be used for stress analysis, heat transfer analysis, fluid flow analysis, and
computer aided manufacturing.
In the manufacturing process to automatically generate machine tool paths to
machine an object.
To simulate the removal of material from an initial block of material on the
computer
Can be linked to Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine to carry out the
removal of material automatically allowing many identical parts to be machined
based directly on the solid models.
GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD
4. Click the Sheet Views tab along the right edge of the Sheet Set Manager, and
observe that tabs provide a means of accessing additional interface content. In its
present state, the Sheet Set Manager is a floating palette. Drag its palette bar, and
relocate it on screen.
5. Click the Auto-hide toggle, and watch the palette collapse to its vertical palette
bar; this saves space on screen. Hover the cursor over the palette bar, and watch the
whole palette reappear so that you can access its content. Now toggle Auto-hide off.
6. Click the Palette-properties menu and select Anchor Left. The Sheet Set Manager
palette is docked along the left edge of the user interface. You can use many options
to organize the user interface to match the way you work.
BASIC USER INTERFACE
8. Click the Open button in the Quick Access toolbar. Select any drawing in the Manufacturing
folder and click Open.
9. Move the cursor over the current drawing’s tab and observe two icons. Click on Model to open the
drawing’s model space (see Figure 1.9).
10. Move the cursor over the current drawing tab and click Brush Roller Sub Assy to reopen the
layout.
11. Click the Save button on the Quick Access toolbar. The drawing is saved locally on your hard
drive and a backup copy is also automatically uploaded to your Autodesk 360 account. Close the
sample files by clicking the X in the upper-right corner of the drawing window. However, leave the
empty Drawing1 open.
AUTOCAD DRAWING SPACES
Model space, on the other hand, is a single 3-D volume where everything
is drawn in actual size.
Model space is typically scaled down in viewports and displayed in the paper space of layouts.
Most of the drawing you will do in AutoCAD will be in model space.
A drawing can have only one model space, whereas any number of layouts displaying model space
through viewports can be saved in the same file.
WORKSPACES
AutoCAD has so many palettes and ribbon controls that finding the right
tool for the job can seem like a job in itself.
The ribbon is therefore an important feature that was introduced to
AutoCAD 2010.
Autodesk adopted Microsoft’s ribbon standard to organize the ever-
increasing number of toolbars in a single palette, making tools much
easier to find.
AUTOCAD RIBBONS
DRAWING UNITS
• Most American architects will choose this type, which displays units in feet and inches.
Architectural
• Metric users should select this type. One decimal unit can be equal to one millimeter, one centimeter, or any
Decimal metric unit that you decide.
• Like the Architectural type, engineering units feature feet and inches, but the inches are represented in decimal
Engineering
form—for example, 126.500 feet.
• American woodworkers often prefer to set AutoCAD drawings in fractional units of inches because that is how
Fractional their work is normally reckoned. For example, 12 feet, 61/2 inches reads 150-1/2″ in fractional units.
• In scientific units, 12.000E+06 is broken down into two parts: 12.000 indicates 12 accurate to a precision of
Scientific three decimal places and E+06 indicates the exponential function raised to the sixth power.
SETTING THE DRAWING UNITS
1. Click the New button on the Quick Access toolbar. Click the arrow button next to the Open button in
the Select Template dialog box, and choose Open With No Template – Imperial
2. Type UN, and press Enter to bring up the Drawing Units dialog box. UN is the command alias
(abbreviation) of the UNITS command. Most commands have aliases that minimize typing.
3. Select Architectural from the Type drop-down menu. We’re using Architectural in this book, but you
should select the unit type that fits your industry when working professionally. Metric users should
select Decimal length units.
4. Click the Length Precision drop-down menu, and select 1/8″ (or 0.0 for metric). Set Angle Type to
Decimal Degrees and Angle Precision to 0.0.
5. Click the Insertion Scale drop-down menu, and select Inches (or Centimeters for metric). Click OK
to close the Drawing Units dialog box.
SETTING THE DRAWING UNITS
TOPIC REVISIONS
Explain the application of Automated Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD) in engineering design,
modification and innovation processes in industries.
Demonstrate methods and tools that will allow creation of accurate drawings in order to produce
technical drawing that requires precise distance and angles be constructed.
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