NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - LAGUNA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Civil Engineering Department

ENGR. KENT PATRICK FERRARO

INSTRUCTOR
It pertains to Computer-Aided Design which can be defined as
using computer systems to assist in the creation, modification,
analysis, or optimization of a design. (Narayan, 2008)

CAD software is used to increase the productivity of the designer,

improve the quality of design, improve communications through
documentation, and create a database for manufacturing.
(Narayan, 2008)
CAD is an important industrial art extensively used in many
applications, including automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace
industries, industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and
many more. (Pottmann, and et al., 2007)
✓ It is an industry-leading commercial CAD software.
✓ It is used by AEC(Architecture, Engineer, and Construction) to
generate and optimize 2D and 3D designs.
✓ It is a widely used software program that can help you draft
construction documentation, explore design ideas, visualize
concepts through photorealistic renderings, and simulate how
a design performs in the real world. (Autodesk)
✓ It was first released in December 1982 as a desktop app. In
2010, AutoCAD was released as a mobile- and web app,
marketed as AutoCAD 360. (Autodesk and AutoCAD)
Four AutoCAD products for AEC:

1. AutoCAD
❑ It is the original version of AutoCAD.
❑ This version can use architects, project managers,
engineers, graphic designers, city planners, and other
professionals.
Four AutoCAD products for AEC:

2. AutoCAD Architecture
❑ It is a version of Autodesk’s flagship product, AutoCAD,
with tools and functions specially suited to architecture
work.
❑ This software supports dynamic elements (wall, door,
windows, and other architectural elements) and
automatically updating Spaces and Areas for calculations
of sqft.
Four AutoCAD products for AEC:

3. AutoCAD LT
❑ It is the lower-cost version of AutoCAD, with reduced
capabilities (No 3D, No Network Licensing, No
management tools, and more).
Four AutoCAD products for AEC:

4. AutoCAD 360
❑ It is an account-based mobile and web application
enabling registered users to view, edit, and share
AutoCAD files via a mobile device and web using a
limited AutoCAD feature set and using cloud-stored
drawing files.
1. Application Menu
New, open, save, import, export,
print
2. Quick Access Toolbar
User can save tools that
they often use
3. Info Center
Ask a question, find
out answers from
Autodesk community
4. Ribbon
5. File Tab
Navigate files and create and open
files
6. Drawing Area / Graphic
Area
Main drawing space
7. View Cube
User can change the view, top, front,
3D, or more
8. Navigation Bar
Zoom in and out, pan, zoon to all,
and more
9. Command Box
Can type commands and see the previous commands
10. Layout Tab
Can see model space and print
spaces
11. Status Bar
Can set grid,
snaps, scales,
and more
 The middle button, or wheel, is used to
zoom and pan around the drawing.
The right
button has two
This is the uses. If pressed
pick button. and released
Use it to pick quickly, it
objects, pick repeats the last
menu items, command. If
or to select pressed and
locations on held in, it
the drawing. displays the
cursor menu.
Toggle General Features
Ctrl+G Toggle Grid
Ctrl+E Cycle isometric planes
Ctrl+F Toggle running object snaps
Ctrl+H Toggle Pick Style
Ctrl+Shift+H Toggle Hide pallets
Ctrl+I Toggle Coordinates
Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle Infer Constraints
Manage Screen
Ctrl+0 (zero) Clean Screen
Ctrl+1 Property Palette
Ctrl+2 Design Center Palette
Ctrl+3 Tool Palette
Ctrl+4 Sheet Set Palette
Ctrl+6 DBConnect Manager
Ctrl+7 Markup Set Manager Palette
Ctrl+8 Quick Calc
Ctrl+9 Command Line
Manage Drawings
Ctrl+N New Drawing
Ctrl+S Save drawing
Ctrl+O Open drawing
Ctrl+P Plot dialog box
Ctrl+Tab Switch to next
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to previous drawing
Ctrl+Page Up Switch to previous tab in current drawing
Ctrl+Page Down Switch to next tab in current drawing
Ctrl+Q Exit
Ctrl+Shift+S Save drawing as
Toggle Drawing Modes
F1 Display Help
F2 Toggle text screen
F3 Toggle object snap mode
F4 Toggle 3DOsnap
F5 Toggle Isoplane
F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS
Toggle Drawing Modes
F1 Display Help F7 Toggle grid mode
F2 Toggle text screen F8 Toggle ortho mode
F3 Toggle object snap mode F9 Toggle snap mode
F4 Toggle 3DOsnap F10 Toggle polar mode
F5 Toggle Isoplane F11 Toggle object snap tracking
F6 Toggle Dynamic UCS F12 Toggle dynamic input mode
Manage Workflow
Ctrl+A Select all objects Ctrl+Shift+V Paste data as block
Ctrl+C Copy object Ctrl+Z Undo last action
Ctrl+K Insert hyperlink Ctrl+Y Redo last action
Cancel current command (or
Ctrl+X Cut object Ctrl+[
ctrl+\)
Ctrl+V Paste object ESC Cancel current command
Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to clipboard with base point
A
A ARC / Creates an arc
ADCENTER / Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch
ADC
patterns
AA AREA / Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas
AL ALIGN / Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D
AP APPLOAD / Load Application
AR ARRAY / Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern
ARR ACTRECORD / Starts the Action Recorder
ARM ACTUSERMESSAGE / Inserts a user message into an action macro
ARU ACTUSERINPUT / Pauses for user input in an action macro
B
B BLOCK / Creates a block definition from selected objects
BC BCLOSE / Closes the Block Editor
BE BEDIT / Opens the block definition in the Block Editor
HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid
BH
fill, or gradient fill
BO BOUNDARY / Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area
BR BREAK / Breaks the selected object between two points
BS BSAVE / Saves the current block definition
BVS BVSTATE / Creates, sets, or deletes a visibility state in a dynamic block
C
C CIRCLE / Creates a circle
CAMERA / Sets a camera and target location to create and save a 3D
CAM
perspective view of objects
CONSTRAINTBAR / A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available
CBAR
geometric constraints on an object
CH PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects
CHA CHAMFER / Bevels the edges of objects
CHK CHECKSTANDARDS / Checks the current drawing for standards violations
CLI COMMANDLINE / Displays the Command Line window
COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects
C
COL COLOR / Sets the color for new objects
CO COPY / Copies objects a specified distance in a specified direction
CT CTABLESTYLE / Sets the name of the current table style
NAVVCUBE / Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube
CUBE
tool
CYL CYLINDER / Creates a 3D solid cylinder
D
D DIMSTYLE / Creates and modifies dimension styles
DAN DIMANGULAR / Creates an angular dimension
DAR DIMARC / Creates an arc length dimension
DIMBASELINE / Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the
DBA
baseline of the previous or selected dimension
DBC DBCONNECT / Provides an interface to external database tables
DCE DIMCENTER / Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs
DIMCONTINUE / Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a
DCO
previously created dimension
D
DIMCONSTRAINT / Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or
DCON
points on objects
DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE / Removes associativity from selected dimensions
DDI DIMDIAMETER / Creates a diameter dimension for a circle or an arc
DED DIMEDIT / Edits dimension text and extension lines
DI DIST / Measures the distance and angle between two points
DIVIDE / Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length or
DIV
perimeter of an object
DJL DIMJOGLINE / Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension
DJO DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs
D
DL DATALINK / The Data Link dialog box is displayed
DATALINKUPDATE / Updates data to or from an established external data
DLU
link
DO DONUT / Creates a filled circle or a wide ring
DOR DIMORDINATE / Creates ordinate dimensions
DIMOVERRIDE / Controls overrides of system variables used in selected
DOV
dimensions
DR DRAWORDER / Changes the draw order of images and other objects
DRA DIMRADIUS / Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc
D
DIMREASSOCIATE / Associates or re-associates selected dimensions to objects
DRE
or points on objects
DRAWINGRECOVERY / Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered
DRM
after a program or system failure
DSETTINGS / Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap
DS
modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties
DT TEXT / Creates a single-line text object
DVIEW / Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a camera
DV
and target
DATAEXTRACTION / Extracts drawing data and merges data from an
DX
external source to a data extraction table or external file
E
E ERASE / Removes objects from a drawing
DDEDIT / Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and
ED
feature control frames
EL ELLIPSE / Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc
EPDF EXPORTPDF / Exports drawing to PDF
ER EXTERNALREFERENCES / Opens the External References palette
EX EXTEND / Extends objects to meet the edges of other objects
EXIT QUIT / Exits the program
EXP EXPORT / Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format
EXT EXTRUDE / Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D space
F
F FILLET / Rounds and fillets the edges of objects
FILTER / Creates a list of requirements that an object must meet to be
FI
included in a selection set
FS FSMODE / Creates a selection set of all objects that touch the selected object
FLATSHOT / Creates a 2D representation of all 3D objects based on the
FSHOT
current view
G
G GROUP / Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups
GEOCONSTRAINT / Applies or persists geometric relationships between
GCON
objects or points on objects
GD GRADIENT / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information
GEO
for a drawing file
H
HATCH / Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid
H
fill, or gradient fill
HE HATCHEDIT / Modifies an existing hatch or fill
HI HIDE / Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines suppressed

