IntroductionWelcome| 00:05 | My name is Jeff Bartels and I would
like to welcome you to the AutoCAD 2011
| | 00:08 | Migrating from Windows to Mac title.
| | 00:11 | AutoCAD 2011 marks the first time in 15
years that AutoCAD has been available as
| | 00:16 | a native Mac application.
| | 00:18 | This means that AutoCAD users are no
longer locked into the Windows platform.
| | 00:22 | They can now create and edit their
designs within a Mac environment.
| | 00:26 | My goal in this title is to show you how
easy it is to work with the Mac version
| | 00:29 | using your existing AutoCAD skills.
| | 00:32 | I will also make sure that you are
comfortable with the new workspace and tools
| | 00:35 | such that you can start designing on
the Mac without any loss in productivity.
| | 00:39 | We will start by exploring the new
streamlined interface and walk through the
| | 00:43 | new and redesigned palette choices.
| | 00:46 | Next we'll talk about file maintenance
options and learn how to access our files
| | 00:50 | using Mac tools like Finder and Cover Flow.
| | 00:53 | We will explore program functionality
by running through many of the commands
| | 00:57 | involved in a typical 2D workflow,
stopping along the way to talk about any
| | 01:01 | differences in dialog
boxes or interface components.
| | 01:05 | If you're someone who designs in 3D,
we will be exploring some of the 3D
| | 01:08 | functionality as well, focusing on
general tools for creating models and
| | 01:12 | photorealistic renderings.
| | 01:15 | Finally, we'll talk about ways to
customize the application itself by creating
| | 01:19 | our own menus and tool sets.
| | 01:21 | After completing this title, you will
have the tool necessary to migrate your
| | 01:24 | AutoCAD workflow from a
Windows environment to the Mac.
| | 01:28 | So if you're ready to make the
switch, follow me and we'll get started.
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| Using the exercise files| 00:00 | If you are a premium member of the
lynda.com Online Training Library you have
| | 00:04 | access to the Exercise Files
used throughout this title.
| | 00:08 | The exercise files are in the Exercise
Files folder which I have placed on the
| | 00:12 | Desktop, you can store it wherever you like.
| | 00:15 | There are files for most movies;
| | 00:17 | they reside in subfolders
named according to the chapters.
| | 00:20 | It is not necessary for you to use these files;
| | 00:23 | you can use files of your own in place of them.
| | 00:26 | If you're a monthly or annual
subscriber to lynda.com, you don't have access to
| | 00:30 | the Exercise Files but you can
follow along with your own work.
| | 00:34 | Let's get started.
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1. Adapting to the New EnvironmentLaunching the application| 00:00 | As you can see I am
currently sitting at my desktop.
| | 00:03 | To launch AutoCAD I will move
down and click the icon on the dock.
| | 00:10 | Let me mention that I am working with a
fresh install of AutoCAD, so I am being
| | 00:14 | greeted with the Getting Started screen.
| | 00:16 | On the left side of this dialog box
are several videos that you can watch to
| | 00:19 | give you a general overview of this new version.
| | 00:23 | Beneath the videos are some
additional resources you can use in the events
| | 00:26 | you have questions.
| | 00:28 | I would strongly encourage you to come
back later and review this information.
| | 00:31 | You may find some of it to be very helpful.
| | 00:33 | Now I'd rather not have this dialog
box pop-up each time I launch AutoCAD, so
| | 00:38 | I am going to remove this check and then I
will click the red icon to close the dialog box.
| | 00:43 | Any event you want to bring this box
back, you can do that by opening the Help
| | 00:47 | menu and selecting Getting Started Videos.
| | 00:53 | When you launch AutoCAD for the first
time, you'll notice that the Mac version
| | 00:56 | of the AutoCAD looks very
different than the Windows version.
| | 00:59 | You see the Mac version is designed to
have a similar look and feel to other
| | 01:03 | popular Mac applications.
| | 01:05 | Notice the vertical tool palette,
much like what you would see in Adobe
| | 01:09 | Photoshop or InDesign.
| | 01:11 | Likewise, there is no ribbon in this version.
| | 01:13 | Instead AutoCAD stays true to the Mac
platform using the standard pull-down menus.
| | 01:19 | If I had to describe the new
interface in one word, it would be minimalist.
| | 01:23 | There has been a great deal of thought,
put into packing the most functionality
| | 01:27 | into the smallest amount of space.
| | 01:29 | As we work through this title, I am
going to make sure that you are just as
| | 01:32 | comfortable using AutoCAD in this
environment as you are working with your
| | 01:35 | current version of AutoCAD.
| | 01:38 | Well, now that we have the
application up in running, we are ready to
| | 01:41 | experience a truly ground breaking
version of AutoCAD, one that was designed
| | 01:44 | especially for the Mac.
| | 01:46 | In our next lesson, we will dive head
first into the new interface by learning
| | 01:50 | how to access our tools.
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| Accessing the commands| 00:00 | When migrating over to the Mac version
of AutoCAD, the first thing we need to
| | 00:03 | learn is how to access our tools.
| | 00:06 | Now, just like in the Windows version,
there are several ways we can do this.
| | 00:09 | Take a look at the left side of the screen.
| | 00:12 | This is called the tool Sets palette,
and this is probably the most common
| | 00:15 | way to launch commands.
| | 00:17 | Fortunately, the icons that we see in
this palette are identical to the ones
| | 00:21 | that we see on the Windows platform.
| | 00:23 | If you have a question regarding a
specific icon, simply hover over it and
| | 00:27 | AutoCAD will tell you the
command that that icon launches.
| | 00:31 | Notice that some of these icons have a small
flyout indicator in the lower right corner.
| | 00:36 | If you click and hold on the icon, you
can access additional commands that are
| | 00:40 | related to that tool.
| | 00:41 | Now the tools in this palette
are organized into tool groups.
| | 00:45 | Notice that some of the
groups display a small arrow.
| | 00:49 | If you click the arrow, you can
access additional tools in that group.
| | 00:53 | When you move your cursor back into
model space, the group will close.
| | 00:56 | If you would like the group to stay open,
you can click this pad lock and that
| | 01:00 | group will remain visible on screen,
until such time as you come over and click
| | 01:04 | the pad lock again to unlock it.
| | 01:07 | These tool groups are very similar to
the Ribbon panels on the Windows version.
| | 01:10 | Right-clicking on an icon
will bring up this menu.
| | 01:14 | You can use this menu to turn groups on and off.
| | 01:17 | So any event you're not using some of
the tools in this palette, you can click
| | 01:21 | to remove the check and those
tools are removed from the screen.
| | 01:24 | I am going to right-click again and I
will turn the Selection tools back on.
| | 01:30 | At this point, you've probably
noticed that there aren't any tools here for
| | 01:34 | annotations or dimensions or 3D modeling.
| | 01:37 | Well, that's what this flyout is for.
| | 01:40 | This is where I can select a new tool set.
| | 01:43 | Currently, we are seeing the Drafting tools.
| | 01:45 | If I select Annotation, I have
access to my text tools, Dimensioning and
| | 01:50 | Multi-Leaders, Tables and Annotations Scales.
| | 01:55 | If I flip to the modeling tool set I
have access to many of the tools associated
| | 01:59 | with 3D modeling and rendering.
| | 02:01 | Let's switch this back to the Drafting tool set.
| | 02:04 | Another way we can launch
commands is by using these menus.
| | 02:08 | If you are an AutoCAD veteran, you will
find these menus are nearly identical to
| | 02:11 | the ones used on the Windows platform.
| | 02:14 | Let's take a quick look at these.
| | 02:15 | I am going to open the Apple
menu and take a look at this option.
| | 02:20 | If AutoCAD freezes this is where you
can go to force out of the application.
| | 02:26 | The AutoCAD menu contains tools that
are related to the application itself.
| | 02:30 | This is where we can
minimize AutoCAD or Quit AutoCAD.
| | 02:34 | Notice there is no X over here in the
upper right corner to close the application.
| | 02:39 | The File menu contains tools
that are related to the DWG file.
| | 02:43 | This is where we can create New
drawings, Save drawings, or Print drawings.
| | 02:48 | The Edit menu is where I can
find Undo and Redo as well as my
| | 02:52 | clipboard functionality.
| | 02:54 | The View menu contains tools
that are related to display.
| | 02:57 | This is where you can find Zoom,
Pan, Orbit and the Render options.
| | 03:03 | The Insert menu can be used to bring
things into your AutoCAD drawing, like
| | 03:07 | Blocks, References, or Images.
| | 03:10 | The Format menu is used
for drawing configuration.
| | 03:12 | This is where you'll go to adjust
your styles or change your drawing units.
| | 03:17 | The tools menu is where you'll find
drawing utilities, commands like the Spell
| | 03:21 | Checker, Draw Order and the Block Editor.
| | 03:24 | The Draw menu is where you can go to
find commands that create geometry.
| | 03:29 | The Dimension menu is used to
create Dimensions and Multileaders.
| | 03:31 | We can use the Modify menu to
make changes to our geometry.
| | 03:38 | The Parametric menu contains
tools for creating Geometric and
| | 03:42 | Dimensional constraints.
| | 03:44 | The Window menu gives me access to
the Drawing Window and palette Controls.
| | 03:50 | I can use the Subscription menu to
access content associated with my
| | 03:53 | subscription and I also have a Help menu
this is where I can go if I have questions.
| | 04:00 | Now there is one other way to launch
commands and that's by typing them down
| | 04:03 | here at the command line.
| | 04:05 | This method may seem a little outdated
but I tell you what, if you've been using
| | 04:09 | AutoCAD for years on the Windows
platform and you are struggling to find some of
| | 04:13 | the commands and system variables in
this new interface there is nothing wrong
| | 04:17 | with punching those out at the command line.
| | 04:19 | One thing AutoCAD is known for is
letting you define your own workflow.
| | 04:23 | So whether you access your commands
using the new toolset palette, the classic
| | 04:28 | pull-down menus, or the Vintage command
line, you can be certain that you are in
| | 04:32 | complete control over the
creation of your designs.
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| Organizing the palettes| 00:00 | AutoCAD for the Mac has
a very modular workspace.
| | 00:03 | This means we can rearrange the interface
components to match how we like to work.
| | 00:07 | In this lesson, we are going to learn
how to make adjustments to our palettes.
| | 00:11 | First of all, we can move palettes
around by dragging on the title bar.
| | 00:15 | I am going to click, hold and drag the
Properties Inspector out into model space.
| | 00:20 | Notice how the layers palette
expands to fill the empty gap.
| | 00:24 | Let's drag out the layers palette.
| | 00:28 | I can also drag out the tool Set palette.
| | 00:32 | We can drag out the
Command line or the Status bar.
| | 00:36 | I can even drag the Drawing window out
and place this wherever I like on screen.
| | 00:41 | Notice how the interface is really
just a collection of smaller components.
| | 00:44 | The nice thing is I could
rearrange these components however I like.
| | 00:48 | To dock if loading palette, drag it
over to the side of the screen and when you
| | 00:53 | see the blue light, release your mouse button.
| | 00:56 | I am going to dock the Command
line down at the bottom of the screen;
| | 01:01 | I will dock the Properties
Inspector over here to the right side.
| | 01:08 | Finally, I will dock the layers palette,
notice where the blue light is now.
| | 01:12 | If I release my mouse button at this
point the layers palette will be docked
| | 01:15 | above the Properties Inspector.
| | 01:17 | If I drag this a little
lower, I can dock it below.
| | 01:20 | I am going to dock it above and then I
will move over and click this green icon
| | 01:26 | to maximize the Drawing
window to fill the available space.
| | 01:29 | All right, I am going to drag the
Properties Inspector back out into model space
| | 01:34 | because I would like to talk about
these icons at the top of the palette.
| | 01:39 | The icon that looks like a minus
sign is a toggle that will minimize or
| | 01:43 | maximize the palette.
| | 01:45 | The icon just to the left can
be used to close the palette;
| | 01:49 | now that I have closed it let me show
you where you can go to get it back.
| | 01:52 | I am going to open the Window menu and
right here I can see a listing of all of
| | 01:57 | the available palettes.
| | 01:58 | I am going to select Properties Inspector.
| | 02:02 | Note that we can also use the
keyboard shortcut Command+5.
| | 02:06 | Let's take a look at this
icon on the upper right.
| | 02:08 | This will collapse the
main palettes down to icons.
| | 02:13 | When a palette is collapsed, you can
click the icon to access the tools, click
| | 02:18 | it again to close it.
| | 02:20 | If you right-click on an icon, you can
move them to the other side of the interface.
| | 02:25 | Once again, I am going to
maximize my drawing to fill the screen.
| | 02:30 | Having your palettes collapsed
gives you the absolute more screen
| | 02:33 | real-estate for your designs.
| | 02:35 | To restore the palettes to the interface, right
-click on an icon and select Show as palettes.
| | 02:43 | Let's re-dock the Properties Inspector
below the layers palette and then I am
| | 02:48 | going to drag the Drawing window over here
and I will maximize this to fill the screen.
| | 02:54 | As you can see the Mac
interface has a very modular feel.
| | 02:57 | Using the palette options, you can
control the display and location of your
| | 03:00 | favorite features, allowing you to
configure your screen in a way that makes
| | 03:04 | you most productive.
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| Adjusting user preferences| 00:00 | On the Windows platform, we
customized our AutoCAD settings by visiting
| | 00:03 | the Options dialog box.
| | 00:05 | Here on the Mac, our settings are
referred to this Application Preferences.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we're going to learn
how to make changes to our Preferences.
| | 00:13 | We can access the Preferences
by opening the AutoCAD menu, and
| | 00:17 | selecting Preferences.
| | 00:19 | I can also use the
keyboard shortcut, Command+Comma.
| | 00:22 | This opens up the Application
Preferences dialog box, which is similar to the
| | 00:26 | Options dialog box on the Windows platform.
| | 00:29 | Now our Preferences are divided into groups.
| | 00:32 | We can see the group names
over here on the left side.
| | 00:35 | As I click through these groups,
I want you to notice two things;
| | 00:38 | one, the settings themselves are
identical to what we see on the Windows
| | 00:42 | platform, they're just
organized in a different way.
| | 00:44 | Two, they are appeared to be fewer
settings than what we're used to see in
| | 00:49 | the Windows version.
| | 00:51 | That's because this dialog box
represents a streamlined approach to our
| | 00:55 | Preferences, rather than giving us
every possible setting, we're seeing the
| | 00:59 | Preferences that are popular
with the majority of AutoCAD users.
| | 01:02 | That being said, just because you don't
see a setting here, doesn't necessarily
| | 01:06 | mean it's unavailable.
| | 01:08 | If you are familiar with the system
variable that controls the setting, you can
| | 01:11 | always try typing it at the Command line.
| | 01:13 | For instance, if I go back to the
General group, I can see right here that our
| | 01:19 | drawings are
Automatically saved every 10 minutes.
| | 01:22 | Now on the Windows version, we will
also have a setting that controls the
| | 01:25 | creation of backup files.
| | 01:27 | By default, this setting is
turned on, and it's rarely turned off.
| | 01:31 | That's why it isn't displayed here.
| | 01:34 | The system variable that
controls backup file is ISAVEBAK.
| | 01:40 | Let's close this dialog box.
| | 01:42 | I am going to click down here at the
Command line, and I'll type isavebak,
| | 01:47 | and I'll press Return.
| | 01:49 | Notice that this setting is available,
and we can see it set to 1, which
| | 01:53 | means it's turned on.
| | 01:55 | So if there is a more obscure
setting that you're interested in.
| | 01:58 | You can always try
adjusting it at the command line.
| | 02:00 | I am going to press Escape to cancel
this, and then I'll press Command+Comma to
| | 02:05 | bring back the Preferences.
| | 02:08 | If you are having difficulty finding a
particular setting, you can use this Search box.
| | 02:12 | I am going to click in here,
and I'll type the word display.
| | 02:18 | When I do, AutoCAD shows me a list of
preferences that involves the word Display.
| | 02:23 | If I select an item, AutoCAD will take me
to that group, and highlight the setting.
| | 02:29 | If you'd like a comprehensive
description of all of the user preferences, you
| | 02:32 | can click this Help body.
| | 02:34 | One of the most important Preferences
in this box is in the Application Group,
| | 02:38 | and its right here, Reset Application Options.
| | 02:43 | If you're having problems using AutoCAD,
maybe an interface component has become
| | 02:47 | corrupt, or maybe you've a palette
that no longer displays on screen.
| | 02:52 | You can click this button to reset your
AutoCAD back to a factory fresh condition.
| | 02:56 | So right now, I am going to leave all of
these settings at their default values.
| | 03:01 | I'll click the red X to close this dialog box.
| | 03:05 | When migrating from Windows AutoCAD to
the Mac version, you need to be aware
| | 03:08 | that some preferences have changed to make
AutoCAD act more like a native Mac program.
| | 03:15 | For instance, on my screen,
I have a couple of dominoes.
| | 03:17 | Let's say I'd like to
erase this domino on the left.
| | 03:21 | I'll move over and launch the Erase command,
and I am going to use a selection window.
| | 03:26 | So I'll click to start my window,
and notice that nothing happens.
| | 03:30 | Let me click again, once again, nothing happens.
| | 03:33 | That's because, the Mac version by
default requires you to click-and-drag to
| | 03:36 | create a selection window, and
release when you're finished.
| | 03:41 | Now that I've selected my entities,
I'll press Return to finish the command.
| | 03:45 | Let me mention that throughout this
title I am going to work using these default
| | 03:48 | Mac inspired user preferences.
| | 03:51 | You may choose not to do this.
| | 03:53 | If that's the case, and you would like
your selections to act more Windows like,
| | 03:57 | you can press Command+Comma to
bring back the Application Preferences.
| | 04:01 | Select the Cursor & Selection
group, and remove this check.
| | 04:07 | Once again, I am going to leave mine on,
and I'll click Cancel to close the dialog box.
| | 04:13 | So no matter how you like to work,
even if it involves Windows methodology,
| | 04:17 | the Mac version of AutoCAD can
easily be customized by adjusting the
| | 04:20 | Application Preferences.
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| Accessing help| 00:00 | Even though you are familiar with
AutoCAD's functionality, using it inside a Mac
| | 00:04 | environment may generate some questions.
| | 00:06 | In this lesson, we're going to
learn how to use AutoCAD's Help feature.
| | 00:10 | First of all, let's talk
about general purpose help.
| | 00:12 | Maybe I've got a question about plotting.
| | 00:15 | To get an answer to my question,
I'll open the Help menu, and I'll
| | 00:18 | select AutoCAD Help.
| | 00:20 | I can also use the keyboard shortcut,
Command+Forward Slash, and just like in
| | 00:25 | the Windows version, AutoCAD for
the Mac uses an online help system.
| | 00:29 | So as you can see, it's coming up in Safari.
| | 00:33 | Over here on the left side of the
screen our several informational
| | 00:36 | resources that I can search.
| | 00:38 | These are lot like books sitting on our shelf.
| | 00:41 | There is a User's Guide for
general program usage information.
| | 00:45 | We can use the Command Reference for
questions about a specific command.
| | 00:50 | The Customization Guide is for
questions regarding customization.
| | 00:54 | There are also a couple of resources
on Installation and Autodesk Licensing.
| | 00:58 | Since I am looking for general
information about plotting, I'll select the
| | 01:02 | User's Guide, and then I'll
select from one of these topics.
| | 01:06 | Let's choose Plot and Publish Drawings.
| | 01:08 | Now does my question have to do with plot
settings, or physically plotting drawings?
| | 01:14 | I am going to select the latter and as
I move down through these links, I am
| | 01:19 | further refining my search until I
find the answer I am looking for.
| | 01:22 | At any point, if I'd like to go back to
the top level, I can select the Home link.
| | 01:26 | Now, what if I have questions
regarding a specific command?
| | 01:30 | For instance, maybe I'd like more
information concerning the usage of
| | 01:34 | the FLATSHOT command.
| | 01:35 | I am going to select Command Reference
this time, then I'll select Commands.
| | 01:42 | Next, I can use this
alphabetical list to find my command.
| | 01:45 | I am going to select the F
commands, and then I'll select FLATSHOT.
| | 01:52 | This gives me a nice overview of the command.
| | 01:56 | If I use this hyperlink, I can see an
image of the dialog box, as well as a
| | 02:01 | description of all of the
options associated with this command.
| | 02:08 | Let's go back to Home.
| | 02:10 | If you get some time, there are
some other things you can explore.
| | 02:13 | Right here, are some Tutorials that
you can work through to become more
| | 02:16 | familiar with the program.
| | 02:18 | Over here on the right, you can
find some general program information
| | 02:22 | in hyperlinked form.
| | 02:24 | Below are some Online Resources,
including Autodesk Support, Autodesk
| | 02:28 | Communities, Autodesk User Group
International, and Autodesk Blogs.
| | 02:34 | If I drag this down to the bottom, there are
also a series of links for AutoCAD Exchange.
| | 02:38 | This is an online community
devoted to all things AutoCAD.
| | 02:41 | I am going to close my browser by opening
the Safari menu, and selecting Quit Safari.
| | 02:49 | Let's talk about how we can
use Help to find the command.
| | 02:52 | If you are struggling to locate a
command in the interface, open the Help menu,
| | 02:57 | and use this Search area.
| | 02:58 | I am going to click in
here, and I'll type Render.
| | 03:03 | Notice that AutoCAD shows me a list of all of
the commands associated with the word Render.
| | 03:08 | If I hover over a menu item,
AutoCAD will show me where that item is in
| | 03:12 | the pull-down menus.
| | 03:15 | Finally, let's look at how we can get
help in the middle of an active command.
| | 03:18 | I am going to move over and launch the Line
command, and take a look at the Command line.
| | 03:24 | Notice there is a small help icon.
| | 03:27 | If I click this, AutoCAD will bring up
context-sensitive help for the current command.
| | 03:32 | Once again, I'll close Safari
by using the pull-down menu.
| | 03:38 | At this point, you are probably
thinking, you know what, on the Windows
| | 03:41 | platform, we can access Help by pressing F1.
| | 03:44 | Does that also work on the Mac? Yes, it does.
| | 03:47 | Just make sure that you also
hold down the Function key.
| | 03:50 | I am going to press Function F1 to access Help.
| | 03:54 | This goes for all of your
Function keys by the way.
| | 03:57 | Function F8 will toggle Ortho on and off.
| | 04:00 | Function F3 will toggle running
objects snaps and so on, just like it does on
| | 04:05 | the Windows version.
| | 04:06 | I am going to close Safari again,
this time let's do it a different way.
| | 04:10 | I am going to right-click on the
icon in the dock, and I'll select Quit
| | 04:14 | to return to AutoCAD.
| | 04:17 | Migrating from the Windows version
of AutoCAD to the Mac version will
| | 04:20 | undoubtedly generate some questions.
| | 04:22 | Fortunately, AutoCAD has a comprehensive
user-friendly Help feature to make your
| | 04:26 | transition virtually painless.
