Develop Into A Professional in AutoCAD [Tutorials]

Asim Shahzad Posted on 15. Feb, 2012 | Comment in!

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AutoCAD is very important software for the designers and creators, AutoCAD features and functions make its perfect and easy. AutoCAD help us to create faultless designs. Developers have created some tutorial that will help us to understand and use AutoCAD easily. I have collected a stunning collection of autocad tutorials to get a grip on autocad features and function. Below is the collection, enjoy it…

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How to draw L bracket

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw L bracket. Something like this.

How to draw anchor bracket

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw anchor bracket. Something like this;

The X,Y co-ordinate system

The course is designed so that the commands and instructions should work on almost any version of AutoCAD, although this version is designed specifically for AutoCAD 2010 and will work great for 2012. By the end of this level you will have the skills to develop basic 2D drawings and print them out to scale.

AutoCAD Architecture

Drawing Objects

This tutorial is designed to show you how all of the AutoCAD Draw commands work. If you just need information quickly, use the QuickFind toolbar below to go straight to the command you want or select a topic from the contents list above. Not all of the Draw commands that appear on the Draw toolbar are covered in this tutorial. Blocks, Hatch and Text for example are all tutorial topics in their own right!

Making Your Drawing More Precise

AutoCAD Tutorial, Making Your Drawing More Precise Using Object Snaps, Endpoint, Midpoint, Intersection, Perpendicular.

Drawing Rectangles

Your first corner point of rectangle could be any where, instead of input coordinate (0,0) you can point and click any where as your first corner point of rectangle.

How to draw tap symbol

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw tap symbol.

AutoCAD 2010: Basic 3D Editing with Grips & Gizmos

This tutorial follows on from the 3D Primitives tutorial and describes how 3D solid objects can be edited using grips and gizmos.

AutoCAD 2010: The ViewCube

This tutorial introduces the ViewCube and describes how it can be used for effectively navigating your 3D drawings.

AutoCAD 2010: Getting Ready for 3D

This tutorial describes how to prepare the AutoCAD 2010 user interface (UI) ready for a 3D drawing project.

AutoCAD 3d Thread tutorial

Here is the tutorial many people trying to look for, it shows how to create realistic 3d solid threads in autocad.

How to create block

In this autocad tutorial you will learn how to create drawing block. What is drawing block? Block is a group of object in your drawing. For example engineer might need to reuse bolt at many places, if he draw the hex blot every time he need it than it not a productive way to work. Block is the best way to reuse every hex bolt he need.

Dimensioning

This tutorial describes the options and commands available for dimensioning drawings and how to use them. The correct use of AutoCADs dimension tools is the key to producing clear and concise measured drawings. If you just need to quickly find a description of the various dimension commands, click on the appropriate button on the QuickFind toolbar below.

AutoCAD 2010: Extrude & Press/Pull

This tutorial introduces the AutoCAD extrusion tools, Extrude and Press/Pull. A good understanding of both tools is important for developing 3D modeling skills.

Object Selection

This tutorial is designed to demonstrate the use of many of the selection options. As with so many aspects of AutoCAD, developing a good working knowledge of these options can drastically improve your drawing speed and efficiency.

How to draw simple plate

In this autocad tutorial we will sketch this simple L plate.

How to draw pulley

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw pulley.

Scaling Images

From time to time, you may need to use a raster image to trace off information. For example, you may want to use a map base to draw the line of a road or to draw some contours. In the past, this would have been done using a digitising tablet and although AutoCAD still supports the use of tablets, the new image support options have, in many respects, made them redundant.

Creating Custom Bitmap Materials

This tutorial describes how to create custom bitmap based materials in AutoCAD and how to create the bitmap tile from scratch in Photoshop. If you would like to follow this tutorial closely, you can download the Garden drawing used in the examples. See Download Sample Data, below.

AutoCAD to Bryce

This tutorial explains how to take a model built in AutoCAD into Bryce, how to assign materials to the various components of your model,how to use image textures, how to create a simple setting and how to render the resulting scene.

ISOMETRIC DRAWING 2D TO LOOK LIKE 3D

You can see that it is a very simple drawing. This basic isometric drawing of the object gives a very good idea of what it looks like. If this is all that is needed then isometric works well. Unfortunately, as soon as you change anything, like the block’s height, you’ll need to redraw all four views.

Direct Distance Entry

Direct distance entry is one of those AutoCAD features that is often overlooked. This is rather unfortunate because it can be extremely useful and an amazing time-saver. Basically, direct distance entry enables you to draw an object, such as a line, by pointing in a particular direction with the cursor and entering a distance at the command line.

User Co-ordinate Systems

This tutorial describes what UCSs are, why we need them and how to use them. The correct use of UCSs with AutoCAD is the key to producing good 3D models and they can also help with 2D work. If you just want to quickly find a description of the UCS options, click on the appropriate button on the QuickFind toolbar below.

How to draw hexagon bolt

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw hexagon bolt.

All About Shadows

There is no way to create perfect or realistic shadows in AutoCAD but there are various options that can be used to create approximate shadow effects. The choice of shadow will often depend upon the object casting the shadow. For example, there is no difference between volumetric and raytraced shadows as cast by solid opaque objects.

Masterplan Exercise

The following exercise is designed to show you how to construct simple shapes from given dimensions and to allow you to practice the basic AutoCAD commands which you have already learned. Use the tutorials to cover any topics you are unsure of.

How to rectangle array object

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to pattern object in rectangle order.

Basic 3D and Surface Modelling

Using this tutorial you will learn how to give objects a thickness, how to move them vertically, how to view your 3D creations and how to use the 3DFACE and SHADE commands.

AutoCAD reference – Working with a rotated background

The original background stays the same. All your texts and work follow the unknown rotation of the background.

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