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AutoCAD 2015 Tutorial: 2D Fundamentals 7-1

Chapter 7Templates and Plotting

4 Set up the AutoCAD Plot Style option4 Create a Template file* Use the MIRROR command• Create Multiple Copies of objects• Set up Layouts in Paper Space* Create Viewports in Paper Space4 Use the PROPERTIES command4 Adjust the Text Scale for Plotting

7-2 AutoCAD 2015 Tutorial: 2D Fundamentals

AutoCAD Certified User Examination Objectives Coverage

This table shows the pages on which the objectives of the Certified User Examination are covered inChapter 7.

Section 3: Manipulating ObjectsMirror command 7-20Array command 7-21

Section 4: Drawing Organization and Inquiry CommandsLayers Properties 7-9Viewport Properties 7-24

Section 5: Altering ObjectsOffset command 7-18

Section 6: Working with LayoutsLayout Mode 7-10Viewports 7-23

^ Section 8: Dimensioning'5 Dimension Style 7-25<D Dimension Update 7-26

Scale Dimension to Layout 7-26

Section 10: Working with Reusable Content<u Template File 7-13«

Section 12: Plotting Your DrawingsPlot Style 7-7

$ Plot Style Table Settings 7-5Plot command 7-27

Templates and Plotting 7-3

IntroductionOne of the main advantages of using CAD systems is that we can easily reuseinformation that is already in the system. For example, many of the system settings, suchas setting up layers, colors, linetypes and grids, are typically performed in all AutoCADfiles. In AutoCAD 2015, we can set up template files to eliminate these repetitive stepsand make our work much more efficient. Using template files also helps us maintainconsistent design and drafting standards. In this chapter, we will illustrate the procedureto set up template files that can contain specific plotting settings, system units,environment settings and other drafting standard settings.

We can also reuse any of the geometry information that is already in the system. Forexample, we can easily create multiple identical copies of geometry with the Arraycommand, or create mirror images of objects using the Mirror command. In this chapter,we will examine the use of these more advanced construction features and techniques inAutoCAD 2015.

Also in this chapter, we will demonstrate the printing/plotting procedure to create ahardcopy of our design. AutoCAD 2015 provides plotting features that are very easy touse. The AutoCAD 2015 plotting features include: WYSIWYG (What You See Is WhatYou Get) layouts; onscreen lineweights; plot style tables; device-accurate paper sizes;and creating custom paper sizes.

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Starting Up AutoCAD 2015

1. Select the AutoCAD 2015 option on the Program menu or select the AutoCAD2015 icon on the Desktop.

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2. In the Startup window, select Start from Scratch, as shown in the figure below.

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3. In the Default Settings section, pick Imperial (feet and inches) as the drawingunits.

4. Pick OK in the startup dialog box to accept the selected settings.

*J* Note the units setting of Drawing! is set to the English units system. One of theimportant rules for creating CAD designs and drawings is that they should be createdfull size. The importance of this practice is evident when we are ready to createhardcopies of the design, or transfer the designs electronically to manufacturingequipment, such as a CNC machine. Internally, CAD systems do not distinguishwhether the one unit of measurement is one inch or one millimeter. AutoCAD 2015provides several options to control the units settings.


Setting up the Plot Style Mode

*> Using AutoCAD 2015 plot styles andplot style tables allow us to control the waydrawings look at plot time. We can reassign object properties, such as color, linetype,and lineweight, and plot the same drawing differently. The default AutoCAD 2015Plot Style Mode is set to use the Color-Dependent plot style, which controls theplotting of objects based on the object colors and is the traditional method ofadjusting the plotted hardcopy in AutoCAD. The other plot method in AutoCAD is touse the Named plot style table that works independently of color. In this chapter, wewill learn to plot with the new AutoCAD Named plot style, which provides a veryflexible and fast way to control the plotting of our designs.

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Note the Plot Style box in the ObjectProperties toolbar still displays the settingofByColor and is still grayed out. This isbecause the plotting settings are stored ineach file. We will close this file and start anew file to have the new settings takeeffect.

Click on the [X] button, located near the topright corner of the Drawing 1 window, toclose the file.

10. In the AutoCAD Warning dialog box, selectNO to close the file without saving.


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1. Click the New icon in the Quick Access toolbar.

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2. In the AutoCAD Create NewDrawing dialog box, select theStart from Scratch option asshown.