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2. Controlling Your Design FilesOpening and managing drawings| 00:00 | The DWG file format is identical between
the Mac and Windows version of AutoCAD.
| | 00:05 | This means you can work
seamlessly between the two platforms.
| | 00:09 | Likewise, AutoCAD for the Mac supports
a multiple document environment, meaning
| | 00:12 | you can easily exchange data between open files.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson, we're going to
learn how to open and manage drawings.
| | 00:20 | As you can see, I've just
launched AutoCAD and I'm sitting in the
| | 00:22 | default Drawing1 file.
| | 00:24 | To open a drawing, I'll move up to
the File menu and I'll select Open.
| | 00:29 | This brings up Finder which is
very similar to Windows Explorer.
| | 00:33 | From here, I can navigate through
my hard drive and select a file.
| | 00:38 | Currently, I'm viewing my hard
drive contents using column view.
| | 00:42 | I can also view my folders and
files using an icon view or a list view.
| | 00:48 | I'm going to open up the exercise files
folder which is located on my desktop.
| | 00:53 | I'll jump into the chapter_02 folder
and I'll select this drawing, mech1,
| | 00:58 | and I'll click Open.
| | 01:01 | I will then click the green icon to
maximize this drawing window on screen.
| | 01:04 | Now, there is more to this
drawing than first meets the eye.
| | 01:08 | I'm going to zoom out.
| | 01:10 | I'll do that by rolling back the
scroll wheel on my mouse, and then I'll pan
| | 01:14 | this to the middle of the screen
by holding the scroll wheel down.
| | 01:17 | Let me mention that I'm using a Microsoft mouse,
so my scroll wheel also acts as a third button.
| | 01:23 | The mouse you are using might not allow this.
| | 01:25 | If that's the case, your drawing
can also be panned by holding down the
| | 01:28 | Spacebar, much like how you
would pan an Adobe Acrobat document.
| | 01:33 | Let's open another drawing.
| | 01:35 | This time we'll try a different method.
| | 01:37 | I'm going to come down to
the doc and I'll launch Finder.
| | 01:41 | Using this method, I can navigate the
hard drive using the Cover Flow option.
| | 01:46 | Once again, I'm going to go
to the exercise files folder.
| | 01:49 | I'll double-click to open this.
| | 01:52 | Let's flip to chapter_02
and I'll double-click to open.
| | 01:56 | We could probably make this a little larger.
| | 01:58 | I'm going to click, hold and drag to
open this up, and then I'll click and drag
| | 02:03 | right here to make these larger.
| | 02:06 | Using Cover Flow, we can flip through
large thumbnails of our drawing files.
| | 02:12 | This time I'm going to select the mech2
drawing and I'll double-click to open.
| | 02:18 | Let's maximize this drawing as well.
| | 02:20 | Now that I have two drawings open,
let me show you a couple ways we can
| | 02:23 | switch between them.
| | 02:25 | First of all, we can use the Window menu.
| | 02:28 | In this menu, I can see
both of my open drawings.
| | 02:31 | The one with the check is the
one that's current on my screen.
| | 02:34 | If I select the other, it will become current.
| | 02:37 | Another way to flip between open
drawings is to use the AutoCAD icon in the doc.
| | 02:41 | If I right-click on this icon, I
can find the same menu right here.
| | 02:45 | I'm going to press Escape to close this.
| | 02:48 | We can also flip between
open drawings using the keyboard
| | 02:51 | shortcut Command+Tilde.
| | 02:53 | Each time I use the shortcut,
I'll jump to the next open drawing.
| | 02:58 | Let's look at how we can minimize a drawing.
| | 03:00 | This is very similar to
how it works using Windows.
| | 03:03 | Take a look at these buttons in the
upper left corner of the drawing window.
| | 03:07 | This red button will close the drawing,
the green button will maximize the
| | 03:12 | drawing, and if I click the yellow button,
it will minimize the drawing down to the doc.
| | 03:18 | Let's open this up and I'll click
the drawing again to restore it.
| | 03:22 | Since we have two drawings open, let's move
some geometry from one drawing to another.
| | 03:27 | As you can see in the mech1 drawing,
I've got three Views of my part:
| | 03:31 | a Top View and Two Section Views.
| | 03:34 | I'm going to flip to the mech2 drawing.
| | 03:37 | On my screen you can see the
3D representation of this part.
| | 03:41 | Let's switch to the Top view;
| | 03:43 | I'll do that by clicking the Top
hotspot on the ViewCube, and then I'll click
| | 03:47 | this arrow one time to rotate my view on screen.
| | 03:51 | If you look over here, you can see that
I've already created a flattened block
| | 03:54 | that represents this part.
| | 03:57 | If you're interested, I created
this block using the Flatshot command.
| | 04:01 | Let's copy this geometry into the other drawing.
| | 04:04 | To do that I'll click, hold and drag to
create a selection window, and then I'll
| | 04:09 | right-click, I'll come down to Clipboard,
and I'll select Copy with Base Point.
| | 04:15 | Let's copy this geometry
from the endpoint right here.
| | 04:18 | This is the point that I'll be holding the
geometry when I paste it into the other file.
| | 04:24 | Let's flip back to the other drawing.
| | 04:27 | I will then right-click, I'll come down
to Clipboard, and I'll select Paste, and
| | 04:32 | I'll paste this geometry right here.
| | 04:35 | Using the Mac interface, we can juggle
multiple designs in a single session,
| | 04:39 | even if those designs were
created using the Windows version.
| | 04:42 | So, we truly have the best of both worlds.
| | 04:45 | We are free to design within a Mac
environment, while seamlessly collaborating
| | 04:49 | with those working on a Windows platform.
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| Configuring a new drawing| 00:00 | Coming from the Windows side of things,
you've probably created your fair share
| | 00:04 | of AutoCAD drawings.
| | 00:05 | The good news is the process of drawing
creation is virtually identical on the
| | 00:09 | Mac, and you can even utilize
your existing Windows content.
| | 00:12 | In this lesson, we're going to look at a
couple of ways to configure a new drawing file.
| | 00:17 | To start a new drawing, I'll move
up to the File menu and select New.
| | 00:23 | This opens Finder and places me in
the Template folder where I can select
| | 00:27 | a template drawing.
| | 00:29 | Looking in this folder, you can see
several of the same templates that we
| | 00:32 | typically see on the Windows platform.
| | 00:34 | I'm going to select the acad
template and I'll click Open.
| | 00:40 | This creates a brand-new drawing using
the acad template as my starting point.
| | 00:45 | I am also going to
maximize this drawing on screen.
| | 00:48 | Now, let's configure our drawing units.
| | 00:51 | To do that, I'll open the Format menu
and I'll come down and select Units.
| | 00:56 | This brings up the Drawing Units dialog box
which is very similar to the Windows version.
| | 01:01 | At the top are the familiar Length and
Angle settings and Precisions, and down
| | 01:07 | here in the lower-left is where
I can declare my drawing units.
| | 01:11 | Let's assume that I'm an
architect and I'm setting up this drawing
| | 01:14 | for architectural work.
| | 01:16 | I'm going to change my Length type to
Architectural, and then I'll accept the
| | 01:21 | default Precision of 1/16th of an inch and I'll
ensure that my drawing units are set to Inches.
| | 01:27 | Finally, I'll click OK to save my
settings and return to model space.
| | 01:32 | Now, let's launch the Line Command.
| | 01:33 | I'll specify my first point, and
notice that the length is being displayed in
| | 01:40 | architectural measurements using
1/16th of an inch as the smallest increment.
| | 01:45 | So, as you can see, this drawing is
properly configured for architectural work.
| | 01:50 | We can take this concept even further.
| | 01:52 | Now that I've set up my units, I could
go through and create all of my Standard
| | 01:56 | layers, Linetypes, Text and
Dimension styles, and layouts.
| | 02:01 | When I'm finished, I could then save
this drawing as a template such that I
| | 02:04 | could start all of my new
drawings using this one.
| | 02:08 | To do that, I would select Save from
the File menu, and then I would change the
| | 02:15 | File Format to Drawing Template, and
AutoCAD will take me right into the
| | 02:21 | Template folder where I can
store my new template file.
| | 02:25 | This is the same workflow that we use
when working in a Windows environment.
| | 02:29 | I'm going to move down and cancel this save.
| | 02:31 | Now, what if I already have a
collection of templates that I've created using a
| | 02:35 | Windows version of AutoCAD?
| | 02:37 | You might be wondering if I can use
those templates with the Mac version, and
| | 02:41 | the answer is yes, you can.
| | 02:43 | Let me show you how we can do that.
| | 02:44 | I'm going to go to the
AutoCAD menu and I'll open up the
| | 02:49 | Application Preferences.
| | 02:50 | Then I'll select the Application group,
I'll come right over here and open up
| | 02:55 | Template Settings, and then I'll
open up Drawing Template File Location.
| | 03:01 | Right here is the path to the Template folder.
| | 03:03 | This is where you want to put any
template files you may already have.
| | 03:07 | This way when you click File, New,
they'll be right there on your screen.
| | 03:11 | As a side note, if you don't want
to keep your templates in the Default
| | 03:14 | folder, you can click this button to change
the Path to any other folder on your network.
| | 03:19 | Now, I happen to have a template
file that was created using the Windows
| | 03:23 | version of AutoCAD.
| | 03:24 | Let's create a new drawing using that template.
| | 03:27 | I'm going to close this dialog box and
then I'll move up and select File, New,
| | 03:33 | and my template file
isn't in the default folder;
| | 03:36 | it's in the exercise files folder.
| | 03:39 | So, I'm going to jump out to the Desktop.
| | 03:41 | Let's open the exercise files folder.
| | 03:44 | I'll open up chapter_02, I'll select
the lynda_template file right here,
| | 03:50 | and I'll click Open.
| | 03:53 | Let's maximize this.
| | 03:54 | As you can see, even though my template
was created using the Windows version of
| | 03:58 | AutoCAD, it works flawlessly.
| | 04:01 | If I come over here and open up the
layer Control, you can see that this drawing
| | 04:04 | already contains several of my Standard layers.
| | 04:10 | If I click the Show Drawings & Layouts
icon, I can see several of my Standard
| | 04:14 | Layouts are also defined in this file.
| | 04:18 | We'll talk more about the Show
Drawings & Layouts tool in a future lesson.
| | 04:22 | For right now, I'm going to click the X in
the upper-left corner to close this dialog box.
| | 04:27 | So, if you already have a collection
of templates that you regularly use, you
| | 04:31 | should have no problem
migrating those over to the Mac.
| | 04:34 | When it comes to drawing configuration,
you'll find the workflow to be identical
| | 04:37 | between the Windows and Mac version
of AutoCAD, and since the Mac version
| | 04:41 | supports all of your existing content,
you can put it to work immediately in a
| | 04:45 | production environment.
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| Creating and managing layers| 00:00 | The Windows version of AutoCAD
uses two layer Management tools.
| | 00:04 | We have the layers palette which is
used for layer creation and organization,
| | 00:08 | and we have a flyout called the layer
Control that gives us quick access to our
| | 00:12 | layer Display Settings.
| | 00:14 | The Mac version of AutoCAD consolidates
both of these tools into a single layers
| | 00:18 | palette, creating a one-stop
shop for all of our layer needs.
| | 00:22 | In this lesson, we're going to learn
how to use the new layers palette to
| | 00:25 | create and manage layers.
| | 00:27 | Now, my layers palette is docked
to the right side of the screen.
| | 00:31 | If for some reason, yours is not
visible, you can turn it on by visiting the
| | 00:35 | Window menu and then select layers.
| | 00:38 | Note that you can also toggle the
display of the palette by using the keyboard
| | 00:42 | shortcut Command+4.Let's take
a look at this flyout first.
| | 00:48 | This tool is essentially a modernized
version of the layer Control we have in
| | 00:52 | Windows and it works the exact same way.
| | 00:54 | For instance, if I select a
layer, that layer becomes current.
| | 01:00 | This menu can also be used to
adjust the layer settings like On/Off,
| | 01:03 | Lock/Unlock, Freeze/Thaw and layer Color.
| | 01:08 | Just beneath the layer
Control are several familiar tools.
| | 01:12 | They also function just like
they do in the Windows version.
| | 01:15 | Let's try a couple of these.
| | 01:16 | I'm going to click the Layer Off
button and then I'll click on one of these
| | 01:21 | doors to turn that layer off.
| | 01:22 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 01:27 | Let's zoom in a little closer.
| | 01:28 | Now that I've made that change, I can
see that I also need to close up the
| | 01:32 | ends of these walls. No problem;
| | 01:34 | I'll click the Make Current button,
and then I'll select one of the walls to
| | 01:38 | set that layer current.
| | 01:41 | I will then launch the Line Command and
I'll draw a line from the endpoint here
| | 01:45 | to the endpoint here and I'll press Escape.
| | 01:48 | I will then press my Spacebar to re-
launch the Line Command, same keyboard
| | 01:52 | shortcut that we use in Windows, and
I'll draw a line from the endpoint here to
| | 01:56 | the endpoint here, and I'll press Escape.
| | 02:00 | When I'm finished, I'll click the
layer Previous button a couple times to set
| | 02:03 | the layer state back to
where it was when we started.
| | 02:07 | As I continue to look at this drawing,
I can see that I have another problem.
| | 02:10 | Notice that this door geometry
was created on the wrong layer.
| | 02:14 | Let's fix this using the layer Control.
| | 02:17 | I'm going to click, hold and drag to
create a selection window around this
| | 02:21 | geometry, and then I'll open the
Control and I'll place this geometry on the
| | 02:26 | doors-interior layer.
| | 02:27 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 02:30 | All right, let's create a layer.
| | 02:33 | To do that, I'll click the
arrow next to Show layer List.
| | 02:36 | This expands the layer palette giving me
access to all of the layer maintenance tools.
| | 02:41 | In fact this part of the palette is
similar to the traditional layers palette.
| | 02:46 | As you can see, the layers are organized
into columns just like in the Windows version.
| | 02:50 | If you cannot see all of the column
information, you can always grab this slider
| | 02:54 | and drag it left and right.
| | 02:57 | Likewise, if you place your cursor
between two columns, you can click, hold and
| | 03:01 | drag to adjust their width.
| | 03:03 | Looking at the columns from left to
right, I have settings for On/Off, layer
| | 03:08 | Color, layer Name, Freeze/Thaw,
Lock/Unlock and Plot/No Plot.
| | 03:13 | You've probably noticed that some settings
are missing like Linetype and Lineweight.
| | 03:20 | Well, they are here except those
columns are turned off. Watch this.
| | 03:24 | I'm going to click the Display Settings
icon and down here I can see a listing
| | 03:28 | of all of the columns that we
typically see in the layers palette.
| | 03:32 | The ones with checks are the
ones that are currently visible.
| | 03:36 | For right now, I'm going to select
Linetype, and at this point, you might want
| | 03:40 | to turn on several more columns.
| | 03:42 | But I'm going to ask that you resist
that urge at least until after you watch
| | 03:46 | the next video where we talk
about the new Properties Inspector.
| | 03:50 | After watching that lesson, you'll know
the secret why all of the columns aren't
| | 03:53 | being displayed in this palette.
| | 03:56 | Okay, now that I have done a
significant tease for the next video, let's
| | 04:00 | create our new layer.
| | 04:02 | To do that, I'll click the Add button, I'll
call my layer kit-cabinets, and I'll press Return.
| | 04:12 | Let's change the layer Color;
| | 04:14 | I'll do that by clicking the
color swatch and I'll select Cyan.
| | 04:18 | I would also like to change the Linetype.
| | 04:20 | So I will click in the new
Linetype column and I'll select HIDDEN.
| | 04:25 | Now, Hidden was already loaded in this drawing.
| | 04:28 | If it wasn't, I can always come down and
click Manage, and then Load and I could
| | 04:34 | load a new Linetype from an
external file just like we do on Windows.
| | 04:40 | Let's close these dialog boxes and I'm
going to set the kitchen-cabinets layer current.
| | 04:45 | Now, there's a couple of ways we can do this.
| | 04:47 | I can double-click on the layer name
or I can right-click on the layer name
| | 04:51 | and select Set Current.
| | 04:53 | Now, let's pan the drawing over, and
we'll zoom in on the Kitchen area and let's
| | 05:02 | create some line work to
represent cabinets over the range.
| | 05:06 | Let's say my cabinet depth is 12 inches.
| | 05:09 | I'm going to launch the Polyline Command
and I'll start my Polyline at this endpoint.
| | 05:15 | I will then lock my Ortho;
| | 05:17 | I'm going to do it by clicking the
icon down here in the Status Bar.
| | 05:21 | I'll pull to the right and I'll
type 12 inches and I'll press Return.
| | 05:27 | I will then create my line segment to
Shift+right-click to bring up my object
| | 05:32 | snap overrides, same shortcut we use in Windows.
| | 05:36 | I'll select Perpendicular, and I'll
select the end of the counter, and I'll
| | 05:41 | finish my cabinets by drawing a
line to this end point, and to exit the
| | 05:46 | command I'll press Escape.
| | 05:47 | Finally, I'd like to talk about layer selection.
| | 05:51 | If you'd like to make changes to
multiple layers, hold down your Command key for
| | 05:55 | each additional layer you select.
| | 05:56 | For instance, if I wanted to change
the color of my plumbing fixtures, I
| | 06:02 | could select the kitchen-plumbing
layer, let's drag this slider down, and
| | 06:08 | then I'll hold the Command key and
I'll click the plumbing fixtures layer to
| | 06:12 | select both of them.
| | 06:15 | I will then click the color swatch,
let's change the layer color to green and
| | 06:19 | that change is applied to both layers.
| | 06:22 | To deselect these layers, I can
right-click and I'll select Clear All.
| | 06:28 | As long as we're talking about
keyboard shortcuts used for selecting multiple
| | 06:32 | layers, let's talk about the Shift key.
| | 06:34 | Shift will select all layers
between the two that you select.
| | 06:39 | As an example, I'll select the kitchen-
appliances layer and then I'll come down
| | 06:43 | and hold my Shift key
and select the porch layer.
| | 06:46 | Notice that AutoCAD selected both of the
layers as well as every layer between them.
| | 06:51 | Once again, I'll deselect these by
right-clicking and I'll select Clear All.
| | 06:56 | If you'd like even more control when
selecting layers, use this Search box to
| | 07:01 | filter the layer list.
| | 07:03 | Let's say I'd like to see all of the
layers associated with the kitchen.
| | 07:07 | I'll click in the Search
field and I'll type kit.
| | 07:11 | Notice that AutoCAD shows me all of
the layers that contain these characters.
| | 07:16 | When I'm finished making any necessary
adjustments, I'll click the X to remove the filter.
| | 07:21 | Finally, I'll click the
arrow to hide the layer list.
| | 07:25 | As you can see, the Mac version of
AutoCAD gives us a streamlined approach
| | 07:29 | to layer Management.
| | 07:30 | It offers a full collection of layer
Controls that are packed into a tightly
| | 07:34 | organized palette in the interface.
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| Modifying object properties| 00:00 | Modifying properties using the
Windows version of AutoCAD may mean visiting
| | 00:04 | three different places.
| | 00:06 | To modify existing objects you will
have to visit the Properties palette or the
| | 00:09 | Quick Properties tool, to modify future
objects you need to visit the Properties
| | 00:14 | panel in the ribbon.
| | 00:15 | If you are using the Mac version of
AutoCAD all properties can be adjusted using
| | 00:19 | a single tool, the Properties Inspector palette.
| | 00:23 | In this lesson we will learn how the
Properties Inspector can be a convenient
| | 00:26 | way to modify anything in our drawing.
| | 00:28 | Now my Properties Inspector is
docked to the right side of the screen.
| | 00:32 | If for some reason yours is not
visible, you can turn it on by going to the
| | 00:35 | Window menu and you can come down
and select Properties Inspector.
| | 00:39 | Note, you can also use the keyboard
shortcut, Command+5.Since we are going to be
| | 00:44 | talking about the settings in this
palette, I am going to place my cursor right
| | 00:48 | at the edge and I will click, hold
and drag and I will make this palette a
| | 00:51 | little wider so it's
easier to read the settings.
| | 00:54 | I will also come over and re-
maximize the drawing window.
| | 00:59 | Let's talk first about how we
can use this palette to manage our
| | 01:01 | drawing properties.
| | 01:04 | By default the Properties Inspector
is displaying the current properties.
| | 01:08 | This means that the information that we
are seeing represents the current state
| | 01:12 | of our drawing file.
| | 01:13 | So if I was to create something right now,
these are the properties the object would have.
| | 01:18 | It would be drawn on layer DET-1, it
would have a Linetype property of Bylayer,
| | 01:23 | and we can see several other general properties.
| | 01:27 | I can use these flyouts to change any of these.
| | 01:30 | As an example, let's change the
current layer to be layer 0, notice that that
| | 01:35 | change is also reflected up here.
| | 01:37 | This palette is also a great place to
see or change the current Text Style,
| | 01:42 | Dimension Style,
Multileader Style or Annotation Scale.
| | 01:47 | At the top of the properties settings
are two buttons Essentials and All, these
| | 01:52 | control the number of settings that we see.
| | 01:55 | Essentials represents the most popular
properties, these are the ones that you
| | 01:59 | will use most often.
| | 02:01 | All represents all possible property
settings and sometimes this list can be
| | 02:06 | quite long, so you may need to drag this
slider up and down to see all of the choices.
| | 02:11 | I am going to move up and I
will set this back to Essentials.
| | 02:18 | These settings represent the current
state of our drawing. Now, watch this.
| | 02:22 | I am going to zoom in a little
bit, and I will select something:
| | 02:26 | I will select Multileader.
| | 02:28 | Now the Properties Inspector is
displaying the properties of the Multileader.
| | 02:33 | I can see the layer that it sitting on.
| | 02:35 | I can see the Leader type and the
Arrowhead type, as well as several other settings.
| | 02:42 | I can also change any of these if I wish.
| | 02:45 | Let's change the Leader type to Spline.
| | 02:48 | Notice you can see the
change reflected in the drawing.
| | 02:51 | Now remember these are
just the Essential settings.
| | 02:54 | If I click All, I can change things
like Text Style, Multileader Style,
| | 02:59 | Annotation Scale or Text Height.
| | 03:01 | I am going to set this back to Essentials
and let's take the concept even further.
| | 03:08 | Rather than selecting one object at a time, I
am going to select everything in this drawing.
| | 03:15 | Let's zoom out and I will center this
geometry on screen and then I will create
| | 03:19 | a large selection window that grabs everything.
| | 03:23 | If we look at the Properties Inspector, we
can see that AutoCAD has selected 269 objects.
| | 03:28 | If I click this flyout, I can
see that they are nicely sorted.
| | 03:32 | I am going to select Multileader and
let's place all of the Multileaders on
| | 03:37 | the CALLOUTS layer.
| | 03:39 | When I am finished, I will
press Escape to deselect.
| | 03:41 | Believe it or not, we can also use
the Properties Inspector to adjust our
| | 03:45 | individual layer settings.
| | 03:46 | For instance, I am going to set layer
CALLOUTS current by using the Properties
| | 03:51 | Inspector and then I will
click the layer Properties icon.
| | 03:56 | From here I have access to all of
the properties of layer CALLOUTS.
| | 04:01 | I can change the name, I can turn it on
and off, I can freeze or lock it, and so on.
| | 04:07 | This is why we don't see all of the
possible settings displayed as columns
| | 04:11 | in the layer palette.
| | 04:12 | Rather than squeezing all of that
information up here, I can simply select the
| | 04:16 | layer and make the adjustments down here.
| | 04:19 | Let's change the color of
layer CALLOUTS to be Green.
| | 04:23 | When I am finished I will hide the
layer list and I will set this back
| | 04:27 | to Current Properties.
| | 04:29 | So whether we are adjusting our
drawing properties, layer properties or the
| | 04:33 | properties of our objects, the
Properties Inspector palette is a convenient
| | 04:36 | single point of contact for any
changes we have to make in our drawing.
