IntroductionWelcome| 00:04 | Hi! I'm Jeff Bartels.
Welcome to AutoCAD Essentials 6.
| | 00:07 | In this title we'll explore how
AutoCAD helps us transition our designs from
| | 00:11 | concept to construction.
| | 00:13 | We'll start by looking at plotting.
| | 00:15 | Whether you're creating a quick
worksheet or a formal exhibit, I'll show you
| | 00:19 | how you can easily create hard copies of your
drawings that are printed to a measurable scale.
| | 00:24 | Next, we'll learn how to tie
our annotations to the plot scale.
| | 00:28 | In the event the drawing is printed
to a scale other than 1:1, AutoCAD's
| | 00:32 | annotative property will ensure that text,
dimensions, and callouts are properly
| | 00:37 | sized on the printed sheet.
| | 00:38 | We'll also explore how to share our
drawings with others, even if they're not
| | 00:42 | using the same CAD program as we are.
| | 00:45 | Along the way, we'll
look at the DWF file format.
| | 00:48 | Using DWFs your clients can view and
mark up your drawings without needing
| | 00:53 | any CAD package at all.
| | 00:55 | Finally, I'll give you an opportunity
to take the skills you've learned in this
| | 00:58 | title and apply them to a small project.
| | 01:01 | So whenever you're ready,
follow me and we'll get started.
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| Using the exercise files| 00:00 | If you've purchased a DVD or are a
Premium subscriber to lynda.com, you'll have
| | 00:04 | access to the exercise files used in this title.
| | 00:07 | They will be in a folder called exercise files.
| | 00:10 | If you download them,
place them on your desktop.
| | 00:13 | In there, you'll find the content
divided up into directories named after the
| | 00:17 | chapters where they're used.
| | 00:19 | By placing the exercise files on the
desktop, you'll be able to access them the
| | 00:22 | same way that I do in the course.
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1. Printing DrawingsCreating quick plots| 00:00 | At some point in the design process
you'll need to create a hard copy of your work.
| | 00:04 | In this lesson, we'll explore how to
print a drawing to a measurable scale.
| | 00:08 | On my screen I have a drawing that
represents a proposed parking lot.
| | 00:12 | This is a civil engineering example,
| | 00:14 | so the units in this file are set to feet.
| | 00:17 | Let's say that I need to create a print of
this drawing so I can take it to a meeting,
| | 00:21 | and the print doesn't need to be
formal with a title block and company logo.
| | 00:25 | I just need to put the drawing of
paper so I can show it to a client.
| | 00:29 | I'll start by moving up to the top of
the screen and clicking the Plot icon.
| | 00:33 | This brings up the Plot dialog box.
| | 00:36 | From here, I will open the
Printer/plotter menu and select a Printer.
| | 00:40 | Now everyone's system is unique,
| | 00:42 | so I'm sure your printer list
will look different than mine.
| | 00:45 | Feel free to select any printer that
accommodates an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
| | 00:50 | For my example, I'm going to drag
down to the bottom of this list.
| | 00:54 | Notice the icons are different down here.
| | 00:57 | These printers are virtual
printers that are installed with AutoCAD.
| | 01:00 | I'm going to select DWF6 ePlot as my printer.
| | 01:04 | This allows me to print my drawing as
a DWF file, which is similar to a PDF.
| | 01:10 | After selecting the printer,
I will then open the Paper size menu.
| | 01:14 | The sheet sizes that you see in this
list will be specific to the printer that
| | 01:17 | was selected earlier.
| | 01:19 | Since I chose a virtual printer,
I have a lot of sheet sizes.
| | 01:22 | I'm going to stick with the
ANSI A 8.5 x 11 inch sheet.
| | 01:26 | Next, I'll come down to Plot area.
| | 01:29 | This is where I select the amount
of my drawing I'd like to print.
| | 01:33 | If I open the menu, we have a few choices.
| | 01:35 | I like to use Window.
| | 01:37 | If I select this option, I can pick two
points onscreen to define a rectangle,
| | 01:42 | and everything that fits within the
rectangle will show up on the sheet.
| | 01:46 | Next, we'll address the Plot offset.
| | 01:49 | This determines where the
print is going to be on the sheet.
| | 01:52 | If you want to be very specific,
you can adjust the X and Y offsets or you can
| | 01:57 | check this box to center the plot on the sheet.
| | 01:59 | Note that each time we make an adjustment
this preview over on the right updates.
| | 02:04 | Now, by default, this drawing is going
to plot such that it fits on the paper.
| | 02:09 | I'd like to print it to a measurable scale,
| | 02:11 | so I'm going to uncheck this setting.
| | 02:13 | As you can see, it will fit at a
scale of 1 inch equals 25.97 units.
| | 02:19 | Remember, the units in this drawing are feet.
| | 02:21 | So this will fit at pretty
close to 1 inch equals 30 feet.
| | 02:25 | I'm going to open the Scale
menu and I'll select 1:30.
| | 02:29 | As you can see, it updates the numbers below.
| | 02:31 | We can also update these values manually.
| | 02:34 | And as a side note, if I was working
with an architectural drawing, I would use
| | 02:38 | one of these standard
scales at the bottom of the menu.
| | 02:42 | At this point, I'll click Preview
so we can take a look at the print.
| | 02:46 | The Print Preview area
works just like model space.
| | 02:49 | So I can pan and zoom using my mouse wheel.
| | 02:52 | Now, this looks pretty good.
| | 02:53 | The only problem I have is that the
geometry is going to print using the color
| | 02:57 | of the layers, and that's going to
make these dimensions hard to read.
| | 03:01 | So I'll move up and click
the X to close the preview.
| | 03:04 | I will then click the More Options
button to expand the Plot dialog box.
| | 03:08 | In the upper-right, I'll open the
Plot style table menu and I'll select the
| | 03:13 | monochrome pens.
And I'll choose Yes when prompted.
| | 03:17 | By selecting monochrome pens, it will ensure
that all of the colors will print as black.
| | 03:22 | Let's come back to the preview and take a look.
| | 03:26 | As I zoom in, I can see this looks much better.
| | 03:29 | Now that I'm finished, I'll move up
and click the X to close the preview, and
| | 03:33 | then I'll click OK to print the drawing.
| | 03:36 | Since I'm printing this drawing to
a file, I'm able to give it a name.
| | 03:39 | I'm going to accept the default, and I'll
click Save to save this out on the Desktop.
| | 03:44 | When the file is finished printing,
I can come down to this icon that's
| | 03:48 | speaking to me, right-click, and choose
View Plotted File to open the drawing in
| | 03:53 | Autodesk Design Review.
| | 03:55 | This program functions a
lot like Acrobat Reader.
| | 03:58 | In the viewer, I can pan and zoom using
my mouse wheel just like we can in AutoCAD.
| | 04:05 | As I pan around, this file looks pretty good.
| | 04:07 | If I move up and click the Zoom
Extents button, we can see the entire sheet.
| | 04:12 | So the next time you need to take your
work to a meeting, simply plot a window
| | 04:15 | of your geometry in model space.
| | 04:17 | Even though the line work is drawn at
true size, AutoCAD makes it easy to print
| | 04:21 | your drawings to a measurable scale.
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| Selecting a pen table| 00:00 | Assigning a pen table to a printed
drawing may seem unusual at first.
| | 00:04 | That's because we don't typically
need a pen table when printing from
| | 00:07 | other applications.
| | 00:09 | In this lesson, we're going to take a
closer look at why selecting a pen table
| | 00:12 | is helpful when printing an AutoCAD drawing.
| | 00:14 | You see, AutoCAD is a vector-based application.
| | 00:18 | Its job is to create line work.
| | 00:21 | Those lines can be displayed
using several different colors.
| | 00:25 | If I open the layer control and click
on one of these color samples, it brings
| | 00:28 | up the Select Color dialog box.
| | 00:31 | In this box, AutoCAD gives us 255 color choices.
| | 00:35 | Now, each of these colors represents a
virtual pen that can be configured to
| | 00:40 | print however you like.
| | 00:42 | So really, this dialog box is a pen selector.
| | 00:45 | If I hover over a color, take a look
at the text just beneath my cursor.
| | 00:50 | Even though that says Index color,
it's really showing me the pen number that
| | 00:54 | corresponds to that color.
| | 00:56 | Knowing this, if I assign pen number 1 to a
layer, that layer will appear red onscreen.
| | 01:02 | If I assign pen number 3,
that layer will appear green.
| | 01:06 | When it comes right down to it,
a layer's color corresponds to a pen, and that
| | 01:11 | pen controls how the geometry on
that layer will look when it's printed.
| | 01:15 | Let's create custom pen
table to illustrate this point.
| | 01:18 | I'm going to click the X to close this
dialog box and then I'll move up and click Plot.
| | 01:24 | In the Plot dialog box, I'm going to
open the Pen style table menu and I'll
| | 01:29 | choose the monochrome pens.
| | 01:32 | I'll click Yes when prompted.
| | 01:34 | I will then click the Edit button.
| | 01:36 | This allows me to reach into the
monochrome pen table and make some changes.
| | 01:41 | Now, the pens can be viewed two different ways.
| | 01:43 | The Form view, which shows me a list
of the colors or pens on the left,
| | 01:48 | if I select a pen, I can
adjust its properties on the right.
| | 01:52 | I can also use the Table view.
| | 01:54 | This is much like Microsoft Excel, where
we can see a listing of the pens across
| | 01:58 | the top and their settings down below.
| | 02:01 | If I drag this left and right, you can see that
all of the pens are designed to print as black.
| | 02:07 | That's why it's called the monochrome pens.
| | 02:09 | Let's make a change.
| | 02:11 | In the drawing we were just looking at,
the part geometry was drawn on a layer
| | 02:15 | that was yellow, or pen 2.
| | 02:17 | Let's say I would like pen 2 to plot as red.
| | 02:22 | Now that I've made this change,
I'm going to save the pens.
| | 02:25 | Now, I don't want to overwrite my
monochrome pens, so I'll click Save As and
| | 02:29 | give this a new name.
| | 02:31 | I'll call this file
mycustompens and I'll click Save.
| | 02:36 | I will then click the X to close the
dialog box and we'll plot this drawing.
| | 02:42 | I'll open the pen table and make
sure that my new pens are selected.
| | 02:46 | I'll click Yes when prompted.
| | 02:48 | I will then open the Printer menu,
and I'm going to use the DWF6 ePlot printer.
| | 02:54 | You can select the printer of your choice.
| | 02:56 | I'd like to print this
on an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet.
| | 02:59 | We'll open the Plot area
menu and I'll select Window.
| | 03:05 | I will then create a rectangle that
defines the area I'd like to print.
| | 03:10 | I'd like this geometry centered on the
sheet, and I'd like to print this to a scale,
| | 03:14 | so I will remove the check from Fit to paper.
| | 03:18 | And we can see that this geometry will fit
at approximately 1 inch equals 1.842 units.
| | 03:24 | This is very close to a 1:2 scale.
| | 03:27 | So I'll open the Scale menu and I'll select 1:2.
| | 03:31 | Based on the preview, it looks like
this geometry will fit perfectly.
| | 03:35 | Let's come down and click
Preview and take a look at the sheet.
| | 03:39 | As you can see, since I'm using my
custom pens, any geometry that is on a yellow
| | 03:43 | layer is now represented red on the print.
| | 03:46 | To complete this print, I'm going
to move up and click the Plot icon in
| | 03:50 | the upper-left corner.
| | 03:51 | Since I'm printing this drawing to
a file, I'll save it on the desktop.
| | 03:55 | I'm going to accept the
default name, and I'll click Save.
| | 03:59 | When it's finished printing, I will
right-click on the Plot/Publish icon and
| | 04:03 | choose View Plotted File to open
the drawing in Autodesk Design Review.
| | 04:07 | And you can see an example of
the finished print onscreen.
| | 04:11 | Now that you understand the importance of
pens, consider creating your own custom pen table.
| | 04:16 | By simply modifying a couple pen
settings, you can take your printed designs to
| | 04:20 | a whole new level.
