Table of Contents:

• Introduction


• Interface
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • The Ribbons
  
  
  • Customizing Your Quick Access Toolbar
  
  
  • Help Tools
  
  
  • Customizing the Ribbon
  
  
  • The Command Line
  
  
  • The Status Bar
  
  
  • Dynamic Input
  
  
  • Moving In and Out of Objects
  
  
  
  


• Drawing
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Choosing a Template
  
  
  • Starting to Draw
  
  
  • Drawing a Line
  
  
  • The Different Ways to Draw a Line
  
  
  • Cleaning a File Up
  
  
  • Drawing Geometry
  
  
  • Object Snap
  
  
  • Poly Line
  
  
  • Circle and Arc
  
  
  • Rectangle and Polygon
  
  
  • Ellipse
  
  
  • Creating a Building
  
  
  
  


• Manipulating Objects
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Selection
  
  
  • Deleting
  
  
  • Move
  
  
  • Rotate
  
  
  • Copy
  
  
  • Mirror
  
  
  • Stretch
  
  
  • Scale
  
  
  • Trim
  
  
  • Extend
  
  
  • Practical Application of the Tools while Drafting
  
  
  • Fillet and Chamfer
  
  
  • Array
  
  
  • Offset Command
  
  
  
  


• Layers
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Creating Layers
  
  
  • Changing the Color
  
  
  • Changing the Line Weight
  
  
  • Changing the Line Type
  
  
  • Putting Objects on Layers
  
  
  • Transparency
  
  
  • Freezing and Thawing
  
  
  • Isolate and Unisolate
  
  
  • The Properties Palette
  
  
  
  


• Annotation
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Switching to the Annotate Ribbon
  
  
  • Creating a New Text Style
  
  
  • Multi-Line Text
  
  
  • Single Line Text
  
  
  • Annotative Scaling
  
  
  • Additional Text Options
  
  
  • Fields
  
  
  • Dimensions and Dimension Styles
  
  
  • Most Commonly Used Dimensions
  
  
  • Tools for Cleaning Up Dimensions
  
  
  • Using Leaders
  
  
  
  


• Hatch and Blocks
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Hatch
  
  
  • Islands
  
  
  • Blocks
  
  
  • Creating a Block
  
  
  • Bringing in a Block
  
  
  • Editing a Block
  
  
  • Adding a Block to a Palette
  
  
  
  


• Parametrics
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Making Lines Parallel
  
  
  • Adding a Dimensional Constraint
  
  
  • Perpendicular Constraints
  
  
  • Coincident Constraint
  
  
  • Tangent Constraint
  
  
  • Smooth, Symmetric, and Equal
  
  
  • Auto Constraints
  
  
  • Infer Constraints
  
  
  
  


• Layouts
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • Layout Tab
  
  
  • Model Space
  
  
  • Going Back to Paper Space
  
  
  • Creating a New Layout
  
  
  • Setting Up a New Page
  
  
  • Creating a Viewport
  
  
  • Viewport Scale Bar
  
  
  • Controlling Layer by Viewport
  
  
  • Multiple Layouts in a Drawing
  
  
  
  


• Inquiry Tools
  
  
  
  • Overview
  
  
  • The Utilities Panel
  
  
  • Subtracting Information
  
  
  • ID Point
  
  
  • Quick Select
  
  
  • Controlling AutoCAD Settings
  
  
  • AutoCAD Options Dialogue Box
  
  
  • Files Tab
  
  
  • Display Tab
  
  
  • Open and Save Tab
  
  
  • Plot and Publish Tab
  
  
  • System Tab
  
  
  • User Preferences Tab
  
  
  • Drafting Tab
  
  
  • 3D Modeling Tab
  
  
  • Selection Tab
  
  
  • Profiles Tab
  
  
  • Saving Your Settings
  
  
  • Adding a Toolbar
  
  
  
  


• Conclusion