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3. Simulating a 2D WorkflowConstructing a 2D drawing| 00:00 | Even though the arrangement of our tools
looks different between the Windows and
| | 00:03 | Mac version of AutoCAD, the
functionality of the tools is virtually identical.
| | 00:08 | For this reason, you will find that
making the transition from the Windows
| | 00:11 | platform to the Mac
requires almost no learning curve.
| | 00:14 | In this lesson, I am going to
demonstrate a typical 2D workflow by creating a
| | 00:18 | small mechanical part.
| | 00:19 | On my screen, I have a finished
example of the part we will be creating;
| | 00:23 | we will be drawing
everything except for the dimensions.
| | 00:27 | In the interest of time, I
have already created my layers.
| | 00:30 | I am going to open up the layer control and
I will set the center lines layer current.
| | 00:35 | Let's start by creating
this vertical centre line.
| | 00:38 | I will do that by launching the Line command.
| | 00:40 | I am going to start my line right here
and my Ortho was locked which is great.
| | 00:46 | I will pull this up and click and then I
will press Escape to finish the command.
| | 00:51 | Now let's recreate this horizontal centerline.
| | 00:54 | I am going to press the Space Bar to
go right back into the Line command, and
| | 00:59 | I'll click right about here, I will
pull this over to the left and click, and
| | 01:03 | then I will press Escape.
| | 01:05 | Now I have a nice intersection
where I can start building my geometry.
| | 01:09 | This intersection represents the
central location of these circles.
| | 01:12 | I am going to open the layer control and
I will set the part layer current, then
| | 01:16 | I will launch the Circle command.
| | 01:19 | I will create my circle at the Shift
Right-Click to bring up my objects snap overrides.
| | 01:25 | I will select Intersection and I will
click right here, will create the larger
| | 01:30 | circle first, this guy has a radius of 3.15.
| | 01:33 | I am going to press the Space
Bar to repeat the Circle command.
| | 01:39 | Let's create the next
circle at the center of this one;
| | 01:43 | a heavy running object snap set for
center and this guy has a diameter of 3.
| | 01:49 | Now if we look at the command line, we
can see that I have the same options that
| | 01:52 | I have on the Windows version.
| | 01:53 | I could press D for diameter or I can
right click and select Diameter from the menu.
| | 01:59 | I am going to enter 3 and I will press Return.
| | 02:02 | All right, let's take
care of this circle of above.
| | 02:05 | What I am going to do is offset
this centerline up, 5.65 units.
| | 02:10 | I will launch the Offset command.
| | 02:13 | My distance is 5.65.
| | 02:14 | I will select my line, and
then I will click to this side.
| | 02:20 | When I am finished, I will press Escape.
| | 02:23 | Let's launch the Circle command again.
| | 02:24 | I will create a circle at
the intersection right here.
| | 02:28 | We will do the smaller circle first this time.
| | 02:32 | This one has a diameter of 1.6.
| | 02:37 | Let's repeat the Circle
command by pressing the Space Bar.
| | 02:40 | I will select the center of this circle
and the larger circle has a radius of 1.65.
| | 02:47 | To create these lines that connect the
circles, I am going to use the Line command.
| | 02:51 | I will start my line from my point
tangent to this arc and I will draw to a
| | 02:58 | point tangent to this arc,
and I will press Escape.
| | 03:03 | Now I can use the same workflow to
create the line on the other side or I could
| | 03:07 | launch the Mirror command.
| | 03:08 | I will select my geometry and press
Return, and I then I will define my mirror
| | 03:14 | line by selecting the endpoint here,
and since my Ortho was locked, I really
| | 03:18 | don't have to be specific with the next point.
| | 03:20 | I can just pull it straight down and click
and then press Return to finish the command.
| | 03:26 | Let's take care of this notch.
| | 03:27 | I am going to find the left edge first;
| | 03:30 | I will do that by offsetting my
centerline to the left half this distance.
| | 03:34 | I will launch the Offset
command, now what is my distance?
| | 03:39 | I am going to type a 'cal.
| | 03:40 | I am going to launch the internal calculator
and my Expression will be 1.25 divided by 2.
| | 03:49 | I will then select the
line and click to the side.
| | 03:53 | When I am finished, I will press Escape.
| | 03:55 | To create the geometry, I am
going to use the Rectangle command.
| | 03:59 | I would like to create my
rectangle at the intersection right here.
| | 04:05 | Then I will right-click.
| | 04:06 | I would like to create this
using the Dimensions option.
| | 04:10 | I know that my rectangle has a
length of 1.25 and it has a width of 0.75.
| | 04:20 | Finally I will click on screen to set
the opposite corner of the rectangle.
| | 04:24 | All right, to clean up this geometry,
I am going to use the Trim command.
| | 04:27 | I would like to use this edge, this
one, this one and this one as cutting
| | 04:34 | objects and I will press Return.
| | 04:36 | And I would like to trim this
line, and this one and this one.
| | 04:42 | Now I don't need this vertical line anymore.
| | 04:44 | I am still in the Trim command.
| | 04:46 | I am going to right click.
| | 04:47 | There is an Erase option here.
| | 04:48 | I will select that, I will click my
line and then I will press Return.
| | 04:54 | When I am finished, I will click the Escape key.
| | 04:57 | To make my centerline extensions a
consistent length, I am going to offset the
| | 05:01 | outside of this part to 0.5 units.
| | 05:04 | So let's launch the Offset command.
| | 05:06 | My distance is 0.5.
| | 05:07 | I will offset this line out, this one, this
one and this one, and I will press Return.
| | 05:17 | Then I will launch the Trim command.
| | 05:20 | I will select this line, this one, this
one and this one and press Return, and I
| | 05:28 | will trim off the extensions here.
| | 05:30 | I will use another crossing window to get these.
| | 05:33 | I will select this one and this one,
when I am finished, I will press Return.
| | 05:39 | To erase this extra geometry, I'm going
to launch the Erase command and at the
| | 05:43 | Select object's prompt, I am going to
type P for previous, and AutoCAD reselects
| | 05:48 | my previous selection.
| | 05:49 | I will then press Return
again to finish the command.
| | 05:53 | Before we finish, I would
like to do one more thing:
| | 05:54 | I would like to clean up the centerlines.
| | 05:56 | These always looks nicer when the
dashes fall at the centers of the circles.
| | 06:01 | Unfortunately, there is no
automatic process to do this;
| | 06:03 | we have to do it manually.
| | 06:05 | So what I am going to do is zoom-in and
I am going to create a couple of circles
| | 06:10 | that represent the size of the
gap, and the size of the dash.
| | 06:15 | Let's launch the Circle command and I
will create a circle from the center of
| | 06:18 | this one and I will place my circle right here.
| | 06:22 | The diameter of the circle
represents the size of the gap.
| | 06:25 | I am going to go right back into the
Circle command, I will create it at the
| | 06:30 | center of this circle, and I
will pull this circle into here.
| | 06:34 | The diameter of this circle
represents the size of the dash.
| | 06:38 | I can now use these circles to
trim and clean up my centerlines.
| | 06:41 | Now I do need one extra set,
let me back up a little.
| | 06:44 | I will launch Copy command
and I will select these circles.
| | 06:48 | I will copy them from the center of
this circle to the center of this one and
| | 06:54 | I will press Escape.
| | 06:57 | Next, I will launch Trim command, I
will make a window selection to grab these
| | 07:03 | circles, and I will press Return.
| | 07:06 | And I will trim out this piece and this one,
this one and this one, and I will press Return.
| | 07:14 | Finally, I am going to erase the extra circles.
| | 07:16 | I will do that by launching the Erase command.
| | 07:19 | I will type P for
previous and I will press Return.
| | 07:25 | As you can see, once you get used to
the streamlined interface, it's very easy
| | 07:28 | to hit the ground running.
| | 07:30 | Since the Mac version of AutoCAD lets
you leverage your current AutoCAD skills,
| | 07:33 | you could be productive
with your very first drawing.
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| Incorporating hatch patterns| 00:00 | When it comes to Hatch, most AutoCAD
veterans will appreciate the way the
| | 00:04 | feature has been implemented on the Mac.
| | 00:06 | That's because the Hatch
functionality has a very classic look and feel.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we are going
to create and edit some Hatch.
| | 00:13 | On my screen, I have a
drawing of a small decorative fence.
| | 00:16 | Now, this drawing already
contains a couple of Hatch patterns;
| | 00:19 | one represents the concrete in the post
holes, and the other represents the brick wall.
| | 00:25 | I would like to create a Hatch pattern
to represent the ground beneath the fence.
| | 00:29 | So, let's zoom in, we'll center this
geometry on screen, and I'll start by
| | 00:35 | creating my Hatch boundary.
| | 00:37 | I'll launch the Polyline command and
I'll start my Polyline at this endpoint,
| | 00:42 | and the geometry I'll be creating
is going to be rather free-form.
| | 00:47 | So I am going to turn off my running
object snaps momentarily, and then I
| | 00:52 | will create my boundary.
| | 00:53 | I'll work my way up and down till I
get to the end, and then I'll turn my
| | 01:01 | running object snaps back on and I'll select
the endpoint of this line, and I'll press Escape.
| | 01:08 | Now that I have my boundary, I am
going to launch the Hatch command and
| | 01:13 | notice that AutoCAD is using the same
dialog box that we've used for years on
| | 01:16 | the Windows platform.
| | 01:18 | It's just being displayed in
a left-handed configuration.
| | 01:21 | For the most part, this information
used to be on the other side, other then
| | 01:26 | that it's identical.
| | 01:27 | So, Hatch creation becomes instantly familiar.
| | 01:29 | I am going to click the ellipsis button
to select my Hatch Pattern and then I'll
| | 01:34 | take a look at the Other Predefined group.
| | 01:38 | I will drag this down and select
the Earth pattern and I'll click OK.
| | 01:43 | I would also like to change the
Scale of this Hatch, so I am going to
| | 01:47 | click-and-drag in this field, and
I'll change this to 10 and I'll press Tab
| | 01:52 | to accept the value.
| | 01:53 | Now, I am going to choose my Boundary
by using the Pick points method, I'll
| | 01:58 | click inside this area, and this one and this
one and when I am finished, I'll press Return.
| | 02:05 | To see a preview of my Hatch,
I'll click the Preview icon.
| | 02:09 | This looks pretty good.
| | 02:10 | Just like in the Windows version, I
can press the Return key to accept the
| | 02:13 | Hatch, or if I click on screen, I
can return the dialog box to make any
| | 02:18 | adjustments if necessary and click OK.
| | 02:21 | Now that my Hatch has been created, I
don't need my boundary line anymore.
| | 02:25 | So, I am going to delete this by
selecting it and I'll press the Delete key.
| | 02:30 | Now, let's talk about how we can edit Hatch.
| | 02:32 | Fortunately, we can use the same
methods that we use on the Windows platform.
| | 02:35 | For instance, if I double-click on this
Hatch pattern, AutoCAD will return the
| | 02:40 | dialog box, allowing me to
adjust any of the settings.
| | 02:44 | I am going to change the
Angle of this Hatch to 45.
| | 02:50 | Let's click Preview.
| | 02:51 | I am going to press Return to accept the Hatch.
| | 02:56 | Let's pan this over and we'll
take a look at the brick pattern.
| | 02:59 | Another way we can edit Hatch is to
select it and look for this large round grip.
| | 03:04 | Placing your cursor over the
grip will display a small menu.
| | 03:08 | Now, I would like to
change the Origin of this Hatch.
| | 03:11 | Notice that my bottom course
of bricks appears incorrect.
| | 03:14 | So, I am going to select the Origin
Point and I'll drag this down and I'll snap
| | 03:21 | it to the lower-left corner.
| | 03:23 | Now my pattern looks more natural and
the bottom course shows a full-size brick.
| | 03:27 | When I am finished, I'll press Escape
to deselect and I'll zoom out and center
| | 03:32 | this geometry on screen.
| | 03:34 | I am sure you'll agree that
incorporating the traditional Hatch settings makes
| | 03:38 | migrating to the Mac
version of AutoCAD much easier.
| | 03:41 | It's just one more opportunity,
but we can take advantage of our
| | 03:44 | existing AutoCAD skills.
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| Adding annotations| 00:00 | When it comes to text creation, the
workflow is also identical between the Mac
| | 00:04 | and Windows version of AutoCAD.
| | 00:06 | The Mac version however uses
some updated interface tools.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we are going to learn how to
create some annotations usingy the new interface.
| | 00:13 | On my screen, I have a drawing of a
tree planting detail, and I'd like to start
| | 00:18 | by creating a title for this drawing.
| | 00:21 | As long as we are creating a title,
let's create a text style as well.
| | 00:25 | To create a style, I am going to open the
Format menu and I'll come down and select Style.
| | 00:32 | This brings up the Text Style dialog box.
| | 00:34 | In this area on the left, I can see all of
the styles that are defined in this drawing.
| | 00:39 | Right now, I only have the Standard Style.
| | 00:42 | This arrow represents that the Style is current.
| | 00:45 | I can use these buttons in the
lower-left to add or remove a Style.
| | 00:49 | I am going to click Add and I'll call
my Style, Title, and I'll press Return.
| | 00:56 | In this column, I can
choose a font for my Text Style.
| | 01:00 | You'll find the TrueType fonts
to be at the top of this list.
| | 01:03 | If I drag this all the way to the bottom,
this is where we can find the AutoCAD fonts.
| | 01:08 | Let me drag this back up.
| | 01:10 | I am going to leave this set to the
default Arial font, but I am going to change
| | 01:15 | the Typeface to Bold.
| | 01:17 | Next, we'll look at the additional settings.
| | 01:20 | These first few buttons are
toggles that I can turn on and off.
| | 01:23 | For instance, do I want my
Text Style to be annotative?
| | 01:28 | If it is annotative, do I want
it to match the viewport rotation?
| | 01:31 | Do I want the text to read upside-
down, or backwards, or vertical?
| | 01:37 | If I change these, I can see the
change reflected in the preview above.
| | 01:42 | I can also hardcode a Text height,
Width factor, or rotation Angle.
| | 01:47 | I would like my Text Style to be
annotative and I'd like it to have a
| | 01:52 | printed text height of 0.2.
| | 01:55 | I'll press Tab to accept that value,
then I'll click Apply and Close.
| | 02:00 | To create my text, I am going to switch
to the Annotation tool space, and then
| | 02:05 | I'll click-and-hold on the Text
tool and I'll select Single Line text.
| | 02:10 | Now, I am getting a warning, AutoCAD is
saying, hey, you're creating annotative
| | 02:13 | text but you're placing it at a
scale of 1:1, do you want to do this?
| | 02:17 | This is fine because this detail is
designed to be plotted at a scale of 1:1.
| | 02:22 | So, I am going to click OK and at this
point, creating the text is just like it
| | 02:27 | is on the Windows version.
| | 02:28 | I am going to click to place the start
point, I'll press Return to accept the
| | 02:33 | default rotation angle, and
I'll type TREE PLANTING DETAIL.
| | 02:41 | Now, let's create some general notes.
| | 02:43 | For my notes, I am going to
create another Text Style.
| | 02:47 | Let's go back up to Format.
| | 02:49 | I'll click Text Style, I am going to
click the Add button and I'll call this
| | 02:54 | style General Notes, and I'll press Return.
| | 03:00 | Once again I am going to go with the Arial font.
| | 03:03 | This time I'll use the Regular Typeface.
| | 03:06 | I'd like this font to be
annotative and I'd like it to have a printed
| | 03:10 | text height of 0.1.
| | 03:12 | Once again, I'll press Tab;
| | 03:14 | I'll click Apply and Close.
| | 03:16 | To create my notes, I am
going to use Multiline Text.
| | 03:20 | So, I'll move over and
launch the Multiline Text command.
| | 03:24 | I will then click two points onscreen
to define the width of my column, and
| | 03:29 | notice that the Multiline Text Editor
looks different than what we're used to seeing.
| | 03:33 | The new toolbar on screen is called a
visor, and it's just another example of
| | 03:37 | the streamlined approach to our tools.
| | 03:40 | Let's take a look at what we have.
| | 03:42 | Right here, I can change my Text Style.
| | 03:44 | I can also change the text height.
| | 03:46 | I have some text
formatting options, Undo and Redo;
| | 03:51 | I can also cancel or save my changes.
| | 03:55 | If I click this arrow down at the end,
I can expand the visor or I could
| | 03:58 | access to even more tools.
| | 04:01 | Right here I can change my font.
| | 04:02 | I can change the text color.
| | 04:05 | Right here I have some
paragraph formatting options.
| | 04:08 | I can insert special symbols or fields, or
I can launch the Find and Replace command.
| | 04:13 | Now, you probably notice that some of
the settings like Bulleted Lists and
| | 04:17 | Columns appear to be missing and you're correct.
| | 04:21 | For right now, let's stick with
the tools that we have on screen.
| | 04:23 | We'll finish creating our notes, and
then we'll talk about where we can find the
| | 04:27 | additional settings.
| | 04:28 | I am going to click in a Text
Editor and I'll start entering my notes.
| | 04:33 | This is going to be a Numbered List.
| | 04:35 | So, I'll enter my first number and
then I'll press Tab and I'll continue.
| | 04:40 | When I am finished with my notes, I'll
move up and click Save to close the Editor.
| | 04:46 | First of all, I want you to notice that
the workflow for creating multiline text
| | 04:49 | is exactly the same as it
is in the Windows version.
| | 04:52 | Secondly, note that the Numbered
List worked even though we didn't see
| | 04:56 | settings in the Text Editor.
| | 04:58 | Likewise, if I select this text and
grab the script down at the bottom and push
| | 05:02 | up, notice this text also supports columns.
| | 05:05 | I am going to press Escape a
couple times to deselect this.
| | 05:09 | All right, so where do we go to
adjust the additional settings?
| | 05:13 | The answer is the right-click menu.
| | 05:14 | I am going to double-click this
text to bring back the Editor.
| | 05:19 | Now, if I right-click, this is where I
can find the settings for Bulleted Lists,
| | 05:23 | Columns, Background Masks
as well as several others.
| | 05:27 | I am going to press Escape to close this
menu and then I'll click, hold-and-drag
| | 05:32 | to select my Numbered List.
| | 05:35 | I'll right-click, let's change this to a
Lettered list and we'll use Lowercase letters.
| | 05:40 | When I am finished, I'll
click Save to close the Editor.
| | 05:44 | As you can see, creating text using the
Mac version of AutoCAD is just as easy
| | 05:48 | and powerful as it is on the Windows
version, and the streamlined approach to
| | 05:52 | our tools gives us even
more room for our designs.
