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AutoCAD 2000 Tutorial - The Basics
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The Basics of Drafting
Chapter Overview
Coordinate system and Absolute Coordinate System
Relative Coordinate System Described
Polar Coordinate System in AutoCAD 2000
Direction and Distances Explained
Ortho Tracking and Polar Tracking with Direction and Distances
Select and Un-Select
Layers Overview
Using Layers Correctly
Navigating Your Drawing Using the Zoom and Pan Commands
Grips Selection
Basics Drawing in AutoCAD 2000 How to Draw:
• The Basic Line
• Ray
• Contraction Line
• Poly Line
• Polygon
• Rectangle
• Arc
• Circle
• Spline
• Ellipse
Inserting & Making a Block
Point and Its Sub Commands
Hatch
Chapter Summary
The Basic Modify Commands I.E.
Properties and Match Properties Edit:
• Hatch
• Poly Line
• Spline
• Text
Erase
Copy/Multi Copy
Mirror
Offset
Array
Move
Rotate
Scale and Stretch
Lengthen
Trim
Extend
Break
Chamfer
Fillet
Explode
Annotation
Chapter Overview
Mtext
Using Single Line Text
Spelling Checker
How to set Up Text Style
Liner Dimension in AutoCAD 2000 Dimensions:
• Aligned
• Ordinate
• Radius
• Diameter
• Angular
• Base line
• Continue
• Leader
• Tolerance
• Oblique
Aligning Text
Styles for Dimension
Set the Current Dimensions Style
QDim & Tolerance Dimensions
The End Product
Layout Explained
Using a Layout
Setting up a Layout and Viewports and Layouts
Making Single and Polygonal Viewport
Making Viewports Out of Closed Shapes
How to Clip Viewports
How to Set Up Viewport So They Don't Plot
Working with Layers in Viewports
Setting Dimension Text to Self Scale to the Layout
Applying Pen Settings and the Creation of Pen Settings
Plotting and Printing
Pen Tables and Plotting - Summary
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