AutoCAD Tutorial for Beginners

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What is the first step to launch AutoCAD software?

  • Click on the Action Menu, select New to open the Template dialog box.
  • Launch AutoCAD software (correct)
  • Create your boundary using the Rectangle Tool
  • Set your layers (Line types)

What is the purpose of typing Z in the command line?

  • To select all (correct)
  • To set the view port
  • To create a new drawing template
  • To zoom and press ENTER

What is the next step after selecting the template?

  • A new drawing workspace will open (correct)
  • Create your boundary using the Rectangle Tool
  • Set your layers (Line types)
  • Go to File and Save as template

What do you need to click to activate a viewport?

<p>Double click inside the viewport (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Page Setup Manager?

<p>To set the paper size and orientation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of creating a dimension style?

<p>To place dimensions on your drawing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do you need to do to deactivate a viewport?

<p>Double click outside the viewport (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What file type do you need to select when saving a template?

<p>dwt (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of assembly dimensions?

<p>To specify the distance between parts for proper assembly (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of view is used to show internal features of an assembly?

<p>Sectional view (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a parts list in an assembly drawing?

<p>To identify individual parts in the assembly (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of assembly drawing is used to establish the relationship of parts in a product assembly?

<p>Layout assembly (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a working-drawing or detail assembly?

<p>To specify the dimensions of individual parts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an enlarged view in an assembly drawing?

<p>To show adequate detail of specific parts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a pictorial assembly?

<p>To show the assembly process in a visual format (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a layout assembly used for?

<p>To establish the relationship of parts in a product assembly (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of drawing is used by workers in manufacturing?

<p>Detail drawings (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an engineering drawing?

<p>To purchase or manufacture parts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an assembly drawing?

<p>A drawing showing how all parts fit together (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of parts do not need to be drawn?

<p>Standard parts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are assembly drawings often multiview drawings?

<p>To use as few views as possible to describe the product (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of preparing an assembly drawing?

<p>To show how each part goes together (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a standard part?

<p>A bolt (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of information is provided in an engineering drawing?

<p>Information needed for the purchase or manufacture of parts and assembly (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the representation of a spur gear in the front view?

<p>A thick circle with the pitch circle and thin-line diagonals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the conventional representation of bearings?

<p>To simplify the drawing of complicated sectional views (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is shown in the sectional end view of a spur gear?

<p>The gear teeth are not sectioned, but the center line and the root of the gear are shown (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of labeling cutting planes in a sectional view?

<p>To indicate the location of the section (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary skill covered in the section on sectional views?

<p>Introduction to sectional views (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between a full section and a half section?

<p>The amount of the object sectioned (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of removed sections in a sectional view?

<p>To simplify the drawing of complicated objects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of a conventional representation of common features in engineering drawing?

<p>To simplify the drawing of complicated objects (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of surface is generated by sweeping a straight line along a curved path?

<p>Ruled surface (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of a single-curved surface?

<p>It can be unrolled to coincide with a plane (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of surface is bounded by plane surfaces?

<p>Geometric solid (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a line that generates a ruled surface?

<p>Generatrix (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of surface has no straight-line elements?

<p>Double-curved surface (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a single-curved surface?

<p>Cone (A), Cylinder (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of surface is not developable?

<p>Warped surface (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a point on the generatrix?

<p>Element (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

AutoCAD Basics

  • Launch AutoCAD software
  • Select the right template needed for the drawing, especially based on the units of the dimensions
  • In the model view, type Z in the command line and select all
  • Create layers using the layer manager
  • Define the default layer
  • Combine both draw and modify tools to create the drawing
  • Create a dimension style and use that to place dimensions on the drawing

Creating a New Drawing

  • Click on the Start Page and click on NEW
  • The Select box Template dialog box will pop up (fig. 13)
  • Select the acadiso.dwt from the list of Templates
  • A new drawing workspace will open
  • Set the boundary using the Rectangle Tool
  • Set the Viewport by typing MV or MVIEW in the command palette and press ENTER
  • Activate a viewport by double-clicking inside the viewport

Setting Up the Page

  • Set the layers (Line types)
  • Set the Text Styles
  • Set the Dimension, leader, and Table styles if necessary
  • Go to File and Save as template by clicking on SAVE AS
  • Select dwt template as your file type
  • Click on Page Setup Manager (Fig. 14)
  • Add the name of the Template and save the file to a suitable location

Engineering Drawing

  • Cylindrical compression springs: coils are drawn only at each end of the spring and are connected by parallel thin lines
  • Spur gears: the front view consists of the outside thick circle and the pitch center-line circle
  • Bearings: conventional representation does not imply any particular type of bearing

Conventional Representation of Common Features

  • Thread (Internal and external)
  • Splined shaft
  • Knurl
  • Shaft
  • Serrated shaft
  • Holes on circular pitch
  • Bearing

Exercises

  • Produce the Front, left, and Right End View of the images

Sectional Views

  • Introduction to sectional views
  • Full Sections
  • Placement of Section view
  • Labeling Cutting planes
  • Half Sections
  • Broken out sections
  • Revolved sections
  • Removed sections
  • Offset sections
  • Ribs in section
  • Aligned sections
  • Partial sections
  • Parts not sectioned

Assembly Drawings

  • Definition: a drawing showing how all of the parts fit together
  • Types of assembly drawings: Layout, General assembly, Working-drawing, Erection assembly, Subassembly, Pictorial assembly
  • Assembly drawings can contain: one or more views, auxiliary views, sections, enlarged views, parts list or bill of materials

Development of Solids/Surfaces

  • Surface terminology: plane, ruled surface, single-curved surface, double-curved surface, warped surface
  • Examples of ruled surfaces: plane, cylinder, cone
  • Examples of warped surfaces: Figure 57

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