AutoCAD 2008 - Tutorial 09

[333sangar]

thank you very much about uploading this video

[okostamara]

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[jesuscheng]

Thanks :)

[atulkumarengineer]

Sir,

I have made a drawing with display units as metres. how can I change all displayed units to mm.

Thanks and regards,

Atul

[TheZiondesign]

check out my videotutorials is sooo ease to follow, so i hope u learn a lot

take care and have a great day!

[khoshaba11]

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[khoshaba11]

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[waqasriaz76]

good!!!

[IMJUSTAFLICKER]

Very good! Thank you very much!

[shearersshorts]

TeaYang - go to Zyber Discs they have AutoCAd 2006 or 2009 for £15 ($20). can't say fairer than that, 2009 is totally different and a big earning curve again. almost like learning again from scratch. I'm sticking with 2006/2007.

[asdadffff]

Many thanks cadeeze, your tutorials are the best.

[hyperthreaded]

So, what do the "inches" in architectural mode refer to? 1 inch = 1 length unit in decimal mode?

[boxcrazed]

I want to plot survey coordinates to autocadd, and once plotted i want it to have the figures or the point can u help me how?

also, i am trying to divide a i have a line or arc by using 'cal but i have a problem with the syntax expression..can u please help me how?

[sir5ive]

setting up is the most important thing !! don't want to mess up a project by using the defaults.

[slickmoe84]

I need some help, whenever I want to type in the Command box the writing ends up on my cursor in the workspace, no matter how many times i click in the command box. Can you help me please?? this is becoming too frustrating for me

[sir5ive]

it displays in a blue box beside your cursor, right?

just travel to the AutoCAD status bar - at the bottom where it has the snap, grid, ortho, and etc. tabs - the tab where it says DYN - dynamic input, toggle it off.

next time, whenever you use a command, it will only show up in the command window.

but why do you want it off? DYN allows you to keep your focus at the point where you're drawing?

either way, it's kool. i hoped i helped !!

[shaisdabest]

@slickmoe84 SAME, but i realized that means its just ANOTHER Command box on a different point of the screen i just use it as normal works fine, or you can press escape that MAY work. :)

[Knightsofwar210]

what program are you using to record the screen and what are the settings? I'm trying to make some tutorials on how to use autocad 2007 to make gun models.

[p3n0rgriffin]

im taking a autocad class in my highschool and ithe awesome thing is since im taking the class i can download autocad architecture 2009 for free for 13 months

its super!

[teayangxxooo3]

where can i download autocad 2009 for free??Is that more complicated than 2008?ty

[shaisdabest]

@teayangxxooo3 Download Vuze, it might be on there

[cyndyengel]

Do you have a video on the annotation function.  The tutorial that came with 08 is terrible and I still haven't figured out the advantage to this function

[imhotep08]

thanks so much.. this is so much help..

[tegra97]

why is it when I change units to architectural and change the units to feet, so i want to draw a line that's 50 ft so i type in 50 in line command, it still comes out in inches. when i dimension it comes out as 4'-2" when i want 50'-0". drivin me crazy! please help. thanks!!!

[cadeeze]

AutoCAD defaults to inches when you're in architectural units. By typing in just 50, you'll get 50 inches. If you want feet type 50', not just 50. Here are some other correct ways...

50'-6" (fifty feet six inches)

50'6" (fifty feet six inches)

50.5' (same at fifty feet six inches)

50' (feet)

50" (inches)

Hope this helps.

[tegra97]

thanks a lot. but what i don't understand is i typed "UNITS" and changed them to feet. so if you just typed 50 instead of 50' shouldn't it automatically be 50 feet? thanks.

[J2Pes]

The reason of that happening I think is because whether you change the units to feet, it will still draw in Inches. So, in other for you to have 50 ft when typed 50, you have add the apostrophe(50') other wise it will always draw in inches.

[PepeguArgent]

this was very useful thank you for sharing :)

[najnella]

thanks for sharing your knowlegde....

[eggybob]

thanks for the great tutorials.. im starting an autoCAD night course soon and this has helped.. although one question here im not sure on .

in the angles unit settings what would deg/mins/secs be used in for in an angle, or rather how would you measure an angle in minutes and secounds?

[cadeeze]

Great. Glad they're helping.

If you're referring to drawing an angle in Min/Sec, obviously make sure angles are set to that in the Units dialog box, then your input would be something like this...@24'<45d30'15" This would give you a line 24' long at an angle of 45 Deg, 30 min, 15 sec.

Let me know if I'm not answering correctly. I want to make sure you get this right.

Good luck.

[eggybob]

sorry im very new to auto cad so i wont be useing it.. i just dont understand how an angle can be measured in minutes and/or seconds? i dont underestand where time comes into an angle/lines measurement :).. thanks alot for repleying.

[jdavis417]

Just in case your not kidding... in surveying (Civil Engineering) each degree is divided into 60 minutes, and they, in turn, into 60 seconds. This is unrealated to time measurement. It is just another way to express an exacting angle and you can think of it as an "imperial" measurement. You know, the ones that make less mathematical sense than the Metric standards we refuse to adopt here in the US. Yeah, let's measure time in 1/60th's, and a mixtue of 1/8ths, 1/12ths, 1/16ths and others...

[shaisdabest]

lol the US cant afford to change to the metric system just the ROAD SIGNS will cost them BILLIONS to change! hahahahaha it will happen one day, when they arent in det

[DerCheckah]

@shaisdabest quote: when they arent in det --> that means never :D

[shaisdabest]

@DerCheckah hehe exactly!

[puppycat7007]

LOL JD. you could have had fun had you said that the min/sec refer to the time it takes to make a line, or a rectangle, etc... :)

You're okay, eggybob :)

Thanks again, Cadeeze :)

[guzman850]

Excellent information video, given in an easy to understand way, and not patronising for us newbies taught in days of old with pen and paper drawing!

I will be following your series with great interest and apply tips learned daily

Thanks for the effort nice touch with the highlighters applied

thank you