This workbook is designed to follow the Beginning AutoCAD® 2017 Exercise Workbook, it is excellent for classroom instruction or self-study and is suitable for both Inch and Metric users. There are 23 lessons and 3 on-the-job type projects in Architectural, Electro-Mechanical and Mechanical. Lessons 1 thru 14 continue your education in basic 2D commands. Lessons 15 thru 23 introduce you to many basic 3D commands and 3D printing.
Each lesson starts with step-by-step instructions followed by exercises designed for practicing the commands you learned within that lesson. The on-the-job projects are designed to give you more practice in your desired field of drafting.
Important The files “inch-helper.dwg” “metric-helper dwg” and “3d-demo.dwg” should be downloaded from our website at:
http://new.industrialpress.com/ext/downloads/acad/2017-3d-demo.zip
Enter the address into your web browser and the download will start automatically. Once the file has been downloaded you can unzip it to extract the drawing files.
AutoCAD 2017 vs. AutoCAD LT 2017
The LT version of AutoCAD has approximately 80 percent of the capabilities of the full version. It was originally created to be installed on the small hard drives that Laptops used to have. Hence, the name LT. (LT does not mean “Light”) In order to reduce the size of the program AutoCAD removed some of the high-end capabilities, such as Solid Modeling. As a result, some of the commands may not be available to LT users. Consider this an opportunity to see the commands that you are missing and you can determine if you feel it is necessary to upgrade.
Cheryl R. Shrock is a retired Professor and was Chairperson of Computer Aided Design at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. She is also an Autodesk® registered author. Cheryl began teaching CAD in 1990. Previous to teaching, she owned and operated a commercial product and machine design business where designs were created and documented using CAD. This workbook is a combination of her teaching skills and her industry experience.
Steve Heather is a former Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Aided Design in England, UK. For the past 8 years he has been a Beta Tester for Autodesk®, testing the latest AutoCAD® software. Previous to teaching and for more than 30 years, he worked as a Precision Engineer in the Aerospace and Defense industries.
Steve can be contacted for questions or comments at: [email protected]
Note: If you have already configured your system for the Beginning AutoCAD® 2017 Exercise Workbook you may skip to Lesson 1.
AutoCAD® allows you to customize it’s configuration. While you are using this workbook it is necessary for you to make some simple changes to your configuration so our configurations are the same. This will ensure that the commands and exercises work as expected. The following instructions will guide you through those changes.
1. Start AutoCAD®
a. To start AutoCAD, follow the instructions on pages 1-2 through to 1-4. Then return to this page and go to Step 2.
2.
a. Type: options anywhere within the main drawing area then press the <enter>; key. (not case sensitive.)
b. Type: options on the Command Line then press the <enter>; key. (not case sensitive.)
The text that you type will appear in the Dynamic Input box or on the Command Line, as shown below:
Note:
AUTOCAD LT USERS:
You may find that some of the settings appear slightly different.
But they are mostly the same.
Configuration Settings
3. Select the Display tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
4. Select the Open and Save tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
5. Select the Plot and Publish tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
6. Select the System tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
7. Select the User Preferences tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
8. After making the setting changes shown below select Apply & Close button.
9. Select the Drafting tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
10. Select the Selection tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below. (Note: 3D Modeling tab was skipped)
11. Select the Apply button.
12. Select the OK button.
13. Now you should be back to the AutoCAD screen.
AutoCAD 2017 System Requirements for 32-bit
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