X-Y CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM, INPUTTING POINTS THE AUTOCAD

X-Y CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM, INPUTTING POINTS THE AUTOCAD

Welcome to the world of CAD - In this tutorial you will be learning the basics of AutoCAD. The course is designed so that the commands and instructions should work on almost any version of AutoCAD, although this version is designed specifically for AutoCAD 2007. By the end of this level you will have the skills to develop basic 2D drawings and print them out to scale.

The X,Y co-ordinate system

Everything that you draw in AutoCAD is exact. It will be more accurate than you will ever need it to be. All objects drawn on the screen are placed there based on a simple X,Y co-ordinate system. In AutoCAD this is known as the World Co-ordinate System (WCS). You must understand this to know how to put things where you want them. (3-D work has an added axis, the Z-axis, but this is not covered in this lesson.) Below is a diagram showing you how this system works (place your mouse on the diagram for more info).

Free online Auto CAD Tutorialsand Training for new and experienced

This web site has been online for 5 years, offering the best in Free online Auto CAD Tutorialsand Training for new and experienced users. The lessons are adapted from a 4 level course I developed for new AutoCAD users. Originally, the tutorials were deigned for Release 14 and have now been updated and adapted and will work fine for any version up to AutoCAD 2007. My approach has always been to teach the commands in their context and in a natural progression. Each tutorial also has a quiz to help students review - and most have videos. The older lessons for all autocad . The lessons contained on these pages have helped many people learn AutoCAD - not just here, but in schools, universities, tech colleges