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| Creating dimensions| 00:00 | When the time comes to dimension your
work, you'll be pleased to know that the
| | 00:03 | dimensioning workflow is identical between
the Macintosh and Windows version of AutoCAD.
| | 00:08 | The only difference worth
noting is the location of your tools.
| | 00:11 | In this lesson, we'll explore the topic
of dimensioning by applying dimensions
| | 00:15 | to a simple mechanical part.
| | 00:16 | I am going to start by
creating a Dimension Style.
| | 00:20 | To do that, I'll open the Format menu
and I'll select Dimension Style, this
| | 00:25 | brings up the Dimension Style Manager.
| | 00:28 | On the left side, I can see a
listing of the Dimension Styles that are
| | 00:31 | defined in this drawing.
| | 00:32 | Right now, I only have the Standard Style.
| | 00:35 | Down here at the bottom-left, I have
some buttons that I can use to manage
| | 00:39 | my Dimension Styles.
| | 00:40 | I can use the first two
buttons to add or remove a style.
| | 00:44 | If I click the icon that looks
like a gear, I'll find some additional
| | 00:47 | maintenance options.
| | 00:48 | I am going to click the Add button
and I'll call my Style, my-dimensions.
| | 00:56 | I'd like the Style to be
Annotative, and I'll click Continue.
| | 01:01 | Now, on the Windows version, our
Style settings are divided up into tabs.
| | 01:05 | On the Mac version, we use these buttons.
| | 01:07 | The important thing to note is
that the content is the exact same.
| | 01:11 | I am going to click the Lines button so
I can see the Lines settings, and I am
| | 01:16 | going to change my extension line distance to
0.1, and I'll press Tab to accept that value.
| | 01:22 | Then I'll go to Symbols and Arrows,
I'm going to change the Arrowhead size to
| | 01:28 | 0.1, and I'll press Tab.
| | 01:33 | Let's take a look at the Text settings.
| | 01:34 | I am going to change the Text height to 0.1.
| | 01:39 | Finally, I'll click Primary Units and let's
change the Precision to two decimal spaces.
| | 01:46 | When I am finished defining my
style, I'll click OK and Close.
| | 01:51 | Now, we can access our
Dimensioning tools from two places.
| | 01:55 | One place is the toolset palette.
| | 01:57 | I am going to open this up and set the
Annotation tool set current, and we can
| | 02:01 | find all of the dimensioning tools right here.
| | 02:04 | I'd like to create some linear dimensions first.
| | 02:07 | So, I'll click the Linear icon, and
I'll create a dimension from the endpoint
| | 02:12 | here to the endpoint here,
and I'll pull this out.
| | 02:16 | Let's create another.
| | 02:17 | I am going to press the
Spacebar to re-launch the command.
| | 02:21 | I'll create a dimension from the
endpoint here to the endpoint here, and
| | 02:25 | I'll pull this out.
| | 02:27 | Let's create another.
| | 02:28 | I'll go from the endpoint
here to the endpoint here.
| | 02:33 | I'll create one more.
| | 02:35 | I'd like to create a
dimension from the Shift+Right-click.
| | 02:39 | I'll use an object snap override and
I'll select the Midpoint here to the
| | 02:44 | Shift+Right-click, Perpendicular to here,
and then I'll click to place the dimension.
| | 02:51 | Now let's create a Radial dimension.
| | 02:54 | To do that, I'll hold on the Linear tool;
| | 02:56 | this gives me access to the
remaining dimensional options.
| | 02:59 | I am going to select Radius, I'll
select this arc, and I'll pull my
| | 03:05 | dimension out to here.
| | 03:07 | Let's add a couple of Diameter dimensions.
| | 03:10 | I'll use the same menu to select Diameter.
| | 03:12 | I will dimension the diameter of this circle.
| | 03:16 | I am going to press my Spacebar to go
back into the command and will dimension
| | 03:21 | this circle as well.
| | 03:24 | Another place we can find
dimensioning tools is in the Dimension menu.
| | 03:28 | Grabbing your tools from here
represents a more classical AutoCAD workflow.
| | 03:33 | Let's apply a few Linear
dimensions to the right-side view.
| | 03:37 | I'll click Linear and I'll create a dimension
from the endpoint here to the endpoint here.
| | 03:43 | I'll press my Spacebar to
go back into the command.
| | 03:46 | I'll dimension the bottom of the part.
| | 03:51 | I'll press the Spacebar again and we'll
dimension this distance and I'll pull this out.
| | 03:58 | Chances are, after creating your
dimensions you may need to make some adjustments.
| | 04:02 | Fortunately, we have the same
editing choices on the Mac that we do on
| | 04:05 | the Windows platform.
| | 04:06 | For instance, I am going to zoom in
and I'll select this dimension, and then
| | 04:12 | I'll click this grip and I'll drag
this number out such that it's no longer
| | 04:16 | sitting on the centerline.
| | 04:18 | Another editing feature
involves the right-click menu.
| | 04:21 | Since this guy is already selected, I am
going to right-click, and at the top of
| | 04:25 | the menu, I can find
several dimension properties.
| | 04:28 | I am going to set the
Precision to be three decimal spaces.
| | 04:33 | If you'd like to edit the text
portion of a dimension, you can use the
| | 04:36 | familiar DDEDIT command.
| | 04:37 | I am going to type ddedit and I'll press Return.
| | 04:43 | I will then select a dimension;
| | 04:45 | this gives me access to the Text Editor.
| | 04:46 | I am going to type 2X and I'll add a
space because this dimension represents the
| | 04:51 | diameter for both holes.
| | 04:53 | When I am finished, I'll click Save,
and as long as I am in the editor, I am
| | 04:58 | going to backup and I'll click this
dimension, let's expand the visor and I
| | 05:03 | would like to add a symbol to this one.
| | 05:05 | Let's add a Diameter symbol, since this guy
represents the diameter of the large circle.
| | 05:11 | When I am finished, I'll click Save, and then
I'll press Escape to cancel out of the command.
| | 05:16 | Finally, we can also modify our
dimensions by using the Property Inspector.
| | 05:20 | I am going to select my
Radial and Diameter dimensions.
| | 05:25 | Then I'll come over to the Properties
Inspector, I'll set this such that I can
| | 05:28 | see all settings, and I am going to
remove the unnecessary Center mark.
| | 05:34 | When I am finished, I'll
press Escape to deselect.
| | 05:38 | As you can see, when it comes to
dimensions, transitioning from the Windows
| | 05:40 | version of AutoCAD to the
Mac is completely painless.
| | 05:44 | Once you get used to a few relocated
tools, you'll have no problem applying
| | 05:47 | dimensions to your designs.
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| Incorporating multileaders| 00:00 | Another tool that you'll use
frequently in your workflow is the Multileader.
| | 00:04 | Fortunately, the differences between
using this tool on the Mac versus using it
| | 00:08 | on the Windows platform are minor.
| | 00:10 | In fact, most AutoCAD users may
not even notice the difference.
| | 00:14 | In this lesson, we'll learn how
to create and edit Multileaders.
| | 00:17 | On my screen I have a Sign and Post
Detail and I would like to add some
| | 00:21 | Callouts to this drawing.
| | 00:23 | Let's start by creating a Multileader Style.
| | 00:27 | To do that, I'll open the Format menu and
I'll come down and select Multileader Style.
| | 00:32 | This opens the Multileader Style Manager.
| | 00:35 | Over here on the left I can see
that this drawing currently only has
| | 00:38 | one Multileader Style. That's Standard.
| | 00:41 | I can use these buttons in the lower
left to add or remove a Multileader Style.
| | 00:46 | If I click the icon that looks
like a gear, I have some additional
| | 00:49 | maintenance options.
| | 00:51 | I'm going to create a new Multileader
Style and I will call this callouts.
| | 00:58 | I would like the style to be
Annotative and I'll click Continue.
| | 01:03 | From here, I can define my
style by adjusting these settings.
| | 01:06 | Now on the Windows platform the
settings are divided up on to tabs, here on the
| | 01:10 | Mac we're using buttons.
| | 01:12 | The important thing to note is that
the settings are organized the same way.
| | 01:17 | I'm going to start with the Leader
Format group of settings and I'm going to
| | 01:21 | change my Arrowhead Size to 0.12.
| | 01:24 | I'll press Tab to accept this value and
then we'll take a look at Leader Structure.
| | 01:29 | Here, I'm going to change my Landing
distance, we'll make this 0.1 and I'll press Tab.
| | 01:37 | Finally I'll click the Content button
and let's change our Text Height to 0.10.
| | 01:41 | When I am finished I'll
press Tab to accept that value.
| | 01:46 | I'll click OK and Close.
| | 01:48 | To create my Multileaders I am going to
make sure that the Annotation toolset is
| | 01:52 | current and I can find
all of the tools right here.
| | 01:57 | I'll click this icon to launch the
Multileader command, I will then pan this
| | 02:02 | drawing down and we'll zoom in.
| | 02:03 | I would like to start my
Multileader at the Shift+Right-Click.
| | 02:08 | I'll select Midpoint up here and
I will pull this out and click.
| | 02:14 | Notice we're seeing the same visor that
we see when we create MText, we have all
| | 02:19 | of the same settings as well.
| | 02:20 | Let me type in my Callout.
| | 02:24 | I'm going to grab this arrow, and I'll
drag this to the right to get some word-wrap.
| | 02:29 | When I am finished I'll click Save.
| | 02:32 | Another way we can create
Multileaders is by using the Dimension menu.
| | 02:35 | If I open this up I can come down
and select Multileader, right here.
| | 02:40 | Let's zoom in and I'll create a
Leader that points to this bolt.
| | 02:45 | I'll pull this out and click,
and I'll enter my next Callout.
| | 02:51 | Let's drag this over to get some word-
wrap and when I'm finished I'll click Save.
| | 02:58 | I am going to create one more.
| | 03:00 | I'll press my Spacebar to re-launch the
command, I'll place it to the Endpoint
| | 03:05 | here and then I'll click, and I'll click Save.
| | 03:11 | Now that I'm finished, I'm going to
zoom in at the top of the drawing and I
| | 03:15 | would like to add another Leader to this
Callout such that it's pointing at both
| | 03:19 | of the galvanized bolts.
| | 03:21 | I can do that by clicking the Add
button over here in the toolset palette.
| | 03:26 | I will then select my Multileader
and I'll pull the new Leader out and
| | 03:32 | I'll place it here.
| | 03:32 | When I am finished I'll
press Escape. Let's back up.
| | 03:37 | I would also like to align these.
| | 03:40 | To do that, I'll create a crossing
window to select all of the leaders.
| | 03:45 | Then I'll come over and launch the
Align Leaders command, I will pick a
| | 03:50 | Multileader that I would like to align
the rest to, and then I'll lock my Ortho
| | 03:55 | and I'll pull straight up so
these guys are all aligned vertically.
| | 03:59 | Multileaders are just another tool that
represents a perfect translation between
| | 04:03 | the Windows and Mac platform.
| | 04:05 | When migrating to this tool on the Mac,
you'll have no problem jumping right in
| | 04:09 | and being productive.
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| Creating and editing tables| 00:00 | One place where the Mac version of
AutoCAD deviates greatly from the Windows
| | 00:03 | version is in the creation of Table objects.
| | 00:06 | You see, every table on the Mac starts
with the same generic form, by reshaping
| | 00:11 | and refining that form you
can create a finished table.
| | 00:14 | In this lesson, we're going to learn
how to create and edit a simple table.
| | 00:17 | On my screen I have a
landscaping plan for a backyard pond.
| | 00:22 | Along with the drawing I have a summary
of quantities that includes all of the
| | 00:25 | plantings required to construct this design.
| | 00:28 | Our goal in this lesson
is to recreate this table.
| | 00:32 | So I'm going to pan the drawing down,
let's zoom in and I'll drag this guy over
| | 00:38 | to give ourselves some room.
| | 00:40 | To create a table I am going to make
sure that the Annotation tool set is
| | 00:43 | current and then I'll come down and
launch the Table command by clicking this icon.
| | 00:47 | I will then pick a point on screen to
start my table and then I'll drag down and
| | 00:55 | to the right, to set the
number of columns and rows.
| | 00:57 | It looks like my original table
requires three columns and in addition to the
| | 01:04 | header I need seven more rows.
| | 01:07 | So it looks like the table that I have
stretched out here is going to work just fine.
| | 01:11 | I'm going to click to specify the second
corner, and AutoCAD automatically drops
| | 01:16 | me into the title cell
where is can start typing.
| | 01:21 | I'll type Planting List and I'll press Enter.
| | 01:25 | Notice that the Text Editor visor is
open that's because each cell in the table
| | 01:29 | acts like a multi-line text object.
| | 01:31 | Now, when I am working inside the
table I can navigate from cell to cell
| | 01:35 | by using my keyboard.
| | 01:36 | Each time I press Return I'll drop down a cell.
| | 01:40 | If I pressed Shift+Return I can jump
up one cell, pressing the Tab key will
| | 01:45 | jump me to the right one cell and if I
press Shift+Tab I can jump to the left one cell.
| | 01:51 | I'm going to fill in all of the
column headers. I'll type Symbol.
| | 01:57 | Then I'll press tab to jump over.
| | 01:59 | I'll type Species, Tab and QTY.
| | 02:05 | When I am finished I'll move up and click Save.
| | 02:08 | Let's talk about editing
the geometry of the table.
| | 02:11 | If I select this AutoCAD displays
several grips, I can use these to change the
| | 02:16 | size of the rows and columns.
| | 02:18 | If I hover over a grip AutoCAD will
tell me exactly what that grip does.
| | 02:23 | Notice that AutoCAD is also
displaying a visor containing some Table tools;
| | 02:27 | we'll talk more about these in just a second.
| | 02:30 | I'm going to select this grip on the
end and I'll drag this over to the left to
| | 02:34 | change the width of my table.
| | 02:36 | Let me mention that my running
Object Snaps are currently turned off.
| | 02:40 | If yours are on it might be good idea
to turn them off because they tend to get
| | 02:43 | in the way when you're
stretching table geometry.
| | 02:45 | I am going to place this edge right here.
| | 02:49 | Now this resized my columns equally.
| | 02:51 | Maybe I'd like to resize
a specific row or column.
| | 02:55 | To do that I will single-click inside a
cell and I then I can use these grips on
| | 02:59 | the inside edges to make my changes.
| | 03:01 | I am going to select this grip and I'll
drag this over to the right and click.
| | 03:07 | Notice the visor containing the
Table tools is displayed again.
| | 03:11 | I am going to press Escape to close this.
| | 03:14 | And here's the rule of thumb, if
you double-click inside a cell you get
| | 03:18 | access to the Text tools.
| | 03:20 | I am going to click outside to close this.
| | 03:24 | If you single-click inside a cell
you get access to the Table geometry
| | 03:28 | and Formatting tools.
| | 03:30 | Using this visor, I can Add
or Remove columns or rows.
| | 03:34 | I can Merge or Unmerge cells.
| | 03:37 | I can match the Properties
from one cell to another.
| | 03:41 | I can also insert Blocks or Fields or Formulas.
| | 03:45 | If I click this flyout I can expand
the Visor and get some additional tools.
| | 03:50 | I can use these icons to size my rows
and columns equally, I can Manage cell
| | 03:56 | contents, or I can remove all
overrides and return everything to the default
| | 04:00 | standard Table Style settings.
| | 04:02 | I am going to press Escape to close the Visor.
| | 04:05 | Let's enter to the names of our plantings.
| | 04:07 | I am going to double-click to access
the Text editor then I'll type these in
| | 04:13 | pressing Return after each one.
| | 04:16 | When I'm finished I'll move
up and click the Save button.
| | 04:19 | Now I would like to make an
adjustment to the width of this column.
| | 04:21 | I'll do that by clicking once inside this cell.
| | 04:24 | I'll select this grip and I'll drag it
to the right far enough that the Japanese
| | 04:28 | Maple text doesn't require a Carriage Return.
| | 04:32 | When I am finished I'll press Escape.
| | 04:35 | Now let's take care of the
text in the Quantity column.
| | 04:38 | I'm going to double-click to access
the Text Editor and I will enter these
| | 04:42 | values quickly, pressing Return after each one.
| | 04:46 | When I am finished I'll click Save.
| | 04:48 | Notice that AutoCAD has recognized
that these are numbers and it has
| | 04:51 | automatically Right-
Justified them in the column.
| | 04:54 | Now I would like the contents of all of
my cells to be Middle Center-Justified.
| | 04:59 | To make that change I don't
have to do it one cell at a time.
| | 05:02 | I am going to click up here and then
I'll drag and create a crossing window
| | 05:06 | selection that selects all of these
cells and unfortunately there is no
| | 05:11 | alignment option in the Table
Visor, there is one over here in the
| | 05:15 | Properties Inspector palette.
| | 05:16 | I am going to click this icon to Middle
Center-Justify the contents of all of these cells.
| | 05:24 | When I am finished I'll press Escape.
| | 05:25 | As long as I'm selecting multiple
cells I'm going to click, hold and drag and
| | 05:30 | I'll select both of these cells and
then I'll come up to the Table tools and
| | 05:34 | I'll select Merge>Merge By Row.
| | 05:37 | When I am finished I'll press Escape.
| | 05:40 | Let's add the word total to this cell.
| | 05:42 | To do that I'll double-click to access
the Text Editor and I'll type Total and
| | 05:48 | when I am finished I'll press Save.
| | 05:51 | Now when you do adjust the Alignment,
to do that all click once, I'll come
| | 05:56 | over to the Properties Inspector palette and
I'll Right-Justify the contents of the cell.
| | 06:01 | When I am finished I'll press Escape.
| | 06:03 | I would like to add up all
of the values in this column.
| | 06:07 | To do that I'll click once inside this cell,
and then I'll come up to my Table tools.
| | 06:12 | I'll open the Formulas
flyout and I'll select Sum.
| | 06:16 | Now this is very similar to a program
like Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD just needs
| | 06:20 | to know the names of the cells that
I'd like to add, I can give AutoCAD that
| | 06:24 | information by using a selection window.
| | 06:26 | I'm going to click right here and then
I'll come down and click here and AutoCAD
| | 06:31 | uses that window to grab these cell names.
| | 06:34 | When I press Enter, I can see
the total down here in the cell.
| | 06:38 | Now notice that this
number has a gray background.
| | 06:41 | Don't worry - that background will not print;
| | 06:43 | it only displays on screen and it represents
that this value is the result of a calculation.
| | 06:48 | The nice thing about automating this
number is if the values in this table
| | 06:51 | change later, for instance we'll make
this 25 and I'll click Save, you can see
| | 06:57 | that the Total will update automatically.
| | 06:59 | I am going to double click and I'll
put this number back the way it was.
| | 07:07 | Let's zoom out and we'll add
our Block symbols to the Table.
| | 07:11 | To do that, I'll click in my first cell
and I'll come up to the Table tools and
| | 07:16 | I'll click the Insert Block icon.
| | 07:17 | I will then select the dogwood block.
| | 07:22 | I am going to set this block to AutoFit
and I would like it to be aligned Middle
| | 07:27 | Center-Justified in the cell.
| | 07:29 | And when I click OK notice that the
block is scaled to fit perfectly within
| | 07:33 | the current cell size.
| | 07:34 | Now I would like this to be a little
bit larger, so I'm going to grab this
| | 07:38 | grip and I'll pull it down to make this cell
larger and the block scales up automatically.
| | 07:43 | When I am finished I'll press Escape.
| | 07:46 | Now I would like all of
these rows to be sized equally.
| | 07:50 | To do that, I'll click, hold and drag
and I'll select all of the rows, then
| | 07:55 | I'll come over and expand the Table
Cell Visor and then I'll come over and
| | 07:59 | select Size rows equally.
| | 08:02 | When I am finished I'll press Escape.
| | 08:04 | Now I can insert the rest of the blocks.
| | 08:07 | I'll click in this cell.
| | 08:10 | I'll click Insert Block.
| | 08:11 | We'll make this one blue juniper,
AutoFit, Middle Center-Justified, OK.
| | 08:21 | When I am finished inserting my Blocks I'll
press Escape to close the table cell visor.
| | 08:25 | As you can see, when creating a table
using the Mac version of AutoCAD there's
| | 08:29 | less upfront work on your part.
| | 08:31 | Each table starts by picking two
points on screen then you have the creative
| | 08:35 | freedom to configure the
table to suit your needs.
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4. Working with ReferencesCreating and inserting blocks| 00:00 | When working in a production environment,
blocks are an essential part of our workflow.
| | 00:04 | Efficient use of blocks can save us a
great deal of time when working with
| | 00:08 | duplicated geometry.
| | 00:09 | In this lesson we're going to explore
the workflow behind creating and inserting
| | 00:13 | blocks using the Mac edition of AutoCAD.
| | 00:16 | On my screen I have a drawing
of an architectural floor plan.
| | 00:19 | Notice that some of the
doorways are in need of a door.
| | 00:22 | To be more specific, the doorways I'm talking
about are the ones that require a 32 inch door.
| | 00:28 | Right here I've created some
geometry that represents a 32-inch door;
| | 00:32 | let's convert this geometry into a block.
| | 00:34 | To do that, I'll move over to the toolset
palette, and I'll launch the Block command.
| | 00:39 | I will then give my block a name.
| | 00:41 | Now if open this flyout, you can
see that there are several blocks in
| | 00:44 | this drawing already.
| | 00:45 | I'm going to stick with the same
naming convention, and I'll call my block
| | 00:49 | DOOR-32inch and I'll press
Tab to accept that value.
| | 00:55 | Then I'll click Select objects, and then
I'll select the entities that make up my block.
| | 01:00 | When I'm finished, I'll press return.
| | 01:03 | Now what do I want to do
with these original entities?
| | 01:05 | Do I want them to be converted
into the first block insertion?
| | 01:09 | Would I like to retain the objects as
they are or would I like to delete them?
| | 01:14 | I'm going to leave this set to Delete, and
then I'll come over and click Pick point.
| | 01:18 | I'm going to select the endpoint right here.
| | 01:20 | This will be the insertion point for my block.
| | 01:23 | Notice we have the same Block Behavior,
Units, and Description settings that we
| | 01:27 | see on the Windows platform.
| | 01:29 | In fact, if I wanted to, I can click this
check to open this block in the Block Editor.
| | 01:33 | For right now, I'm going to leave this alone.
| | 01:35 | We will talk about the
Block Editor in the next lesson.
| | 01:38 | To finish my block, I'll
click the Create Block button.
| | 01:42 | At this point, I don't
need these dimensions anymore.
| | 01:44 | To erase these, I'll select both of them,
and then I'll press my Delete key. Okay.
| | 01:49 | Let's insert our new block.
| | 01:51 | To do that, I'll move over to the toolset
palette and I'll launch the Insert command.
| | 01:56 | Then I'll use this flyout to
select the block I'd like to insert.
| | 02:01 | Notice we get a nice large
preview over here on the right.
| | 02:04 | To specify my Block Insertion
Options I'll click this arrow.
| | 02:08 | This is where I can give AutoCAD
specific values for the block's Insertion
| | 02:12 | Point, Rotation, and Scale or I can
click the Specify option to specify that
| | 02:18 | particular value on screen.
| | 02:20 | I would like to specify the block's
Insertion Point and Rotation on screen, and
| | 02:26 | I'll leave the Scale set to 1 because
I want this geometry to come in at the
| | 02:29 | same size in which it was created.
| | 02:32 | Let's click Insert.
| | 02:34 | I will then place my block at the
endpoint of this line, and I'm going to move
| | 02:38 | down and lock the Ortho.
| | 02:40 | This will make it easier to
select the rotation angle.
| | 02:43 | I'm just going to pull straight down and
click to finish my insertion. Let's try another.
| | 02:50 | I'll pan the drawing down, and then
I'll press my Spacebar to re-launch
| | 02:56 | the Insert command.
| | 02:57 | AutoCAD remembers all of the previous settings.
| | 03:00 | I'll click the Insert button and I'll
place this block at the endpoint of this line.
| | 03:06 | I'll pull to the right to define the
rotation angle and I'll click on screen to finish.
| | 03:11 | Let's do one more.
| | 03:12 | I'll pan this down a little bit further.
| | 03:15 | I'll press my Spacebar to re-enter the command.
| | 03:17 | I'll click Insert, I'll place it at the
endpoint here, I'll pull to the right, and click.
| | 03:24 | So when it comes to creating and
inserting blocks, you'll find that the Mac
| | 03:28 | edition of AutoCAD uses the same
workflow as the Windows version.
| | 03:32 | Likewise, if you have an existing block
library, feel free to incorporate those
| | 03:36 | symbols into your workflow.
| | 03:38 | The Mac edition of AutoCAD will
support any block created on the
| | 03:41 | Windows platform.
