Assignment 1

Republic of the Philippines
SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Baribag Campus
ENGINEERING- AND ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT
Assignment 1
Computer Aided Drafting
Name: Jose Miguel F. Ruiz Course/Year: BSEE 2A____Score: ____

Term: 1st Semester, 2022-2023 Instructor: Ms. Estrellado
2D Basic Shortcut Description

Commands/Icon Keys
Line L Create straight lines segments
The steps to create a line:
1. Select the Line icon from the ribbon panel or

type L or Line and press Enter on the command line.
The line icon will look like the given image:
2. Specify the starting point and endpoint using the cursor

on the workspace or drawing area, as shown in the
below image:
We can also continue the line segments by specifying

the endpoints.
3. Press Enter or Esc to exit.
Erase E The command that allows you to erase objects in AutoCAD. But
this command erases the whole object, not part of it.
To Erase an object in AutoCAD
1. Select the object to erase

2. Click on the ERASE icon (shown on the image above)
An alternative way to use this command is the following
1. Select the object to erase

2. Hit the DEL key of your keyboard
Move M The MOVE command will help change the location of an object

in the drawing area.
Steps to use the MOVE command

1. Select the object to move (or objects to move)
2. Click on the icon shown on the image above
3. Select the base point with a click (don’t hold)
4. Move and drop
Move the 6 circles below to the right
Step 1
Activate the ORTHO mode to constrains the cursor movement

orthogonally
Step 2
Select circles
Step 3
Click on the MOVE icon
Step 4
Select the base point
Step 5
Move your cursor to the right, leave the mouse in that position
and Enter 55 and Hit Enter
Final figure
Notice that when Moving an object, you can activate
the ORTHO mode and use the command area to enter the exact
distance you want to move the object with. The ORTHO
mode will ensure you are moving in a straight line.
OFFSET O The OFFSET command helps create parallel lines and parallel
curves.
If you have an object and want a similar parallel object to it, this
command will be helpful.
Steps to use the OFFSET command
1. Click on the OFFSET icon
2. Specify the OFFSET distance and Press Enter
3. Select object to OFFSET
4. Specify a point on side to OFFSET
Mirror MI Mirror command will help create a mirrored copy of a selected

object.
Steps to use the MIRROR command in AutoCAD
1. Select objects
2. Click on the MIRROR icon
3. Specify the first point of the mirror line
4. Specify the second point of the mirror line
5. Hit Enter
Rotate R
The ROTATE command will simply help rotate an object.
On the image above you can see how the trapezoidal object has
been rotated 120 degrees.
Steps to rotate an object in AutoCAD

1. Select the object to rotate
2. Click on the ROTATE icon
3. Specify the base point
4. Specify the rotation angle (positive angle for
anticlockwise rotation and negative angle for clockwise
rotation) and Hit Enter
Trim TR TRIMMING in AutoCAD just means that you have some parts of
an object or objects, often lines which you want to get rid of, but
you do not want to get rid of the entire objects.
Steps to use TRIM an object in AutoCAD

1. Click on the TRIM icon
2. Select the vertical and horizontal lines and press ENTER
on your keyboard
3. Select the two red parts shown on the image in step 2 on
the image above.
4. Press ENTER on your keyboard when you are
done.
Array AR Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.
Polar Array
The Polar Array is the most used of these and the command
corresponding to it is ARRAYPOLAR (If you
type ARRAYPOLAR and hit ENTER it will activate this command)
This command will help you get the following done.
Notice how nicely, the reference object got copied and its
displaced copies positioned around the circle, this is what the
Polar array will help you do.
We got Fig 2 and Fig 3 from Fig 1.
Before the use of this command, you will need a reference

object, it could be anything.
Steps to use the Polar Array command

1. Click on its icon (shown above) or
type ARRAYPOLAR and hit Enter
2. Select the reference object(s) and hit Enter
3. Specify the center point of the array
4.
You will then have access to the following tools
As you can see in the image of the polar array above, it has 6
elements. You can Enter the number of items you need in the
provided box shown on the image below.
The maximum fill angle is 360. You can decide to rotate
items on the circle or not to rotate them. (Fig 2 shows rotated
items and Fig 3 shows item not rotated), The Direction features
help you rotate items clockwise or counterclockwise, this makes
more sense when the fill angle is less than 360 degrees.
The Associative feature unites all items in one block.
The following image shows a polar array with 6 items, fill on 180
degrees.
Path Array
The Path Array corresponds to the command line ARRAYPATH.
It works just like the polar Array but will distribute objects along
a path like on the image below.
Rectangular Array
The rectangular array will help place objects in rows and

columns as shown below.
Chamfer CHA Bevels the edges of objects.
Steps to use the Chamfer command
1. Click on the Chamfer icon

2. Type D and Press Enter
3. Specify the first chamfer distance and Press Enter
4. Specify the second chamfer distance and Press Enter
5. Select the first line
6. Select the second line
On the image below the first distance is 20, and the second
distance is 30.
Fillet F Fillet helps convert sharp edges to round edges, Even though
this command can be bypassed using Circles and Trim, its use
will still be appreciated seeing how easy getting to the final
result get while using it.
Steps to use the Fillet command
1. Click on the fillet command icon

2. Type R and Press Enter
3. Specify the fillet Radius and Press Enter
4. Select the first line
5. Select the second line
The image below shows an example of Fillet with R=20.
Base Point/Block BE Opens the block definition in the Block Editor

Editor
This command can be found on the “Home” tab > Block panel
(drop down – lower portion) “Base”
It can also be found on the “Insert” tab > “Block Definition”
panel (drop down – lower portion) > “Set Base Point” button
Note the description of the command as it is hovered over in the

tool tip. It sounds like a description but it should also be
a WARNING.
When you run the BASE command in a drawing note that the

coordinates should be o,o,o (zero,zero,zero) [shown below].
If the BASE command is run and these coordinates have been

changed, notice the warning that appears (shown below). It
seems to be more concerned about the Z coordinate not being
set to zero than anything, but at least it lets you know that this
has been changed.

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Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Name: Jose Miguel F. Ruiz Course/Year: BSEE 2A____Score: ____

2D Basic Shortcut Description

The steps to create a line:

1. Select the Line icon from the ribbon panel or

2. Specify the starting point and endpoint using the cursor

We can also continue the line segments by specifying

1. Select the object to erase

1. Select the object to erase

Move M The MOVE command will help change the location of an object

Steps to use the MOVE command

Move the 6 circles below to the right

Activate the ORTHO mode to constrains the cursor movement

Click on the MOVE icon

Select the base point

Steps to use the OFFSET command

Mirror MI Mirror command will help create a mirrored copy of a selected

The ROTATE command will simply help rotate an object.

Steps to rotate an object in AutoCAD

Steps to use TRIM an object in AutoCAD

Array AR Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.

We got Fig 2 and Fig 3 from Fig 1.

Before the use of this command, you will need a reference

Steps to use the Polar Array command

The rectangular array will help place objects in rows and

Chamfer CHA Bevels the edges of objects.

Steps to use the Chamfer command

1. Click on the Chamfer icon

Steps to use the Fillet command

1. Click on the fillet command icon

The image below shows an example of Fillet with R=20.

Base Point/Block BE Opens the block definition in the Block Editor

Note the description of the command as it is hovered over in the

When you run the BASE command in a drawing note that the

If the BASE command is run and these coordinates have been

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