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| Choosing line weights| 00:00 | Certain elements of a design
will be more important than others.
| | 00:03 | Increasing the pen weight is a great
way to make important geometry stand out
| | 00:07 | on a printed sheet.
| | 00:08 | In this lesson, we will use line
weights to add emphasis to geometry.
| | 00:11 | On my screen, I have a mechanical
part, and I'd like to print this drawing,
| | 00:16 | so I'll move up and click the Plot icon.
| | 00:18 | I will then choose a plot style table.
| | 00:21 | I will open the Pen menu here. And I would
like all of the layer colors to plot as black,
| | 00:26 | so I'll choose the monochrome pens.
And I will click Yes when prompted.
| | 00:31 | I will then choose a printer.
| | 00:32 | I'm going to go with the DWF6ePlot printer.
| | 00:36 | You can select the printer of your choice.
| | 00:39 | I'd like to use an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
| | 00:42 | I will then open the Plot
area menu and I'll select Window.
| | 00:46 | I will then click two points to
define the area I'd like to print.
| | 00:51 | I would like this geometry centered on
the sheet and I'd like to plot it to a scale,
| | 00:56 | so I'll remove the check
from the Fit the paper setting.
| | 00:59 | Now it looks like the geometry is
not going to fit at a scale of 1:1,
| | 01:03 | so I'll open the Scale menu and I'll
choose 1:2. Based on the small preview,
| | 01:08 | it looks like that
setting is going to work nicely.
| | 01:10 | Let's come down and click
Preview and take a look.
| | 01:13 | If I zoom in on the drawing, you can
see that all of the line work is going to
| | 01:16 | plot using the same pen weight.
| | 01:18 | Since the part geometry is the most
important aspect of this plot, I would like
| | 01:22 | this line of work to be heavier
than the rest so that it stands out.
| | 01:26 | To make adjustments to the printed line
weights, I am going to cancel this plot
| | 01:30 | by clicking the X. I will then close
the plot dialog box and I'll come over and
| | 01:35 | open the Layer Property Manager.
| | 01:37 | From here I need to make some
adjustments in the Lineweight column.
| | 01:41 | I'll start by clicking the
Lineweight setting for the part layer.
| | 01:44 | From here I can select a new printed lineweight.
| | 01:46 | Now at first glance it
may seem a little unusual;
| | 01:49 | these measurements are in
millimeters even though we are working in an
| | 01:52 | imperial environment.
| | 01:54 | Let me hit Cancel for second, and I
will let the Layer Properties Manager
| | 01:57 | collapse, and I'll show you where you
can adjust this setting if you want to.
| | 02:00 | I am going to right-click and I'll
choose Options from the bottom of the menu.
| | 02:05 | I will then go the User Preferences tab
and then I will come down and click the
| | 02:09 | Lineweight Settings button.
| | 02:10 | Right here you can adjust the
default units for your Lineweights.
| | 02:14 | To use inches, simply select the Radio button.
| | 02:17 | I'd leave things the way they are, so
I'll click the X to close this dialog box
| | 02:22 | and then I will click
the X to close the options.
| | 02:25 | I will then go back to the
Layer Properties manager.
| | 02:27 | I will click the Lineweight Setting for
part layer. And I would like this to be a
| | 02:31 | relatively heavy pen weight,
| | 02:33 | so I'll choose .5 mm and I will click OK.
| | 02:37 | The next most important item in my
print is going to be the dimensions,
| | 02:41 | so I will click the Lineweight property for
that layer. And we will make this a little thinner.
| | 02:45 | I'll select .25 mm.
| | 02:46 | Then I will adjust the center lines.
| | 02:51 | I'll make this thinner yet. I'll select .13.
| | 02:56 | Then finally, I'll adjust
the pen weight for the hatch.
| | 02:58 | We will make this the
thinnest pen weight of all, .05.
| | 03:02 | When I am finished I will move outside
the palette and let that collapse and
| | 03:06 | then we'll print this drawing again.
| | 03:08 | Now fortunately, I don't have to go
through and redo all of these settings.
| | 03:12 | There's a really nice menu
at the top of this dialog box.
| | 03:15 | If I open it, I can choose Previous
plot, and this will repopulate all of the
| | 03:19 | settings with the previous values.
| | 03:21 | From here I can come down and click
Preview and then we will zoom in and take a look.
| | 03:27 | As you can see, by incorporating pen
weights, the part geometry has a stronger
| | 03:30 | presence on the sheet.
| | 03:32 | Some of the line work that isn't quite
as important, like the center lines and
| | 03:36 | the hatch geometry, fade into the background.
| | 03:39 | To finish the plot, I am going to
move up and click the Plot icon in
| | 03:42 | the upper-left corner.
| | 03:44 | Since I'm plotting this to a file,
I will make sure I am saving it to the
| | 03:48 | desktop, I'll keep the
default name, and I will click Save.
| | 03:52 | When the plot is finished, I will
right-click on the Plot/Publish icon and
| | 03:55 | choose View Plotted File.
| | 03:57 | And you can see an example of
the finished print onscreen.
| | 04:00 | As you can see, proper use of line
weights can add emphasis to the important
| | 04:04 | aspects of a design.
| | 04:06 | Master this concept and your printed
drawings will always be easy to understand,
| | 04:10 | no matter how complex they maybe.
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| Creating a layout, part one: choosing paper size| 00:00 | In the event your plot requires a formal
title block, you'll need to set up a layout.
| | 00:05 | A layout represents the sheet
of paper used to print the drawing.
| | 00:09 | In this lesson we will select
the layout and choose a sheet size.
| | 00:12 | On my screen I have an architectural
example. This drawing represents a floor
| | 00:16 | plan for a banquet hall.
| | 00:18 | To start setting up for a plot, I'm going
to come down to the bottom of the screen.
| | 00:22 | Notice there are some additional tabs down
here. Each of them starts with the word "Layout."
| | 00:27 | I'm going to click on Layout1.
| | 00:29 | Each layout represents a
configurable sheet of paper.
| | 00:33 | Now, Layout1 also includes an object.
| | 00:36 | This is called a viewport.
| | 00:37 | We will talk about viewports in a little bit.
| | 00:39 | For right now I'm going to select this
viewport and I'll press Delete to erase it.
| | 00:44 | It's important to note that the
sheet that we see represents a true-
| | 00:47 | size piece of paper.
| | 00:49 | For example, if I were to come of the
Utilities and select Measure and click
| | 00:55 | in the upper-left corner, we will see that
this sheet is 11 inches wide by 8.5 inches tall.
| | 01:02 | Now, this is just a generic sheet.
| | 01:04 | I would like to configure
this layout to match my printer.
| | 01:08 | To do that, I'll going to the
Layout tab and I will choose Page Setup.
| | 01:12 | I will then click Modify.
| | 01:14 | This brings up the Page Setup dialog box.
| | 01:16 | Notice that this looks very
similar to the Plot dialog box.
| | 01:20 | That's because a layout is
nothing more than saved plot settings.
| | 01:24 | I'll start by choosing my pens.
| | 01:26 | I'll select monochrome.
| | 01:28 | I will then select my printer.
| | 01:29 | I'm going to use the DWF6 ePlot printer.
| | 01:34 | I would like to use the
8.5 x 11 inch sheet size.
| | 01:38 | As far as Plot area, we do have other
choices, but the easiest way to go is Layout.
| | 01:43 | Essentially what we're saying
is we want to print the sheet.
| | 01:47 | The Scale is also very nice when
working with layouts, because the scale
| | 01:51 | will always be 1:1.
| | 01:53 | We want the sheet to print at true size.
| | 01:56 | When I'm finished I'll click OK and then close.
| | 01:59 | This piece of paper is now set up to
match the properties of my printer.
| | 02:03 | Take a look at this dashed line.
| | 02:05 | This represents the printable margin
based on the driver that's used for the
| | 02:09 | printer that I selected.
| | 02:10 | So anything I draw on the sheet that
falls outside this dashed line will not print.
| | 02:16 | Now that we've configured our sheet of
paper, we are ready to move to the next
| | 02:19 | lesson, where we will add a
title block to this layout.
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| Creating a layout, part two: inserting a title block| 00:00 | In the last lesson, we were in the process
of creating a formal plot of this drawing.
| | 00:05 | We started by selecting Layout1 and
then we assigned a printer and sheet size.
| | 00:10 | In this lesson we'll add a
title block of this layout.
| | 00:13 | Let me mention first that your layout
environment is just like model space,
| | 00:17 | so one way to create a layout would be to
physically draw it right here on the paper.
| | 00:22 | I could come up and launch the
Rectangle command, and I could create some
| | 00:25 | geometry, add some text, and
produce this title block from scratch.
| | 00:30 | Rather than working that hard, I'm going
to select this rectangle and I'll delete
| | 00:34 | it, because I've already created the
title block geometry in a separate file.
| | 00:39 | So, I'm going to move up and click
Open, and in the exercise files folder,
| | 00:43 | within the printingDWGs directory,
I'll select this drawing number, 5_titleblock,
| | 00:49 | and I'll click Open.
| | 00:50 | I will then select the View tab and
then in the User Interface panel, I'll
| | 00:55 | choose Tile Vertically.
| | 00:58 | I will then click inside each window and
zoom and center the geometry onscreen.
| | 01:04 | To move my title block geometry into
the other file, I'm going to create
| | 01:07 | a window selection.
| | 01:09 | And then I will click and hold on a
highlighted line and I'll drag the line work
| | 01:13 | into the other file, and
I'll center it as best I can.
| | 01:16 | When I am finished, I'll close the
title block drawing, I won't save changes,
| | 01:22 | and then I'll maximize
the other drawing onscreen.
| | 01:24 | As I look at this, the placement of the
title block looks pretty good on the
| | 01:28 | sheet. The only way to know for sure
if it's really in the center would be
| | 01:32 | to print it, measure the paper, and
then come back and move this title block, if necessary.
| | 01:37 | If I zoom in on the geometry,
you can see that it's being displayed using
| | 01:40 | the color of the layer. Let's change that.
| | 01:43 | To make adjustment, I'm going
to open the Page Setup Manager.
| | 01:46 | One way to get there is by going to
the Layout tab and then selecting Page
| | 01:50 | Setup. An even quicker way is to come
down and right-click on the Layout tab
| | 01:55 | and select Page Setup Manager from
her. It'll take you to the same place.
| | 02:00 | I will then choose Modify, and then in
the upper-right corner where we selected
| | 02:04 | our pen table, I'm going to
select Display plot styles.
| | 02:08 | I will then click OK and close, and now
AutoCAD is displaying the line work using
| | 02:13 | the color assigned in the pen table.
| | 02:15 | We can take this concept one step further.
| | 02:18 | If I come down to the status bar, I can
turn on the Lineweight toggle and now we
| | 02:22 | can see the pen weights assigned
in the Layer Properties Manager.
| | 02:25 | At this point, when I work in my layout it
is as though I'm working in a plot preview.
| | 02:30 | All right, now that we've added the
title block to the sheet, we're ready to
| | 02:33 | move to the next lesson where we'll
finalize this layout by creating a viewport
| | 02:37 | such that we can plot the
floor plan to a measurable scale.
