Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Earlier you have learned how to apply tolerances to the size (dimensions) of a component. However, the dimensional tolerances are not sufficient for manufacturing a component. You need to give tolerance values to its shape, orientation and position as well. The following figure shows a note which is used to explain […]
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Adding Leaders A Leader is a thin, dark, solid line terminating with an arrowhead at one end and a dimension, note, or symbol at the other end. In the following example, you will learn to create a leader style, and then create a leader. Example: Draw a square of 24 mm length. Create
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Creating Named views While working with a drawing, you may need to perform numerous zoom and pan operations to view key portions of a drawing. Instead of doing this, you can save these portions with a name. Then, restore the named view and start working on them. Open the ortho_views.dwg file. Click on
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Creating Auxiliary Views Most of the objects are represented by using orthographic views (front, top and/or side views). But many objects have features located on inclined faces. You cannot get the true shape and size forthese features by using the orthographic views. To see an accurate size and shape of the inclined features, you need
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Multi View Drawings in AutoCAD In this chapter, you will learn concept of drawing views. The drawing views are generated to show accurate shape and size of the object that can be dimensioning properly. In this chapter, you will learn about: Orthographic Views Auxiliary Views Named Views Multi View Drawings To manufacture
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Modifying Rectangular Arrays You can use grips to edit rectangular arrays dynamically. Various array editing operations using grips are given next. Moving a Rectangular array Create a rectangular array as shown below. Select the array; you will notice that grips are displayed on it. Select the grip located at the lower left
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The Polar Array tool The Polar Array tool is used to create an arrangement of objects around a point in circular form. The following example shows you to create a polar array. Create two concentric circles of 180 and 70 diameters. Type C in the command line and press ENTER. Press and
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The Explode tool The Explode tool is used to explode a group of objects into individual objects. For example, when you create a d rawing using the Polyline tool, it acts as a single object. You can explode a polyline or rectangle or any group of objects using the Explode tool. Click on the
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The Trim tool When an object intersects with another object, you can remove its unwanted portion by using the Trim tool. To trim an object, you need to first invoke the Trim tool, and then select the cutting edge (intersecting object) and the portion to be removed. If there are multiple intersection points in a
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Editing Tools in AutoCAD In this chapter, you will learn the following tools: The Move tool The Copy tool The Rotate tool The Scale tool The Trim tool The Extend tool The Fillet tool The Chamfer tool The Mirror tool The Explode tool The
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