If you're new to AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT, this guide introduces you to the essential commands that you need to create 2D drawings. It's also a great place to refresh your memory if you just completed your initial training or if you use AutoCAD only occasionally.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to AutoCAD
- Basics
Review the basic AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT controls. - View
Pan and zoom to different views in a drawing. View and edit your drawings from remote locations. - Geometry
Create basic geometric objects such as lines, circles, and hatched areas. - Precision
Ensure the precision required for your models. - Layers
Organize your drawing by assigning objects to layers. - Properties
You can assign properties such as color and linetype to individual objects, or as default properties assigned to layers. - Modify
Perform operations such as erase, move, and trim on the objects in a drawing. - Symbols
Insert symbols and details into your drawings from commercial online sources or from your own designs. - Layout
Display one or more scaled views of your design on a standard-size drawing sheet called a layout. - Annotate
Create notes, labels, bubbles, and callouts. Save and restore style settings by name. - Dimension
Create several types of dimensions and save dimension settings by name. - Print
Output a drawing layout to a printer, a plotter, or a file. Save and restore the printer settings for each layout.