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Chapter 1 – AutoCAD Productivity

Chapter 1 – AutoCAD Productivity. AutoCAD: Secrets Every User Should Know. Design Standards. Draw Everything Actual Size Plans, Details, Even Long Parts. 2. Design Standards. Draw Existing Structures “as- built,” Not “as-designed” Draw Mechanical Parts at MMC Maximum Material Condition

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Chapter 1 – AutoCAD Productivity

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  1. Chapter 1 – AutoCAD Productivity AutoCAD: Secrets Every User Should Know

  2. Design Standards • Draw Everything Actual Size • Plans, Details, Even Long Parts 2

  3. Design Standards • Draw Existing Structures “as- built,” Not “as-designed” • Draw Mechanical Parts at MMC • Maximum Material Condition • 2D, 3D, AutoCAD, or any other • Use Logical Increments • Whole numbers, if possible • Match material sized 3

  4. AutoCAD Best Practices • Use the Help System • Use Blocks Whenever Possible • Reduce file size • Update more efficiently • Maintain standards • Don’t Override Dimensions • Use annotation tools 6X <> • Don't explode dimensions 4

  5. AutoCAD Best Practices • Use Logical Layer Names • AIA standards • Office standards based on fields • Layer states/filters/wildcards • Set Properties BYLAYER • Don't set entity color/linetype • Turn off Properties toolbar 5

  6. AutoCAD Best Practices • Use Drawing Tools • osnaps, otrack, tt, polar • m2p, par, per, ext • Plot From Layouts 1. Geometry in Model Space 2. Set up a layout 3. Add annotations in viewports 6

  7. AutoCAD Best Practices • Draw Perfectly • Somebody will assume you did • Quicker than drawing by eye • Set Text Height to 0 • Auto-scaling in dimensions • Scale to Paper Space • Spacetrans • Use for different heights 7

  8. AutoCAD Best Practices • Don't Use the Name “Standard” • Text, dimension, table • Defaults are wrong • May conflict for XRefs • Be Cautious with REFEDIT • Editing XRef • Prevent with XEDIT 8

  9. AutoCAD Best Practices • Caution Moving or Renaming Files • Hyperlinks • XRefs • Images • Support files • Templates 9

  10. AutoCAD Best Practices • Control Imperial and Metric • MEASUREMENT • 0 for Imperial • 1 for metric • ACAD.lin vs. ACADISO.lin • ADAD.pap vs. ACADISO.pat • Plot scale • Limits • Default dimstyle (both are wrong) 10

  11. AutoCAD Best Practices • Learn to Use QSELECT 11

  12. AutoCAD Best Practices • Create Tool Palettes 12

  13. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency - patterns • Command-line commands • Add a minus -LA or -LAYER • Array at an angle 13

  14. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency - patterns • Polar array • Do as little work as possible 14

  15. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency • BOUNDARY 15

  16. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency • REGION and SUBTRACT 16

  17. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency • Supplemental angles • Relative polar tracking 17

  18. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency • FILLET and CIRCLE TTR 18

  19. Feature Review (All Releases) • Text Justification • TL, TC, TR, ML, MC, MR, BL, BC, BR? 19

  20. Feature Review (All Releases) • Quick Complex Area • BOUNDARY -->Region • SUBTRACT 20

  21. Feature Review (All Releases) • Four Save Commands • SAVE • Default name and path stay the same • SAVEAS • Default name and path change • QSAVE • Saves only to default name and path • WBLOCK • Saves part of a drawing 21

  22. Feature Review (All Releases) • Quick complex "linetype" • MEASURE or DIVIDE • Block option 22

  23. Feature Review (All Releases) • RENAME with Wildcards 23

  24. Feature Review (All Releases) • Some Great Express Tools • TXT2MTXT • FLATTEN • MKSHP and MKLTYPE • DIMRESSOC • DIMEX and DIMIN • SYSVDLG 24

  25. Feature Review (All Releases) • One More Great Express Tool • OVERKILL 25

  26. Feature Review (All Releases) • Drawing Efficiency • FILLET and CIRCLE TTR 26

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