10 Useful AutoCAD Hacks for Users Working in Companies
If you are a new user of the program and working in an engineering company, here are a bunch of indispensable AutoCAD Tips and Tricks to follow for good behavior and better appreciation from your manager.
Or if you are struggling when using the program’s commands for any reason, those remarks are also a big help that will make your task easier.
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Then, are you finding it hard to manipulate the most graphic software that has a worldwide reputation and is the most used in the market today? You are not alone! Actually, you are dealing with the most sophisticated Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) program ever: The AutoCAD by Autodesk.
Not surprising anyway! Keep reading to know why.
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Top 10 AutoCAD Tips and Tricks
Loaded with a huge number of tools and commands, distributed within menus, tabs, and ribbon menus make AutoCAD a great engine for drafting and designing various engineering trades. (See image below)
The ACAD UI shows the ribbon menu on the top of the screen (Ref. ACAD version 2013)
In addition, and like much other similar software, it hides within its commands lots of tips and tricks that only experts can discover. The good news is that I did find some of those AutoCAD tips and tricks. I'm sure you are waiting to share them with you.
For your convenience, AutoCAD is employed by experts around the planet to make the drawing documents that characterize the structures, hardware, and items we utilize each day, more clear and readable for all. In the event that you are searching for an opportunity in the engineering or development sector, you have to be well-knowledgeable about AutoCAD and its tricks in the first place.
These simple AutoCAD tips and tricks will allow new users to find their dream work quickly, as well as sustainability in the work. As well, they are indispensable for entering the teamwork strategy with the purpose of producing beneficial work for all.
Here's a glance at the topics discussed below:
- Utilizing the Pull-Down Menus
- Keep an eye on the Command Prompt
- Figure out How to Identify Points
- Never under any circumstance re-Draw What You Can Copy
- Explore How to Use Model Space/Paper Space or Layouts
- Be Organized: Use the AutoCAD Help Menu when needed
- External References Features
- Using the Dimension and Text Styles
- Don’t Forget to Back-Up Often
- Discover What Other Folks in the Office do
In the event that you take the most advantage of the AutoCAD screen, or what we called the model space, you will notice menus like Draw, Edit, Modify, and so forth, located on the top side. Interfere with these menus to dispatch AutoCAD commands.
As you become progressively acquainted with AutoCAD you may choose to utilize the toolbars and the Command Line prompt along with aliases to give orders. However, new users and beginners learn and work quicker with the option of having all their familiar commands stuck inside the drop-down menus.
2. Keep an eye on the Command Prompt!
… Because it is the only place where you can communicate with AutoCAD.
At the lower of the screen, you will discover the "Command Line prompt". Focus on this place when you give or request orders. You will notice that each order you give puts its options and alternatives on this line.
Thus, let’s suppose that you want to start the CIRCLE command (you can shorten it by entering CI only), you will discover that you can type D to teach AutoCAD that you need to specify a measurement for the circle you need to draft. Where the D stands for the Diameter parameter of the circle, and so on…
3. Figure out How to Identify Points
New AutoCAD users struggle with the different manners by which they can enter parameters into AutoCAD. In fact, you can type them by their (x,y) coordinates values (3,4), or you can click your mouse to choose them. In that case, better utilize the Object Snaps, F3 on, to get fine-tunes over the requested points (such as Endpoint or Middle of a line, Center of a circle, etc…)
You can navigate through every pre-set object snap by pressing the [Tab] button succeedingly. You can also click a point, move your mouse up or down, right or left and type and enter a specific distance with the chosen direction.
Take 30 minutes to choose the better manner that better fits you among those three previously AutoCAD tips and tricks methods. You might spend several hours working and practicing to make better drawings in less time. Note that time is a basic factor that will direct your choice.
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