Chapter 1 AutoCAD Tour

Working Environment

Start tab

Start tab allow you to start a new drawing, open an existing drawing file, open a recently open drawing file, or sign-in to Autodesk 360

Quick Access Toolbar

This is the only toolbar in AutoCAd 2016
You can access the common commands, like New, Open, Save, Save As, Plot, Undo, Redo.

Ribbon

Each tab with a different ribbon
Each ribbon with different panels
Each panel with different commands

Status bar

Settings for the drawing

Working with Files

Check Drawing Unit

Typing command UN for units

Open Drawing

Quick Access Toolbar - Open

New Drawing

Quick Access Toolbar - New

Select template acadiso for the metric drawing

Save drawing in Lower Version

Quick Access Toolbar - Save As

Select the version to saved

Navigating in Drawing

In a big drawing, you need to navigating to the different location for the objects or area.

Regenerate Drawing

Sometime you may not be able to zoom or pan the the drawing

Typing the command "RE" to regenerate the drawing

If the circle, arc or ellipse not appear smooth in the drawing, you can REGEN it to make it smooth.

Chapter 2 Basic Drawing

Line

Create a series of contiguous line segments
Each segment is a line object that can be edited separately

Home tab > Draw panel > Line