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Module: 02- AutoCAD for Beginners
Competency: Modify AutoCAD commands to

draw lines and basics shapes
Learning Objective: Upon successful completion of this lesson, trainees should be able to:
-Select a Command
- Draw, select and erase objects
- Draw line, circle, and other basics shapes
- Copy objects
- Create a mirrored image.
- Trim an object to a cutting edge.
-- Move an object to a new location
Allowing the Cursor to
Each Icon is called “Linger over a Tool
a “Command”/ Brings up a
“Tool” Descriptive “ToolTip”
AutoCAD Commands
• Nearly every action you perform in AutoCAD is based on a command.
• You use commands to tell AutoCAD the actions you want it to perform, and
AutoCAD responds with command prompts.
• Command prompts tell you the status of an action, or they give you options
from which you must choose to complete a command.
• You can use any of the following to start commands:
 Application menus
 Ribbon Bar/ Toolbar
 Command line
 Accelerator keys
Command Prompt
 Regardless of how you start a command, the command prompts flow in the
same way. AutoCAD either displays prompts on the command line or
displays a dialog box.
 The current instruction begins with one of three verbs. The verb
communicates the action you can perform, as shown below:
Select Use the pointing device to select objects.
Enter Enter a value on the command line.
Specify Select a point on the screen
 Commands often have options, which are displayed within brackets.

Command Line
Shortcut: L
Icon
Menu: Draw > Line
Result: Use to draw a line. Points can be selected by picking
from the screen.
For example, the command sequence is

Command: Line/ L
Specify first point:
Specify next point or [Undo]:
Press Enter
Command Arc
Shortcut: A
Icon
Menu: Draw > Arc
Result: Draws an arc based on three points
Notes
•You can create arcs in many ways.
•The default method is to specify three points—a start point, a
second point on the arc, and an endpoint.
Command Circle
Shortcut: C
Icon
Menu: Draw > Circle
Result: Draws a circle based on a center point and radius
Notes
•You can create circles in several ways.
•The default method is to specify the center and radius.
Command Rectangle
Shortcut: REC
Icon
Menu: Draw > Rectangle
Result: Draws a rectangle after you enter one corner
and then the second
Options:
Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Thickness/Width
Command Polygon
Shortcut: POL
Icon
Menu: Draw > Polygon
Result: Creates an equilateral closed polyline
System Variables
POLYSIDES
It stores the current number of polygon sides.
The range is 3 to 1024.
Command Spline
Shortcut: spl
Icon
Menu: Draw > Spline
Result: Creates a curve
Command: Offset
Shortcut: O
Result: Offset is probably one of the most useful
commands for constructing drawings.
Offsets lines, arcs, polylines, circles, etc. at a user

specified distance.
For example, the command sequence is:

Command: Offset or O [enter]
1. Specify offset distance:
10(specify distance) Press enter
2. Select an object you want to offset.
3. Pick the side to offset
4. Press enter or escape when all desired objects have
been offset.
Command: Trim
Shortcut: Tr
Result: Trim pieces of objects.
Command: Mirror
Shortcut: Mi
Result: The mirror command allows you to mirror selected
objects in your drawing by picking them and then defining the
position of an imaginary mirror line using two points.
For example, the command sequence is:

Command: Mirror or Mr [enter]
Select objects: (pick object to mirror, P1)
Select objects: ( to end selection)
Specify first point of mirror line: (pick P2)
Specify second point of mirror line: (pick P3)
Delete source object? [Yes/No] <N>: (for No to keep the original object)
Command: Scale
Shortcut: Sc
Result: The scale command can be used to change the size of an object
or group of objects. You are prompted for a pick point about which the
selection set will be scaled. Scaling can then be completed by picking a
second point (not always easy because it can sometimes be difficult to
precisely control the scaling)
As shown above, the original tree symbol has been enlarged.