3. Pick Imperial (Feet andInches) as the drawing units

4. Pick OK in the startup dialogbox to accept the selectedsettings.

Notice the Plot Style box in theObject Properties toolbar nowdisplays the setting of ByLayerand is no longer grayed out. Thisindicates we are now using theNamed plot style, and differentoptions arc available to controlplotting of the design.

> We will demonstrate the use of the Named plot style to create a hardcopy of theGeneva Cam design. The steps described in the above sections are required toset up the settings for the named plot style to be used in new drawings, and itshould be done prior to creating the design. We can also convert an existingdrawing to use named plot styles; it will require installing the AutoCADMigration application and use the Convertpstyles command to perform theconversion. Note that after the conversion, any color-dependent plot style tablesattached to layouts in the drawing are removed.


GRID and SNAP Intervals Setup1. In the Menu Bar, select:

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2. In the Drafting Settingsdialog box, select the SNAPand GRID tab if it is notthe page on top.

3. Change Grid Spacing to 1.0for both X and Y directions.

4. Also adjust the SnapSpacing to 0.5 for both Xand Y directions.

5. Pick OK to exit the DraftingSettings dialog box.

6. In the Status Bar area, reset the option buttons so that only SNAP Mode and GRIDDisplay are switched ON.

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Layers Setup

1. Pick Layer Properties Manager in the ObjectProperties toolbar.

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2. In the Layer Properties Manager dialogbox, click on the New button (or the keycombination [Alt+N]) to create a new layer.

3. Create layers with the following settings:

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> Using the Normal PlotStyle enables plotting of ttneweights defined in the specificlayer. Note that the Lineweight settings are set for proper printing of differentlinetypes and some may appear thicker on screen.

4. Highlight the layer Construction in the list of layers.

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Click on the Close button to accept the settings and exit theLayer Properties Manager dialog box.


Adding Borders and Title Block in the LayoutAutoCAD 2015 allows us to create plots to any exact scale on the paper. Until now, wehave been working in model space to create our design in full size. When we are ready toplot, we can arrange our design on a two-dimensional sheet of paper so that the plottedhardcopy is exactly what we wanted. This two-dimensional sheet of paper is known asthe paper space in AutoCAD. We can place borders and title blocks on paper space, theobjects that are less critical to our design.

1. Click the Layoutl icon to switch to the two-dimensional paper space.

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3. Choose the default layout in the Page Setup Manager and clickModify.

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Also notice the Printable area listed in the Paper size and paper units section istypically smaller than the actual paper size, which is due to the limitations of thehardware.

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5. Confirm the Paper size is set to Letter orequivalent (8.5" by 11") and the Drawingorientation is set to Landscape.

j Close 6. Click on the OK button and Close button to accept the settings andexit the Page Setup dialog boxes.

In the Drawing Area, a rectangular outline on a gray background indicates thepaper size. The dashed lines displayed within the paper indicate the printablearea.

1. Select the rectangularviewport inside thedashed lines.

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10. Select the Rectangle icon in the Draw toolbar.In the command prompt area, the message"Specify first corner point or[Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Thickness/Width]:" isdisplayed.

11. Pick a location that is on the inside and near the lower left corner of the dashedrectangle.

12. In the command prompt area, use the relative coordinate entry method and createa 10.25" x 7.75" rectangle.

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15. On your own, select the Layer Control box and set layer Construction Lines asthe Current Layer.

16. On your own, switch tWthe following options in the status toolbar: SNAP,GRID, Object Snap, and Object Snap Tracking and Line Weight Display.


Create a Template FileThe heart of any CAD system is the ability to reuse information that is already in thesystem. In the preceding sections, we spent a lot of time setting up system variables, suchas layers, colors, linetypes and plotting settings. We will make a template file containingall of the settings and the title block we have created so far.

1. In the Quick Access toolbar, click the Saveicon.etric

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2. In the Save Drawing Asdialog box, save to thedefault template folder(or select the folder inwhich you want to storethe template file). EnterAcad-A-H-Title in theFile name box.

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4. In the Template Description dialog box, enterA-size Horizontal layout with titleblock in the Description box.

5. Pick OK to close the dialog box and save thetemplate file.

The only difference between an AutoCAD template file and a regular AutoCADdrawing file is the filename extension, (.dwt) versus (.dwg). We can convert anyAutoCAD drawing into an AutoCAD template file by simply changing the filenameextension to .dwt. It is recommended that you keep a second copy of any templatefiles on a separate disk as a backup.


Exit AutoCAD 2015*> To demonstrate the effects of using a template file, we will exit and restart AutoCAD

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Click on the Application Bar and select Exit AutoCADfrom the pull-down menu as shown.