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| Creating a layout, part three: cutting viewports| 00:00 | In the last couple lessons we've
been configuring Layout1 such that we can
| | 00:04 | create a formal plot of this drawing.
| | 00:06 | In this lesson, we will add a viewport
to layout such that we can view and plot
| | 00:11 | this floor plan at a measurable scale.
| | 00:13 | Let's start by jumping out to Layout1.
| | 00:15 | As you can see, it's just the way we left it.
| | 00:17 | At this point, you may be wondering, where does
this layout exist in relation to the drawing?
| | 00:21 | Well, layouts sit on top of model space.
| | 00:25 | In order to see our drawing,
we need to cut a hole in this layout.
| | 00:28 | That hole is called the viewport.
| | 00:31 | Before I create the viewport, I'm going
to add a layer to put the viewport on.
| | 00:35 | To do that I will come over to the Layer
Properties Manager I will click the New
| | 00:39 | button and I will call this layer viewport.
| | 00:43 | I will then click the green
check to set that layer current.
| | 00:47 | To cut a hole in the paper, I'm going to
come up the Layout tab and in the Layout
| | 00:51 | Viewports panel, I will click the
Viewport flyout and select Rectangular.
| | 00:56 | I will then zoom in and click in the
upper-left corner of the drawing and then
| | 01:01 | I'll come down and click in the
lower-right to define the size of the viewport.
| | 01:06 | By default, AutoCAD gives us a Zoom
Extents view of our geometry within that view.
| | 01:11 | To work in the viewport, I will put my
cursor inside the boundary and double-click.
| | 01:16 | At this point, I can pan and
zoom to work on the drawing.
| | 01:20 | It's as though I am reaching through the
hole in the paper to work in model space.
| | 01:24 | Now I don't need to see the grid in this view.
| | 01:26 | It won't print, but I really don't need
to see it onscreen while I'm working.
| | 01:30 | So I'm going to come down to the Status bar
and I will click the Grid toggle to turn it off.
| | 01:35 | Now to set the geometry in this view
to a measurable scale, I am going to come
| | 01:39 | down to the Viewport menu and since I'm
working with an architectural example, I
| | 01:43 | will use the Scales down here at the bottom.
| | 01:46 | Let's try 1/16" = 1'-0".
| | 01:49 | That's not too bad.
| | 01:50 | Let's go a little bit bigger,
and I'll try 3/32" = 1'-0".
| | 01:54 | That looks like it will work perfectly.
| | 01:56 | When I am finished setting the scale,
I will make sure my cursor is outside the
| | 02:00 | viewport boundary, and I will double-
click to put my cursor back on the layout.
| | 02:04 | Since this viewport represents a hole
in the layout, I can select the viewport
| | 02:08 | edge and use these grips to open or
close this viewport and expose as much or as
| | 02:13 | little of the drawings as I like.
| | 02:18 | One thing you need to be careful of:
| | 02:20 | in the event you'd like to make changes
to the floor plan geometry, it's best to
| | 02:25 | do that by going back to the Model tab.
| | 02:27 | You could double-click inside the
viewport and make changes to this geometry.
| | 02:32 | But if you pan or zoom,
you risk messing up the viewport scale.
| | 02:36 | The only way to correct this is to
come back to the Viewport Scale menu and
| | 02:40 | reselect your scale.
| | 02:42 | Let's center this again.
| | 02:44 | One way you can protect yourself from
yourself is after setting the scale, you
| | 02:48 | can come down and click this yellow
padlock to lock the viewport scale.
| | 02:53 | From now on, if I pan or zoom,
it will pan and zoom the entire sheet.
| | 02:57 | The only way to change the viewport scale
now is to come back and unlock this padlock.
| | 03:02 | When I am finished working inside the
view, I can move my cursor outside the
| | 03:05 | boundary and double-click.
| | 03:07 | Now you may be wondering why I
put this viewport on its own layer.
| | 03:10 | I do that because if I come back to
the Home tab and turn this layer off, I can
| | 03:15 | hide the viewport boundary.
| | 03:17 | Now I am turning off the
current layer. That's fine.
| | 03:20 | As you can see,
that boundary no longer displays.
| | 03:23 | To finish this up, I can zoom in on the
lower-right corner and adjust the text
| | 03:27 | in the title block.
| | 03:28 | For now, I will call this drawing
BANQUET HALL FLOOR PLAN and I'll revise the
| | 03:36 | scale to 3/32" = 1'-0".
| | 03:42 | When I am finished I will double-click
the mouse wheel to do a Zoom Extents.
| | 03:46 | One of the best parts about creating layout
is that the drawings are very easy to print.
| | 03:50 | Essentially all the work is done for me.
| | 03:53 | If I wanted to print this, I can come up
and click Plot and then click OK. That's it.
| | 03:59 | Since this drawing is configured to plot to a
file, I'm going to save the file on the desktop.
| | 04:04 | I will accept the default
name, and I will click Save.
| | 04:08 | When the print is finished, I will right-
click on the Plot and Publish icon and
| | 04:11 | I'll choose View Plotted File.
| | 04:15 | You can see an example of
the finished plot onscreen.
| | 04:18 | When it comes to plotting, layouts are
the most efficient way to print drawings.
| | 04:22 | Remember that a layout
represents saved print settings,
| | 04:25 | so by configuring a layout, you can
create formal plots with just two clicks
| | 04:29 | of the mouse.
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| Organizing layouts| 00:00 | Each layout in your drawing
represents a printable sheet.
| | 00:03 | By default, every drawing
starts with two layouts.
| | 00:06 | If necessary, you can add or remove
layouts to accommodate the needs of any design.
| | 00:11 | In this lesson, we'll learn
how to manage layout tabs.
| | 00:13 | On my screen I have a drawing of a
floor plan, and I've already configured a
| | 00:18 | layout such that I can print this drawing.
| | 00:21 | If I hover over Layout1,
you'll see a thumbnail of that sheet.
| | 00:25 | I'm going to select Layout1, and the
first thing I'd like to do is rename this
| | 00:30 | layout. Layout1 isn't very descriptive.
| | 00:33 | To rename a Layout tab,
I will double-click on the tab name.
| | 00:37 | This gives me access to the text.
| | 00:39 | I will then type "Proposed
Floorplan," and I'll press Enter.
| | 00:46 | Next, let's hover over Layout2.
| | 00:49 | When you see a thumbnail like this,
it means the layout has not yet been configured.
| | 00:54 | I am going to select Layout2, and
you know what? I really don't need this
| | 00:57 | layout, so I'd like to delete it.
| | 00:59 | To delete a layout, right-click on the
tab name and in the menu, select Delete.
| | 01:05 | You will get a warning reminding you that,
you know, you are in fact deleting this layout.
| | 01:09 | That's fine.
I'm going to click OK.
| | 01:12 | When it comes to deleting the
layouts, we can't remove them all.
| | 01:14 | Each drawing requires at least one layout.
| | 01:17 | If you look at the Proposed Floorplan
layout, you can see it displays all of the
| | 01:21 | geometry in the file.
| | 01:22 | Maybe I'd like to create a new layout,
one that highlights a specific office.
| | 01:27 | To do that, I will copy this layout tab.
| | 01:29 | To create a copy, I will
click, hold and drag the layout,
| | 01:34 | I will then hold my Ctrl key, and when I
release my mouse button, I'll create a copy.
| | 01:40 | I will then click to select the copy.
| | 01:42 | I'll double-click and change its name.
| | 01:45 | We'll call this Office Detail 1.
| | 01:49 | I will then double-click in this
viewport, I'll zoom in and center one of these
| | 01:53 | rooms onscreen, and then I'll come
over and open the Viewport Scale menu and
| | 01:57 | select a measurable scale.
| | 01:59 | Let's try 3/8 of an inch equals a foot.
| | 02:03 | That's not too bad.
I think we can go a little larger.
| | 02:05 | I am going to open the menu again, and
if I click this arrow down at the bottom,
| | 02:10 | I can scroll the list up and
get access to additional scales.
| | 02:14 | I am going to try one half inch equals a foot.
| | 02:17 | That looks like it'll work much better.
| | 02:19 | I'll pan this up and when I am
finished I'll lock the viewport scale.
| | 02:23 | I will then double-click outside the
viewport boundary to get my cursor out here
| | 02:28 | on the layout. I will then zoom in and
I'll click the Viewport edge, select the
| | 02:33 | grip, and I'll tighten this
viewport up around the office.
| | 02:39 | As I do this, my running
object snaps are turned off.
| | 02:41 | That way they don't get in the way.
| | 02:43 | That looks pretty good.
| | 02:44 | I'll press Escape when I am
finished, and I'll rename this drawing.
| | 02:50 | We'll call it OFFICE DETAIL 1.
Finally, I'll update the SCALE.
| | 02:55 | We'll change this to one
half inch equals a foot.
| | 02:59 | Let's create one more room. Maybe
I'd like to highlight the office right
| | 03:02 | next door to this one.
| | 03:04 | To copy the Layout tab, I will
click and hold on the tab name,
| | 03:07 | I'll drag this to the right,
and hold down the Ctrl key.
| | 03:10 | When I release the mouse button,
I'll create the copy. I will then click on the
| | 03:14 | new layout and then I'll
double-click to change the name.
| | 03:18 | We'll call this OFFICE
DETAIL 2, and I'll press Enter.
| | 03:22 | I will then place my cursor
inside the viewport and double-click.
| | 03:25 | We'll unlock the Scale and then I'll pan
this over such that I can see the other office.
| | 03:31 | When I'm finished I will relock the
viewport, I'll double-click outside the
| | 03:35 | boundary, and then I'll come down
and change the name of the drawing.
| | 03:40 | In this case the scale is just perfect.
| | 03:42 | Now that the sheet is finished, I am
going to open the layer control and I'll
| | 03:46 | come down to the viewport layer and
turn that off such that I can hide the
| | 03:50 | viewport boundaries.
| | 03:52 | Using the same workflow, we can create as
many layouts as necessary to print the design.
| | 03:57 | The best part is, each of these
layouts is viewing the same overall floor
| | 04:01 | plan in model space,
| | 04:02 | so if the floor plan geometry changes,
all of the layouts will update as well.
| | 04:07 | In the event you accumulate several
layouts in a drawing, you can easily reorder
| | 04:11 | them using drag and drop.
| | 04:13 | For instance, maybe I'd like to move the
Proposed Floorplan layout down at the end.
| | 04:18 | To do that, I will click, hold, and drag
this over to the right, and I'll release.
| | 04:22 | So, no matter how many printable
sheets are required for your design,
| | 04:26 | AutoCAD's layout-management tools make
it easy to handle the plotting needs of
| | 04:30 | any drawing.
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| Reusing layouts| 00:00 | One of the best parts about drawing
with a computer is you never have to draw
| | 00:03 | the same thing twice;
you can just reuse your geometry.
| | 00:07 | The same concept applies to layouts.
| | 00:09 | Once a layout has been configured,
you can reuse it to print any other drawing.
| | 00:13 | In this lesson we'll print a
drawing using a preconfigured layout.
| | 00:16 | On my screen I have some geometry
that represents a fire hydrant detail.
| | 00:21 | Now I've not yet configured a
layout to print this geometry.
| | 00:25 | I'd like to print this drawing on an
8.5 x 11 inch sheet with a title block.
| | 00:29 | Rather than creating a brand-new layout
from scratch, I'd like to reuse a layout
| | 00:33 | from a previous exercise.
| | 00:36 | To steal a layout from an existing
drawing, I'm going to right-click on the Layout
| | 00:40 | tab and I'll select From template.
| | 00:43 | By default, AutoCAD will show
us the template files inside the
| | 00:46 | Template directory.
| | 00:47 | I am going to change the Files of type to dwg.
| | 00:52 | I will then jump out to the desktop
where my exercise files are located.
| | 00:56 | And inside the printingDWGs folder,
| | 00:58 | I'm going to select this drawing,
the finished example from the previous exercise.
| | 01:04 | In the Insert Layout(s) dialog box,
I'll see a listing of all of the configured
| | 01:08 | layouts in that drawing.
| | 01:10 | Now, each of these represents an
8.5 x 11 inch sheet, so I can use any of them.
| | 01:15 | I'm going to select Proposed
Floorplan and I'll click OK.
| | 01:19 | When I do, you can see that
layout has been added to my drawing.
| | 01:22 | Now even though the Floorplan geometry
shows up in the thumbnail, that line work
| | 01:26 | did not go along for the ride.
| | 01:28 | The only geometry that's included is the
geometry that exists on the Layout tab.
| | 01:32 | I am going to open the layer control
and I will turn the viewport layer on,
| | 01:37 | because I remember that
layout included the viewport.
| | 01:40 | I will then double-click the mouse
wheel and do a Zoom Extents such that I
| | 01:43 | can see my drawing.
| | 01:44 | Next we'll set this to a measurable scale.
| | 01:47 | Since the units in this drawing are
set to decimal inches, I'll be using the
| | 01:50 | scales at the top of the menu.
| | 01:53 | Let's try 1:1 first.
| | 01:55 | It looks like that isn't going to work.
| | 01:57 | I'll open the menu and select 1:2. It looks
like that's going to work perfectly, so
| | 02:02 | I'll come down and click the
padlock to lock the viewport.
| | 02:05 | I will then double-click outside the viewport
boundary to get my cursor back on the Layout tab.
| | 02:10 | I will then open the layer control and
we'll turn the viewport layer back off.
| | 02:15 | Now I can come down and rename the layout.
| | 02:16 | I'll call this Hydrant Detail.
| | 02:22 | I can then zoom in and edit
the text in the title block.
| | 02:26 | We'll call this KBW Watermain
Installation. The title will be Hydrant Detail,
| | 02:39 | and I'll change the scale to 1:2.
| | 02:41 | When I am finished, I'll do a Zoom Extents.
| | 02:45 | At this point the majority
of my work is done for me.
| | 02:48 | From now on, whenever I want to print
this drawing, all I have to do is come up
| | 02:52 | and click Plot and then OK.
| | 02:54 | Since this layout is configured to plot
to a file, I'm going to save it to the
| | 02:58 | desktop, I'll keep the
default name, and I'll click Save.
| | 03:03 | When finished, I'll right-click on the
Plot and Publish icon and choose View
| | 03:07 | Plotted File. And you can see a
finished example of the drawing onscreen.
| | 03:11 | Now that you've seen how this works,
consider creating some generic layouts with
| | 03:15 | title blocks called 8.5 x 11, 11 x 17,
or any other size you typically print to.
| | 03:21 | Place all of these layouts in a single
drawing and then save the file on the network.
| | 03:26 | From then on, whenever you need a
title block, you can simply insert one from
| | 03:30 | the layout drawing and most of
your work will be done for you.