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| Using the Block Editor| 00:00 | Not too long ago the Windows version of
AutoCAD incorporated a dedicated block
| | 00:05 | editor as an alternate way of
creating and editing blocks, a special block
| | 00:09 | editor has also been
incorporated into the Mac edition.
| | 00:12 | In this lesson, we're going
to take a look at how it works.
| | 00:14 | On my screen I've a drawing of a
location map that I'm creating for a small site
| | 00:18 | development project, and I'm at the
point in this drawing where I'm starting to
| | 00:22 | label the major highways.
| | 00:24 | Since these labels are very symbolic in
nature, I'm using blocks that contain an
| | 00:28 | attribute to display the highway number.
| | 00:31 | Now I've just finished labeling my U.S
. Highways and I'd like to create a new
| | 00:35 | block for labeling the State highways.
| | 00:37 | Rather than creating this block using
the traditional block command, I'm going
| | 00:41 | to create using the block editor.
| | 00:43 | To open the editor, I'm going to click
the arrow to expand the block group, and
| | 00:48 | then I'll click the block editor icon.
| | 00:51 | Using this dialog box, I could edit
any existing block in this file or I can
| | 00:56 | create a new one by
entering a name up here at the top.
| | 00:59 | I'll call my block STATES-LBL
and then I'll click Edit Block.
| | 01:06 | This puts me into the Block Editor
and the block editor is a drafting
| | 01:10 | environment that works the
exact same as model space.
| | 01:13 | It's important to note that the
insertion point of your block will be the origin
| | 01:17 | or the zero, zero
coordinate of the block editor.
| | 01:20 | Notice the layer 0 happens to be current.
| | 01:22 | I would like to create my block on
the signs-Stateroute layer, so I'll set
| | 01:26 | that layer current.
| | 01:28 | And I want to start my
block by creating a circle.
| | 01:31 | I'll launch the circle command and I'll create my
circle at the 0, 0 coordinate. I'll press return.
| | 01:38 | And I'm going to draw my symbol at the
same size as I want it to appear on the
| | 01:42 | printed sheet, so I'll use a
radius of .125, and I'll press Return.
| | 01:49 | Let's zoom in and I'll
center this geometry on screen.
| | 01:53 | Now let's add an attribute to this
block to display the highway number.
| | 01:56 | To do that I'll move up to visor and
launch the Attribute definition command.
| | 02:01 | For my Tag I'll enter HWY and I'll press tab.
| | 02:05 | The Tag is the variable that
will hold the value that I enter.
| | 02:09 | For my Prompt, I'll type,
What state highway is this?
| | 02:17 | And I'll press tab.
| | 02:18 | The Prompt is the question that will
be asked when the block is inserted and
| | 02:23 | then for a Default value, I'm
going to enter a couple pound signs.
| | 02:26 | The Default value should
represent how you want the data entered.
| | 02:30 | Now an Attribute is nothing more than a
text object, using these settings below
| | 02:34 | I can format the appearance of my text.
| | 02:37 | Notice I've already created a Text
style called Shield Text and that's current.
| | 02:42 | I would like to change the Justification.
| | 02:44 | I'm going to make this Middle center
justified and I'd like this to have a
| | 02:48 | Text height of 0.1.
| | 02:50 | Once again, I want to format this for the
size that will appear on the printed sheet.
| | 02:54 | If I click the arrow next to Show
Advanced Options, we can see the same
| | 02:58 | Attribute Options and Insertion Point
settings that we see on the Windows platform.
| | 03:02 | I'm going to leave these set to
the defaults, and I'll click Save.
| | 03:07 | I'm now holding my attribute with my cursor
and I'll place this at the center of this circle.
| | 03:12 | Let's turn on my running object
snaps, and I'll click the circle.
| | 03:16 | When I'm finished with the block, I'll
click the Save button and then I'll click
| | 03:20 | Close to exit the block editor.
| | 03:22 | All right, let's try and
insert one of our new blocks.
| | 03:26 | I'm going to pan this drawing over and
to insert the block, I'll move over to
| | 03:30 | the toolset palette, and
I'll launch the INSERT Command.
| | 03:34 | I will then select my block from the list.
| | 03:37 | Let's click this flyout to
view the insertion options.
| | 03:40 | When I insert the symbol, I'd like to
specify its Insertion Point on screen.
| | 03:45 | I do not want to specify a Rotation or a Scale.
| | 03:49 | I'm going to leave these
set to the default values.
| | 03:52 | and I'll click Insert.
| | 03:53 | Since these are labels, I really
don't need specific object snaps.
| | 03:57 | so I'm going to turn my
running Object Snaps off momentarily.
| | 04:00 | I'll place my first label right
here, now What state highway is this?
| | 04:05 | This is State Highway 75,
and I'll click Confirm.
| | 04:09 | Let's insert one more.
| | 04:10 | I'll do that by pressing my spacebar.
| | 04:12 | AutoCAD remembers all of the previous settings.
| | 04:16 | I'll click Insert, and I'll place
this label right here, this happens to be
| | 04:20 | State Route 14, and I'll click Confirm.
| | 04:23 | Now the only problem with these
labels is that I can see through them.
| | 04:27 | Let's use the block editor to add
a white background to this symbol.
| | 04:31 | To reopen the block editor, I could
open up the block group in the toolset
| | 04:35 | palette or I can also open the
editor by using the tools menu.
| | 04:40 | I'll select our new block, and I'll click
Edit Block, this returns me to the editor.
| | 04:46 | I'm going to create my background using
Hatch, and I'd like the hatch to be on
| | 04:50 | the same layer as my block geometry.
| | 04:52 | So let's set this to the signs-Stateroute layer.
| | 04:56 | I'll move over and launch the Hatch
command, and then I'll select a Pattern.
| | 05:03 | I'm going to click Other Predefined,
and then I'll select SOLID and click OK.
| | 05:08 | Now let's assign this hatch a color.
| | 05:11 | I'll click the Hatch Color flyout,
and then I'll come down and click Select
| | 05:15 | Color, and in the Color
palette I'll select True Color.
| | 05:20 | I will then click in this brightness slider
and I'll drag this all the way up to the top.
| | 05:24 | This gives me an RGB color value of 255, 255, 255,
which represents pure white. Let's click OK.
| | 05:33 | I will then click Select objects, and
I'd like to apply my hatch to this circle,
| | 05:38 | and I'll press return.
| | 05:39 | Finally I'm going to come
down to the Draw order setting.
| | 05:42 | I'll open this up and I'll select, Send
to Back, because I'd like this hatch to
| | 05:46 | be to the back of the symbol.
| | 05:48 | When I'm finished, I'll
click OK that looks good.
| | 05:51 | I'm going to move up and click the Save
button, and then I'll click Close, and
| | 05:56 | as you can see, sometimes when you
make a change to your block, you may have
| | 05:59 | to click save twice.
| | 06:01 | I'm going to select this
again to close the editor.
| | 06:04 | As you can see my State Highway symbols
have been updated to show the new background.
| | 06:08 | So the next time you're creating or
editing a block, remember that you have a choice.
| | 06:12 | You can use the traditional block
command or you can try the dedicated
| | 06:16 | block editor, as with most things,
AutoCAD for the Mac lets you determine
| | 06:20 | your own workflow.
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| Building a library using the Content Manager| 00:00 | When comparing the Windows and Mac
version of AutoCAD, you'll finally use
| | 00:04 | different tools to manage blocks.
| | 00:06 | On the Windows platform, we use tool
palettes to organize and insert block symbols.
| | 00:11 | On the Mac, we use a tool
called the Content palette.
| | 00:14 | In this lesson, we're going to learn how to
use the Content palette to build a block library.
| | 00:18 | On my screen, I have a drawing of an
architectural floorPlan, and this drawing
| | 00:23 | contains several blocks.
| | 00:25 | If I click the Insert tool, and open this
fly out as well as a preview of each one.
| | 00:29 | What I am going to do is add this
drawing to a block library, such that I can
| | 00:34 | share these blocks with any
new drawing that I create.
| | 00:37 | I am going to click Cancel to close this,
and I'll start by opening the Window menu.
| | 00:42 | Then I'll come down and select Content.
| | 00:45 | No, we can also use the keyboard shortcut
Command+2, this brings up the Content palette.
| | 00:52 | The Content palette is a tool we
can use to manage or insert blocks.
| | 00:56 | I am going to open this flyout,
and I'll select Manage Libraries.
| | 01:00 | I will then click the Add button to
create a new library, and I'll call these
| | 01:05 | Arch-symbols, and I'll press Return.
| | 01:11 | Next, I'll click this Add button on the
right side, and I'll select the drawings
| | 01:15 | that I'd like to associate with my new library.
| | 01:18 | Let's jump out to the Desktop.
| | 01:20 | I'll look inside the exercise files
folder, we'll jump into chapter_04, and
| | 01:25 | I'll select floorPlan;
| | 01:26 | the current drawing, and I'll click Open.
| | 01:28 | Now AutoCAD wants to know if the linked
drawing represents a single block, or is
| | 01:34 | it a drawing that contains multiple blocks.
| | 01:36 | I am going to select multiple blocks,
and as you can see, AutoCAD has added
| | 01:40 | those blocks to my library.
| | 01:43 | Let's close this dialog box to
return to the Content Manager.
| | 01:47 | At this point, I am seeing the contents
of my new Architectural Symbols library.
| | 01:51 | If you are not, you can always click
this flyout, and select it from the menu.
| | 01:56 | I can now use these blocks in any
AutoCAD drawing. Let's try it out.
| | 02:00 | I am going to open the
File menu, and click Open.
| | 02:04 | Let's open this drawing called studio.
| | 02:08 | Now at this point, I no longer need
the original floorPlan drawing, so
| | 02:12 | I'll close this one.
| | 02:13 | I am not going to save my changes, and
I'll maximize the studio drawing to fill
| | 02:17 | the available space.
| | 02:19 | This drawing represents a floor
plan for a small studio apartment.
| | 02:22 | Let's use the Content
palette to insert some blocks.
| | 02:26 | If I hover over these, I
can see the name of each one.
| | 02:29 | I'd like to insert one of the
TOILET symbols into the Bathroom area.
| | 02:33 | Let's pan this over, and
I'll get a little bit closer.
| | 02:38 | To insert the symbol, I will click to select it.
| | 02:40 | I will then pull this over, and
I'd like to place it along this wall.
| | 02:47 | As you can see, its
rotation is currently incorrect.
| | 02:49 | If you look at the Command line,
you can see that Rotate is an option.
| | 02:53 | I can press R to access Rotate, or I can
right-click, and select Rotate from the menu.
| | 02:58 | I am going to type 90 for a 90
degree angle, and I'll press Return.
| | 03:04 | I will then place my Block, Shift+Right-click
to a point nearest this wall. Let's try another.
| | 03:15 | I'd like to add a basin to this Bathroom.
| | 03:17 | To do that, I'll find the block in my library.
| | 03:20 | Now fortunately, my library isn't very big.
| | 03:22 | If it was, I could use this
Search area down at the bottom.
| | 03:25 | I am going to click in the
Search area, and I'll type basin.
| | 03:30 | Notice that we can see two blocks
that have the word basin in their name.
| | 03:33 | I am going to select the BASIN-bath symbol.
| | 03:37 | Notice that my symbol is
locked to the edge of the palette.
| | 03:40 | This is actually a bug in the program.
| | 03:43 | To free up this symbol, you can do that by
right-clicking, and then selecting Enter.
| | 03:48 | Now I can pull the symbol away.
| | 03:50 | I am going to place this to a point
Shift+Right-click, Nearest to this wall.
| | 03:57 |
| | 03:59 | Notice that since I've inserted the
basin, it appears that two of them are now
| | 04:02 | showing up in my Search.
| | 04:04 | This is because the Search is
looking at all of the available libraries.
| | 04:08 | I am going to cancel the Search,
and I'll open this flyout again.
| | 04:13 | You see the Current Drawing
also qualifies as a library.
| | 04:17 | If I select this library, I can see all
of the blocks that exist in this file.
| | 04:21 | Now that we get an idea of how the palette
works, let's go a little deeper into the features.
| | 04:27 | To create or manage libraries, we can
use this flyout, or I can click this icon.
| | 04:33 | If I click the Add button,
I can create a library.
| | 04:36 | I can use the Remove button to delete a library.
| | 04:40 | If I select a library, I can see the Blocks
that are associated with library over here.
| | 04:45 | Now currently, all of these blocks are
coming from the original floorPlan drawing.
| | 04:49 | If I wanted to add more blocks to this
library, I can click the Add button, and
| | 04:53 | select additional drawings.
| | 04:55 | It's important to note that these blocks are
not loaded onto this palette. They're linked.
| | 04:59 | This means if you link a drawing to a
library, you cannot rename or move the
| | 05:03 | drawing, or the blocks will not work.
| | 05:06 | To remove an individual block from a
library, you can select it, and then
| | 05:10 | click the Remove button.
| | 05:11 | I am going to click the red X to
close the Manager, and let's open the
| | 05:15 | Architectural library again.
| | 05:18 | If there are any blocks in here that
you use frequently, you can right-click on
| | 05:21 | it, and select Add to Favorites.
| | 05:24 | The block will then display a star,
and the block will also be included in
| | 05:28 | the Favorites library.
| | 05:31 | Likewise, if you right-click on a
symbol, you can change the size of the
| | 05:34 | thumbnails to whatever works best for you.
| | 05:38 | When you're finished using the
palette, you can click the X to close it,
| | 05:41 | or press Command+2.
| | 05:43 | As you can see, by using the Content
palette to organize blocks into libraries,
| | 05:47 | you can easily manage or share
any of the blocks on your network.
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| Externally referencing a drawing file| 00:00 | An external reference is a
link that's made to another file.
| | 00:04 | If you link to a drawing, you can
display any of the geometry in that drawing
| | 00:07 | without having to carry all of
that line work in your current file.
| | 00:11 | External referencing is widely used in
production work where projects are large
| | 00:15 | and geometry is split up into multiple drawings.
| | 00:18 | Fortunately, the Mac edition of AutoCAD
is very similar to the Windows version
| | 00:22 | when it comes to managing reference files.
| | 00:25 | In this lesson, we are going to
learn how to attach and manage an
| | 00:27 | external reference.
| | 00:28 | On my screen, I had a drawing
that represents an existing site.
| | 00:32 | The cyan line represents a property
boundary, and on this site, I have an
| | 00:37 | existing building and parking lot.
| | 00:39 | Let's say that this site is going to be
redesigned such that it can accommodate
| | 00:42 | a small fast food restaurant.
| | 00:45 | Let's also say that I've just received
the latest site plan from the architect.
| | 00:49 | Rather than inserting the new site plan,
I'm going to reference it, this way the
| | 00:53 | architect's geometry can stay in its
own file and in the event the architect
| | 00:57 | sends me a newer version of the drawing,
I can easily swap out the geometry by
| | 01:02 | referencing the new file.
| | 01:04 | To externally reference a drawing,
I'll used to Reference Manager.
| | 01:08 | We can find it in the Window menu.
| | 01:10 | I will come down and select reference Manager.
| | 01:13 | I can also use the keyboard shortcut Command+7.
| | 01:16 | Now the Reference Manager functions
almost identical to the manager that we use
| | 01:19 | on the Windows platform.
| | 01:21 | The dialog box just looks a little different.
| | 01:23 | To reference a drawing, I can click
the attach button or I can right-click in
| | 01:28 | the manager and select Attach Reference.
| | 01:31 | Then I can navigate through my hard
drive to find my file, and I will select the
| | 01:36 | Proposed Conditions
Drawing, and I will click Open.
| | 01:41 | This brings up the Attach
External Reference dialog box.
| | 01:44 | From here, I can see a preview
of the drawing I am attaching.
| | 01:47 | I can click these arrows to see
information about the Drawing Settings and where
| | 01:52 | the drawing is located.
| | 01:54 | I can determine which settings
I'd like to specify on screen.
| | 01:58 | I can also adjust my Path Type and
Reference Type, much the same things we see
| | 02:02 | on the Windows platform.
| | 02:04 | I am going to make sure that all of
these boxes are unchecked because I'd like
| | 02:08 | this drawing to drop in at the same
coordinates at which it was created.
| | 02:11 | I will move down and click OK.
| | 02:13 | If I move this over, we can see
the referenced geometry in our file.
| | 02:18 | Now, to make this a little easier
to see, I'm going to do two things.
| | 02:21 | First of all, notice the
referenced geometry is faded back.
| | 02:25 | AutoCad does this as a courtesy.
| | 02:27 | We can adjust this Fade
setting through the User Preferences.
| | 02:30 | I am going to press Command+Comma
to open the Application Preferences.
| | 02:34 | Then I will select the Look & Feel
settings, and this slider right over here,
| | 02:39 | controls the fading of referenced geometry.
| | 02:42 | If I drag this slider to the right, it
increases the fading, moving the slider
| | 02:46 | to the left decreases it.
| | 02:47 | I am going to drag this all the way to the left
to essentially turn fading off. Let's click OK.
| | 02:54 | I am going to pan this over a touch.
| | 02:57 | Let's do one more thing.
| | 02:58 | I am going to open the layer List,
and notice that we can see all of the
| | 03:02 | referenced layers in here.
| | 03:03 | I'm going to drag this down, and I will
select the first non-referenced layer.
| | 03:09 | I will drag this all the way to the
bottom and then I'll hold my Shift key
| | 03:13 | and select this one.
| | 03:14 | This selects all of the non-
referenced layers in the drawing.
| | 03:18 | I will then click the Color Swatch.
| | 03:19 | I will choose Select Color and I am
going to make this a nice neutral gray,
| | 03:26 | and I will click OK. There we go.
| | 03:28 | Since we are talking about referenced geometry,
it's important that geometry be easy to see.
| | 03:33 | Now let's talk a little more about
the functions available in this manager.
| | 03:37 | In the middle of the manager, I
can see the referenced drawings in a
| | 03:40 | tree configuration.
| | 03:41 | Notice we can see the Main drawing, this
drawing contains an external reference,
| | 03:45 | one of them and here's the
name of the referenced file.
| | 03:49 | Using these arrows, I can open
or close portions of the tree.
| | 03:55 | If I select a reference, that
geometry will highlight in the drawing.
| | 03:59 | Likewise, I will see a preview of
the drawing down here below as well
| | 04:03 | some additional details.
| | 04:05 | In the event someone was to move or
rename this linked file, I can click this
| | 04:10 | Folder icon to point AutoCAD back
to the drawing. Let's close this.
| | 04:15 | This re-link icon at the top
will do the exact same thing.
| | 04:19 | If a reference is selected, I can use this
toggle load or unload the reference file.
| | 04:25 | This one will detach the reference.
| | 04:27 | This icon will reload the reference
in the event it was modified during my
| | 04:31 | current session, and this icon at the end
will toggle the display of the drawing details.
| | 04:38 | You'll find if you right-click on a
reference in the manager, you can access
| | 04:41 | many of the same options from the pop-up menu.
| | 04:45 | I'm going to click inside the
editor to deselect this reference.
| | 04:49 | If you're someone who likes to clip
the reference files, you can find that
| | 04:52 | feature by selecting the reference
in the drawing, then right-click and
| | 04:56 | select the Clip Xref and you'll find the same
familiar options we have on the Windows platform.
| | 05:03 | As an example, let's clip this.
| | 05:05 | I'm going to select new boundary.
| | 05:06 | I will create a rectangular clipping
boundary, and I'll pick a point here, and I
| | 05:12 | will come down and click another point here.
| | 05:15 | Notice that the clipping boundary remains
visible although this boundary will not plot.
| | 05:20 | It's only here to make it easier
to modify the clipped reference.
| | 05:23 | If I select the edge, I could adjust
these grips, let's drag this back over here.
| | 05:30 | I can also click this arrow to invert the clip.
| | 05:33 | I am going to press Escape
to deselect this geometry.
| | 05:37 | To remove a clipping boundary, I
will select the reference again, I will
| | 05:42 | right-click, and select Clip Xref.
| | 05:45 | Now the options aren't showing up at my
cursor, they are showing up at the Command Line.
| | 05:49 | Notice there is a Delete option.
| | 05:50 | I am going to a right-click and select Delete.
| | 05:55 | Let's make a quick change to this
reference, so we can demonstrate the power
| | 05:58 | of linked geometry.
| | 06:00 | I'm going to select the reference
over here on the manager, and then I will
| | 06:03 | right-click and select Open File.
| | 06:05 | This takes me into the drawing,
where I can make a change.
| | 06:09 | I'm going to launch the Move command
and I will select this car, and I will
| | 06:13 | press Return, and I will move this up to here.
| | 06:19 | When I'm finished, I will click File and
Save and then I will close this drawing.
| | 06:24 | Next, I will right-click on the
referenced file and I will select Reload.
| | 06:28 | And as you can see, I'm now seeing the most
current version of that file in my drawing.
| | 06:36 | Now that my file has been updated,
I'm going to click in the middle of the
| | 06:39 | manager to deselect the drawing.
| | 06:41 | When you're finished with the Reference
Manager, you can dock it to the interface.
| | 06:45 | You can click this icon to minimize it.
| | 06:47 | It can also be closed by clicking
this X or by pressing Command+7.
| | 06:53 | As you can see, managing externally
referenced drawings on the Mac is virtually
| | 06:57 | identical to the workflow
used in the Windows platform.
| | 06:59 | So no matter, how large your project
may be, you'll feel completely at home
| | 07:03 | working inside the Mac environment.