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2015 icon on the Desktop.

2. In the AutoCAD Startup dialog box, select the Template option.

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3. Select the Acad-A-H-Title template file from the list of template files. If thetemplate file is not listed, cliek on the Browse button to locate it and proceed toopen a new drawing file.

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Drawing Construction Lines

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1. Select the Construction Line icon in the.Drawtoolbar. In the command prompt area, the message"_jc//we Specify a point or[Hor/Ver/Ang/B [sect/Offset]:" is displayed.

2. Place the first point at world coordinate (5,4.5) onthe screen.

3. Pick a location above the last point to create avertical line.

4. Move the cursor toward the right of the first point, and then pick a location tocreate a horizontal line.

5. Next to create a construction line that is rotated 30 degrees from horizontal, enter@2<30 [ENTER].

6. Inside the Drawing Area, right-mouse-click to end the Construction Linecommand.

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point of the circle.

9. In the command promptarea, the message '''Specifyradius of circle or[Diameter]:" is displayed.Enter 0.75 [ENTER].

10. Repeat the Circlecommand and create fouradditional circles of radii7.25, 2.0, 4.0 and 4.5 asshown.


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1. On the Object Properties toolbar, choose theLayer Control box with the left-mouse-button.

2. Move the cursor over the name of layerObject_Lines; the tool tip " ObjectJiines"appears.

3. Left-mouse-click once and layer Object_Linesis set as the Current Layer.

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4. Select the Circle icon in the Draw toolbar. Inthe command prompt area, the message"CIRCLE Specify center point for circle or[3P/2P/Ttr]:" is displayed.

5. Move the cursor to the center of the circles, thenleft-click once to select the intersection as thecenter of the new circle.

6. In the command prompt area, themessage "Specify radius of circleor [Diameter]:" is displayed. Pickthe right intersection of thehorizontal line and the radius 4.0circle.

1. Repeat the Circle command andpick the right intersection of thehorizontal line and the radius 4.5circle as the center point of thecircle.

8. In the command prompt area, the message "Specify radius of circle or[Diameter]:" is displayed. Enter 1.5 [ENTER].

9. Repeat the Circle command and create a circle of radius 0.25 centered at theintersection of the inclined line and the radius 2.0 circle as shown.


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1. Select the Offset icon in the Modify toolbar. In thecommand prompt area, the message "Specify offsetdistance or [Through]:" is displayed.

2. Tn the command prompt area, enter: 0.25 [ENTER].

3. In the command prompt area, the message "Select object to offset or <exit>:" isdisplayed. Pick the inclined line on the screen.

4. AutoCAD next asks us to identity the direction of the offset. Pick a location thatis below the inclined line.

5. Inside the Drawing Area, right-mouse-click and pick Enter to end the Offsetcommand.

*t* Notice that the new line created by the Offset command is placed on the same layeras the line we selected to offset. Which layer is current does not matter; the offsetobject will always be on the same layer as the original object.

6. Use the Zoom Window command and zoom-in on the 30degrees region as shown.

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7. Select the Line command icon in the Draw toolbar. Inthe command prompt area, the message "_line Specifyfirst point:" is displayed.

8. Move the cursor to the intersection of the small circleand the lower inclined line and notice the visual aidthat automatically displays at the intersection. Left-click once to select the point.

9. Pick the next intersection point, toward the right side, along the inclined line.

> On your own, use the Trim and Erase commands to remove the unwantedportions of the objects until your drawing contains only the objects shown below.


Using the MIRROR Command

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1. Select the Mirror command icon in the Modifytoolbar. In the command prompt area, the message"Select objects:" is displayed.

2. Create a selection window by selecting the twocorners as shown.

> Note that in AutoCAD 2015, creating theselection window from left to right will selectonly objects entirely within the selection area.Going from right to left (crossing selection)selects objects within and objects crossing theselection area. Objects must be at least partiallyvisible to be selected.

3. Inside the Drawing Area, right-mouse-click to accept the selection and continuewith the Mirror command.

4. In the command prompt area, the message "Specify the first point of the mirrorline:" is displayed. Pick any intersection point along the horizontal line on thescreen.

5. In the command prompt area, the message "Specify the second point:" isdisplayed. Pick any other intersection point along the horizontal line on thescreen.

6. In the command prompt area, the message"Delete source objects? [Yes/No] <N>:" isdisplayed. Inside the Drawing Area, right-mouse-click and select Enter to retain theoriginal objects.

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Using the ARRAY Command*J* We can make multiple copies of objects in polar, rectangular or path arrays (patterns).

