Advanced AutoCAD 2018. Cheryl R. Shrock

      A. Select Text Style.

      B. Create the text style Text-Classic using the settings shown below.

      C. When complete, select Set Current and Close.

      8. Create a Dimension Style as follows:

      A. Select the Dimension Style command.

      B. Select the New button.

      C. Enter Name, Start with, Annotative, Use for as shown below.

      D. Select the Continue button.

      9. Select the Primary Units Tab and change your settings to match the settings shown below.

      10. Select the Lines Tab and change your settings to match the settings shown below.

      11. Select the Symbols and Arrows Tab and change your settings to match.

      12. Select the Text Tab and change your settings to match the settings shown below.

      13. Select the Fit Tab and change your settings to match the settings shown below.

      14. Now select the OK button.

      Your new style “DIM-DECIMAL” should be listed.

      15. Select the “Set Current” button to make your new style “DIM-DECIMAL” the style that will be used.

      16. Select the Close button.

      17. Important: Save your drawing as My Decimal Setup.

Exercise 3B

       Create a Page Setup for 8-1/2” X 11” or A4 Sheet

      Now you will select the printer and the paper size to use for printing.

      You will use the Layout1 Tab (Paper Space).

      1. Open My Decimal Setup (If not already open).

      2. Select Layout1 Tab.

      Note: If the “Page Setup Manager” dialog box shown below does not appear automatically, right click on the Layout Tab and select Page Setup Manager.

      3. Select the New... button.

      4. Select the <Default output device> in the Start with: list.

      5. Enter the New Page Setup name: Setup A

      6. Select OK button.

      This is where you will select the print device, paper size and the plot offset.

      7. Select the Printer / Plotter

      Note: Your current system printer should already be displayed here. If you prefer another, select the down arrow and select from the list. If the preferred printer is not in the list you must configure the printer. (Refer to Appendix-A for instructions.)

      8. Select the Paper Size

      9. Select Plot Offset

      10. Set to Inches for inch users or Millimeters for metric users.

      11. Select OK button.

      12. Select Setup A.

      13. Select the Set Current button.

      14. Select the Close button.

      You should now have a sheet of paper displayed on the screen. This sheet is the size you specified in the “Page Setup”.

       This sheet is in front of Model Space.

       Rename the Layout Tab

      15. Right click on the Layout1 Tab and select Rename from the list.

      16. Enter the New Layout name A Size <enter>.

      17. Very important: Save as / AutoCAD Drawing Template / My Decimal Setup again.

      18. Continue on to Exercise 3C.....you are not done yet.

Exercise 3C

       Create a Border and Title Block

      1. Draw the border rectangle as large as you can within the dashed lines approximately as shown below using layer BorderLine,

      Note: The sizes for the Title Block for both inch and metric users are on the next page.

      2. Draw the Title Block as shown using:

      A. Layers BorderLine and Text.

      B. Multiline Text; Justify Middle Center in each rectangular area.

      C. Text Style = Text-Classic. Text Height: Varies.

      3. Very important: Save as / AutoCAD Drawing Template / My Decimal Setup again.

      4.