APPENDIX

List of Some Important Autocad Commands

COMMAND 3DARRAY ARC AREA ARRAY BHATCH BLOCK BOX BREAK CAL CAMERA CHAMFER CHANGE CHPROP CIRCLE COLOR CONE COPY CYLINDER DDEDIT DDIM DDINSERT DDLTYPE DDMODIFY DDOSNAP DDPTYPE DDRMODES Draws an arc Calculates area and perimeter Draws multiple copies in rectangular or circular pattern Fills a closed area with associative hatch pattern Groups objects into a single object Creates a 3D solid box Breaks object in to parts Starts AutoCAD built-in calculator Sets a different camera and target location Chamfers corners of lines or surfaces Modifies the properties of an existing object Modifies the common properties of the object Draws circle Sets default color for new objects Draws a solid cone with circular or elliptical base Copies objects Draws a solid cylinder with circular or elliptical base Displays dialog box to edit text Controls dimensioning settings Displays dialog box for the INSERT operation Displays dialog box for loading line types Displays dialog box for editing properties of the objects Displays dialog box for Osnap settings Displays dialog box for choosing point style Displays Drafting Settings dialog box FUNCTION Creates a three dimensional array in rows, columns and levels

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DIM DIM1 DIMALIGNED DIMANGULAR DIMBASELINE DIMCENTER DIMCONTINUE DIMDIAMETER DIMEDIT DIMLINEAR DIMORDINATE DIMOVERRIDE DIMRADIUS DIMSCALE DIMSTYLE DIST DIVIDE DONUT ELLIPSE ERASE EXPLODE EXTEND EXTRUDE FILL FILLET FILTER FIND FOG GRAPHSCR GRID HATCH HELP INSERT INTERFERE

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Starts dimensioning mode To use a single dimension command Dimensions as aligned linear Dimensions an angle Dimensions from a base line Draws a center mark for an arc or a circle Dimensions in continuation to a linear dimension Dimensions diameter of a circle Move/Rotate the dimensions text Draws horizontal, vertical or rotated linear dimensions Draws ordinate point type of dimensions Overrides the dimension system variable Dimensions a radius of an arc or a circle Controls scale of linetype and dimensions Creates and modifies dimension style Displays the distance between two specified points Marks points at regular equal segments Draws a circle with a wide line Draws an ellipse Deletes the selected objects Breaks a group of objects in separate entities Extends an entity up to the specified boundary Draws a solid by extruding a 2D object Controls visibility of filled objects Rounds off the corners or adjacent edges Allows to select object by their properties Finds, replaces, selects, or zooms to specified text Provides visual cues for the apparent distance of objects Toggles from text screen to graphic mode Sets grid settings Fills a closed area with non-associative hatch pattern Informs about the commands and operations Inserts a file or a block Creates a composite 3D solid from the common volume of two or more solids Offers layer control at command line Draws an arrow Modifies length of objects and included angle of arc

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List of Some Important Autocad Commands

LIMITS LINE LINETYPE LINEWEIGHT LIST LWEIGHT MATCHPROP MEASURE MINSERT MIRROR MIRROR3D MLEDIT MLINE MLSTYLE MOVE MTEXT OFFSET OOPS ORTHO OSNAP PAN PLINE PLOT POINT POLYGON PROPERTIES QUIT RAY RECTANG REDO REDRAW REVOLVE REVSURF ROTATE ROTATE3D RULESURF SAVE Sets the drawing limits Draws lines Controls line-type settings Controls line weight to objects and layers Displays object properties

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Sets the current line weight, line weight display options, and line weight units Copies the properties from one object to one or more objects Puts mark at regular intervals Inserts blocks in a rectangular array Creates a mirror copy of the selected object Creates a mirror image of objects about a plane Edits multi-lines Draws multi-lines Defines style for multiline Moves a selected object Write a para of text Draws parallel copies of object Undoes the last erasure Forces the lines to be horizontal or vertical Permits exact selection of the geometry of an object Moves the current display Draws a 2D polyline Plots a drawing file Draws a point of the selected point style Draws a polygon of the specified number of sides and size Displays Properties dialog box Exits AutoCAD Draws a semi-infinite line from a specified point Draws a rectangle Reverses the last undo command Refreshes the display Creates a solid object by rotating a 2D object about an axis Creates a surface by revolving an object about an axis Rotates an object about a specified point Rotates a 3D object about a specified axis in space Draws a 3D mesh between two curves Saves a drawing

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SCALE SHADE SKETCH SLICE SPHERE STRETCH SUBTRACT TOLERANCE TORUS TRIM U UCS UCSICON UNDO UNION UNITS VPOINT VPORTS WBLOCK WEDGE XLINE ZOOM

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Modifies the size of object Shades 3D models Allows sketching Slices a solid at the specified plane Draws a 3D solid sphere Stretches an object from the vertices Creates a new solid by subtracting a solid object from other solid object Puts geometric tolerances Creates a 3D solid of the shape of a car tube Trims the objects extending beyond a specified boundary Undoes one command at a time Controls User Coordinate System Controls User Coordinate System Icon Undoes commands in reverse order Creates a new solid by adding solid objects Selects the unit style Defines a view point to view 3D objects Divides screen in vports in Model Space Saves a block which can be used by other drawing files Draws a solid wedge tapering along X axis Draws a line from minus infinity to plus infinity through a specified point Increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current view port