For polar arrays, we control the number of copies of the object and whether the copiesare rotated. For rectangular arrays, we control the number of rows and columns andthe distance between them.

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1. Select the Polar Array command icon in theModify toolbar. In the command prompt area, themessage "Select objects:" is displayed.

• Note the three different Array commands availablein AutoCAD.

2. Using a selection window, enclose the objectswe mirrored and the mirrored copies as shown.

In the command prompt area, the message''''Select Objects:" is displayed. Inside theDrawing Area, right-mouse-click to end theselection.

In the command prompt area, themessage "Specify the first point of themirror line:'" is displayed. Pick theCenter point location of the designas shown.


5. In the Item toolbar area, set the total number of Items as 6 as shown.

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7. On your own, confirm the array Properties options are as shown.

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8. Click Close Array to accept the settings and create the array as shown.


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Creating a Viewport Inside the Title Block

1. Click the Layout'! tab to switch to the two-dimensionalpaper space containing the title block.

2. If a view is displayed inside the title block, use theErase command and delete the view by selecting anyedge of the viewport.

3. Set the Viewport layer as the Current Layer.

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4. In the Pull-downmenu, select:[View] [Viewports] ->[New Viewport]

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5. Select Single in the Standard viewports list.

6. Click OK to proceed with the creation of the new viewport.

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7. In the Status Bar area, turn OFF theOSNAP option.

8. Create a viewport inside the titleblock area as shown.

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Viewport Properties1. Pre-select the viewport by left-clicking once on any edge of the viewport.

2. Switch to the View tab in the Ribbon toolbars,select the Properties Palette icon.

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3. In the Properties dialog box, scrolldown to the bottom of the list.Notice the current scale is set toCustom, 0.5289. (The number onyour screen might be different.)

4. Left-click the Standard scale boxand notice an arrowhead appears.

5. Click on the arrowhead button anda list of standard scales isdisplayed. Use the scroll bar to lookat the list.

6. Set the Custom scale to 0.5 as shown. This will set the plotting scale factor tohalf scale.

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7. Click on the [X] button to exit the Properties dialog box.

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1. With the viewport pre-selected, choose theLayer Control box with the left-mouse-button.

2. Move the cursor over the name of layerViewport, left-mo use-click once, and move theviewport to layer Viewport.

3. Turn OFF layer Viewport in the Layer Controlbox.

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5. Click on the Primary Units tab, and set thePrecision to two digits after the decimal pointand the Zero suppression of linear dimension toLeading as shown.

6. Click on the OK button to close the Modify Dimension Style dialog box.

7. Click on the Close button to close the Dimension Style Manager dialog box.

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8. Click on the Dimension Updateicon, located under the Annotatetab.

9. Pick one of the radius dimensions.

10. Inside the Drawing Area, right-mouse-click to update the selected dimension.

11 . Repeat the Dimension Update command on all the dimensions.


Plot/Print the Drawing

1. In the Standard toolbar, select the Plot icon.

2. Confirm the proper plot device is selected.

3. In the Plot area section, confirm it is set to Layout.

4. In the Plot scale section, confirm it is set to 1:1. Our paper space is set to thecorrect paper size.

5. On your own, confirm all of the settings are appropriate for the selectedprinter/plotter.

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6. Click on the OK button to proceed with plotting the drawing.


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Review Questions: (Time: 25 minutes)1. List and describe three advantages of using template files.

2. Describe the items that were included in the Acad-A-H-Title template file.

3. List and describe two methods of creating copies of existing objects in AutoCAD2015.

4. Describe the procedure in determining the scale factor for plotting an AutoCAD 2015layout.

5. What is the difference between the AutoCAD Model Space and the Paper Space1?

6. Why should we use the AutoCAD Paper Space?

I. What does the ORTHO option allow us to do?

8. Which AutoCAD command allows us to view and change properties of constructedgeometric objects?

9. What is the difference between an AutoCAD drawing file (.dwg) and an AutoCADtemplate file (.dwt)?

10. What does the Divide command allow us to do?

I I . Similar to the Trim command, the Break command can also be used to remove aportion of an object. Create 3 arbitrary lines as shown and remove the middle portionof the line, defined by the two intersecting lines, using the Break command.

uBreakBreaks the selected cfcject between t.*/o points


Exercises: (Time: 150 minutes)(Unless otherwise specified, dimensions are in inches.)

1. Ratchet Plate (thickness: 0.125 inch)

2. Shaft Support

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3. Auxiliary Support

4. Indexing Guide


5. Coupling Base

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