CAD CAM

To Perform Command Shortcut Displays the calculator QUICKCALC CTRL+8 Opens dimension style manager dialogue box DIMSTYLE D Aligned linear dimension line DIMALIGNED DAL Angular dimension line DIMANGULAR DAN Arc length dimension DIMARC DAR Ordinate dimension from baseline of previous dimension DIMBASELINE DBA Ordinate dimension from 2nd extension line of previous dimension DIMCONTINUE DCO Diameter dimension…

To Perform Command Shortcut Adds each successive object, switches from remove ADD A All objects on thawed layers ALL ALL Objects touched or enclosed by window – Move right to left CROSSING C Objects touching or enclosed by selection polygon CPOLYGON CP Objects touch by single selection fence FENCE F Opens object grouping dialogue –…

To Perform Command Shortcut Draw an arc with 3 points ARC A Calculate the area AREA AA Align an object with another ALIGN AL Opens application load dialogue box APPLOAD AP Make multiple copies of an object ARRAY AR Opens Ariel view of drawing DSVIEWER AV Opens attribute definition dialogue box ATTDEF ATT Audit drawing…

Location measured by distance from 0,0 in current UCS #X,Y Location measured by distance from last point @X,Y Location measured by distance and angle from 0,0 in current UCS #distance<angle Location measured by distance and angle from last point @distance<angle Location by extracting and combining coordinate values from 2 or 3 points .x or.y or .xy etc An…

CTRL+0 Turns user interface elements on/off CTRL+1 Turns properties on/off CTRL+2 Turns design centre on/off CTRL+3 Turns tool palettes window on/off CTRL+8 Launches calculator window CTRL+A Select all CTRL+C Copies objects to clipboard CTRL+H Turns a group on or off CTRL+J Repeats last command CTRL+N Opens create new drawing dialogue box CTRL+O Opens the select…

To Do You have to do Zoom In Roll the wheel forward. Zoom Out Roll the wheel backward. Zoom Extents Double-click the wheel button. Pan Hold down the wheel button and drag the mouse. Constrained Orbit Press and hold the SHIFT key and the wheel button and drag the mouse. Pan (Joystick) Press and hold…

Function Description F1 Displays Auto-CAD Help F2 Toggles Text Window F3 Toggles OSNAP F4 Toggles TABMODE F5 or CTRL+E Toggles ISOPLANE F6 or CTRL+D Toggles UCS,  i.e. Coordinate Display on/off F7 or CTRL+G Toggles GRIDMODE. F8 or CTRL+L Toggles ORTHOMODE. F9 or CTRL+B Toggles SNAPMODE. F10 or CTRL+U Toggles Polar Tracking. F11 or CTRL+W Toggles…

How to use Keyboard Special Keys in Auto-CAD software: Keys Action ESC Use the ESC key to cancel all current actions and return to the Command: prompt. ENTER Press the ENTER key following all keyboard input. You also complete many commands by pressing ENTER. SPACEBAR Pressing the SPACEBAR is equivalent to pressing the ENTER key…

CAD: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) can be defined as the creation, modification, analysis and optimization of a new component using a computer.  CAD involves 3 major elements:-      1. Hardware      2. CAD software and      3. The user The primary function of CAD involves design, analysis and application to manufacturing. An object drawn with CAD can be analyzed interactively on the CAD screen…