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| Externally referencing an image| 00:01 | AutoCAD's Reference Manager isn't just
for referencing drawings, we can also use
| | 00:04 | it to attach image files.
| | 00:06 | In this lesson, we're going to
learn how to attach and manage images.
| | 00:09 | We'll also look at some common tools
used to modify referenced image files.
| | 00:14 | On my screen, I have a concept plan
for a proposed fast food restaurant.
| | 00:18 | As part of the site plan, I'd like to
add a location map to identify where in
| | 00:23 | town this project is being constructed.
| | 00:25 | Now my location map is an image.
| | 00:26 | It's a JPEG and I'd like to
place it right here in my layout.
| | 00:31 | To reference the image, I'll
bring up the Reference Manager.
| | 00:33 | I can do that by visiting the
Window menu and I'll come down and
| | 00:37 | select Reference Manager.
| | 00:39 | I can also use the keyboard shortcut Command+7.
| | 00:42 | Now this is the same Reference
Manager that we used to attach drawings.
| | 00:46 | As you can see, I already have three
drawings referenced into this file.
| | 00:50 | I have an Existing Conditions drawing,
one for the proposed conditions and one
| | 00:54 | for the proposed shading.
| | 00:56 | To reference the location map, I'll
click the Attach button, and then I'll
| | 01:00 | change the File Format to All image files.
| | 01:04 | And then I'll look inside our Exercise
Files directory and I'm going to select
| | 01:07 | the 05_map.jpg image, and I'll click Open.
| | 01:11 | This brings up the Attach Image
dialog box over here on the right.
| | 01:15 | I can see a nice preview of my image.
| | 01:17 | I can open up these flyouts to see
information about this image file.
| | 01:22 | On the left, I have the standard
Insertion Point, Scale, Rotation, and Path Type
| | 01:27 | settings that we see on the Windows platform.
| | 01:29 | I'm going to leave all of these set to the
defaults and I'll come down and click OK.
| | 01:35 | As you can see, I'm
holding the image at my cursor.
| | 01:37 | I'm going to click to place the lower
left corner and then I'll drag this up and
| | 01:43 | click to set the image size.
| | 01:46 | Now just like in the Windows version, I can
use grips to resize the image if necessary.
| | 01:51 | I'm going to select this image from
the edge, I'll select this grip, and I'll
| | 01:56 | drag it down to here.
| | 01:57 | When I'm finished I'll press Escape.
| | 02:00 | Now, notice that the image
quality appears to have broken-down;
| | 02:03 | don't worry this is just a screen display issue.
| | 02:07 | If I zoom in closer, you can
see that the image is just fine.
| | 02:11 | Let's zoom back out and I'll center this on
screen, and we'll take a look at the manager again.
| | 02:17 | Notice that the
references are organized by type.
| | 02:20 | I have a group for drawings
and I have one for Images.
| | 02:23 | As far as the tools inside the
Reference Manager, they work the same for images
| | 02:27 | as they do for drawings.
| | 02:29 | If I select the Image Reference, that
image is highlighted in the drawing.
| | 02:33 | I can use this icon to load or unload the image.
| | 02:36 | This one will detach the image file.
| | 02:39 | I can use this one to reload the image
file in the event it's changed, while I'm
| | 02:43 | working on this current drawing.
| | 02:45 | Down at the bottom of the manager, I
can see information about this file.
| | 02:48 | If I drag down far enough,
I can see a preview image.
| | 02:53 | If this image gets moved on the network
or is renamed, I can click this Folder
| | 02:58 | Icon to navigate to the
new location of the file.
| | 03:02 | To deselect the image on screen, I'm
going to click in the middle of the
| | 03:05 | manager, and then I'm going to press
Command+7 to close it, and we'll talk about
| | 03:09 | some of the other commands
associated with referenced images.
| | 03:13 | Let's make this a little
larger on screen and I'll center it.
| | 03:18 | Now maybe I'd like to clip this image,
or screen it back, or maybe I'd like to
| | 03:22 | remove this frame around the outside edge.
| | 03:25 | All of the commands associated with
editing referenced images can be found
| | 03:29 | in the Modify menu.
| | 03:31 | I'm going to come down to Object,
and I'll come over to Image.
| | 03:35 | Let's look at the Adjust option.
| | 03:38 | I'll select my image and press Return.
| | 03:41 | Adjust is where I can find the
controls to adjust the images Contrast,
| | 03:45 | Brightness, or Fade.
| | 03:47 | As an example, I'll select Fade and
let's screen this image back to 50%.
| | 03:52 | I'll type 50, and press Return.
| | 03:55 | I'm going to press Command+Z to undo
and put the image back the way it was.
| | 03:59 | Let's go back to the Modify menu.
| | 04:02 | I'll come down to Object>Image,
and this time we'll talk about Frame.
| | 04:07 | This is how I can turn off the
boundary around the outside of the image.
| | 04:11 | Notice that the current
setting is 1. 1 means on.
| | 04:14 | To turn the frame off, I can
set this to zero and press Return.
| | 04:18 | There is actually one more setting.
| | 04:20 | I'm going to press the
Spacebar to relaunch the command.
| | 04:23 | If I set this to 2, the Image Frame will
display in the drawing, but it will not
| | 04:27 | show up on the plots.
| | 04:29 | Finally, let's talk about how
we can clip a referenced image.
| | 04:33 | I'm going to come back to the Modify menu.
| | 04:35 | I'll come down to Clip, and I'll select Image.
| | 04:39 | I will then select the image I'd like
to clip, and notice that we see the same
| | 04:43 | clipping options that we have when
we're clipping a referenced drawing.
| | 04:46 | As an example, I'm going to select New
boundary, and then I'll press Return,
| | 04:52 | because I'd like to
create a rectangular boundary.
| | 04:55 | I'll pick a point here and I'll come
down and pick another point over here.
| | 04:59 | To adjust the boundary, I can
select the edge and I can move the grips.
| | 05:03 | I'll select this grip and move it over here.
| | 05:06 | I can also click this Arrow, if I'd
like to Invert the clipping boundary.
| | 05:10 | When I'm finished, I'll
press Escape to deselect.
| | 05:16 | To remove a clipping boundary, I'll go
back to the Modify menu, I'll come down
| | 05:21 | to Clip and select Image.
| | 05:23 | I'll select my image and
then I'll select Delete.
| | 05:27 | Knowing what we know now, I'm going to
finish this location map by adding a Multileader.
| | 05:32 | To do then, I'll open the
Dimension menu, and I'll come down and
| | 05:35 | select Multileader.
| | 05:37 | This restaurant is located
on Court Street, right here.
| | 05:41 | So I'll click and I'll pull this out and click.
| | 05:44 | I'll then type Project
Location and I'll click Save.
| | 05:52 | Typically a leader like this
will have a dot at the end.
| | 05:55 | Let's select the arrow and my
Properties Inspector is showing all settings.
| | 06:00 | I'm going to drag this down to the
Arrowhead setting and I'll change this to Dot.
| | 06:05 | When I'm finished, I'll
press Escape. Let's zoom out.
| | 06:09 | My text is a little bit hard to
read sitting on top of the image.
| | 06:13 | Let's clip the image around this text.
| | 06:16 | I'll move up to the Modify menu,
and select Clip. I'll select Image.
| | 06:20 | I'll then select the edge
of my image, New boundary.
| | 06:27 | I'll press Return to
accept a rectangular boundary.
| | 06:31 | And I'll click right here,
and I'll click again over here.
| | 06:37 | Now, this is the exact opposite of what I want.
| | 06:40 | Let's select the boundary and then
I'll click the Arrow to invert the clip.
| | 06:45 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 06:47 | As you can see, when working with the
Mac edition of AutoCAD, we have the same
| | 06:50 | referenced image functionality
as we have on the Windows version.
| | 06:54 | The only learning curve involved is
adapting to some new tool locations.
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5. PlottingCreating quick plots| 00:00 | When it comes to plotting drawings
using the Windows or Mac version of AutoCAD,
| | 00:04 | you'll find the workflow is the same.
| | 00:06 | The part that's
different is the Plot dialog box.
| | 00:09 | Rather than displaying all the
settings in a single dialog, the Mac edition
| | 00:13 | displays the most common settings
first and then it gives you the option of
| | 00:16 | expanding the dialog box to access
additional settings if necessary.
| | 00:21 | In this lesson, we'll explore the concept of
plotting by printing a drawing for model space.
| | 00:27 | On my screen, I've a concept design for
a mechanical part, and I would like to
| | 00:31 | create a hard copy of this drawing for
a meeting that I'm having with a client.
| | 00:35 | Since we're still in the conceptual
stage, my printed sheet doesn't require the
| | 00:40 | formality of a title block.
| | 00:41 | I just need a quick 8.5x11 exhibit
that's printed to a measurable scale.
| | 00:46 | To print this drawing, I'm going to
open the File menu and I'll select Print.
| | 00:53 | AutoCAD then gives me a gentle
reminder that if I was to print this drawing
| | 00:57 | using a layout, I'd have much
more control over the final print.
| | 01:01 | Now, we'll be talking about
layouts in the next couple of lessons.
| | 01:04 | For right now, I'm going to click Continue.
| | 01:07 | This brings up the Print dialog box.
| | 01:10 | As you can see, I have a
limited number of settings.
| | 01:13 | But you know what, if this drawing
was being printed from a preconfigured
| | 01:16 | layout or if I had printed this
drawing one time already, these are all the
| | 01:21 | settings that I would need.
| | 01:22 | Since this is the first time that I'm
printing this drawing, I'm going to click
| | 01:26 | the Expand button so I
can see all of the settings.
| | 01:29 | At the top of the dialog is
where I can select a Printer.
| | 01:33 | If I click this flyout I can select from
any printer that's installed on my machine.
| | 01:39 | I can also Add a Printer or
adjust my Print & Fax Preferences.
| | 01:43 | Now, everybody's system is
different, so my printer list will look
| | 01:46 | different than yours.
| | 01:48 | I'm currently connected to an Epson
Stylus printer, so I'll select that one.
| | 01:53 | You can select any printer on your
system that will accommodate a letter
| | 01:56 | sized sheet of paper.
| | 01:58 | Next, I'll choose my Paper Size from this menu.
| | 02:01 | Mine is already default into US Letter.
| | 02:03 | If I wanted, I can open this up and select
from any other valid Paper Size for this Printer.
| | 02:09 | I'm going to keep this at the US Letter setting.
| | 02:12 | Next, I need to show AutoCAD
the area I'd like to Print.
| | 02:16 | To do that, I'll open this
flyout and I'll select Window.
| | 02:20 | Then I'll pick two points to create a
rectangle that defines my Print area.
| | 02:24 | I'm going to click right here, we'll
pan this over and I'll click right here.
| | 02:35 | Now, I'd like to print this to a Scale.
| | 02:37 | So let's remove the Fit to paper check.
| | 02:40 | I will then open the Scale flyout and I
believe this drawing will fit on the page at 1:1.
| | 02:46 | So we'll try that.
| | 02:47 | Then I'll come down and click
Preview and we'll take a look. All right!
| | 02:52 | This looks pretty good.
| | 02:53 | It looks like the drawing will fit on the sheet.
| | 02:56 | However, it's not centered and I
would like to select a pen table.
| | 03:00 | I'm going to click the X to close the
Preview, and then I'll come down and click
| | 03:05 | the Advanced button.
| | 03:07 | In the Plot Style Table flyout, I'm
going to select the Monochrome Pens.
| | 03:11 | This will ensure that everything plots as black.
| | 03:15 | I'll select Yes to assign this to all
layouts, and I would also like to Center
| | 03:20 | this Plot on the page.
| | 03:22 | Notice that in the Advanced dialog box,
we can find the rest of the settings
| | 03:26 | that we typically see when plotting
a drawing on the Windows platform.
| | 03:30 | I'm going to click OK.
| | 03:31 | Let's preview this one more time.
| | 03:35 | This looks perfect.
| | 03:37 | Let's close the Preview and
I'll click the Print button.
| | 03:41 | On my screen is an example of the finished Plot.
| | 03:48 | As you can see, when migrating from the
Windows version of AutoCAD to the Mac,
| | 03:51 | the plotting workflow is essentially the same.
| | 03:54 | The only real difference is that the
Mac edition simplifies the Plot dialog box
| | 03:58 | by offering Plot Settings on as needed basis.
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| Configuring a layout| 00:00 | Plotting drawings using the layouts
can save you a great deal of time when
| | 00:03 | creating hard copies of your drawings.
| | 00:06 | Once a Layout has been configured, the
task of plotting is reduced to a couple
| | 00:09 | of clicks of the mouse.
| | 00:11 | In this lesson, we are going to learn
how to use the Mac edition of AutoCAD to
| | 00:14 | configure and plot a Layout.
| | 00:17 | On my screen, I have a drawing of a
mechanical part, and I would like to create
| | 00:20 | a formal plot of this drawing, one
that's plotted to a scale using a
| | 00:24 | standardized titleBlock.
| | 00:27 | To do that, I am going to use a Layout.
| | 00:29 | Now a Layout represents a sheet of paper,
and every AutoCAD drawing starts with
| | 00:33 | two generic layouts that we
can use to plot our drawing.
| | 00:37 | One way to access the layouts is by
using this flyout in the Status Bar.
| | 00:42 | If I open this up, we can see Layout1 and 2.
| | 00:46 | To view a Layout, I can select it
from this menu, here is Layout1 and 2.
| | 00:53 | Let's return to model space.
| | 00:56 | Another way to access the layouts is by
using the Show Drawings & Layouts tool.
| | 01:01 | This brings up a dialog box that acts a
lot like the Quick View Layouts tool on
| | 01:05 | the Windows platform.
| | 01:07 | To visit a Layout, simply
double-click on the Preview.
| | 01:12 | Once again, I am going to return to model space.
| | 01:14 | I'll use the Show Drawings & Layouts tool,
and I'll double-click on the Preview.
| | 01:20 | Now I would like to plot this drawing
on an 8.50 x 11.00, otherwise known as an
| | 01:24 | A-size sheet of paper.
| | 01:26 | So let's visit Layout1 and we'll set this up.
| | 01:30 | The first thing I am going to do
is erase this generic Viewport.
| | 01:33 | I'll do that by selecting the edge,
and I'll press the Delete key.
| | 01:38 | Now since we are using the Mac
edition of AutoCAD, this generic layout is
| | 01:42 | already configured to match the settings
of my default printer. Let's take a look.
| | 01:47 | I am going to open the File menu, and
I'll come down and select Page Setup Manager.
| | 01:53 | From here, I can see my two layouts,
notice that Layout1 is configured for my
| | 01:58 | EPSON printer, and it's set to
8.50 x 11.00 inch sheet of paper.
| | 02:03 | If I wanted to use a different printer
or a different paper size, I would click
| | 02:08 | this gear and select Edit.
| | 02:12 | Notice that we're seeing the same
options that we see when we launch the Print
| | 02:15 | command, that's because the layout is
essentially a visual representation of our plot settings.
| | 02:21 | If I wanted to, this is where I could
select a different printer or sheet size.
| | 02:26 | I am going to click OK and Close.
| | 02:30 | Since my layout is ready to go, the next
thing I want to do was add my titleBlock.
| | 02:35 | Now I could just draw my title block
right here on the paper, but in an effort
| | 02:39 | to save time, I am going to open a
drawing that contains my titleBlock geometry.
| | 02:44 | So let's launch the Open command, and
then I am going to look in the chapter_05
| | 02:49 | folder, and I'll open this
drawing called titleBlock.
| | 02:54 | Let's maximize this on screen.
| | 02:57 | Now to move this geometry into
the other drawing, I am going to
| | 02:59 | click-hold-and-drag, to
create a selection window.
| | 03:04 | Then I will right-click, I'll come down to
Clipboard, and I'll select Copy with Base Point.
| | 03:09 | And the point I am going to
use is an object snap override.
| | 03:13 | I am going to Shift+Right-click and
select Mid Between 2 Points and I'll select
| | 03:19 | the endpoint here, and the endpoint here.
| | 03:24 | Now that the geometry is copied to the
clipboard, I am going to close this drawing.
| | 03:29 | I won't save changes.
| | 03:31 | Then I will right-click, I'll come down
to clipboard and I'll select Paste and
| | 03:37 | then I'll center this
geometry on screen as best I can.
| | 03:42 | Remember that the only way to guarantee
that the titleBlock is in the middle, is
| | 03:46 | to print the sheet and then measure
and move the titleBlock if necessary.
| | 03:50 | All right, this looks good. But you know what?
| | 03:53 | I don't want my geometry printing in color.
| | 03:55 | So let's assign a pen table to this layout.
| | 03:58 | To edit the Layout, I'll go to File, and I
will come down and select Page Setup Manager.
| | 04:03 | Then I'll click the gear, and I'll select Edit.
| | 04:08 | From here, I'll select the Advanced
tab and I'd like to assign the monochrome
| | 04:14 | pen table, and I'd also like
to display the plot styles.
| | 04:20 | Let's click OK and OK to
dismiss the dialog boxes.
| | 04:24 | Finally I'll click Close.
| | 04:26 | Now when I am working on my layout, I am
essentially seeing a plot preview of my drawing.
| | 04:31 | Let's zoom back out.
| | 04:34 | The only thing I have left to do is
cut a hole in the paper, so I can see my
| | 04:37 | part in model space, and I can create
a Viewport by opening the View menu.
| | 04:43 | I'll come down to Viewports,
and I'll select 1 Viewport.
| | 04:47 | I will then pick two points to
define the size of my Viewport.
| | 04:51 | I'll select the endpoint
here and the endpoint here.
| | 04:55 | I will then place my cursor
inside the Viewport boundary, and I'll
| | 04:59 | double-click to jump in.
| | 05:01 | If I was to pane or zoom at this point,
you can see that the Viewport is acting
| | 05:06 | just like a window into model space.
| | 05:09 | Let's set this geometry to a measurable scale.
| | 05:12 | I can do that by opening the Viewport
Scale menu on the Status Bar, and I am
| | 05:16 | going to try a scale of 1 X 1.
| | 05:19 | And it looks like this will work.
| | 05:21 | So let's pane this over and I'll center
it a little better inside the titleBlock.
| | 05:25 | Now that my Viewport is scaled, I am going
to lock the Viewport by clicking this padlock.
| | 05:31 | This way I can't accidentally change
the Viewport scale by panning or zooming
| | 05:35 | when I am in the Viewport.
| | 05:37 | To jump out of the Viewport, I'll place my
cursor outside the boundary, and I'll double-click.
| | 05:43 | Now I have access to all of my text
objects on the Layout tab and I can make
| | 05:48 | changes to this text if necessary.
| | 05:51 | You know what I'd like to do one more thing.
| | 05:53 | This grid really isn't
necessary inside the Viewport.
| | 05:56 | I am going to turn it off by double-
clicking inside the Viewport boundary,
| | 06:01 | then I will come down to the Status Bar and
I'll click the Grid toggle to turn it off.
| | 06:06 | Finally, I'll jump back out of the
Viewport by double-clicking outside the boundary.
| | 06:11 | Now that my layout has been configured,
anytime I want to print this drawing,
| | 06:14 | all I have to do is launch the Print
command and click the Print button.
| | 06:26 | On my screen is a
representation of the final plot.
| | 06:29 | As you can see, setting up a layout on
the Mac edition of AutoCAD isn't much
| | 06:33 | different than how we do
it on the Windows platform.
| | 06:35 | The best part is once you have your
layout configured, you can easily plot your
| | 06:39 | drawings using only a couple of clicks.
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| Managing layouts| 00:00 | Layout management on the Windows version
of AutoCAD is done through the use of tabs.
| | 00:04 | Well, as you can see, we don't have
tabs on the Mac edition, instead we'll be
| | 00:08 | managing our layouts visually
using the Show Drawings & Layouts tool.
| | 00:12 | In this lesson, we'll learn how to add,
remove, and batch plot the layouts in a drawing.
| | 00:17 | On my screen, I have a drawing
that contains three mechanical parts.
| | 00:21 | Now these parts are all related to the
same overall project, so I've created
| | 00:25 | them in this one file.
| | 00:27 | Let's take a look at the layouts
that have been setup in this drawing.
| | 00:30 | I am going to click the Show Drawings
& Layouts tool, and you can see that I
| | 00:35 | have two layouts configured for plotting.
| | 00:37 | Notice the large previews make it
easy to see the contents of each layout.
| | 00:42 | The Front Wheel layout is displaying
the geometry for the front wheel and the
| | 00:47 | Foot Pedal layout is
displaying the foot pedal geometry.
| | 00:50 | I would like to create a third
layout in this drawing to be used to plot
| | 00:54 | the Axle Link geometry.
| | 00:56 | Now there are several
ways to create a new layout.
| | 00:59 | Here are just a couple of them.
| | 01:01 | If I right-click on a Layout
preview, I can select Create New Layout.
| | 01:06 | I can also open this menu in the corner
and select Create New Layout from here.
| | 01:10 | Then I can give my layout a name, for
now I am going to call this Temp, and
| | 01:17 | I'll click Confirm.
| | 01:18 | As you can see I have a brand-new
layout in this file, and if I double-click on
| | 01:23 | this, you can see that this is
essentially a generic layout.
| | 01:26 | So obviously I have to do a little
setup to get this guy ready for printing.
| | 01:30 | I'll tell you what, let's delete this
layout and we'll try something else.
| | 01:34 | To delete a layout, I am going to go
back to the Show Drawings & Layouts tool.
| | 01:39 | I'll right-click on the layout, and
I'll select Delete, and I'll click OK.
| | 01:44 | Rather than creating a new layout
from scratch, I'd rather duplicate one of
| | 01:48 | my existing layouts.
| | 01:50 | To duplicate a layout, I am going to right-click
on the Preview and I'll select Duplicate.
| | 01:55 | I'll give the new layout a name, I
am going to call this Axle Link and
| | 02:03 | I'll click Confirm.
| | 02:05 | Let's double-click on the
Preview and take a look at this layout.
| | 02:08 | The nice thing about this layout is
that it's already configured to plot, and
| | 02:12 | it has a titleBlock.
| | 02:14 | All I have to do is make a
couple edits to complete this sheet.
| | 02:16 | I am going to double-click to jump in
to the Viewport and we can see down here
| | 02:21 | that the Viewport is set to a scale of 1 X 1.
| | 02:24 | I am going to make sure the Viewport is
unlocked, and then I'll pane this down
| | 02:30 | until I can see my Axle Link geometry.
| | 02:38 | Fortunately, my part fits on
the sheet at scale of 1 X 1.
| | 02:41 | If that wasn't the case, I could
always adjust my scale if necessary.
| | 02:45 | I am going to click to lock the
Viewport scale, and then I'll double-click
| | 02:49 | outside the Viewport boundary to jump out.
| | 02:52 | Finally, let's revise
the titleBlock information.
| | 02:56 | I'll double-click on this text,
and we'll change this to Axle Link.
| | 03:04 | Then I'll click Save.
| | 03:07 | The scale looks good.
| | 03:09 | Let's change this to Sheet 3 of 3.
| | 03:11 | I am going to back up, so we can see
the entire layout, and I'll center this on
| | 03:22 | screen, and let's return to
the Show Drawings & Layouts tool.
| | 03:27 | Now this isn't the problem.
| | 03:28 | We just need to do
something to trigger an update.
| | 03:31 | For instance, if I switch to a different
layout, and then come back, you can see
| | 03:37 | that the preview is now correct.
| | 03:39 | Having multiple layouts in a single
drawing can make it easier to print your files.
| | 03:44 | For instance, if I wanted to print
all of these layouts, I can do that by
| | 03:47 | clicking one preview.
| | 03:48 | I will then hold my Shift key to add
to the selection, and I'll select any
| | 03:53 | additional layouts that I would like to print.
| | 03:56 | Once the layouts are selected, I can
right-click, and select Print to send all
| | 04:00 | of the sheets to my printer.
| | 04:03 | As you can see Layout management is
very intuitive using the Mac edition of
| | 04:06 | AutoCAD, almost anything we need to do
can be easily accomplished using the Show
| | 04:10 | Drawings & Layouts tool.
