If you have time to look at or remember what we did in challenge number 7, you will notice that today’s challenge has a lot of similarities with the later. We had to learn how to use the OFFSET command and we have been using it throughout. In this challenge, you have to use it …
One of the commands we have not used yet since the beginning of this series is the MIRROR command. We expect to force its use with today’s challenge. Today’s rule will be a bit altered in the sense that we wish you use the MIRROR command. How? If you look closely at the image below …
Let’s go back in time a little today with this simple exercise for the only purpose of getting a bit of ego boost. Today’s challenge is way easier than the two previous ones, so this should be a quick one. Now, we are going to look at the CHAMFER command and play with the UCS …
The EXTEND command is a command that few beginners will ever make use of. There are many other ways to accomplish what this command does without using it (At least as a beginner). Nevertheless, let’s explore this command and see in what case it might be a savior. EXTEND in AutoCAD This command is the …
The ARRAY command in AutoCAD is the magical command you will find yourself requesting a lot while working on AutoCAD. This command helps create a pattern of objects ranged in the following manner: Polar arrangement Rectangular arrangement Path arrangement These features are respectively represented by the following activation keywords: ARRAYRECT ARRAYPOLAR ARRAYPATH Where the ARRAYRECT …
The command prompt has become more useful in the present version of AutoCAD and knowing how this work can drastically help you level up your AutoCAD skills. Almost all commands have an equivalent icon to activate it, and it is not necessary to remember what a command is, but there are situations where you will …
Approximately a hundred years ago, the world was plunged into the industrial age which saw giants like John Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry Ford change the way people worked manufactured items as well as lived in those days. It goes without saying that these great men who took advantage of this age gained great personal …
Computer mice are very important when it comes to using AutoCAD, and you should understand by the present sentence that it will be practically impossible to use AutoCAD without making use of a computer mouse. It has become common to see CAD drafters handle soft work nowadays on laptops, and chances are you are going …
Here is how to draw a circle in AutoCAD. But starting here, I will assume you are already able to do the following: Draw a line in AutoCAD Activated these settings There are lots of different methods to draw a circle in AutoCAD. Depending on what you will try to accomplish, the methods will vary. …
Let’s see how working with layers helps while using AutoCAD. Layers: independent drawing spaces that stack on top of each other to create an overall image. (*Google) Organizing objects in layers is important when you work on big projects (Architecture for example). You use layers to organize your project in such a way that every …
The TRIM command in AutoCAD is one of the most used commands when working in two dimensions and is by far the first command anyone should learn from the MODIFY section of the commands in AutoCAD for this simple reason: You are clearly not going far without the TRIM command. You cannot do much without …
In this challenge, we keep on using the basic AutoCAD commands and focus more on how to combine their use to accomplish a specific task. Learning AutoCAD Basics The following are the images we are going to be using today. Figure 1 Figure 2 Execution Start by creating the following. The first object you should …
The present challenge is one of a kind. It is good to know that the objective is not only to be able to use AutoCAD commands but also to learn tricks and combine all the commands to get to the final image. And one thing I will never mention enough is, there are often many …
If you have not started from the beginning, I would like to welcome you and to remind you, this is the fifth challenge in the series. If you happen to be a beginner, completing the previous challenges will help. We previously worked on exercises that helped us master the following: Today, we are going to …
In this session, we will be challenging ourselves to learn how to use the ARRAYS command in AutoCAD. Today’s assignment has been perfectly crafted to help you do exactly that. It is to be noted that all slots are equally spaced around the circles. Feel free to visit the post where we practiced and talked …