Command: Align
Shortcut: AL
Command: Fillet
Shortcut: F
Result: Use to place an arc between two lines or to get two lines to join
exactly.
To use:
1. Type or select the command
2. Type R and press enter
3. Enter the radius. (NOTE: Enter 0 if you want two lines to meet exactly
with no arc)
4. Select the first object
5. Select the second object.
Command: Extend
Shortcut: Ex
Icon:
Result: Extends lines. Works like the trim command, but the opposite results.
Command: Copy
Shortcut: Co
Icon:
Result: The Copy command can be used to create one or more duplicates of any drawing
object or objects which you have previously created. Copy is a very useful and time-saving
command because you can create very complex drawing elements and then simply copy them
as many times as you likes.
Command Sequence:
Command: COPY
Select objects: (pick object to copy, P1)
Select objects: (to end selection)
Specify base point or displacement, or [Multiple]: (pick P2 or M for
multiple copies)
Specify second point of displacement or <use first point as
displacement>: (pick P3)
Command: Move
Shortcut: M
Icon:
Result: The Move command works in a similar way to the Copy command except that no
copy is made, the selected object(s) is simply moved from one location to another.
Command Sequence:
Command: MOVE
Select objects: (pick object to move, P1)
Select objects: (to end selection)
Specify base point or displacement: (pick P2)
Specify second point of displacement or <use first point as
displacement>: (pick P3)
Command: Rotate
Shortcut: Ro
Icon:
Result: Rotate command is used to rotate. Example: change angle

of single/multiple objects.
Command: Hatch
Shortcut: H
Icon:
Result: Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a

hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.
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Command Polyline
Shortcut: PLINE / PL
Menu: Draw > Polyline
Result: Creates two-dimensional polylines.
A polyline is a connected sequence of line or arc segments created as
a single object. A rectangle is an example of a polyline.
Polylines have some unique qualities that make them very useful:
•They can have width (constant or varying)
•They can consist of arcs and lines.
•They can be edited
•They can be joined together.
•They can be exploded into individual segments
Drawing Editing Commands
 The commands covered in this section are all concerned with editing
and in some way manipulating existing graphics in a drawing.
 They fall into three major groupings:
 Deletion Operations;
 Editing and Alteration

Command Erase
Keystroke: Erase / E Deletion Command
Icon
Menu: Modify > Erase
Shortcut menu:
Select the objects to erase, right-click in the drawing area, and choose
Erase.
Result: Erases an object.
Note: A really quick way to erase is to select items and hit the Delete key
Correcting Mistakes
➢U reverses the effect of the previous command.
 Command line: u Edit menu: Undo
➢UNDO reverses the effect of multiple commands and provides control

over the undo feature. This command is a more versatile version of the
simplified U command.
Command line: undo
➢REDO reverses the effects of a single UNDO or U command.

Command line: Redo Edit menu: Redo
Repeating Commands
You can repeat AutoCAD commands using one of several methods.
 To repeat the last command
• Press ENTER or SPACEBAR
• AutoCAD repeats this command until you press ESC.
Canceling Commands
You can cancel any command by pressing ESC.
Activity
Directions: With the suggested commands, draw the
traffic signs below in free size.
3 Circle
Use line or rectangle
Hatch (2 colors)
2 Circle
2 Line
Trim
Hatch (2 color)
Rotate= 45Degree
Suggested Commands: Offset, Line, Rotate, Hatch, Circle, Trim, Rec etc.
Step 2: Create
Folder
Step 1: Save AS
Step 3: Save
Inside Folder

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Module: 02- AutoCAD for Beginners

Competency: Modify AutoCAD commands to

 Commands often have options, which are displayed within brackets.

For example, the command sequence is

Offsets lines, arcs, polylines, circles, etc. at a user

For example, the command sequence is:

For example, the command sequence is:

As shown above, the original tree symbol has been enlarged.

Result: Rotate command is used to rotate. Example: change angle

Result: Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a

 Editing and Alteration

➢UNDO reverses the effect of multiple commands and provides control

➢REDO reverses the effects of a single UNDO or U command.

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