AutoCAD: Working with Utilities and Properties

Course Overview

Learn the capabilities of the utilities and properties of AutoCAD to investigate drawings and organize your designs.

Course Circullum

Introduction

Using utilities and properties to your advantage in AutoCAD
What you should know
Using the exercise files

1. Working with Properties in AutoCAD

The Properties ribbon panel
Match Properties (MATCHPROP)
Object Color (COLOR)
Lineweight (LWEIGHT)
Linetype (LINETYPE)
Transparency (CETRANSPARENCY)
List (LIST)

2. The Properties Palette

The Properties palette
Properties palette: Objects
Properties palette: Dimensions
Properties palette: Text

3. Working with Utilities in AutoCAD

The Utilities ribbon panel
ID Point (ID)
Point Style (PTYPE)
Quick Select (QSELECT)
Select All (AI_SELALL)
Quick Calculator (QUICKCALC)

4. Using the Measure Tools

The Measure (MEASUREGEOM) command
Quick
Distance
Radius
Angle
Area
Volume

5. Using Quick Properties

Switching on Quick Properties (QPMODE)
Quick Properties: Objects
Quick Properties: Dimensions
Quick Properties: Text

6. Using Selection Cycling

Switching on Selection Cycling (SELECTIONCYCLING)
Using Selection Cycling effectively in a drawing

7. Utilizing Layers with Properties

Working with the Layer Properties Manager
Applying colors to layers
Applying linetypes and lineweights
Applying transparency to layers

8. Utilizing the Status Bar

Working with the Status Bar in AutoCAD
Customizing the Status Bar
Controlling Lineweight
Controlling Selection Cycling
Controlling Quick Properties

Conclusion

Next steps

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