I
I INSERT / Inserts a block or drawing into the current drawing
IMAGEADJUST / Controls the image display of the brightness, contrast, and
IAD
fade values of images
IAT IMAGEATTACH / Inserts a reference to an image file
I
ICL IMAGECLIP / Crops the display of a selected image to a specified boundary
ID ID / Displays the UCS coordinate values of a specified location
IM IMAGE / Displays the External References palette
IMP IMPORT / Imports files of different formats into the current drawing
INTERSECT / Creates a 3D solid, surface, or 2D region from overlapping
IN
solids, surfaces, or regions
INTERFERE / Creates a temporary 3D solid from the interferences between
INF
two sets of selected 3D solids
IO INSERTOBJ / Inserts a linked or embedded object
J
J JOIN / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object
JOG DIMJOGGED / Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs

L
L LINE / Creates straight line segments
LA LAYER / Manages layers and layer properties
LAS LAYERSTATE / Saves, restores, and manages named layer states
LE QLEADER / Creates a leader and leader annotation
L
LEN LENGTHEN / Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs
MESHSMOOTHLESS / Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by
LESS
one level
LI LIST / Displays property data for selected objects
LO LAYOUT / Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs
LT LINETYPE / Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes
LTS LTSCALE / Changes the scale factor of linetypes for all objects in a drawing
LWEIGHT / Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and
LW
lineweight units
M
M MOVE / Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction
MA MATCHPROP / Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects
ME MEASURE / Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken object
MEASUREGEOM / Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of
MEA
selected objects or sequence of points
MI MIRROR / Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects
ML MLINE / Creates multiple parallel lines
MLA MLEADERALIGN / Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects
MLEADERCOLLECT / Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks
MLC
into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader
MLD MLEADER / Creates a multileader object
M
MLEADEREDIT / Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a
MLE
multileader object
MLS MLEADERSTYLE / Creates and modifies multileader styles
MO PROPERTIES / Controls properties of existing objects
MESHSMOOTHMORE / Increases the level of smoothness for mesh objects
MORE
by one level
MS MSPACE / Switches from paper space to a model space viewport
MSM MARKUP / Opens the Markup Set Manager
MT MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object
MV MVIEW / Creates and controls layout viewports
N
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION / Specifies the geographic location information
NORTH
for a drawing file
NEWSHOT / Creates a named view with motion that is played back when
NSHOT
viewed with ShowMotion
NVIEW NEWVIEW / Creates a named view with no motion
O
O OFFSET / Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves
SURFOFFSET/ Creates a parallel surface or solid by setting an offset distance
OFFSETSRF
from a surface
OP OPTIONS / Customizes the program settings
3DORBIT / Rotates the view in 3D space, but constrained to horizontal and
ORBIT / 3DO
vertical orbit only
P
P PAN / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition
PASTESPEC / Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and
PA
controls the format of the data
PAR PARAMETERS / Controls the associative parameters used in the drawing
PARAM BPARAMETER / Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition
SURFPATCH / Creates a new surface by fitting a cap over a surface edge that
PATCH
forms a closed loop
POINTCLOUDATTACH / Inserts an indexed point cloud file into the current
PCATTACH
drawing
PE PEDIT / Edits polylines and 3D polygon meshes
P
PL PLINE / Creates a 2D polyline
PO POINT / Creates a point object
HIDEPALETTES / Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command
POFF
line)
POL POLYGON / Creates an equilateral closed polyline
PON SHOWPALETTES / Restores the display of hidden palettes
PR PROPERTIES / Displays Properties palette
PRE PREVIEW / Displays the drawing as it will be plotted
PRINT PLOT / Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file
P
PS PSPACE / Switches from a model space viewport to paper space
PSOLID POLYSOLID / Creates a 3D wall-like polysolid
PURGE / Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers, from the
PU
drawing
PYR PYRAMID / Creates a 3D solid pyramid