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2. Properly Sizing Annotations on Printed DrawingsUsing the Annotative property to size text| 00:00 | Now that we are familiar with plotting
drawings to a measurable scale, I would
| | 00:03 | like to circle back and talk a
little more about annotation.
| | 00:07 | As a general rule, we should never
annotate a drawing until we know the plot scale.
| | 00:11 | That's because the plot scale
determines how large the text needs to be, such
| | 00:16 | that it's readable on the printed sheet.
| | 00:18 | In this lesson, we will learn how
to create predictably sized text.
| | 00:21 | On my screen I have a drawing
that represents a site plan for a
| | 00:25 | proposed restaurant.
| | 00:27 | I have already created a layout for the drawing.
| | 00:30 | Let's click and take a look.
| | 00:31 | This layout represents an
8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
| | 00:35 | If I zoom in, we can see that the geometry
is being represented at a scale of 1" = 40.'
| | 00:42 | Now I don't have to take this note's word for it.
| | 00:44 | I can always verify that scale.
| | 00:46 | I'll do that by double-clicking inside
the viewport boundary and if I look down
| | 00:50 | here at the viewport scale,
I can see it is set to 1:40.
| | 00:54 | I can also see the viewport is locked.
| | 00:56 | This way I can't accidentally
change the scale when I pan or zoom.
| | 01:00 | Now that I have verified the scale,
I'm going to move my cursor outside the
| | 01:03 | viewport boundary and I will double-click.
| | 01:06 | I would then like to zoom in and focus
our attention on these roads' centerlines.
| | 01:10 | Take a look at the line type.
| | 01:12 | Let's jump back to model space.
| | 01:14 | In here this same line work looks
like it's continuous. Not true though.
| | 01:19 | If I zoom in close enough,
we can see the line type.
| | 01:22 | Believe it or not, these dashes are the
same size here as they are on the layout.
| | 01:27 | The difference is the geometry in
here is a lot larger; it's true size.
| | 01:32 | Historically this is what has made
assigning text types in model space challenging.
| | 01:37 | I mean, how large should I create text here
such that its predictably sized on the Layout tab?
| | 01:42 | Well, fortunately, we don't have
to calculate the math anymore.
| | 01:46 | If we use an annotative text style,
AutoCAD will take care of all of the work for us.
| | 01:52 | I would like to create a note
inside this building that says
| | 01:55 | Proposed Restaurant.
| | 01:56 | And I would like that note to measure
.1 inches tall on the printed sheet.
| | 02:00 | To create my text, I'll start by opening
the Annotation panel and I would like to
| | 02:05 | create a new text style.
| | 02:07 | I'm going to call this Labels.
| | 02:09 | I will use the Arial font.
| | 02:13 | I will then come down and put a check
in the Annotative setting and when I do,
| | 02:17 | watch the Height value over here.
Notice that this now says Paper TextHeight.
| | 02:22 | All I have to do is assign the height
I would like this text to appear on the
| | 02:26 | printed sheet and AutoCAD will
do the rest of the work for me.
| | 02:30 | I will set my Paper
TextHeight to .1 and I will hit Enter.
| | 02:33 | If we look over here to the left,
you can see the text style that we just made
| | 02:38 | has an icon next to it.
This represents that this text style is annotative.
| | 02:42 | I am going to close the dialog box.
| | 02:44 | The text style I just made is now current.
| | 02:47 | Whenever we place text in a drawing
using an annotative style, AutoCAD is going
| | 02:52 | to look right here to set the Height.
| | 02:54 | So what I need to do is open the
Annotative scale menu and select the same scale
| | 02:59 | that is being used for my plot, 1:40.
| | 03:02 | I would also like to do a regen.
| | 03:03 | I will type "Re" press Enter.
| | 03:07 | And when I do, you can see that since
I've changed the scale, as a courtesy,
| | 03:11 | AutoCAD is also adjusting the line types
such that they match what we see on the layout.
| | 03:15 | To create the text, I am going
to launch the Multiline Text tool.
| | 03:19 | If I zoom in, you can see that this text
is appropriately sized for a 40-scale plot.
| | 03:25 | I'm going to click to set the first
corner, and I'd like this text to be rotated,
| | 03:29 | so I will come down and select
Rotation from the command line.
| | 03:32 | I will click to define the
rotation and finish my column.
| | 03:36 | I will then type "PROPOSED RESTAURANT."
| | 03:45 | I will also select this text and
I will make it center justified.
| | 03:49 | If I hover over this text, you'll see
the additional icon to remind us that this
| | 03:53 | is an annotative text style.
| | 03:55 | If I select the text and come over the
Properties palette, we can also see here
| | 04:00 | that the text is annotative.
| | 04:02 | It's annotative at 40 scale.
| | 04:04 | Here's the Paper TextHeight that we
assigned, and here's the Height AutoCAD used
| | 04:08 | in model space to achieve that
.1 inches tall on the Layout tab.
| | 04:12 | I am going to deselect this and then I will
click on the Layout so we can take a look.
| | 04:19 | As you can see, the text is easily readable.
| | 04:21 | I am going to zoom in a little bit
closer, and we will do a quick distance here.
| | 04:26 | I will just open the
Utilities panel and click Measure.
| | 04:29 | Now there are no object snaps out here.
| | 04:30 | I am just going to click Close.
| | 04:32 | I will my first point and as I pull this out,
you can see the text is in fact .1 inches tall.
| | 04:38 | Let's do a Zoom Extents.
| | 04:39 | I will jump back to model space.
And I'd like to create one more note.
| | 04:44 | I would like to label this street using text
that measures .2 inches tall on the printed sheet.
| | 04:51 | So let's create another text style.
This style will be specific to my street
| | 04:57 | names, so I'll call it Street Names.
| | 05:03 | I'm going to use the Arial Black font
such that the text has a bold appearance.
| | 05:08 | AutoCAD is remembering the
Annotative property from before.
| | 05:11 | So I'll come over and set the Paper
TextHeight to .2. When I'm finished, I will
| | 05:16 | click Apply and Close.
| | 05:18 | To label the street, I will use
Multiline Text again. As you can see, my
| | 05:22 | annotative scale is perfect.
| | 05:23 | I will launch the text command and
zoom in, I will click my first corner, and
| | 05:31 | I'll change the justification.
| | 05:32 | We will set this to middle center.
| | 05:36 | I'll click to define the other corner of
my column. And the street is OAKMONT LANE.
| | 05:43 | And you know, since I'm typing this text
over line work, I am going to come up to
| | 05:47 | the Formatting panel and
click the Background Mask button.
| | 05:50 | I will make sure Use
background mask is turned on.
| | 05:53 | I will also make sure Use
drawing background color is turned on.
| | 05:57 | When I click OK, AutoCAD will use the
background color of model space to mask
| | 06:01 | out that line work behind the text.
| | 06:03 | Now that I am finished, we will go
back out of the layout and take a look.
| | 06:08 | So when it comes to annotating and drawing,
the first thing to consider is your plot scale.
| | 06:13 | Once you know this, text creation is
made easy. Simply use an annotative style
| | 06:17 | and match its scale to the scale of your plot.
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| Using the Annotative property to size dimensions| 00:00 | Just like with text, dimensions can also
be annotative. This means we never have
| | 00:04 | to guess when it comes to sizing
the dimensions we place in a drawing.
| | 00:08 | In this lesson, we will use the
Annotative property to create some
| | 00:11 | predictably sized dimensions.
| | 00:13 | On my screen I have a conceptual
design for an AM/FM clock radio.
| | 00:18 | I have created a layout for this drawing.
| | 00:21 | Let's click the Layout tab and take a look.
| | 00:23 | This layout is configured for
an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
| | 00:27 | I have already cut a viewport in the layout
and I've left the Viewport Edge turned on.
| | 00:32 | If I zoom in, you can see that the
geometry is being displayed in this
| | 00:36 | viewport at half scale.
| | 00:37 | Let's do a Zoom Extents and
we will return to model space.
| | 00:41 | I would like to add some
dimensions to this drawing.
| | 00:44 | Just like when we create text, it's a
good idea to wait on your dimensions until
| | 00:48 | you know the size your
geometry is going to plot.
| | 00:51 | Now that we know the scale, 1:2,
we are ready to create dimensions.
| | 00:55 | If you look at the layer control, you
can see I am practicing good form.
| | 00:58 | I've created a layer for my dimensions.
| | 01:01 | The next thing I'm going to do
is create a dimensions style.
| | 01:03 | I will do that by opening the
Annotation panel, and I will click the
| | 01:07 | Dimension Style icon.
| | 01:08 | I will select New and I'll
call the style Annotative Dims.
| | 01:16 | Initially, their settings will
match the Standard dimension style.
| | 01:20 | I am going to come down and put
a check in the Annotative box.
| | 01:23 | By making the style annotative,
AutoCAD will do all the work when it comes to
| | 01:27 | sizing these dimensions.
| | 01:29 | Let's click Continue.
| | 01:30 | It's important to note that when you
create an annotative dimension style, any
| | 01:34 | of the Size settings that you see in
this dialog box you will set to the size
| | 01:39 | you want that object to appear when printed.
| | 01:41 | I am going to start by going to the
Lines tab and I'll change the Extension
| | 01:46 | line distance to .10.
| | 01:47 | We will go to Symbols and Arrows. And I
would like the arrowheads to be a little
| | 01:54 | smaller, so I will change this to .125.
| | 01:56 | We will go to the Text tab. I will make
the Text height a little smaller: .125.
| | 02:04 | Finally, I'm going to go to the Primary
Units tab, and I will set the Precision
| | 02:08 | for these dimensions to be two decimal spaces.
| | 02:10 | When I am finished I will click OK.
| | 02:13 | If we look at the Dimension style,
you can see the addition of the annotative
| | 02:16 | icon so we know these
dimensions will scale automatically.
| | 02:20 | I'll click Close when finished.
| | 02:22 | Since I'm working with an Annotative
style whenever I create dimensions, AutoCAD
| | 02:26 | is going to look right here to set the size.
| | 02:29 | So I'll open the viewport scale and
I'll set this to 1:2--same scale that I am
| | 02:35 | using in my viewport.
| | 02:36 | I will then create a linear dimension.
| | 02:38 | We will dimension the
overall length of the part.
| | 02:42 | So I'll start from the quadrant at
the top, and we will dimension to the
| | 02:46 | quadrant at the bottom.
| | 02:48 | If I drag this over, you can see that
the dimension appears to be properly sized
| | 02:53 | for a half-scale plot.
