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ОглавлениеThis workbook is designed to follow the Beginning AutoCAD 2014, Exercise Workbook. It is excellent for classroom instruction or self-study. There are 22 lessons and 3 on-the-job type projects in Architectural, Electro-Mechanical and Mechanical.
Lessons 1 thru 14 continue your education in basic 2D commands.
Lessons 15 thru 22 introduce you to many basic 3D commands.
Each lesson starts with step-by-step instructions followed by exercises designed for practicing the commands you learned within that lesson. The on-the-job projects are designed to give you more practice in your desired field of drafting.
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AutoCAD 2014 vs. AutoCAD LT 2014
The LT version of AutoCAD has approximately 80 percent of the capabilities of the full version. It was originally created to be installed on the small hard drives that Laptops used to have. Hence, the name LT. (LT does not mean “Lite”) In order to reduce the size of the program AutoCAD removed some of the high-end capabilities, such as Solid Modeling. As a result, some of the commands may not be available to LT users. Consider this an opportunity to see the commands that you are missing and you can determine if you feel it necessary to upgrade.
Cheryl R. Shrock is a retired Professor and was Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. She is also an Autodesk® registered author. Cheryl began teaching CAD in 1990. Previous to teaching, she owned and operated a commercial product and machine design business where designs were created and documented using CAD. This workbook is a combination of her teaching skills and her industry experience.
Steve Heather is a former Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Aided Design in England, UK. For the past 5 years he has been a Beta Tester for Autodesk®, testing the latest AutoCAD® software. Previous to teaching and for more than 30 years, he worked as a Precision Engineer in the Aerospace and Defense industries.
Steve can be contacted for questions or comments at: steve.heather@live.com
Note: If you have already configured your system for the 2014 “Beginning” Workbook you may skip to Lesson 1.
AutoCAD ® allows you to customize it's configuration. While you are using this workbook it is necessary for you to make some simple changes to your configuration so our configurations are the same. This will ensure that the commands and exercises work as expected. The following instructions will guide you through those changes.
1.Start AutoCAD®
2.Type: options then press the <enter> key. (not case sensitive)
The text that you type will appear in the Dynamic Input box, as shown below
NOTE:
AUTOCAD LT USERS:
You may find that some of the settings appear slightly different.
But they are mostly the same.
Configuration Settings
3.Select the Display tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
4.Select the Open and Save tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
5.Select the Plot and Publish tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
6.Select the System tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
7.Select the User Preferences tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
8.After making the setting changes shown below select Apply & Close button.
9.Select the Drafting tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
10.Select the Selection tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below. (Note: 3D Modeling tab was skipped)
11.Select the Apply button.
12.Select the OK button.
13.Now you should be back to the AutoCAD screen.
AutoCAD 2014 System Requirements
| Description | Requirement |
| Operating System | Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later of the following: •Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional * •Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (32-bit only) The following operating systems: •Microsoft Windows 7® Enterprise •Microsoft Windows 7® Ultimate •Microsoft Windows 7® Professional •Microsoft Windows 7® Home Premium •Microsoft Windows 8® •Microsoft Windows 8® Pro •Microsoft Windows 8® Enterprise * Please note: VBA is not supported on Windows XP professional for 64-bit systems |
| Browser | Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later |
| Processor | 32-bit Windows XP Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or Higher with SSE2 technology Windows 7 or Windows 8 Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or Higher with SSE2 technology 64-bit AMD Athlon™ 64 with SSE2 technology AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology Intel Xeon® with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology Intel Pentium® 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology |
| Memory | 2 GB Ram (4 GB Recommended) |
| Display Resolution | 1024 × 768 (1600 × 1050 or higher recommended) with True Color |
| Disk Space | Installation 6.0 GB |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse Compliant |
| Media (DVD) | Download and installation from DVD |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.0 Update 1 |
| Additional Requirements For 3D Modeling | |
| Processor | 32-bit Intel Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon™, 3.0GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater |
| RAM | 4 GB Ram or more 6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements |
| Graphics Card | 1280 × 1024 True color video display adapter with 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. Please note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D modeling. |
A Wheel mouse has two or more buttons and a small wheel between the two topside buttons. The default functions for the two top buttons and the Wheel are as follows:
Left Hand button is for input and can't be reprogrammed.
Right Hand button is for Enter or the shortcut menu.
The Wheel may be used to Zoom and Pan or Zoom and display the Object Snap menu. You will learn more about this later.
The following describes how to select the Wheel functions. After you understand the functions, you may choose to change the setting.
To change the setting you must use the MBUTTONPAN variable.
MBUTTONPAN setting 1: (Factory setting)
| ZOOM | Rotate the wheel forward to zoom inRotate the wheel backward to zoom out |
| ZOOM EXTENTS | Double click the wheel to view entire drawing |
| PAN | Press the wheel and drag the mouse to move the drawing on the screen. |
MBUTTONPAN setting 0:
| ZOOM | Rotate the wheel forward to zoom inRotate the wheel backward to zoom out |
| OBJECT SNAP | Object Snap menu will appear when you press the wheel |
To change the setting:
1.Type: mbuttonpan <enter>
2.Enter 0 or 1 <enter>
Command Line
Dynamic Input
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
1.Open Multiple Files.
2.Easily switch from one open drawing to another.
3.Test your current AutoCAD skills.
4.Plot from Model Space.
Note:
This lesson should be used to determine whether or not you are ready for this level of instruction. If you have difficulty creating Exercises 1A, 1B and 1C you should consider reviewing the “Exercise Workbook for Beginning AutoCAD 2014” before going on to Lesson 2.
