Monday, October 31, 2011

AUTOCAD: DAY 1 - XY Co-ordinate System

I downloaded a copy of student AUTOCAD for MAC in autodesk.com. I think it will give you 3 year access of the software not so sure though, but my main goal is to study AUTOCAD even if it will only allow me for a month period.

After installing and activating the software , I started browsing the web for soem tutorials. In a matter if just few minutes got my self reading these tutorials and decided which one I would use as a benchmark of my study.

LESSON 1:
  • This one is fairly easy you just create a new drawing activate the line tool.
  • At first you need to have a starting point which in the tutorial I started at x:0 to y:0.
  • After you have fix point you can drag you mouse to your right hand side and after that it will ask for the width then press enter it depends on you of course the width that you want, this is the time for experiment.
  • Then you drag you mouse again going straight up and at same time supplying the exact length and don't forget to press enter after that.
  • You can do a rectangle, square or any shape you like involving straight lines. Lastly if you finish you can press the space bar and enter "C" to close the shape and press enter again to deselect you shape.