| | 02:55 | I would also like to create a
dimension that represents the overall width.
| | 02:59 | We will go from the quadrant on the
left side to the quadrant on the right,
| | 03:07 | and I'll pull this out and click.
| | 03:09 | Now that I am finished, we will go
back to the Layout tab and take a look.
| | 03:13 | As you can see,
these dimensions are very easy to read.
| | 03:16 | They are properly sized for this plot.
| | 03:18 | Let's try something else now.
| | 03:20 | I'm going to create a copy of this viewport.
| | 03:22 | I will launch the Copy command
and select the viewport edge.
| | 03:27 | I will pick it up from a point onscreen here
and I'll drag the copy over here to the right.
| | 03:33 | When I am finished, I will press Escape.
| | 03:35 | Now that I have created a copy, you can
see the geometry in this view appears
| | 03:39 | using the layer color.
| | 03:40 | What I am going to do is
type "REA" and press Enter.
| | 03:44 | That stands for Regen All.
| | 03:46 | That will regen not only the contents
of the layout, but model space as well.
| | 03:51 | So now the geometry is assuming the pen colors.
| | 03:54 | Let's create a detail of this switch.
| | 03:57 | To do that, I will double-click in the
view, I will come down here and unlock it,
| | 04:01 | and then I will roll my wheel forward.
| | 04:03 | We will zoom in on this geometry.
| | 04:06 | Then we can come down to the Scale list and
try and find a usable scale. Let's try 2:1.
| | 04:13 | That's not too bad.
| | 04:14 | I think we can try 4:1, might work better.
| | 04:17 | That's perfect. The switch is now
being displayed four times its normal size.
| | 04:22 | I'll lock the viewport again, I will
double-click outside the boundary to get my
| | 04:27 | cursor back on the layout, and then I'm
going to click the viewport edge, and I'll
| | 04:32 | adjust the grips slightly.
| | 04:34 | I am being mindful of my running object snaps.
| | 04:37 | If I hold F3 down, I can disable the
running object snaps until such time as I
| | 04:43 | take my finger off the F3 key.
| | 04:45 | I will drag this corner up and click.
| | 04:49 | When I am finished, I will press Escape,
and then we will return to model space.
| | 04:53 | Now let's apply some dimensions to the switch.
| | 04:56 | The first thing I will do is come down
and change the Annotation scale to 4:1,
| | 05:00 | I will launch the Dimension command, and
we will do the overall length from the
| | 05:06 | quadrant here to the quadrant here.
| | 05:11 | Let's do the width as well.
| | 05:15 | I'll select end point to
end point and pull this out.
| | 05:18 | I will press my spacebar to relaunch the
command, and I will dimension the width of this tab.
| | 05:23 | Finally, I'll click to
select the last dimension.
| | 05:28 | I'll hover over this number and select
Move Text Only, and we will put the 13
| | 05:33 | above the dimension line. That looks good.
| | 05:37 | When I am finished I will press Escape.
| | 05:39 | We will go back out to the layout.
| | 05:41 | Once again, notice the dimensions
are perfectly sized for this view.
| | 05:46 | If you use the Annotative property,
you never have to worry about the size
| | 05:49 | of your dimensions. One more thing.
| | 05:51 | I don't know if you noticed this.
| | 05:52 | Take a look at this view.
| | 05:54 | Notice that those
dimensions don't show up over here.
| | 05:57 | If I double-click in this viewport
and hover over this geometry, you can see
| | 06:01 | that's it's the same geometry in both views.
| | 06:04 | Let's double-click back out.
| | 06:06 | If you use the Annotative property,
your annotations will only show up in the
| | 06:11 | viewport for which they were intended.
| | 06:12 | Now that I am finished setting up my
drawing, I'm going to copy the Scale label.
| | 06:19 | I'll pick up from a point onscreen
here, and I'll place it next to the detail.
| | 06:24 | I will then double-click and edit the text.
| | 06:27 | We will make this 4:1. And when I am
finished, we will zoom out and turn off
| | 06:32 | the viewport edges.
| | 06:35 | Since the viewports are on their own layer,
I can do that very easily using the layer control.
| | 06:40 | As you can see, if you assign the
Annotative property to a dimension style you
| | 06:43 | will always have predictably
sized dimensions on your plots.
| | 06:47 | Not only that, the Annotative property
also guarantees that only the appropriate
| | 06:51 | annotations will display in each viewport.
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| Using the Annotative property to size multileaders| 00:00 | You're probably already guessing it and
you're right: multileaders can also be annotative.
| | 00:05 | In this lesson, we'll use the
Annotative property to create some
| | 00:08 | predictably sized multileaders.
| | 00:10 | On my screen I have a civil engineering example.
| | 00:13 | This drawing represents a proposed
site plan for a fast-food restaurant.
| | 00:18 | Since this is a civil engineering
example, each unit equals one foot.
| | 00:22 | I've already created a layout for this drawing.
| | 00:24 | Let's click the Layout tab and take a look.
| | 00:27 | This layout is configured for
an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
| | 00:31 | If I zoom in and double-click in the
viewport, we can see the viewport scale is
| | 00:36 | set to 1 to 30, or 1 inch = 30 feet.
| | 00:39 | I'm going to double-click outside the
viewport to get my cursor back on the layout.
| | 00:45 | I'll do a Zoom Extents and
then we'll return to model space.
| | 00:48 | If I zoom in, you can see that I've
already added some annotations to this drawing.
| | 00:53 | If I hover over them, the Annotative
icon displays, showing us that these were
| | 00:57 | created using annotative styles.
| | 01:00 | At this point, I'd like to add
some annotative multileaders.
| | 01:03 | I'll start by creating a new style.
| | 01:06 | To do that, I'll open the Annotation panel
and I'll click the Multileader Style icon,
| | 01:12 | I'll click New, and I'll call
this style Annotative Leaders.
| | 01:21 | Initially, we will have the same
settings as the Standard multileader style.
| | 01:25 | I'm going to check the Annotative box
because I'd like these leaders to size
| | 01:28 | themselves automatically.
| | 01:30 | I'll click Continue.
| | 01:32 | I will then adjust the settings in
this dialog box to match the size of the
| | 01:36 | other annotations in my file.
| | 01:37 | On the Leader Format tab, I am going to
set the arrowhead size to .125, the same
| | 01:44 | size I'd like those arrowheads
to appear on the printed sheet.
| | 01:48 | I will then jump to the Leader Structure
tab and set the landing distance to .1.
| | 01:53 | On the Content tab, I'm going to
change the Text height to .125.
| | 02:00 | When I'm finished I'll click OK.
| | 02:02 | The new Annotative style now shows up
over here on the left side of the dialog box.
| | 02:08 | I'll click close and I
can create my first leader.
| | 02:12 | Since I've already added some
annotative objects to this drawing, my Scale
| | 02:15 | is set properly. So I'll pan the drawing
over and let's label this elevated sign first.
| | 02:22 | I'll launch the Multileader command and I'm
going to snap to the midpoint of the top edge.
| | 02:28 | I'll pull this out and I'll type "Elevated,"
| | 02:32 | I'll hit Enter and give myself a hard
carriage Return, "Sign." And I'll click on
| | 02:37 | screen when finished.
| | 02:38 | And with absolutely no extra work on
my part, I've created a multileader that
| | 02:43 | matches the size of the
other annotations in my drawing.
| | 02:46 | Let's create one more.
| | 02:48 | I'd like to label this menu board.
| | 02:51 | I'll launch the Multileader command again,
| | 02:54 | we'll snap to the midpoint of
the top edge and I'll pull this up.
| | 02:57 | I'll then type "Menu Board."
| | 03:02 | When I'm finished, I'll do a Zoom
Extents and we'll return to the Layout tab.
| | 03:05 | And this drawing is well on its
way to becoming a finished exhibit.
| | 03:11 | Now that you've seen how the Annotative
property works, I'm sure you'll agree that
| | 03:14 | it's the easiest way to size all
of the annotations in your drawing.
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| Changing the scale assigned to annotations| 00:00 | Remember that annotative objects are
sized for a specific viewport scale.
| | 00:04 | Knowing that, what do we do if
the scale of the viewport changes?
| | 00:08 | In this lesson we'll learn how to
update our annotative objects to match a
| | 00:12 | new viewport scale.
| | 00:13 | On my screen I have a drawing that
is configured to plot at a scale of 1
| | 00:18 | inch equals to 30 feet.
| | 00:20 | Let's say that my design requires that
I plot this geometry at a scale of 1
| | 00:24 | inch equals to 40 feet.
| | 00:25 | To make that change I'm going to double-
click in the viewport, I will then make
| | 00:30 | sure that it's unlocked,
and I'll change the scale to 1:40.
| | 00:35 | Notice that the annotations no
longer display. That's because they are not
| | 00:40 | intended to display at this scale.
| | 00:41 | I'm going to double-click outside the
viewport boundary and before I forget,
| | 00:46 | we'll update the scale of the drawing.
| | 00:48 | When I'm finished, I'll do a Zoom Extents
and then we'll return to model space.
| | 00:54 | To make these annotations show up at
40 scale, all we have to do is add that
| | 00:58 | scale to each object.
| | 01:00 | One way to do that is by selecting
an annotative object, come over to the
| | 01:04 | Properties palette, and in the
Miscellaneous group we can see right here
| | 01:08 | Annotative - Yes, and the
Annotative scale is set to 1:30.
| | 01:13 | I'm going to click in this setting
and then I'll click the Ellipsis button.
| | 01:17 | I would then like to add
the 40 scale to this object.
| | 01:23 | I will then make sure 30 scale is selected.
| | 01:25 | I don't need it anymore.
And I'll click Delete and then OK.
| | 01:29 | And since the annotative scale of this
object has changed its size is updated on screen.
| | 01:35 | I'm going to zoom in, I'll click the
grip, and I'll move this over slightly.
| | 01:41 | When I'm finished I'll press the
Escape and then we'll return to the layout.
| | 01:46 | Since this callout now supports
1:40 scale, it displays in the plot.
| | 01:51 | I'm going to go back to model space
and I'll show you a quick way that we can
| | 01:55 | globally add or remove
scales from annotative objects.
| | 01:58 | I'm going to start by opening up the
Annotation scale list and I'll select
| | 02:03 | 1:40, my desired scale.
| | 02:06 | I will then go to the Annotate tab
and in the Annotation Scaling panel, I'll
| | 02:10 | select Add Current Scale.
| | 02:12 | At the Select annotative objects
prompt, I'm going to type "All" and I'll
| | 02:16 | press Enter and then Enter again.
| | 02:19 | This assigns the 40 scale size
to all of my annotative objects.
| | 02:24 | Now don't forget: many of these
still support 30 scale as well.
| | 02:27 | Let's remove that scale from the objects.
| | 02:30 | To do that, I'll come down and
change the annotation scale to 30.
| | 02:34 | I will then open the
Annotation Scaling panel again.
| | 02:37 | I'll open the menu and
select Delete Current Scale.
| | 02:40 | At the Select Objects prompt,
I'll type "All" and press Enter twice.
| | 02:45 | Now that all of my annotations have been
updated, I'm going to move this text slightly.
| | 02:50 | I'll center it a little
better inside the building.
| | 02:53 | And then we'll return to the layout.
| | 02:56 | As you can see, all of the
annotations now display in the drawing, with the
| | 02:59 | exception of the road names that are
associated with these existing streets.
| | 03:04 | Let's go back to model space.
The reason this text was not updated is because
| | 03:09 | this text is part of an external reference.
| | 03:11 | That shows us that annotative
objects also work through an Xref.
| | 03:16 | If I wanted to change the properties of
this text, I would select the reference,
| | 03:20 | come up and choose Open
Reference from the Ribbon tab,
| | 03:23 | I would then make the changes
in that drawing and save it,
| | 03:26 | and then I would come back
to this drawing and reload.
| | 03:29 | So in the event your plot scale
changes, you don't have to worry about
| | 03:33 | the annotative objects.
| | 03:34 | You can easily resize them by
simply adding or removing scales.
