AutoCAD Basic Series Archive

  • Controlling UCS for Angled Drawing and Local Coordinates

    Controlling UCS for Angled Drawing and Local Coordinates

    If you already familiar with 3D modeling in AutoCAD, then you must be familiar with controlling UCS. In 2D, there are many things that you can do by controlling UCS. In this article, we are going to discuss how to control it and why. So...

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    AutoCAD Precise Input: Drafting Tools

    You have learned how to precisely specify points by their coordinates. However, sometimes we need other methods to define points. There are some drafting tools that we can use to help us in specifying points. AutoCAD Object Snap Object snap is a tool that you...

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  • Using Template and Setting Your Unit

    Using Template and Setting Your Unit

    There’s not much in this tutorial. However, I consider this is very important part for the rest of the tutorial. I found most AutoCAD users never aware about using template. And worse, sometimes they just open existing drawing, erase the drawings, and use the existing...

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  • Using AutoCAD Navigation Tools

    Using AutoCAD Navigation Tools

    The next first thing you should get familiar when first time learning AutoCAD is using navigation tools. You will want to see your drawing closer, move it to see another part of your drawing, see your model from different angle (for 3D), etc. There are...

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