... general controls and settings In these menus, you’ll find the commands and functions that are the heart of AutoCAD By clicking menu items, you can cut and paste items to and from AutoCAD, change ... CHAPTER EXPLORING THE AUTOCADANDAUTOCADLT INTERFACE Here’s an exercise to let you practice with the drop-down menus and get acquainted with the way you issue AutoCAD commands: Click View in ... select commands and command options from the drop-down menus and toolbars For new and experienced users alike, menus and toolbars offer an easy-to-remember method for accessing commands If you’re...
... learning AutoCADAutoCAD 2008 andAutoCADLT 2008 Autodesk has released both AutoCAD 2008 andAutoCADLT 2008 simultaneously Not surprisingly, they’re nearly identical in the way they look and work ... say AutoCAD, I mean both AutoCADandAutoCADLT Some topics apply only to AutoCAD In those situations, you’ll see an icon indicating that the topic applies only to AutoCADand doesn’t apply to AutoCAD ... part, you’ll become familiar with the way AutoCAD looks and feels Chapter 1, “Exploring the AutoCADandAutoCADLT Interface,” shows you how to get around in AutoCAD In Chapter 2, “Creating Your First...
... information for AutoCADandAutoCADLT users Appendix A gives instructions for installing and configuring AutoCADandAutoCADLT Appendix B covers further resources for AutoCADandAutoCADLT users ... Page xli Contents Appendix B: AutoCADandAutoCADLTResources 1197 Discovering AutoCADandAutoCADLT Using AutoCADandAutoCADLT Help resources Learning from your dealer ... Comparing AutoCADandAutoCADLT Starting AutoCADandAutoCADLT Creating a New Drawing Using the AutoCADandAutoCADLT Interface ...
... information for AutoCADandAutoCADLT users Appendix A gives instructions for installing and configuring AutoCADandAutoCADLT Appendix B covers further resources for AutoCADandAutoCADLT users ... Page xli Contents Appendix B: AutoCADandAutoCADLTResources 1197 Discovering AutoCADandAutoCADLT Using AutoCADandAutoCADLT Help resources Learning from your dealer ... Comparing AutoCADandAutoCADLT Starting AutoCADandAutoCADLT Creating a New Drawing Using the AutoCADandAutoCADLT Interface ...
... ch04.qxp 90 5/22/06 7:13 PM Page 90 Part I ✦ AutoCADandAutoCADLT Basics When you see a tooltip and a small x, click You can now continue or complete the command using this point After you acquire ... enter an angle, the command asks for a through point You can also type r ↵ and select a line as a reference, and then provide an angle and a through point AutoCAD or AutoCADLT then calculates the ... how to draw curved objects and points in AutoCADandAutoCADLT You discovered: ✦ All the ways to draw circles ✦ How to define and draw an arc ✦ How to define an ellipse and an elliptical arc ✦...
... than one group Note Although both AutoCADandAutoCADLT include the group feature, the dialog box for creating and managing groups is different for AutoCADandAutoCADLT Over the next few sections, ... linetype, and lineweight helps to organize your drawings, making them easier to understand In AutoCADandAutoCAD LT, black and white are technically the same color If you use the default background ... filename extension lin The standard linetypes are stored in acad.lin in AutoCADand in aclt.lin in AutoCADLT You can create your own linetypes and store them in acad.lin or aclt.lin You can also store...
... Design, Inc., Fergus, Ontario, for this drawing Using AutoCADandAutoCADLT fonts AutoCADandAutoCADLT fonts are simpler than TrueType fonts, andAutoCAD fonts also have a range of complexity The ... fields to keep them current Fields are not available in AutoCADLT If you open an AutoCAD drawing with fields in AutoCAD LT, the fields display and update properly, unless you have changed the value ... font is txt.shx, which is the font used by the default Standard text style You can easily define a text style using an AutoCAD or AutoCADLT font and then change the font to something nicer just...
... updated and viewed, even if the multiline style file containing the multiline definition is not available Creating Dlines in AutoCADLT Dlines are the AutoCADLT equivalent of Multilines AutoCAD ... lines at one time with multilines (AutoCAD only), and drawing double lines with AutoCADLT ✦ Drawing freehand by using the SKETCH command, creating either lines or polylines (AutoCAD only) ✦ Using ... toolbar and press F12 again to return to picking points, or type commands on the command line Note You can turn Tablet mode on and off by starting the TABLET command and choosing the On and Off...