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| Creating custom scales| 00:00 | As large as this scale list is, it probably
doesn't contain every scale you may ever need.
| | 00:05 | Fortunately, this list and
the scales are easy to edit.
| | 00:09 | In this lesson, we'll learn
how to create a custom scale.
| | 00:12 | On my screen I have a surveying example.
| | 00:15 | This drawing represents a platted survey.
| | 00:18 | Since it is a surveying drawing, if we
take a look at the Drawing > Units, you'll
| | 00:22 | see that the model space units are set to feet.
| | 00:26 | Now I've already created a layout for
this drawing. I'm going to click the
| | 00:30 | Layout tab to take a look.
| | 00:33 | If I zoom in, you can see that the
geometry is being represented at a scale of 1
| | 00:37 | inch equals to 50 feet.
| | 00:40 | If I pan this over, you can see that the
entire drawing really doesn't fit in the
| | 00:43 | layout, so I'd like to change the scale.
| | 00:47 | To do that, I'm going to
double-click in the viewport.
| | 00:50 | I will come down and make sure it's
unlocked. And if I open the Scale, the
| | 00:54 | only real option I have after 50 scale is
100, and if I select 100, that's quite small.
| | 01:01 | It would be really nice if
I had a 1 to 60 option here.
| | 01:05 | Let's create one. To do that, I'm going
to come down and click and hold down this
| | 01:09 | arrow to scroll to the bottom of the list.
| | 01:12 | I will then select Custom.
| | 01:14 | This brings up the Edit
Drawing Scales dialog box.
| | 01:17 | From here I'd like to add a scale.
| | 01:20 | I will then give it a name. I'll type "1:60."
| | 01:24 | This is the name that will
appear in the Scale list.
| | 01:28 | Down at the bottom is where I
will assign the actual scale.
| | 01:31 | Currently, the scale is one paper unit,
or inch, equals one drawing unit, or feet.
| | 01:38 | Since I want this to be 1 inch equals 60
feet, I will change the Drawing units to 60.
| | 01:44 | When I'm finished I'll click OK.
My scale now appears in the list.
| | 01:48 | I can then use the Move Up and Move
Down buttons to reorder the scales.
| | 01:52 | I'm going to be tidy;
| | 01:53 | I'll move my 60 scale right after the 50.
| | 01:57 | Since this is selected, you can see a
representation of the scale down below.
| | 02:01 | If I select some of the others, you can
see how they compare to the scale I created.
| | 02:06 | In the event you'd like to
create an architectural scale,
| | 02:10 | remember that architects work such
that their model space units are inches.
| | 02:14 | So if the scale was one half inch
equals a foot, the true drawing scale is 0.5
| | 02:20 | paper units, or a half inch,
equals 12 drawing units.
| | 02:24 | There is 12 inches in a foot.
| | 02:27 | Knowing this, one quarter of an inch
equals a foot is 0.25 paper units equals 12
| | 02:32 | drawing units. An eighth of an
inch equals a foot is 0.125 equals 12.
| | 02:38 | You can use the same system to
create any custom architectural scale.
| | 02:42 | Now that I'm finished, I'm going to
click OK to close the dialog box.
| | 02:46 | I will then open the Scale
list and I'll select my new scale.
| | 02:49 | Let's pan the drawing down. It looks like
this will work perfectly, so I'm going to
| | 02:56 | double-click outside the viewport boundary.
| | 02:59 | I'll pan the drawing up and
we'll change the scale text here.
| | 03:05 | I will then do a Zoom Extents,
and then we'll jump back to model space.
| | 03:09 | Now let's take care of all of the annotations.
| | 03:12 | If I open the Annotation Scale list,
you'll see my new scale appears here as well.
| | 03:16 | I'm going to select it.
| | 03:18 | I will then go to the Annotate tab and
I'll open the Annotation Scaling panel
| | 03:23 | and I'll choose Add Current Scale.
| | 03:26 | I will then select all of
my geometry and press Enter.
| | 03:29 | Now I need to get rid of the
unnecessary 50-scale versions,
| | 03:34 | so I'll change the scale to 150,
| | 03:38 | we'll go back to the Annotation
Scaling panel, and I'll select Delete Current
| | 03:41 | Scale. And I'll select the entities.
| | 03:45 | When finished, I'll return to the Layout tab.
| | 03:47 | So when it comes to viewport scales,
or annotation scales for that matter,
| | 03:51 | there are no limits.
| | 03:53 | In the event the scale you want isn't
listed in the menu, AutoCAD makes it easy
| | 03:57 | to create a custom scale to suit any need.
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3. Sharing Data with OthersSaving drawings to other formats| 00:00 | In a perfect world, everyone you
collaborate with would use the same version of
| | 00:04 | AutoCAD that you use.
Unfortunately, this isn't always the case.
| | 00:08 | So in this lesson, we're going to learn
how to save a drawing such that we can
| | 00:11 | share files with most any user.
| | 00:13 | On my screen I have a
drawing that represents a detail.
| | 00:17 | Let's say that I have to send this file
to a client and they use AutoCAD 2006.
| | 00:23 | Since 2006 cannot open an AutoCAD 2013 file,
I need to save this drawing as an older release.
| | 00:30 | To do to that, I'll open the application
menu and I'll come down and choose Save As.
| | 00:35 | I'm going to save this drawing inside
the exercise files folder, within the
| | 00:39 | sharingData directory.
| | 00:41 | I will append "2006" to the end of the
file name, and then I'll open the Files of
| | 00:48 | type menu. Right here is where we
can select an older AutoCAD version.
| | 00:53 | Notice there isn't a selection
for every older version of AutoCAD.
| | 00:57 | That is because historically
AutoCAD changes the DWG file format about
| | 01:01 | every three releases.
| | 01:03 | So since my client is using version 2006,
I'll need to save the drawing as a 2004
| | 01:09 | version, such that it's
compatible with their system.
| | 01:12 | In the event you're working with a
client who does not use AutoCAD, then you
| | 01:16 | would use one of these DXF formats.
| | 01:19 | DXF stands for Drawing Exchange Format.
Most any CAD application, if it cannot
| | 01:24 | open the DWG, it can open a DXF.
| | 01:27 | I'm going to select the 2004 version
and I'll click Save. And this file is now
| | 01:34 | ready to send to my client.
| | 01:36 | It is important to note that if you
save a drawing as an older release, any
| | 01:40 | entities that didn't exist in that
prior version--like associative arrays
| | 01:44 | or annotative objects--
| | 01:46 | those entities will be converted
such that they can display properly.
| | 01:50 | Knowing that, if you save a drawing
backward and then reopen that drawing in a
| | 01:54 | current release, you will
lose some functionality.
| | 01:57 | Keep this in mind when
you're collaborating with others.
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| Plotting to PDF| 00:00 | The PDF file, or Portable Document
Format, is one of the most popular ways
| | 00:04 | to exchange documents.
| | 00:06 | Fortunately, AutoCAD provides a
driver that allows us to print our
| | 00:09 | drawings directly to PDF.
| | 00:11 | In this lesson, we'll use that
driver to create a PDF file of a drawing.
| | 00:15 | On my screen I have a drawing that
I'd like to share with a client, and the
| | 00:20 | client has requested a PDF file.
| | 00:22 | To print this drawing to PDF,
I'm going to come up and launch the Plot
| | 00:26 | command. And in the Plot dialog box, I will
open the Plotter menu and I'll select DWG To PDF.
| | 00:34 | This is a PC3 file.
| | 00:36 | It's a virtual printer that
gets pre-installed with AutoCAD.
| | 00:39 | Once I make that selection, I'm done.
| | 00:41 | I can just come down and click OK.
| | 00:43 | Since I'm saving this as a file,
I'm going to save it inside the exercise files
| | 00:48 | folder, within the sharingData directory.
| | 00:52 | I'll click the Save button and the file is
automatically opened in my version of Acrobat.
| | 00:57 | Notice that as a courtesy, if we use
the default print driver, AutoCAD includes
| | 01:01 | the layer information in the PDF,
| | 01:04 | so my client can turn layers on and
off within the Acrobat Reader by simply
| | 01:09 | clicking these icons.
| | 01:12 | Now, what if we wanted to create a flattened PDF,
one that didn't have the layer information?
| | 01:17 | Let me show you how we can do that.
| | 01:19 | I'm going to close Acrobat and I
will launch the Plot command again.
| | 01:23 | We'll open the Plotter menu,
and I'll select DWG To PDF.
| | 01:28 | I will then come over and
click the Properties button.
| | 01:32 | What I would like to do is make some
changes to the properties of this virtual printer.
| | 01:36 | I will then save a copy.
| | 01:37 | That way I can always create a standard
or a flattened version, depending on the
| | 01:41 | PC3 file that I select.
| | 01:43 | I'll choose Custom Properties and then
I'll click the Custom Properties button,
| | 01:47 | and right here is the setting
that controls the layer information.
| | 01:51 | I'll remove the check and click OK.
| | 01:54 | I will then choose Save As.
| | 01:57 | This takes me right into
the Virtual Plotters folder.
| | 02:00 | I'll call this file DWG To PDF -
Flattened, and I'll click Save.
| | 02:07 | I'll then click the X to close this
dialog box. And if we open the Plotter menu
| | 02:12 | now, you'll see that the new PC3
file doesn't show up just yet.
| | 02:16 | This list needs to be refreshed.
| | 02:18 | The easiest way to do that is to close
the Plot dialog box and then reopen it.
| | 02:25 | From here I'll select my new
Flattened version and then I'll click OK.
| | 02:29 | We'll overwrite the previous PDF file,
and we can see the final version onscreen.
| | 02:36 | One of the benefits of the PDF format is
that the files can be easily viewed by anyone.
| | 02:42 | Using the built-in PDF driver
within AutoCAD, you can make your designs
| | 02:46 | available to the widest audience possible.
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| Plotting to the Design Web Format| 00:00 | In the event your client does not have
the CAD program but would still like to
| | 00:03 | be involved in the design process,
| | 00:06 | you can ship them a DWF file.
| | 00:08 | DWF stands for Design Web Format.
| | 00:11 | And the DWF file allows for easy
viewing and marking up of CAD drawings.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson we'll print a drawing to DWF.
| | 00:18 | On my screen I have a drawing that I
would like to share with the client, and my
| | 00:23 | client would not only like to view this
file, he would also like the opportunity
| | 00:27 | to mark it up such that I can make changes.
| | 00:29 | So, I'm going to print this file to DWF.
To do that I'll move up and click the
| | 00:33 | Plot icon and in the Plot dialog box, we can
see that the Plotter is already set to DWF6ePlot.
| | 00:41 | This is a virtual printer that
is pre-installed with AutoCAD.
| | 00:44 | So I can simply come down and click
OK to convert this drawing into a DWF.
| | 00:49 | Since I'm printing this to a file,
I'll save it in the exercise files folder,
| | 00:53 | within the sharingData directory.
| | 00:55 | I'll keep the default name and I'll click Save.
| | 00:58 | When the print is finished, I'm going
to right-click on the Plot and Publish
| | 01:01 | icon and I'll choose View Plotted
File, and this will open the drawing in
| | 01:06 | Autodesk Design Review.
| | 01:07 | This is the viewer created by
Autodesk to work with DWF files.
| | 01:12 | Now when it comes to viewing, you'll
find that you can pane and zoom in this
| | 01:16 | environment much like we can in AutoCAD.
| | 01:18 | Where Design Review goes beyond a simple
viewer is through this Ribbon tab at the top.
| | 01:23 | Our customer or client can use these
tools to query or mark up the drawing as well.
| | 01:27 | For example, let's do a measurement.
I'm going to launch the Length command, and I
| | 01:33 | will click the end point
here and the end point here.
| | 01:37 | And you could see the
measurement matches the original drawing.
| | 01:40 | I'll press Escape when finished.
| | 01:41 | I will then click the measurement and
press Delete to remove it from the drawing.
| | 01:45 | We can also do angular measurements.
| | 01:48 | I'll click the center of this circle,
the center of this one, and then I'll grabs
| | 01:53 | the intersection of the
centerline and the large circle.
| | 01:56 | I'll then click the vertex and
I can pull out the measurement.
| | 02:00 | When I'm finished, I'll press Escape and
then I can select this measurement and
| | 02:04 | press Delete to remove it.
| | 02:06 | If you would like to add some
directions to this file, we can use the tools up
| | 02:10 | here in the Draw panel.
| | 02:11 | I'm going to launch the Text Box command.