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| Plotting drawings to PDF| 00:00 | The PDF file format is the easiest
way to exchange documents with others.
| | 00:05 | To plot a drawing to PDF using the
Windows version of AutoCAD, we have to use a
| | 00:08 | special plot configuration
file supplied by Autodesk.
| | 00:12 | Using the Mac edition,
no extra files are needed.
| | 00:15 | We can create PDFs natively
through the OS X operating system.
| | 00:19 | In this lesson, we're going to
learn how to plot a drawing to PDF.
| | 00:22 | On my screen, I have a drawing of a
tree staking detail and I've set this
| | 00:27 | drawing up using a layout such that
I can plot it to my Epson Printer.
| | 00:31 | Let's say my client has
requested a PDF copy of this drawing.
| | 00:36 | To create a PDF, I'll launch the Print
command, and then I'll click the PDF flyout.
| | 00:44 | Take a look at some of the options that we have.
| | 00:47 | I can save this as a PDF.
| | 00:49 | I can save it as PostScript.
| | 00:51 | I can fax or email the PDF from here.
| | 00:54 | I can even save the PDF to iPhoto such that I
can sync it and view it on my iPhone or iPod.
| | 00:59 | I am going to select Save as PDF.
| | 01:03 | I will then give this a file name and
I'm going to save this on my desktop.
| | 01:11 | If I want, I could fill out any
of the optional PDF information.
| | 01:16 | If I was concerned about security, I
could click the Security Options button and
| | 01:20 | set passwords that would be needed to
Open, Copy from, or Print the document.
| | 01:25 | For right now, that's not necessary.
| | 01:27 | Let's click Cancel and then I
will click Save to save my PDF.
| | 01:34 | On my screen, is an example of the
finished PDF file; let's face it.
| | 01:39 | The PDF file format is the industry
standard for exchanging documents with others.
| | 01:43 | Using the built-in PDF functionality
of the Mac, creating PDFs of your CAD
| | 01:47 | drawings couldn't be easier.
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6. Designing in 3DAdjusting views in 3D space| 00:00 | The Mac edition of AutoCAD is also
capable of producing 3D conceptual
| | 00:04 | designs, providing let's say a full range of
tools for creating and editing our 3D models.
| | 00:10 | Coming from the Windows platform,
you'll find that all of the tools associated
| | 00:13 | with 3D function the exact same on the Mac.
| | 00:16 | They are merely organized a little differently.
| | 00:19 | In this lesson, we're going to
learn how to view our 3D geometry.
| | 00:22 | On my screen I have a conceptual
design for a child's pedal car.
| | 00:27 | This car was constructed in 3D
using the Solid modeling tools.
| | 00:31 | If I would like to adjust my view
around this part, I can do it using the same
| | 00:36 | shortcut we use in Windows.
| | 00:38 | I'll hold down the Shift key and then my
scroll wheel, and as I move my mouse, I
| | 00:43 | can orbit around the model.
| | 00:46 | Now, depending on the mouse that you
have, you might not be able to orbit
| | 00:49 | using the scroll wheel.
| | 00:51 | If that's the case, you can orbit the
drawing by using the Icon in the Status Bar.
| | 00:55 | Watch this!
| | 00:57 | If I come down to the end of the Status
Bar and click this flyout, I can expand
| | 01:01 | it such that I can see 3D functionality.
| | 01:04 | The Orbit icon is right here.
| | 01:07 | If I click this, I can hold down my
left-mouse button to orbit the drawing.
| | 01:13 | When I'm finished, I'll press Esc, and
I'll pan this to the center of the screen.
| | 01:18 | In addition of the Orbit command, notice
the familiar View Cube is here as well.
| | 01:23 | I can click on these hotspots to adjust my view.
| | 01:27 | Let's take a look at a Top View
or maybe a Right Side view, or a
| | 01:33 | Southeast Isometric view.
| | 01:36 | If you look at the upper-left corner of
model space, you'll find additional view menus.
| | 01:41 | If I click this one on the middle, I can
access several of the same views that I
| | 01:45 | can get using the View Cube.
| | 01:46 | However, if I select my view using this
menu, AutoCAD will not only take me to
| | 01:51 | that view, it will also
align the UCS to that view.
| | 01:55 | Let's set this to a Right
Side view, or maybe a Front view.
| | 02:02 | Notice now the UCS is set to match the view.
| | 02:05 | To go back to the World Coordinate
System I can open the menu under the View
| | 02:08 | cube, and select WCS.
| | 02:12 | Let's go back to a Southeast Isometric view.
| | 02:15 | I'll do that using this menu.
| | 02:17 | Then I'll zoom-in and
center my geometry on screen.
| | 02:23 | Using this menu on the right, I
can access all of my visual styles.
| | 02:28 | Currently, we're viewing
this geometry in 2D Wireframe.
| | 02:31 | Let's take a look at Hidden.
| | 02:32 | I'm going to pan this over.
| | 02:36 | Notice that when you change the Visual
Style, this menu may end up getting grainy.
| | 02:40 | I'm going to open this again.
| | 02:42 | Let's take a look at shades of gray.
| | 02:46 | Let's try Conceptual.
| | 02:47 | I'm going to open this up one more time,
and I'll set this back to 2D Wireframe.
| | 02:53 | This guy gives me access to the VPORTS command.
| | 02:55 | VPORTS allows me to split my screen
such that I can work on my model from
| | 03:00 | multiple viewpoints.
| | 03:02 | For instance, let's select Three:
| | 03:04 | Above to split my screen into three views.
| | 03:08 | I will then click in this lower view, and
let's set this one to a Right-side view.
| | 03:15 | I'll click in the view over here and
I'll change this one to a Front view.
| | 03:21 | I'll click in the view on the top,
and we'll change this one to a
| | 03:25 | Southwest Isometric view.
| | 03:29 | As you can see in this environment, I'm
able to work on my model while seeing it
| | 03:33 | from multiple angles.
| | 03:35 | To restore a single view, I'll click
the VPORTS menu, and I'll select Maximize
| | 03:39 | Viewport to maximize that view on screen.
| | 03:44 | The biggest trick to working in 3D is being
able to manipulate your view around your part.
| | 03:49 | With its on screen tools and menus, the
Mac edition of AutoCAD makes it easy to
| | 03:53 | view your 3D geometry.
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| Creating a solid model| 00:00 | The Mac edition of AutoCAD contains the
same 3-D functionality as the Windows version.
| | 00:05 | This means you can leverage your
existing 3-D skills to produce accurate and
| | 00:09 | compelling conceptual designs.
| | 00:11 | In this lesson we are going to
run through a typical 3-D workflow.
| | 00:14 | On my screen I have
drawing of a mechanical part;
| | 00:18 | this geometry represents a plastic pedal
similar to what you'd see on a child's bicycle.
| | 00:24 | As you can see we have a top view and two
section views as well as a 3D view of the object.
| | 00:30 | I'd like to construct his part as a
solid model and as I do that I'll be
| | 00:35 | referring to this geometry for my dimensions.
| | 00:38 | Let's start by splitting the screen in half.
| | 00:42 | To do that I will open Viewport menu
and I'll come over and select to vertical
| | 00:48 | then I will click to ensure that the
focus is in this view on the right and I
| | 00:53 | will center this geometry on screen.
| | 00:58 |
| | 01:00 | Next I'll click in his view on the
left and I'll pane this geometry over to
| | 01:04 | give myself some room.
| | 01:06 | Configuring the screen this way allows
me to work in 3-D while still being able
| | 01:10 | to see the dimensions.
| | 01:12 | Since we were working in 3D, I am
going to make sure that the modeling tool
| | 01:16 | Set is Current and I'll start by
creating a rectangle that represents the
| | 01:21 | overall shape of the part.
| | 01:22 | I will launch the Rectangle command
I'll click to specify my first corner and
| | 01:29 | then I'll right-click I'm
going to use the Dimensions option.
| | 01:32 | I know this rectangle has a
length of 2.75 and it has a width of 2.
| | 01:41 | I will then click on
screen to finish the rectangle.
| | 01:46 | Let's zoom in and I'll center this in
the view, next I am going to fill up these
| | 01:50 | ends if I look over here I can see
I'm going to be using a Radius of 0.4.
| | 01:56 | Let's launch Fillet command I'll
right-click and select Radius I will enter the
| | 02:02 | value of 0.4 and press Return and then
I'll click this edge this one I'll press
| | 02:08 | my Spacebar to go back into the command
and I'll select this one and this one.
| | 02:13 | Let's go back in the Fillet
and I'll change the Radius.
| | 02:17 | This time will use a radius of 0.2.
| | 02:19 | I will select this edge this one I will
press Spacebar and I will do this edge this one.
| | 02:30 | Now let's offset the shape looks
like I can use a Distance of 0.15.
| | 02:36 | If I come over the tool Set the
Offset command doesn't appear to be readily
| | 02:39 | available exactly right down here, if I
click the arrow we can find in the Copy group.
| | 02:44 | I will enter a Distance of 0.15 and
press Return I offset this geometry to the
| | 02:51 | inside and I'll press Esc.
| | 02:52 | All right now that the base of the
part is finished I'm going to hold my
| | 02:57 | Shift key and the scroll wheel and
I'll orbit this drawing such that I can
| | 03:01 | see it in 3D space.
| | 03:03 | Now I am going to be constructing
this part as a solid model and the tools
| | 03:07 | associated with solid modeling are
at the top of the tool Set palette.
| | 03:11 | If I were creating this part using
surfaces I could use this next group of tools
| | 03:15 | a little farther down.
| | 03:17 | At this point you may be
wondering where the Mesh tools are.
| | 03:20 | The tools for creating and editing
meshes are only found in the pull down menus.
| | 03:25 | If I open the Draw menu and select 3D
modeling I can find the Mesh creation
| | 03:31 | commands right here.
| | 03:33 | If I open the modify menu, you can
find the Mesh editing commands right here.
| | 03:38 | All right let's get back to work;
| | 03:41 | I would like to extrude this outer
boundary to match the height of my part.
| | 03:46 | So I will launch the Extrude command
I'll select this geometry and press Return
| | 03:51 | and I will pull this up a height of 0.62.
| | 03:53 | I am going to re-launch Extrude by
pressing the Spacebar and I will select this
| | 04:00 | inner geometry and I'll
pull this up a height of 0.26.
| | 04:07 | I'm getting that measurement
from right here in Section B-B.
| | 04:11 | Next I will launch the Copy command
and I like to copy this new extrusion.
| | 04:15 | I will copy it from the endpoint here and
I'll pull this up that mean lock my Ortho.
| | 04:23 | I'll pull the straight up a distance of 0.36.
| | 04:24 | When I am finished I will press Esc.
| | 04:30 | At this point I'm going to change the
visual style to Shaded with edges to make
| | 04:34 | my solid little easier to read on screen.
| | 04:37 | I'm going to click and hold on this
icon to open up the Boolean commands and
| | 04:42 | I'll select Subtract and will then
select the large outer object and press
| | 04:47 | Return and then I'll make a window selection to
grab the two inner parts and all press Return.
| | 04:55 | That removes their volume from the overall part.
| | 05:01 | Next I'd like to tackle the
cylindrical shape that runs across the part, to
| | 05:05 | create the shape of using a solid
primitive but before I launch the command
| | 05:09 | let's check some of our settings.
| | 05:11 | I am going to expand this status bar and I want
to make sure that my Dynamic UCS is turned on.
| | 05:18 | This will ensure that my UCS
will align itself to the geometry.
| | 05:22 | Take a look to this icon in the end, this
guy represents a 3D running object snaps.
| | 05:27 | I'm going to click to turn this on and
then I'll right-click on it and make sure
| | 05:31 | that center of face is
selected it should be by default.
| | 05:36 | Okay, now let we finished our
housekeeping, I am going to move up and launch
| | 05:40 | this Cylinder command.
| | 05:41 | I will orbit the geometry around and I
would like to start my cylinder at the
| | 05:48 | center of this face.
| | 05:50 | The cylinder has a radius of 0.31
and I am going to pull this all the way
| | 05:56 | through the part a distance of 2.75.
| | 06:01 | Now let's union these objects together.
| | 06:03 | I'll launch the Union command I'll
select both objects and all press Return.
| | 06:07 | Let's orbit is back around.
| | 06:12 | I'm going to create
another cylinder on this end.
| | 06:16 | We'll snap it right to the center.
| | 06:18 | This cylinder has a diameter of 0.5.
| | 06:21 | So I'll right-click and select diameter.
| | 06:24 | I'll enter 0.5 and press Return
and this guy has a height of 0.1.
| | 06:30 | Let's union these parts together.
| | 06:32 | Once again I'll launch the Union command
and I'll select my geometry and press Return.
| | 06:37 | Finally I need to drill a hole in this pedal.
| | 06:40 | I am going to use this Cylinder option again.
| | 06:43 | I will snap my cylinder
to the center of this face.
| | 06:46 | This cylinder has a diameter of 0.35.
| | 06:53 | I will pull this through the part a
distance of 2.5 and I'll press Return.
| | 07:00 | Now to create the whole, I will
subtract the geometry from the overall part,
| | 07:04 | now select the part and press Return and
then I'll select my cylinder and press Return.
| | 07:11 | Now that the part is finished, let's set
this drawing back to a single viewport.
| | 07:15 | I will do that by opening the Viewports
menu and select Maximize Viewport and to
| | 07:21 | give this drawing more of a dynamic
appearance I am going to right-click on the
| | 07:24 | view cube and I'll select a Perspective View.
| | 07:28 | As you can see the Mac edition of
AutoCAD has the same intuitive 3D toolset as
| | 07:32 | the Windows version, this means you can
easily leverage your existing skills and
| | 07:37 | quickly move your conceptual
designs into the world of 3D.
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| Editing solid models| 00:00 | Once you've create a 3D model using
the Mac edition of AutoCAD, you'll find
| | 00:04 | that you can make changes to it using the
same tools available on the Windows version.
| | 00:08 | In this lesson, we're going to look
at the workflow behind editing a model
| | 00:11 | using grips and gizmos.
| | 00:14 | I'm going to start by
creating a solid primitive.
| | 00:17 | So, let's make sure the
modeling tool set as current.
| | 00:21 | I'd like to create a box.
| | 00:24 | I'll pick a point on screen to get started.
| | 00:27 | I'd like to create a 6 ? 6 ? 6 cube.
| | 00:30 | So I'm going to right-click
and select the Cube option.
| | 00:33 | Then I'll come down and lock my Ortho.
| | 00:37 | I'll enter a value of 6 and press Return.
| | 00:42 | Let's do one more thing.
| | 00:44 | I'm going to come down and click the
button to expand the status bar such that I
| | 00:47 | can see the 3D settings.
| | 00:50 | Now if your 3D running object snaps
are turned on at this point, you can turn
| | 00:54 | those off for now, because we
won't be using those in this lesson.
| | 00:58 | One way I can edit 3D
geometry is through the use of grips.
| | 01:02 | If I select this, notice I
have several grips to choose from.
| | 01:06 | I have a grip that controls the length,
one that controls the width, and one up
| | 01:12 | here that controls the height.
| | 01:14 | Now, I'm just free picking points
on-screen to make these changes.
| | 01:18 | I could also enter specific
measurements if I want them.
| | 01:20 | For instance, if I select this grip,
I'll press the Tab key to access the field
| | 01:26 | that controls the overall length.
| | 01:29 | I'll set this to 5 and press Return.
| | 01:31 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 01:34 | If I wanted to make even more specific
changes to this geometry, I can use the Ctrl key.
| | 01:39 | As I hold the Ctrl key down and move
my cursor over this part, notice how
| | 01:44 | different areas are highlighting.
| | 01:46 | I'm going to click to select this
face and AutoCAD displays the Move Gizmo.
| | 01:51 | I can use this gizmo to move the face
in the direction of the X, Y or Z axis.
| | 01:57 | I'm going to select the X axis and I'll
pull this out 2 units and I'll press Return.
| | 02:03 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 02:05 | In addition to the faces, I can
also modify edges or vertices.
| | 02:10 | I'm going to Ctrl+click
the top edge of this block.
| | 02:13 | Notice that only the edge is selected this time.
| | 02:17 | Once again, I can use the
Move Gizmo to make a change.
| | 02:20 | I'm going to select the Z axis
and I'll pull this down 2 units.
| | 02:26 | To adjust a vertex, I'll
Ctrl+click on an endpoint.
| | 02:32 | I'm going to pull this up 1 unit.
| | 02:35 | Once again when I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 02:39 | If I want even more control, I can use
this flyout to apply a filter to my selection.
| | 02:44 | If I select Edge filtering for example,
I don't even need to use the Ctrl key.
| | 02:49 | I can simply click on an edge to select it.
| | 02:51 | I'm going to select this edge.
| | 02:53 | I'll grab the Y axis.
| | 02:55 | I'll pull it out to here.
| | 02:57 | Notice the Edge filtering stays on
until you come down and turn off the
| | 03:00 | Subobject filtering.
| | 03:03 | The flyout next to the Filters
lets me select a different gizmo.
| | 03:07 | Notice that in addition to Move, I
also have a Rotate and Scale Gizmo.
| | 03:12 | This means when I'm working on my 3D
geometry, I can move, scale, or rotate any
| | 03:17 | face, edge, or vertex on my part.
| | 03:21 | These tools aren't just for solids, they
also work with surfaces and 3D mesh objects.
| | 03:26 | Knowing what we know now, I'm
going to pan this drawing over.
| | 03:30 | Let's make some design
changes to this mechanical part.
| | 03:33 | Now this part was created using
several solid primitives that have been union
| | 03:37 | together to create a single object.
| | 03:41 | Let's start by making this ridge
smaller and we'll move it down 0.5 units.
| | 03:46 | To do that, I'll hold down my Ctrl key.
| | 03:49 | Notice as I pass my cursor over the part,
AutoCAD remembers the primitives that
| | 03:53 | were used to construct this geometry.
| | 03:56 | I'll select this ridge.
| | 03:57 | This was created as a cylinder.
| | 03:59 | Notice I have access to all of the grips.
| | 04:02 | I'm going to select this grip and I'm going to
turn off my running object snaps momentarily.
| | 04:08 | I'll pull this grip in a
distance of 0.25 and I'll press Return.
| | 04:14 | Then I'll grab the Z axis and
I'll push this ridge down 0.5 units.
| | 04:19 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 04:24 | Let's try something else, maybe
I'd like to remove this chamfer.
| | 04:27 | To do that, I'll hold my Ctrl key and
click to select it and then I'll press the
| | 04:31 | Delete key to take it away.
| | 04:34 | Take a look at the slot that
runs vertically through the part.
| | 04:37 | I'd like this slot to be twice as
wide on the top as it is on the bottom.
| | 04:42 | To do that, I'm going to use an Edge filter.
| | 04:47 | I'll select this edge.
| | 04:49 | I don't want to move this edge.
| | 04:51 | Let's change this to a Scale Gizmo.
| | 04:55 | I will then click at the base of the
gizmo and I'll enter a scale factor of
| | 05:00 | 2 and press Return.
| | 05:03 | When I'm finished, I'll click Escape.
| | 05:06 | I will also turn off my Subobject filtering.
| | 05:09 | Let's try modifying the drilled hole.
| | 05:12 | Instead of running side-to-side, I'd
like the hole to be drilled from the front
| | 05:16 | to the back of the part.
| | 05:17 | To make that change, I'll hold my
Ctrl key and I'll select the hole.
| | 05:22 | I will then switch to the Rotate Gizmo.
| | 05:26 | By default, your objects will
rotate around the center of the gizmo.
| | 05:29 | I'd like this hole to rotate
around the center of the part.
| | 05:33 | So I'm going to turn my running
object snaps back on momentarily.
| | 05:37 | I'll right-click on the
gizmo and select Relocate.
| | 05:42 | I'll snap this to the center of this cylinder.
| | 05:44 | I will then select the blue
ribbon and I'll rotate this hole 90 degrees.
| | 05:51 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape.
| | 05:53 | Now on occasion this may happen.
| | 05:55 | There is actually nothing wrong with the part.
| | 05:56 | This is just a visual issue.
| | 05:59 | If this happens, one way to correct
it is by saving the drawing and then
| | 06:02 | reentering it and everything is fine.
| | 06:04 | Something else you can try is a Command+Z
to undo and then apply the change again.
| | 06:10 | I'm going to hold my Ctrl key and
I'll select the hole. Let's right click.
| | 06:16 | We'll relocate the gizmo to
the center of the cylinder.
| | 06:20 | I'll select the ribbon.
| | 06:22 | I'll rotate this 90 degrees and press Return.
| | 06:26 | When I'm finished, I'll click Escape.
| | 06:28 | When it comes to editing a 3D model,
it's easy to see that the workflow is the
| | 06:32 | same between the Windows and Mac platform.
| | 06:34 | The only real difference is
where we access our settings.
| | 06:37 | On the Mac platform, you'll find
many of your favorites down here in the
| | 06:40 | status bar.