... surface Although AutoCADLT s 3D capabilities are quite limited, you can still create simple 3D objects Furthermore, AutoCADLT can open and display a drawing that contains 3D objects created in AutoCAD ... Feature Object tracking in 3D is new for AutoCAD 2007 andAutoCADLT 2007 In AutoCAD, you can now use object tracking in any plane; however, in AutoCAD LT, you can use object tracking only on ... right-click and choose Delete to delete the clip and restore the entire view of both xrefs • If you have AutoCAD LT: If you did the previous exercise and opened ab19-05 dwg from your AutoCAD Bible...
... combine or subtract solids and get information about their physical properties AutoCADLT doesn’t draw solids For the 3D capabilities of AutoCAD LT, see Chapters 21 and 22 Drawing basic shapes ... Solids and Editing in 3D New Feature The PYRAMID command is new for AutoCAD 2007 Although there has been a pyramid option for mesh surfaces, this is the first time AutoCAD has offered a command ... figure (a line and an arc), and the results after using the EXTRUDE command Figure 23-31: On the left, the EXTRUDE command creates a surface from an arc On the right, the command creates a solid from...
... against standards To check a drawing against its associated standards file, choose Check Standards from the CAD Standards toolbar to start the CHECKSTANDARDS command (or choose Tools ➪ CAD Standards ... steps: On the CAD Standards toolbar, click Configure Standards (You can also choose Tools ➪ CAD Standards ➪ Configure or type standards ↵.) On the Standards tab of the Configure Standards dialog box, ... one standards file with the drawing; continue to click the + button and choose more standards files Click the Plug-ins tab and click any standards that you don’t want to check All four standards...
... open AutoCAD or AutoCADLT The easiest way to this is to use the shortcut to AutoCAD or AutoCADLT on your desktop and modify the target there Right-click the AutoCAD or AutoCADLT shortcut and ... that you want Click Open AutoCAD or AutoCADLT runs the script file Running a script when loading AutoCAD or AutoCADLT To run a script when loading AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT, change the target expression ... uses to open AutoCAD or AutoCADLT Don’t make any change to the current expression — just add to it If you’re using AutoCAD LT, substitute aclt.exe for acad.exe and your AutoCADLT program location...
... E N D I X Installing and Configuring AutoCADandAutoCADLT 3 3 In This Appendix Installing AutoCADandAutoCADLT Configuring workspaces I nstalling AutoCADandAutoCAD LT, once something to ... there A R T VIII ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ In This Part Appendix A Installing and Configuring AutoCADandAutoCADLT Appendix B AutoCADandAutoCADLTResources Appendix C What’s on the CD-ROM ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 50_788864 ... recommend 1GB Although 2GB is recommended for 3D work, 512MB is acceptable for most AutoCADLT work Creating multiple and customized configurations Configuring AutoCADandAutoCADLT with the Options...
... systems George has written numerous other AutoCAD books for Sybex, including Introducing AutoCAD 2010, Mastering AutoCAD 2010 andAutoCADLT 2010, and Introducing AutoCAD 2009 621974ffirs.indd 4/26/10 ... way AutoCAD looks and feels Chapter 1, “Exploring the AutoCADandAutoCADLT Interface,” shows you how to get around in AutoCAD Chapter 2, “Creating Your First Drawing,” details how to start and ... the program AutoCAD References in This Book In this chapter, and throughout the rest of the book, when I say AutoCAD, I mean both AutoCADandAutoCADLT Some topics apply only to AutoCAD In those...
... Boundaries, and then select a window as you did in steps and Repeat the Last Command Remember that when no command is active, you can right-click the Command window and then select Recent Commands to ... limited resources, multiple Xrefs could slow the system to a crawl AutoCAD 2011 offers two tools that help make display and memory use more efficient when using Xrefs: the Xclip command and the Demand ... settings and what they The Demand Load Xrefs drop-down list offers three settings: Disabled, Enabled, and Enabled With Copy Demand Load is set to Enabled With Copy by default in the standard AutoCAD...
... in a drawing By default, AutoCAD substitutes the simplex.shx font, but you can specify another font by using the Fontalt system variable Type Fontalt↵ at the Command prompt, and then enter the ... Find And Replace tool to help simplify this task AutoCAD s Find And Replace works like any other find -and- replace tool in a word-processing program A few options work specifically with AutoCAD ... particular font, AutoCAD looks for the font in the AutoCAD search path; if the font is there, it’s loaded Usually this isn’t a problem if the drawing file uses the standard fonts that come with AutoCAD...