I will then click and hold to create a
| | 02:17 | rectangle and then I'll type "Change diameter."
| | 02:24 | I will then click onscreen when finished.
| | 02:26 | This note can then be dragged around the
screen. I can also use the green grip to
| | 02:31 | change the rotation.
| | 02:32 | I'll press Escape when finished.
| | 02:34 | Design Review also makes it easy to
add clouds or bubbles to a drawing.
| | 02:38 | I am going to launch the Polycloud tool,
and then I can click points onscreen to
| | 02:44 | highlight a specific area.
| | 02:47 | For more of a free-hand markup,
we can click the Freehand tool.
| | 02:51 | Using this tool, we can draw simply
by holding down the left mouse button.
| | 02:55 | I'm going to zoom out.
| | 02:57 | I'll pan the drawing up.
| | 02:58 | Design Review also gives us
several stamps that we add to the file.
| | 03:02 | I'm going to select the APPROVED stamp,
and then I'll click the place it near the
| | 03:06 | bottom of the title block.
| | 03:08 | So Design Review offers us a nice
collection of tools that allows our client to
| | 03:12 | collaborate on the design,
even if they don't have AutoCAD.
| | 03:15 | When they're finished marking up the
drawing, they can simply come up and save
| | 03:18 | the file and ship it back to us.
| | 03:21 | I'm going to close Design Review, I won't
save changes, and we'll return to AutoCAD.
| | 03:26 | Let's click Plot one more time, and in
the Plotter list, you may notice that there
| | 03:31 | is a second DWF option here: DWFx.
| | 03:35 | Now, why do we have this version?
DWFx is a newer version of the DWF format.
| | 03:41 | This version can be opened in Design
Review. It can also be opened using your
| | 03:46 | default web browser.
| | 03:47 | I'm going to select the DWFx printer
and I'll click OK to print the file.
| | 03:52 | I'm going to print this
version out on the desktop.
| | 03:57 | And when the file is finished, I'm going
to bring up my Windows Explorer and to
| | 04:01 | open this drawing, I'm going to right-click.
| | 04:03 | I'll come down to Open with.
And Internet Explorer shows up in my menu; in yours it may not.
| | 04:09 | If that's the case, you can choose
default program, click the Browse button,
| | 04:13 | and then in the Internet Explorer
folder, select the executable for the
| | 04:17 | Internet Explorer program.
| | 04:20 | I will then make sure Internet Explorer
is selected from the list. In my case I
| | 04:24 | don't want to use Internet Explorer
every time I open one of these files,
| | 04:28 | so I'll remove the check and I'll click OK.
| | 04:31 | I will then allow the blocked content.
And you can see that I am now able to view
| | 04:36 | this DWFx file in my native web browser.
| | 04:39 | If we look at the top of the screen,
you'll find many of the same tools that we
| | 04:42 | had in Design Review.
| | 04:43 | Using DWF files, more people on
your design team can be involved in the
| | 04:47 | collaborative process.
| | 04:49 | Master this DWF concept and you are
one step closer to a paperless workflow
| | 04:53 | for your designs.
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| Sending drawings via email| 00:00 | In most applications, if you need the
email the file you're working on, you first
| | 00:04 | need to save the file, then launch your
email application, then navigate to and
| | 00:09 | attach the file, and then send.
| | 00:11 | Using AutoCAD we can email our current
drawings without ever leaving the application.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson, we'll email a
drawing from within AutoCAD.
| | 00:19 | On my screen I have a drawing
that represents a mechanical part.
| | 00:23 | Let's say the client just called and
he'd like me to email the most current
| | 00:27 | version of this file.
| | 00:28 | To do that I'll open the Application menu,
I'll come down to Publish, and I'll select Email.
| | 00:35 | This launches my default email
application. It then saves the AutoCAD drawing and
| | 00:40 | automatically adds it as an attachment.
| | 00:43 | At this point, I can add
my client's email address.
| | 00:46 | I'll add a subject and a brief message.
| | 00:53 | When I'm finished, I'll click Send.
| | 00:55 | My client now has the latest version of
the drawing, and I'm returned to model space.
| | 01:00 | As you can see, using AutoCAD's email
feature, we can easily share our designs
| | 01:04 | with others without ever
having to leave the application.
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| Packaging and sending drawings using eTransmit| 00:00 | AutoCAD's email function is nice if
you need to send a single drawing.
| | 00:04 | If your file contains some references
though, like images or other drawing
| | 00:08 | files, we need to use the eTransmit command.
| | 00:11 | eTransmit will ensure those extra
files are also included in the email.
| | 00:16 | In this lesson. we'll use eTransmit to package
a drawing such that it can be sent to a client.
| | 00:21 | On my screen I have a
representation of a proposed site plan.
| | 00:26 | This drawing contains a couple of
external references. One represents the
| | 00:31 | furniture inside this building and the
other reference represents the floor plan.
| | 00:37 | Now I would like to email this file
to a client and I want to ensure that
| | 00:41 | they get all of the data associated with
this drawing, so I'll use the eTransmit command.
| | 00:47 | I can find eTransmit by opening the
application menu. I'll come down to Publish,
| | 00:52 | and I'll select eTransmit.
| | 00:54 | I then have the opportunity to save the drawing.
| | 00:57 | I'm going to select No because
I really haven't done anything.
| | 01:01 | In the Create Transmittal dialog box,
on the left we establish what we are
| | 01:06 | including in the transmittal.
| | 01:07 | As it is now, the current file is
going to be sent, as will the two
| | 01:11 | referenced drawings.
| | 01:13 | If I'd like to remove an item from the
transmittal, I can remove the check from this box.
| | 01:17 | Once we establish what is going to be
sent, we can come over to the right, where
| | 01:21 | we establish how it's going to be sent.
| | 01:23 | The eTransmit command utilizes a
transmittal setup, and a transmittal setup is
| | 01:29 | essentially a saved collection of settings.
| | 01:31 | I'm going to click Transmittal Setups.
| | 01:34 | I will then make a new one.
| | 01:37 | I'll call this Custom Transmittal.
| | 01:43 | It's not a bad idea to name your
transmittals after the clients that you
| | 01:47 | typically send your drawings.
| | 01:48 | I'll then move down and click Continue.
| | 01:51 | In the upper-left of the Transmittal
Setup dialog box, I can control how this
| | 01:55 | data is going to be shipped.
| | 01:57 | By default, everything will
be packaged within a ZIP file.
| | 02:01 | I can also create a self-extracting
executable, or I can leave the files and
| | 02:05 | folders as they are.
| | 02:07 | By default, the drawings will be
shipped using their original file formats.
| | 02:11 | If I open the menu I can also create a
transmittal or I save the drawings as an
| | 02:16 | older AutoCAD release.
| | 02:19 | In the event I save drawings as an older
release where annotative objects didn't exist,
| | 02:23 | this setting will ensure
that they display properly.
| | 02:26 | The next setting controls where
the transmittal file will be saved.
| | 02:30 | When I create the transmittal, I would
like to be prompted for a file name.
| | 02:34 | If you create several transmittals,
you can automatically overwrite the original
| | 02:39 | or you can increment the file name.
| | 02:41 | Probably the most important setting is
this one: Place all files in one folder.
| | 02:46 | This way when the client opens the ZIP
file they will only have the individual
| | 02:49 | files and not a bunch of unnecessary folders.
| | 02:53 | In the Actions area, I'm going to
select Send email with transmittal.
| | 02:57 | This will automatically bring up
my email application when I use
| | 03:00 | this transmittal setup.
| | 03:01 | As you can see, there are some
additional action options here.
| | 03:04 | In the Include options area, I can elect
to include any other associated files.
| | 03:10 | This would include fonts or materials.
| | 03:12 | I can even include the unloaded file references.
| | 03:15 | When I'm finished reading my
transmittal setup, I will move down and click OK.
| | 03:20 | Based on my screen resolution, the
buttons are a little hard to see,
| | 03:24 | so I'm going to sneak down
with my cursor and click OK.
| | 03:28 | I will then close the
Transmittal Setups dialog box.
| | 03:31 | So this is what I'm sending.
| | 03:34 | This is how I'm sending it.
| | 03:36 | I will then come down and click OK.
| | 03:38 | I'm going to save the ZIP file inside
the exercise files folder, within the
| | 03:42 | sharingData directory.
| | 03:44 | I'll keep the default name and I'll choose Save.
| | 03:47 | After AutoCAD creates the transmittal
package, it automatically brings up my
| | 03:51 | email application and attaches the ZIP file.
| | 03:54 | It even includes a text file that
explains everything that's inside the ZIP.
| | 03:58 | All I have to do is add my client's
email address, and I'll add a brief message,
| | 04:03 | and I'll click Send.
| | 04:04 | At this point, my client not only has
the latest version of this file, but he
| | 04:08 | also has a copy of every other
file that's associated with this one.
| | 04:12 | So if your design includes referenced
files and you need to send your design to
| | 04:16 | a client, use the eTransmit command.
| | 04:19 | eTransmit will ensure your client gets
everything they need by packaging all
| | 04:23 | files associated with your
drawing in the Transmittal.
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4. Checking Your SkillsChallenge: creating a spot survey exhibit| 00:00 | This lesson is going to be a
little different than the others.
| | 00:02 | You see, this time around
you're going to show me what you can do.
| | 00:06 | On my screen, I have created
a challenge drawing for you.
| | 00:09 | This will give you an opportunity to use many
of the skills we've worked on in this title.
| | 00:13 | This exhibit represents a spot survey.
| | 00:16 | This is the type of survey that's done
after a foundation has been installed.
| | 00:20 | It's used to verify the foundation is in
the proper location before construction
| | 00:25 | on the building continues.
| | 00:26 | What you see here is a
finished example of the exhibit.
| | 00:30 | Now, let me give you some instructions.
| | 00:33 | I'm going to open another drawing.
| | 00:35 | We'll open this file called 05_survStart.
| | 00:39 | Once the drawing is open, I'll go to the
View tab and then I'll come down to the
| | 00:42 | User Interface panel and select Tile Vertically.
| | 00:46 | This way I get a
side-by-side view of these drawings.
| | 00:49 | This drawing on the left is the file
that we received from the surveyor.
| | 00:53 | As you can see, all the geometry is
finished. All you have to do is put this
| | 00:57 | geometry in a title
block and add some notations.
| | 01:01 | As far as the title block is concerned,
you can find that in the exercise files
| | 01:05 | folder, within the checkSkills directory.
| | 01:07 | Let me bring up my Windows Explorer.
| | 01:10 | In this drawing called 05_layouts,
you'll find a title block that has been
| | 01:14 | configured for this drawing.
| | 01:17 | Once the title block has been added,
you'll set the viewport scale to be 1" = 40'.
| | 01:23 | As far as the text and dimensions are
concerned, the layers have already been created.
| | 01:29 | If I look in the surveyor drawing,
you'll see that there's a layer called Notes
| | 01:32 | & Labels and there is another called Dimensions.
| | 01:37 | All of the text in the
exhibit has a height of .125.
| | 01:41 | All of the arrowheads have a height of .125.
| | 01:44 | For the most part, the settings are
going to be the same as what we've used
| | 01:47 | throughout this title.
| | 01:48 | That being said, this street
name is a little bit larger.
| | 01:52 | It has a height of .15. And it's using
the Arial Black font, such that it shows
| | 01:58 | up heavier on the sheet.
| | 01:59 | If you have questions about any of
the settings, you can always examine
| | 02:03 | this finished example.
| | 02:05 | So I'd like you to take this drawing on
the left and produce a spot survey that
| | 02:09 | matches the example on the right.
| | 02:11 | Finally, I'd like you to print the
exhibit as a PDF file, such that it can
| | 02:16 | easily be viewed by the owner of the property.
| | 02:18 | At this point, I'm ready to
turn you loose to get started.
| | 02:21 | Take your time with this, do your best,
and when you're ready, watch the next
| | 02:25 | video and I'll show you how I
approached the same challenge.
