The Hitchhiker's Guide to AutoCAD for Mac

Welcome to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AutoCAD for Mac Basics. If you're new to AutoCAD for Mac or AutoCAD LT for Mac, this guide provides an overview to the basic commands that you need to create 2D drawings.

Basics Viewing Geometry Precision Layers Properties Modifying Blocks Layouts Notes and Labels Dimensions Printing

  1. Basics
    Review the basic AutoCAD controls.
  2. View
    Pan and zoom to different views in a drawing.
  3. Geometry
    Create basic geometric objects such as lines, circles, and hatched areas.
  4. Precision
    Ensure the precision required for your models.
  5. Layers
    Organize your drawing by assigning objects to layers.
  6. Properties
    Assign properties such as color and linetype to individual objects, or as default properties assigned to layers.
  7. Modify
    Perform editing operations such as erase, move, and trim on the objects in a drawing.
  8. Symbols
    Insert symbols and details into your drawings from commercial online sources or from your own designs.
  9. Layout
    Display one or more scaled views of your design on a standard-size drawing sheet called a layout.
  10. Annotate
    Create notes, labels, bubbles, and callouts. Save and restore style settings by name.
  11. Dimension
    Create several types of dimensions and save dimension settings by name.
  12. Print
    Output a drawing layout to a printer, a plotter, or a file. Save and restore the printer settings for each layout.