Welding symbols on drawing book – E. N. Gregory and A. A. Armstrong Introduction Symbols for indicating welded joints on engineering drawings were originally devised by individual drawing offices to provide more useful information than a simple arrow with the instruction ‘weld here’. This practice was obviously unsatisfactory, especially when drawings were passed from one company to another… Read More »
Dynamic block feature give many helpful for draftsman. It has opened many possibilities to enhance your AutoCAD library and your workflow. You can control less objects in your library, and save much time. Stretch is one of dynamic block feature in AutoCAD. How to use stretch feature Step 1: Create object Step 2: Defining block Step 3: Add… Read More »
AutoCAD 3D tutorial book – written by Kristen Kurland Note: This document will help you to learn and practice with AutoCAD 2007 interface. Content Chapter 1: 3D interface Chapter 2: Thickness and Elevation Chapter 3: Visualizing your model Chapter 4: Z Coordinates Chapter 5: User Coordinate System Chapter 6: 3D Orbit Chapter 7: 3D Navigation Chapter 8: 3D… Read More »
In this series, you will introduced tutorials how to control color in AutoCAD drawing. it very simple. Each layer has a color associated with it. Using different colors for different layers helps you visually distinguish different information in the drawing. An object’s color also may control which pens are used during plotting. There are two different ways of… Read More »
In some case, you have complex layout shape. How to calculate area in AutoCAD drawing? AREA command Type AREA at the command prompt Command: AREA Pick points for area calculation Specify first corner point or [Object/Add area/Subtract area] <Object>: Pick Specify next point or [Arc/Length/Undo]: Pick Specify next point or [Arc/Length/Undo/Total] <Total>: Pick Press ENTER… Read More »