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| Demo: creating a spot survey exhibit| 00:00 | In this lesson, I'm going to show you how
I would approach the spot survey challenge.
| | 00:04 | Looking at the screen,
| | 00:05 | you can see that I'm picking up right
where we left off in the last video.
| | 00:09 | I'd like to start by adding
a title block to this file.
| | 00:13 | To do that, I'll right-click on one of
these layouts and I'll select From template.
| | 00:18 | I will then go to the exercise
files folder and inside the checkSkills
| | 00:22 | directory, I'll select this drawing,
05_layouts, and I'll click Open.
| | 00:27 | This drawing contains a
preconfigured 8.5 x 11 inch layout.
| | 00:31 | I'll make sure it's selected and
I'll click OK to add it to my drawing.
| | 00:35 | Let's select the layout and take a look.
| | 00:37 | I'll double-click my mouse
wheel to do a Zoom Extents.
| | 00:40 | And before I forget,
I'd like to rename this layout tab.
| | 00:43 | To do that, I'll double-click on the text
and I'll type "Spot Survey" and press Enter.
| | 00:50 | As long as we're at it, I'll
edit the title block text as well.
| | 00:57 | I'll change this to "Wayne Residence"
and I'll change the scale to 1":40'.
| | 01:08 | Next, I'll zoom out a little,
and I'm going to open the layer control.
| | 01:12 | It looks like we have a
viewport layer, and it's turned off.
| | 01:16 | I'm going to turn this on.
| | 01:17 | It looks like I already
have a viewport created for me.
| | 01:21 | Now that I've verified that,
I'm going to turn the viewport layer back off.
| | 01:25 | I will then double-click inside the viewport.
| | 01:28 | I will double-click my mouse wheel to do a
Zoom Extents, such that I can see the geometry.
| | 01:33 | And then I'll come down to the
Viewport Scale list and I'll set this to 1:40.
| | 01:39 | Let's pan it down slightly.
| | 01:42 | And when the viewport is set,
I will come down and lock it.
| | 01:45 | That way I can't accidentally
change it when I pan or zoom.
| | 01:48 | I will then double-click outside the viewport
boundary to put my cursor back on the Layout tab.
| | 01:54 | I'm going to click to put the focus
back on the example drawing and do a Zoom
| | 01:57 | Extents, such that we can see the text now.
| | 02:00 | I will then jump back to my drawing.
And before I add the annotation, I'm going
| | 02:04 | to remove these unnecessary Layout tabs.
| | 02:07 | I'll do that by selecting Layout2;
| | 02:09 | I'll hold my Shift key and select Layout1;
| | 02:12 | when they're both selected,
I'll right-click and choose Delete.
| | 02:18 | Now let's jump into model space
and take care of our annotations.
| | 02:22 | I'm going to start by creating a street label.
| | 02:25 | So I'll zoom in on the centerline
and then I will check the layer control.
| | 02:30 | It looks like the Notes &
Labels layer is perfect.
| | 02:33 | At this point, I'd like to
create an annotative text style.
| | 02:37 | To do that, I'll open the Annotation
panel, I'll click the Text Style icon,
| | 02:41 | and I'll choose New.
| | 02:42 | We'll call the style Road Names.
| | 02:45 | It has a name that's
descriptive for what the text is used for.
| | 02:50 | I would like to use the Arial
Black font such that it has a heavier
| | 02:54 | appearance on the sheet.
| | 02:55 | We'll make the style annotative.
| | 02:57 | That way it scales itself
automatically. And I'd like the text to appear .15
| | 03:03 | inches tall on the paper.
| | 03:04 | I'll move down and click
Close when I'm finished.
| | 03:06 | Now before I add my annotative label,
I want to come down to the Annotation
| | 03:11 | Scale menu and select 1:40,
the same scale as my viewport.
| | 03:16 | To create this label, I'm going to use
Single Line Text, I'll select Justify,
| | 03:23 | and I'd like it to be middle justified.
| | 03:25 | I will middle justify it to this end
point, and I would like to use the other end
| | 03:30 | point of the centerline to define my rotation.
| | 03:33 | I will then type the street name and
press Enter twice when I'm finished.
| | 03:40 | That looks pretty good.
| | 03:41 | I just want to move it down a little bit.
| | 03:43 | To do that, I'll select the text and
I'll grab this grip in the middle and then
| | 03:48 | I'll pull it over and center
it a little better in this lane.
| | 03:51 | Now let's pan the drawing over,
and I'd like to add these building ties.
| | 03:56 | Building ties are dimensions that
show us the distance from the foundation
| | 03:59 | to the property line.
| | 04:01 | I'll click to put the focus back on my drawing.
| | 04:04 | I'm going to set the Dimensions
layer current, and then I'll create an
| | 04:07 | annotative dimension style.
| | 04:09 | I'll do that by clicking the Dimension
Style icon, I'll select New, and I'll
| | 04:15 | call this style Building Ties.
| | 04:19 | I'd like the style to be
annotative, and I'll click Continue.
| | 04:22 | I will then jump to the Lines tab.
And I'm going to use a lot of the same
| | 04:27 | settings that we've used throughout this title.
| | 04:29 | I'll set the Extend
beyond dim lines value to .10.
| | 04:32 | Then we'll go to Symbols and Arrows.
| | 04:37 | The arrowhead size is going to be .125.
| | 04:40 | I will then go to the Text tab.
| | 04:42 | We'll set the Text height to be .125.
| | 04:44 | On the Primary Units tab, I would like
these dimensions to be two decimal spaces.
| | 04:51 | And I'd like to add a suffix.
| | 04:53 | I'll click in the Suffix field here and
I'll add an apostrophe to represent feet.
| | 04:58 | I'll move down and click OK when finished.
| | 05:01 | I will then close the Dimension Style Manager.
| | 05:03 | To place these dimensions, I'll use
the Align tool, because I want the true
| | 05:07 | distance between the two points.
| | 05:09 | I'll start by dimensioning from this
northernmost corner perpendicular to the
| | 05:14 | property line. And I'd like to place the
dimension at that same building corner.
| | 05:19 | Notice that the dimensions are
properly sized for this drawing.
| | 05:22 | That's because my annotative
scale is still set to 1:40.
| | 05:26 | I'll press the spacebar to go back into
the command, and we'll create another one
| | 05:29 | on the east side of the building.
| | 05:34 | I will then pan the drawing up and
we'll create some on the south side.
| | 05:42 | Now as I create these, I'm sure
you're noticing that they don't match
| | 05:45 | the example exactly. That's all right.
| | 05:49 | We'll take care of that in just a second.
| | 05:52 | I'm going to create one more
at the front of the building.
| | 05:59 | And when I'm finished, let's zoom in a
little closer and take a look at what we have.
| | 06:03 | I will also zoom in on the example.
| | 06:05 | It looks like our
dimension text needs to be rotated.
| | 06:09 | It also looks like I can
eliminate these extension lines.
| | 06:12 | These little ticks aren't
necessary for building ties.
| | 06:15 | To correct these dimensions,
I'm going to edit the style.
| | 06:18 | By making a change to the style,
all of the dimensions should
| | 06:21 | update automatically.
| | 06:23 | We'll go back to the Annotation panel.
| | 06:25 | I'll click the Dimension
Style button and click Modify.
| | 06:28 | On the Text tab, I'm going to
change the Text alignment to Aligned
| | 06:34 | with dimension line.
| | 06:35 | That looks like it's a
little closer to what I need.
| | 06:38 | In the Text placement area, I will
change the Vertical placement to Above--once
| | 06:44 | again, getting closer to what we need.
| | 06:46 | I'll do one more thing.
| | 06:47 | We'll go to the Lines tab, and I would
like to suppress both of the extension lines.
| | 06:52 | I'll click OK when finished and close.
| | 06:56 | Let's back up and take a look.
| | 06:58 | I will zoom out on the example as well.
| | 07:00 | It looks like everything is perfect, with the
exception of the building ties on the north side.
| | 07:06 | I think we can adjust these using grips.
| | 07:08 | I'll select the 18.54' dimension first,
I'll hover over the grip on the number,
| | 07:13 | and I'll select Move Text Only.
| | 07:16 | I'll place this beneath the dimension line.
| | 07:18 | I will then select the 19.07' dimension.
| | 07:21 | We'll do the same thing.
| | 07:23 | I'll move this above the dimension line.
| | 07:25 | Now that the building ties are done,
I'm going to click back in the example file
| | 07:30 | and recenter it on the screen.
| | 07:32 | It looks like all we have left is
to add some annotative multileaders.
| | 07:37 | So I'll click back in my drawing,
I'll go to the Annotation panel, and I'd like
| | 07:42 | to create a new multileader style.
| | 07:43 | I'll call this Annotative Leaders.
| | 07:52 | I'll click the Annotative
property and select Continue.
| | 07:56 | I will then adjust the settings of my
leaders so that they are similar to the dimensions.
| | 08:00 | The arrowhead size will be .125.
| | 08:03 | For Leader Structure, I'm going to
change the landing distance to .10.
| | 08:07 | And on the Content tab, I will
change the Text height to .125.
| | 08:14 | I will then click OK and close.
| | 08:17 | My annotative property is already set correctly.
| | 08:20 | All I have to do is open the layer control
and set the Notes & Labels layer current.
| | 08:25 | I will then launch the Multileader
command, and I'll create a leader from the
| | 08:29 | midpoint on the west side of the building.
| | 08:33 | I'll pull this out and click, and
I'll type "Foundation" and I'll click on-
| | 08:39 | screen when finished.
| | 08:42 | Let's zoom in on the other callout.
| | 08:45 | I will then click back in my drawing,
I'll pan over, and I'll relaunch the
| | 08:50 | Multileader command.
| | 08:51 | I will point to the quadrant on
the left side of the iron pin.
| | 08:57 | I'll pull this out and I'll type "Found Iron."
| | 09:03 | Let's drag this out and give ourselves
some word wrap, and I'll finish the callout.
| | 09:08 | Finally, I'll do a Zoom Extents in both
drawings just to verify everything looks good.
| | 09:14 | It looks like everything is exactly
the way it needs to be, so I'm going to
| | 09:17 | return to the Layout tab.
| | 09:19 | I'll do one more Zoom Extents and
then I'll plot this drawing as a PDF.
| | 09:24 | To do that, I'll move up and click Plot,
I will change my printer to the DWG to
| | 09:29 | PDF virtual printer, and I'll click OK.
| | 09:33 | I will then save the file on the Desktop
using the default file name, and I'll click Save.
| | 09:38 | And this exhibit is now ready to
be shared with the property owner.
| | 09:42 | Well, how did you do?
Did you get the drawing finished?
| | 09:46 | If so, you're doing fantastic.
| | 09:47 | You are exactly where I want you
to be at this stage of the course.
| | 09:51 | If you struggled a little
with this challenge, don't worry.
| | 09:53 | because one of the best parts about
video-based training is you always have an
| | 09:57 | opportunity for a do-over.
| | 09:59 | Try completing the project
again using this video as a guide.
| | 10:03 | When you're finished, see if you can then
work through the challenge entirely on your own.
| | 10:07 | You'll find with enough practice,
these skills quickly become second nature.
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ConclusionGoodbye| 00:00 | Well, we've reached the end of the title.
| | 00:02 | It's been a pleasure working
with you these last couple hours.
| | 00:05 | I hope you've enjoyed our
time together as much as I have.
| | 00:08 | If you'd like to take your AutoCAD
skills even farther, check out some of the
| | 00:11 | other AutoCAD titles lynda.com has to offer.
| | 00:14 | Keep in mind that even though a title may
not have been recorded using AutoCAD 2013,
| | 00:19 | the vast majority of the tools are
still applicable in this release.
| | 00:23 | Likewise, you can also follow me on Twitter,
where I regularly post AutoCAD tips and tricks.
| | 00:28 | Just look for me under
the tag name Jeff Bartels.
| | 00:31 | Thanks a lot, and I'll see you next time.
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