- [Instructor] The whole point of drafting … is to show someone how to build the object … and how to build it repeatedly and consistently. … To do this, the backbone … of drafting is dimensioning. … There are many rules for drafting dimensions. … And while we won't get into proper dimensioning … technique here, I will explain how to use … the tools AutoCAD for Mac provides us … so that we can detail the pieces of our drawings. … To start, we can take a quick look … at the dimension tool panel here … under the drafting toolset. … One thing we want to look at is … the dimension style, which we can access … by clicking the icon here. … AutoCAD for Mac uses what are called … dimension styles to preset all of the variables … available to a dimension, like text size, … arrowheads, offsets, and so on. … To create our own style, we just click the plus, … choose which style we want to start with, … I'm just going to call this new style, … and click continue. … From here, we can see the tabs for all …
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Released
3/11/2019- Accessing the palettes
- File type basics
- Editing polylines
- Modifying tools
- Controlling layers
- Creating blocks
- Working with external references
- Creating styles
- Formatting text
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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1. The Interface
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Components of the interface2m 35s
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Accessing the palettes2m 42s
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Working with toolsets1m 22s
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Command Line overview2m 28s
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User preferences2m 17s
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Using the Help menu1m 31s
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Zooming and panning3m 47s
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2. Working with Files
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File type basics2m 23s
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Opening files2m 5s
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Configuring a new drawing1m 44s
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3. Basic Geometry
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Geometry of your geometry4m 13s
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Using lines5m 35s
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Other basic 2D geometry3m 26s
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Understanding polylines5m 49s
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Editing polylines4m 20s
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Modifying objects8m 58s
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Advanced modify tools7m 55s
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4. Layers
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Layer basics2m 56s
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Layer creation5m 28s
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Controlling your layers5m 24s
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5. Advanced Objects
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Hatch basics3m 38s
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Creating Blocks5m 40s
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Working with underlays4m 3s
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6. Layouts
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7. Annotations
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Styles4m 43s
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Formatting text3m 14s
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Dimensioning your drawing3m 50s
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8. Plotting
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Plotting3m 13s
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Page setup2m 35s
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Batch plotting1m 17s
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9. 3D Basics
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Views in 3D2m 57s
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Basic 3D geometry5m 40s
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Conclusion
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Next steps32s
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