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20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #15
Welcome to today’s exercise. We are getting a little serious today. Today we have this “bent pipe joint” in 2D to draw as an exercise in AutoCAD. You can go ahead a use the HATCH command at the end of the design, nonetheless the more important in this exercise is to use a little bit […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #14
today’s assignment is the following. We have the image down below to replicate using AutoCAD. You must have noticed the Dashed Thin Lines with Dots. We will not only be using continuous thin lines today, we will be using other types of lines as well. Today, we are going to learn how to create Layer […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #13
As promised in the last 2D AutoCAD exercise, I’m bringing this exercise which is an easy one. But remember the objective of this is to master the MIRROR command. Here we go, all data you need to draw have been given. Hint All you need to draw are those 2 lines the dimensions are given. […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #12
welcome to Day #12. Today, we will try to learn few new stuff. Here we have a simple 2D exercise. I believe you can have this exercise done with no hassle if you have been with me from Day #1. It is true that there are many way you can go and reach your goals […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #11
Welcome to today’s play. Here is a simple figure that will serve us today. Again, we will be using tricks we have learned and leaning new tricks as well. I would love to show you the ARRAY command today. I will recommend you look at how to create ARRAYS in AutoCAD. Here, we will create […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #10
We have reached Day #10, and it is time to bring something tricky to the table to challenge yourself. Here is today’s 2D exercise. As you can see, all members are neither vertically positioned nor horizontally positioned. All dimensions are vertical and horizontal. How do you think you can go about finishing this exercise? where […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #9
Today’s 2D exercise combines all that we have learned so far in the previous AutoCAD exercises. But I would like us to experiment and learn about the ARC command today. Try to replicate the image below using AutoCAD with all the techniques you have learned so far. When you are done with the assignment, I […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #8
Welcome to today’s AutoCAD 2D exercise. We have the image below to replicate, and luckily we are given all dimensions, which will make the task simpler. Today’s difficulty is simply to learn how to draw a circle with specified radius tangent to two objects. As you can see from the figure below, we need to […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #7
Today’s exercise will help us utilize the HATCH command and understand it. One thing that is interesting about this exercise is the “angle game” this exercise will teach you. There is more than a couple of segments in the exercise that will make you use some techniques we learned in AutoCAD exercise Day #4, feel free […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #6
Today we are going to learn how to use the CHAMFER command. This exercise can be done with everything you learned in the previous AutoCAD exercises, since Day #1. We will add the CHAMFER command as on of your skills today. The CHAMFER command helps us in getting from point A to B in the […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #5
Today we will daw a rectangle with rounded corners and 9 circles, all in a way to replicate the figure below. On Day #2, we learned how to draw lines with precise directions and dimensions. Today, we will learn how to use the FILLET command. Step A Draw a rectangle of width 11.5 and height […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #4
Welcome to Day #4 of this series of 2D AutoCAD exercises. We have a simple image to replicate using AutoCAD. All dimensions are given. If the drawing above is confusing, use the following one, where the image to draw is the one in the red color. If you followed since Day #1, You should have […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #3
Welcome to Day #3 of this series of learning AutoCAD with exercises. Today, we have a but more complex exercise compared to the two previous ones. On Day #2, you learned how to draw lines with specific distances. In this exercise, all distances are given but remember that while drawing a circle in AutoCAD that […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #2
Welcome to Day 2 of our 20 Days of 2D Exercises in AutoCAD. Today we have the exercise below where we are given a basic figure to draw. Our figure has 6 points: A, B, C, D, E and F, and we know the distance of each segment as AB=5, BC= 7, DC= 2.5, DE= […]
20 Days of 2D AutoCAD exercises #1
Here is the first exercise of a series of 20 individual 2D exercises for AutoCAD. In this series, I will walk you through exercises with the aim of helping you learn how to draw in 2D using the software AutoCAD. The learning process will be simple. We start from the end, meaning we will set […]
Free dwg viewer from AutoDesk
Here are two free pc softwares released by AutoDesk that allow you to manipulate DWG files. If you are on a desktop or a PC and would quickly want to have a software that allows you to view a DWG files sent to you, this will be of a help. I would like to mention […]
AutoCAD free online
Are you looking for a free AutoCAD alternative online? here comes AutoCAD 360 Web Application. AutoCAD 360 is a web application that allow you to draw online without need to install a software in your computer. This is a good alternative for Chromebook users. AutoCAD 360 has a version for your mobile device, tablet or […]
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