AutoCAD Pocket Reference. Cheryl R. Shrock

       Save a File to A360 Drive

       Open a File From A360 Drive

       Exiting AutoCAD

       Customizing Your Wheel Mouse

       Methods of Selecting Objects

       Selecting Status Bar Tools

       Control the Display of Tabs and Panels

       Design Feed Palette

       Tag a Colleague in the Design Feed

       SECTION 6 — Layers

       Layers

       Controlling Layers

       Layer Color

       Lineweights

       Assigning Lineweights

       Creating New Layers

       Loading and Selecting Layer Linetypes

       Layer Transparency

       Match Layer

       SECTION 7 — Input Options

       Coordinate Input

       Absolute Coordinates

       Relative Coordinates

       Examples of Coordinate Input

       Direct Distance Entry (DDE)

       Polar Coordinate Input

       Polar Tracking

       Polar Snap

       Dynamic Input

       SECTION 8 — Miscellaneous

       Background Mask

       Back Up Files

       Grips

       Object Snap

       How to Use Object Snap

       Running Object Snap

       Pan

       Properties Palette

       Quick Properties Panel

       Customizing the Quick Properties Panel

       Command Line Enhancements

       SECTION 9 — Plotting

       Background Plotting

       Plotting from Model Space

       Plotting from Paper Space

       SECTION 10 — Settings

       Drawing Setup

       Annotative Property

       Annotative Objects

       Assigning Multiple Annotative Scales

       How to Remove an Annotative Scale

       Annotative Hatch

       SECTION 11 — Text

       Creating New Text Styles

       How to Select a Text Style

       Delete a Text Style

       Change Effects of a Text Style

       Multiline Text

       Tabs, Indents and Spelling Checker

      Columns

       Paragraphs and Line Spacing

       Editing Multiline Text

       Single Line Text

       Editing Single Line Text

       Special Text Characters

       SECTION 12 — UCS

       Displaying the UCS Icon

       Moving the Origin

       Examples of Moving the Origin

       SECTION 13 — Constraints

       Parametric Drawing

       Geometric Constraints

       Dimensional Constraints

       APPENDIXES

       A Metric Conversion Factors

       B Frequently Asked Questions

       INDEX

INTRODUCTION

Why do You Need this Book?

      Refresh your memory or learn something new.

      No need to memorize.

      Handy size and easy to use.

       “I originally wrote this book for myself. Occasionally I forget commands and ‘How to’ steps also. Its convenient small size allows me to toss it in my briefcase or set it beside my monitor. No need to memorize anymore.”

       Cheryl Shrock

About this Book

      The AutoCAD Pocket Reference, 7th Edition, includes all the important fundamental Commands, Concepts, and How to information for the every day use of AutoCAD 2015 or 2016. It is not designed to take the place of larger textbooks but rather to supplement them as a quick reference.

       Note: If you are using AutoCAD 2013 or 2014, please refer to the Sixth Edition of the AutoCAD Pocket Reference.

How to use this Book

      The information in this book has been organized in 13 sections.

      Each section contains related material. For example, if you needed information regarding dimensioning, you would go to:

       Section 3: Dimensioning

      AutoCAD has two color themes, Light and Dark. The Light color theme has been used throughout this book. To change the color theme refer to Appendix B.

About the Authors

      Cheryl R. Shrock, is a retired Professor and was Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. She is also an Autodesk^® registered author. Cheryl is always trying to think of new ways to make it easy to learn AutoCAD. The Pocket Reference series is the latest in that endeavor.

      Steve Heather has 30-plus years