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| Adding light sources| 00:00 | There is nothing more impressive to a
client than seeing a photo realistic
| | 00:03 | representation of a design.
| | 00:05 | The first step in producing a quality
rendering is to add some realistic light sources.
| | 00:10 | Fortunately, the Mac edition of AutoCAD
supports a wide range of tools to help
| | 00:14 | you illuminate a seen.
| | 00:16 | Now, the concept of
lighting is a very broad topic.
| | 00:18 | In fact, we could probably do an
entire title on lighting alone.
| | 00:22 | In this lesson, we're going to talk about
some of the light sources that are available.
| | 00:25 | I'll show you where we can find their
settings and we'll add a couple of point
| | 00:29 | lights to this drawing.
| | 00:30 | On my screen, I have a simple
composition containing a few solid objects.
| | 00:35 | If I back up a little, you can see
that these objects are sitting on a floor.
| | 00:38 | This floor will allow us to see the
cast shadows created by the light sources.
| | 00:43 | I'm going to press Command+Z to undo my zoom.
| | 00:46 | Before I get started, I'd
like to do a little housekeeping.
| | 00:49 | First of all, let's save this view
such that we can return to it later.
| | 00:54 | To do that, I'll type View and
press return, and then I'll select Save.
| | 01:00 | I will then give the view a name.
| | 01:02 | I'll call it Final and I'll press Return.
| | 01:06 | From now on, if I want to return to
this view, I can do it by selecting
| | 01:09 | Final from this menu.
| | 01:13 | Let's do one more thing.
| | 01:14 | I'm going to move down and click the
flyout to expand my Status Bar such that I
| | 01:18 | can see the 3D settings. All right!
| | 01:21 | Let's take a look at some of the
settings associated with lights.
| | 01:25 | If I open this menu I can select
the type of lights I'd like to use;
| | 01:29 | Generic, American or International.
| | 01:32 | Generic represents simple light
sources that have few controls, American and
| | 01:37 | International represent photometric
light sources capable of producing the
| | 01:41 | most realistic lighting.
| | 01:43 | The only difference between
the two is the lighting units;
| | 01:45 | American uses foot-candles,
and International uses locks.
| | 01:50 | As you can see the default
is International Lighting.
| | 01:53 | This icon is a toggle that
controls the display of default lighting.
| | 01:57 | Default lighting is the lighting
we're seeing as we work on our model.
| | 02:03 | As you can see, as I orbit around the
scene, the default lights follow me, such
| | 02:07 | that my drawing is always visible, and
nothing is being cast in total darkness.
| | 02:10 | I'm going to move back up to
the menu and restore our view.
| | 02:15 | This icon toggles the display of sunlight.
| | 02:18 | If you're doing an outdoor scene,
this is the light source to use.
| | 02:22 | I'm going to turn this on and
notice that nothing happens.
| | 02:25 | That's because sunlight and the
default light cannot be on at the same time.
| | 02:30 | I'm going to click to turn
off the default lighting.
| | 02:33 | Notice the difference in my model.
| | 02:35 | It's now being illuminated by the sun.
| | 02:37 | Let's take a look at a Rendered View.
| | 02:40 | I'm going to open the View menu, and I'll
come down to Render, and I'll select Render.
| | 02:48 | Notice the shadows in the hard lighting.
| | 02:50 | It's much like these objects are sitting on
a concrete driveway on a bright sunny day.
| | 02:55 | Let's close the Render window,
and we'll take a look at this icon.
| | 03:00 | This controls the appearance of the sky.
| | 03:03 | If this was an outdoor scene, I could
create a virtual sky and I could control
| | 03:06 | whether the sky also illuminates my model.
| | 03:10 | Now, there is a lot more to
applying sunlight than these View settings.
| | 03:14 | The Mac edition of AutoCAD is
capable of producing nearly any outdoor
| | 03:17 | lighting conditions.
| | 03:19 | If I come over to the Properties
Inspector, and make sure that the current
| | 03:21 | properties are displaying all settings.
| | 03:24 | I can grab the slider, and if I drag
this to the bottom, I can find these Sun
| | 03:29 | and Sky settings down here.
| | 03:33 | As you can see, there are a lot of things here.
| | 03:35 | Feel free to explore and experiment.
| | 03:38 | As an example I'm going to
change the Intensity factor.
| | 03:41 | This controls the brightness of the sunlight.
| | 03:43 | 1 means 100% brightness.
| | 03:45 | I'm going to change this to 0
.75, and I'll press Return.
| | 03:50 | Let's also make a change to
the Date and Time setting.
| | 03:53 | I'll click this Ellipsis button.
| | 03:55 | We're currently seeing a 3 o'clock sun.
| | 03:58 | I'm going to click here,
and I'll change this to 8.
| | 04:01 | I'll click here and change this to 45.
| | 04:04 | Then I'll click here, and press A to
change this to AM and I'll click OK.
| | 04:10 | As you can see, the sun is now
on the other side of my objects.
| | 04:12 | Now, since I am not working with an
outdoor scene, I'm going to click the toggle
| | 04:17 | to turn off the sun.
| | 04:19 | When I do, notice that the
default lighting comes back on.
| | 04:22 | I would like to add some
interior lighting to this composition.
| | 04:25 | Now, we can find the
interior lights in the View menu.
| | 04:30 | I'll come down to Render, and I'll select Light.
| | 04:33 | I can add a Point Light, a
Spotlight or a Distant Light.
| | 04:37 | For the purposes of this tutorial,
I'm going to be adding Point Lights.
| | 04:40 | If you'd like information regarding the
other light sources, you can press F1 to
| | 04:44 | access AutoCAD's Help feature.
| | 04:47 | Now, Point Lights are by far the
easiest light source to create.
| | 04:50 | You essentially pick a point in your
drawing and that point represents a ball of
| | 04:54 | light that casts light in all
directions much like a light bulb.
| | 04:59 | I'll create one by selecting New Point Light.
| | 05:02 | I'm going to back up, and I'm going to
turn off my running object snaps, and I'm
| | 05:09 | going to pick a point
right above here in my drawing.
| | 05:12 | Notice that I'm given the
opportunity to change the lights settings.
| | 05:16 | I'm just going to accept
the defaults and click Exit.
| | 05:20 | Notice that the default lighting is
switched off automatically and my New Light
| | 05:23 | Source has taken over.
| | 05:24 | Now, my light source is working
okay, but it's a little too low.
| | 05:28 | It's actually sitting on the floor.
| | 05:30 | So to move this up, I'm going to
click to select the glyph, and then I'll
| | 05:34 | grab the Z axis on the move gizmo, and I'll
pull this up 30 units and I'll press return.
| | 05:42 | So far so good, my light is definitely hot.
| | 05:45 | So let's knock the brightness down.
| | 05:47 | I will do that by coming over to the
Properties Inspector, and let's change the
| | 05:51 | Intensity Factor to 0.25.
| | 05:55 | Feel free to explore any of the other
settings associated with this light.
| | 05:58 | You'll find a lot of room for experimentation.
| | 06:04 | I'm going to press Esc to deselect the
light, and let's render this and take a look.
| | 06:08 | I'll go back to the View menu;
| | 06:11 | I'll select Render, and Render. All right!
| | 06:14 | That looks better. Let's close this.
| | 06:17 | At this point, I'd like to add a couple
of more light sources, and I'll do that
| | 06:20 | by copying this one.
| | 06:23 | Let's go to a Top view, so
that this is easier to see.
| | 06:26 | I'm going to launch the Copy command, and
then I'll select this light, and press Return.
| | 06:32 | I will then pick a point here on the floor.
| | 06:34 | Now, my Ortho is locked, so I'm going
to drag this right over here and click.
| | 06:40 | I will move down and turn the Ortho off, and
I'll place another light source right here.
| | 06:47 | When I'm finished, I'll press Esc.
| | 06:51 | Now, it might look a little odd in the
rendering to have multiple light sources
| | 06:54 | with the same intensity.
| | 06:55 | So I'm going to select both of my new lights.
| | 06:59 | I'll knock their Intensity Factor
down to 0.07. I'll press Return.
| | 07:04 | Finally, let's press Esc.
| | 07:07 | We'll restore our saved view, and
we'll render this one more time.
| | 07:18 | As you can see, the multiple light
sources are adding a certain amount of
| | 07:21 | realism to the scene, and I'm well on
my way to producing a quality rendering.
| | 07:26 | When it comes to illuminating your models,
the most important asset to have is time.
| | 07:30 | The more you explore and experiment
with the tools that AutoCAD has to offer,
| | 07:34 | the more you'll be amazed
at what you can accomplish.
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| Applying render materials| 00:00 | The way to add life to a rendering is
by applying photorealistic materials, and
| | 00:05 | you'll find that the Mac edition of
AutoCAD ships with a library containing
| | 00:08 | hundreds of materials to choose from.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson, we're going to learn
how to use the Materials Browser to select
| | 00:14 | materials to be used for a
photorealistic rendering.
| | 00:17 | As you can see, we're picking up
where we left off in the last lesson.
| | 00:21 | I'm going to start by rendering this drawing,
so we can see the state of the current file.
| | 00:25 | I'll open the View menu, I'll come
down to Render, and I'll select Render.
| | 00:30 | And I'm sure you'll agree
that this image has no life.
| | 00:34 | Everything is essentially being
rendered using neutral gray materials.
| | 00:38 | Let's close this and I'm going to open
the Materials Browser such that we can go
| | 00:43 | shopping for some photorealistic materials.
| | 00:46 | The Browser can be found in the Window menu.
| | 00:48 | I'm going to come down to Materials
Browser, note that I can also use the
| | 00:52 | keyboard shortcut Command+8.
| | 00:54 | Right here in the Document Materials
area, you can see the materials that I'm
| | 01:00 | currently using for this drawing.
| | 01:02 | Let's selects some materials
that are a little more appropriate.
| | 01:06 | Now selecting materials in this
Browser is very similar to how we do it on
| | 01:09 | the Windows platform.
| | 01:10 | I'm going to click this arrow to open
up the Autodesk Library, and I can shop
| | 01:16 | for a material by selecting a category,
and then I can grab the slider and
| | 01:21 | scroll up and down through the
samples, or if I'm looking for something
| | 01:25 | specific, I can type what I'm looking
for in the search area at the top and
| | 01:28 | AutoCAD will show me the
materials related to my search.
| | 01:31 | Let's start by selecting a
Wood Material for the Floor.
| | 01:35 | I'm going to click the Flooring - Wood
category and then I'll drag down through
| | 01:41 | the samples, and I'll select Beechwood
- Galliano because this one looks most
| | 01:46 | like a bowling alley.
| | 01:48 | Once I select the material, I will
then immediately click the floor to apply
| | 01:52 | that material to that object.
| | 01:55 | When I'm finished I'll press ESC
and that material is added to the
| | 01:58 | Document Materials' area.
| | 02:00 | Now let's grab a material for the bowling pins.
| | 02:04 | I'm going to move up to the
search field and I'll type white.
| | 02:09 | I will then select the Finish category
and I'm going to select the Lacquer -
| | 02:13 | White material, and I'll apply it to
this pin and this one, let's drag the
| | 02:20 | Browser over a little, and I'll select this one.
| | 02:23 | When I'm finished, I'll press
ESC and I'll clear the search.
| | 02:27 | Next I need something for the
painted stripes on the pins.
| | 02:31 | I'm going to type a red
this time in the search area.
| | 02:34 | I'll come down to the Plastic category,
let's drag down through the samples.
| | 02:41 | and I'm going to select High Gloss -
Burnt Red, and I'll apply that to these
| | 02:46 | stripes, and these, let's drag this over
again, and I'll select these and I'll press ESC.
| | 02:56 | Finally, I need a material for the bowling ball.
| | 02:58 | Now I'm going to go with a traditional
black ball, so I'm going to type black
| | 03:03 | in the search area.
| | 03:04 | Then I'll come down and select the Metallic
Paint category, and let's try Glazed - Black.
| | 03:13 | I'll apply this to the ball, I'll
press ESC, and I'll clear the search.
| | 03:18 | Now that I'm finished, I'm going to
click the minimize icon to roll up the
| | 03:22 | Material Browser and let's
Render this drawing again.
| | 03:31 | All right, this looks pretty good,
except my bowling ball appears way too glossy.
| | 03:36 | Let's close the Render window
and we'll try a different material.
| | 03:40 | I'm going to maximize the Material Browser;
| | 03:43 | I'm going to type black
in the search area again.
| | 03:47 | Let's come back down to Metallic Paint,
and this time I'll try Flaked Satin - Black.
| | 03:54 | I'll apply that to the ball. I'll press Escape.
| | 03:58 | This time I'll close the Material
Browser and we'll Render this drawing again.
| | 04:08 | In the event I'd like to save this rendered
image to disk, I can click the Save button.
| | 04:13 | I'll give this a name,
we'll call it final_render.
| | 04:20 | I'm going to save this to the Desktop,
and if I click the File Format flyout, I
| | 04:25 | can select from several popular image formats.
| | 04:29 | I'm going to save this as a BMP, and
I'll click Save and then I'll click OK to
| | 04:36 | accept the best color range.
| | 04:38 | When it comes to Render Materials, the
Mac Edition of AutoCAD supports the same
| | 04:42 | library that you'll find on the Windows version.
| | 04:45 | Using the Materials Browser, you can
quickly navigate through hundreds of
| | 04:48 | samples to find the perfect
material for your rendering.
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7. Customizing Creating a command alias| 00:00 | Some AutoCAD users like to create custom
command aliases to launch some of their commands.
| | 00:05 | A command alias allows you to launch a
command by pressing one or two keys on
| | 00:09 | your keyboard much like a keyboard shortcut.
| | 00:11 | In this lesson we're going to learn
how to define a command alias using
| | 00:14 | AutoCAD for the Mac.
| | 00:16 | First let's demonstrate a command
alias I am going to type the letters C then
| | 00:20 | I will press Return;
| | 00:22 | this just launched the Circle command.
| | 00:24 | If I type the letter l and press
Return I launched the Line command.
| | 00:28 | The command alias is nothing more than
a shortened version of the command that
| | 00:33 | you enter at the command line.
| | 00:35 | The nice thing is you customized
these to whatever you like and when you're
| | 00:38 | done, you can launch commands as fast
as you can tab keys on the keyboard.
| | 00:42 | Let's define the command alias.
| | 00:45 | Now we already know the letter C
launches the Circle command maybe I would
| | 00:48 | rather have C launched the Copy command.
| | 00:51 | To make the change I am
going to visit the tools menu.
| | 00:54 | I will come down to Customize and
I'll select Edit Command Aliases.
| | 01:00 | This brings up the Text Edit tool and
opens up the acad.pgp file which is the
| | 01:05 | same file that controls command
aliases on the Windows platform.
| | 01:10 | If I grab this slider and scroll down
you can see two columns, the one on my
| | 01:14 | left is the alias and the one on the
right is the command that will be launched.
| | 01:19 | If I move right over here you can see
that the letter c is going to launch
| | 01:22 | the Circle command.
| | 01:24 | To change this all I have to do is
edit this text file but I don't want to
| | 01:27 | change the text right here.
| | 01:29 | Instead I'm going to select this line
of text or right-click and I will copy
| | 01:35 | this to the clipboard and then I'll
scroll all the way down to the bottom of the
| | 01:39 | document to the User
Defined Command Aliases section.
| | 01:44 | This is where I will make the change.
| | 01:45 | I'm going to click right here and press Return
and then I will right-click and paste my text.
| | 01:52 | Finally I'll change this to the Copy command.
| | 01:57 | The reason we make our changes down
here is because eventually when we migrate
| | 02:01 | our settings to a newer version of AutoCAD.
| | 02:04 | This is where AutoCAD will
look for our custom aliases.
| | 02:07 | We can have as many aliases as we want
and now that I have got the started I'm
| | 02:11 | going to create another alias as an example.
| | 02:13 | I am going to press Return and I would
like the letter q to launch the Plot command.
| | 02:20 | So I will type q and then a comma.
| | 02:21 | I will space over and enter an asterisk.
| | 02:25 | I'm just going to use the same
formatting and I will type Plot.
| | 02:30 | When I am finished making my changes I'll
save this file and I will close the text editor.
| | 02:38 | Now that I'm back in AutoCAD and I am
going to open up the tools menu again and
| | 02:42 | I'll come down to Customize and
I'll select Reload Command Aliases.
| | 02:46 | All right let's try them out I'm
going to type the letter C and I'll press
| | 02:51 | Return noticed this launched the
Copy command I am going to press Esc to
| | 02:56 | cancel and if I press q and then Return we
can see AutoCAD is launching the Plot command.
| | 03:04 | Creating custom command aliases is a
great way to tailor AutoCAD to the way you
| | 03:07 | like to work and just like in the
Windows version creating an alias is as easy
| | 03:12 | as editing your acad.pgp file.
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| Customizing the menus| 00:00 | AutoCAD is one of the most
customizable programs in the world and the Mac
| | 00:04 | edition is no exception.
| | 00:05 | In this lesson we're going to learn
how to customize the interface by making
| | 00:08 | some changes to the pull down menus.
| | 00:11 | As you can see AutoCAD interface has
several menus to choose from and we can use
| | 00:16 | these to access the majority of the commands.
| | 00:18 | Now it's important note that AutoCAD
is used by many different people to do
| | 00:22 | many different things and this
configuration of menus might not be the most
| | 00:26 | efficient for all types of work,
fortunately these menus can be customized to
| | 00:30 | meet anyone's needs.
| | 00:32 | To modify the menu system I am going to
move up to the tools menu, I will come
| | 00:36 | down to customize, and I will select interface.
| | 00:40 | This brings up the customize dialog
box or I have full control over the
| | 00:44 | Commands, menus and tool Sets.
| | 00:46 | I am going to select the menus button
and on the left side of the dialog box I
| | 00:51 | can see a listing of
every single AutoCAD command.
| | 00:54 | On the right I can see all of the menus.
| | 00:57 | Adding a command to a menu is as simple
as dragging and dropping. Watch this.
| | 01:03 | I am going to click to open the file
menu and we can see a listing of the
| | 01:07 | commands in that menu as well as some dividers.
| | 01:10 | I am going to reach up and open the
file menu in the interface and noticed that
| | 01:13 | they look about the same.
| | 01:16 | To add a command to this menu, I will
select the command from the left and I'll
| | 01:21 | drag it into the menu.
| | 01:23 | I can then move up or down to select
its location and then I'll release the
| | 01:27 | mouse button to place it, when
I'm finished I will click Apply.
| | 01:34 | Now if I open the file menu I can see
my new command, if I like to remove a
| | 01:39 | command from a menu I can right click on it
and select Delete, and I will click Apply.
| | 01:47 | Once again will open the File menu and
we can see the command has been removed.
| | 01:51 | I am going to click this arrow to
close the File menu and let's assume would
| | 01:56 | like to make our own custom menu.
| | 01:59 | To do that I will move down and click
the Add button then I will select Add menu.
| | 02:03 | I'm going to call this
mymenu and I'll press Return.
| | 02:08 | I can then drag this menu up or down
to change its order in the interface.
| | 02:15 | Once again I'll click Apply and we can
see the new menu at the top of the screen.
| | 02:20 | All right let's add some commands to this menu.
| | 02:23 | I click Hold and drag this command over.
| | 02:28 | Now that I have added my first command I
can click this arrow to open the menu I
| | 02:31 | will drag over a few more as an example.
| | 02:37 |
| | 02:40 | If you'd like to add a separator
between commands you can right click
| | 02:44 | select Insert Separator.
| | 02:46 | This separator acts just like another
command I can drag this up or down to
| | 02:50 | adjust its placement.
| | 02:52 | When I finish making my changes I will
click Apply and Ok and if I open the new
| | 02:59 | menu, you can see I have
access to my selected commands.
| | 03:03 | So no matter what type of design work
you may be doing, rest assured that you
| | 03:06 | never have to sacrifice efficiency by
customizing AutoCAD interface, you can
| | 03:11 | make sure the commands you use
most are always within easy reach.
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| Customizing the Tool Sets palette| 00:00 | One of the things that makes AutoCAD so
versatile is its ability to be customized.
| | 00:04 | Not only can we edit the menu system, we
can also customize the tool Sets palette.
| | 00:09 | This means we have full control over
which tools are available in the workspace,
| | 00:12 | and where they're located.
| | 00:14 | In this lesson we're going to learn
how to modify the tool Sets palette.
| | 00:18 | To customize the palette, I'll
start by opening the tools menu.
| | 00:22 | I'll come down to the
Customize and I'll select Interface.
| | 00:26 | This brings up the Customize dialog
box, from here I'll select tool Sets
| | 00:30 | button, and on the left side of the dialog box
is a listing of every single AutoCAD command.
| | 00:35 | On my right I can see my three tool Sets.
| | 00:38 | I'm going to click the arrow to open
the Drafting tool Sets and from here I can
| | 00:43 | see all of the groups inside that set.
| | 00:45 | If I click an arrow next to a
group name or AutoCAD will show me the
| | 00:48 | commands inside that group.
| | 00:51 | Adding commands to a tool Sets is
as easy as dragging and dropping.
| | 00:54 | As an example, let's add a Fence
Selection to this selection group.
| | 00:58 | To do that I first need to find the Fence
Selection command over here in this list.
| | 01:03 | Rather than dragging up about I'm
going to click in the search field and I'll
| | 01:06 | type fence, as you can see AutoCAD
filtered the list and there was only one
| | 01:10 | command that contain that word.
| | 01:12 | I'm going to click hold and drag, and
I'll place this in this selection group,
| | 01:18 | when I'm finished I'll click apply and
if you watch right up here, we can see
| | 01:24 | that commands have been added to the tool Sets.
| | 01:27 | Now to remove a command from a tool
Sets, I'm going to right-click on it and
| | 01:31 | I'll select Delete, and I'll click Apply.
| | 01:36 | Now just for a second let's
talk about worst case scenario.
| | 01:39 | If you were to delete something
important, don't worry you can always come over
| | 01:43 | and click the reset to default button
to restore your AutoCAD interface to a
| | 01:47 | factory fresh condition.
| | 01:48 | I'm going to click the arrow to close
this tool Sets, and let's talk about how
| | 01:53 | we can create our own custom tool Sets.
| | 01:56 | To do that I'll click the add Button,
I'll select Add tool Set, and I'm going to
| | 02:01 | call this custom and I'll click Return.
| | 02:04 | If I open the tool Set I
will find a generic group name.
| | 02:08 | I'm going to click twice on this to
get access to the text, and I'm going to
| | 02:13 | call this my favorites, and I'll press Return.
| | 02:19 | Now let's add some commands.
| | 02:22 | First I'm going to clear my previous
search, and I'll drag over 3D Align.
| | 02:26 | I'll drag over 3-D continuous
Orbits and I'll grab a few more of these.
| | 02:32 | When I'm finished, I'll click
Apply and OK to close the dialog box.
| | 02:42 | And if I click the fly out at the top
of the tool Sets palette, I can select my
| | 02:46 | new tool Set, and I have
access to my favorite commands.
| | 02:50 | As you can see when it comes to our
interface AutoCAD gives us complete control
| | 02:54 | over the tools we have on our screen.
| | 02:56 | This means no matter what we may be
designing, all of our standard tools can
| | 02:59 | be within easy reach.
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ConclusionGoodbye| 00:00 | Well, we have reached the end of the title.
| | 00:02 | It was a pleasure working with
you over the past couple hours.
| | 00:05 | Even though our time is finished
this is just the beginning for you.
| | 00:08 | It's time for you to take your new
skills and start designing within a Mac
| | 00:11 | environment using AutoCAD 2000 for the Mac.
| | 00:15 | Good luck!
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