Q
QC QUICKCALC / Opens the QuickCalc calculator
QCUI QUICKCUI / Displays the Customize User Interface Editor in a collapsed state
Q
Q QSAVE / Saves the current drawing
QVDRAWING / Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing using
QVD
preview images
QVDRAWINGCLOSE / Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts
QVDC
in a drawing
QVLAYOUT / Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a
QVL
drawing
QVLAYOUTCLOSE / Closes preview images of model space and layouts in the
QVLC
current drawing
R
R REDRAW / Refreshes the display in the current viewport
RA REDRAWALL / Refreshes the display in all viewports
RENDERCROP / Renders a specified rectangular area, called a crop window,
RC
within a viewport
RE REGEN / Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport
REA REGENALL / Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports
REC RECTANG / Creates a rectangular polyline
REG REGION / Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object
R
RENAME / Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension
REN
styles
REVOLVE / Creates a 3D solid or surface by sweeping a 2D object around an
REV
axis
RO ROTATE / Rotates objects around a base point
RENDERPRESETS / Specifies render presets, reusable rendering parameters,
RP
for rendering an image
RENDER / Creates a photorealistic or realistically shaded image of a 3D solid
RR
or surface model
RENDERWIN / Displays the Render window without starting a rendering
RW
operation
S
S STRETCH / Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon
SCALE / Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions of the
SC
object the same after scaling
SCR SCRIPT / Executes a sequence of commands from a script file
SECTION / Uses the intersection of a plane and solids, surfaces, or mesh to
SEC
create a region
SET SETVAR / Lists or changes the values of system variables
SHA SHADEMODE / Starts the VSCURRENT command
SLICE / Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, existing
SL
objects
S
SN SNAP / Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals
SO SOLID / Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals
SP SPELL / Checks spelling in a drawing
SPE SPLINEDIT / Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline
SPL SPLINE / Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified points
SECTIONPLANE / Creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through
SPLANE
3D objects
SPLAY SEQUENCEPLAY / Plays named views in one category
S
SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces
SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager
ST STYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles
STA STANDARDS / Manages the association of standards files with drawings
SUBTRACT / Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by
SU
subtraction
SPLIT MESHSPLIT / Splits a mesh face into two faces
SSM SHEETSET / Opens the Sheet Set Manager
T
T MTEXT / Creates a multiline text object
TA TEXTALIGN / Aligns multiple text objects vertically, horizontally, or obliquely
TB TABLE / Creates an empty table object
TED TEXTEDIT / Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object
THICKNESS / Sets the default 3D thickness property when creating 2D
TH
geometric objects
TI TILEMODE / Controls whether paper space can be accessed
TOLERANCE / Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control
TOL
frame
TOR TORUS / Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid
T
TP TOOLPALETTES / Opens the Tool Palettes window
TR TRIM / Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects
TS TABLESTYLE / Creates, modifies, or specifies table styles

U
UC UCSMAN / Manages defined user coordinate systems.
UN UNITS / Controls coordinate and angle display formats and precision.
UNHIDE / UNISOLATEOBJECTS / Displays objects previously hidden with the
UNISOLATE ISOLATEOBJECTS or HIDEOBJECTS command.
UNI UNION / Unions two solid or two region objects.
V
VIEW / Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, and preset
V
views.
VGO VIEWGO / Restores a named view.
VP VPOINT / Sets the 3D viewing direction.
VPLAY VIEWPLAY / Plays the animation associated to a named view.
VS VSCURRENT / Sets the visual style in the current viewport.
VISUALSTYLES / Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style
VSM
to a viewport.
W
W WBLOCK / Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file.
WE WEDGE / Creates a 3D solid wedge.
NAVSWHEEL / Displays a wheel that contains a collection of view navigation
WHEEL
tools.
X
X EXPLODE / Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
XA XATTACH / Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref).
XBIND / Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the
XB
current drawing.
XCLIP / Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to
XC
a specified boundary.
XL XLINE / Creates a line of infinite length.
XR XREF / Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.
Z
ZOOM / Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the current
Z
viewport.
ANALYSISZEBRA / Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface
ZEBRA
continuity.
ZIP ETRANSMIT / Creates a Self-Extracting or Zipped Transmittal Package.