autocad - tips and trick

This is a really ancient software, i consider this as the mother of engineering software
It's simple really, and as the story goes, there's also features to make 3d designs too. I myself wouldn't recommend the 3d, but the 2d autocad is really dependable
basically it's like manual engineering drawing, but with pointer as the pen, and you can make circle without effort. the overall techniques, it's all up to you. You can decide the standards, what to view, and what you don't want to see as free as possible
To use, it's not hard, but if you want to use it nicely, a lot faster, cooler and efficiently, you gotta follow this trick


1. use right click configuration, so you can use "right click" to substitute "enter". Go to option user preferences, tick on *shortcut menu in drawing area*, right click custom
use right click to "repeat last command" and "enter"
2. remove all the toolbar except for "styles", "layers",and "properties", we will use shortcut command
3. activate all object snap, except for "nearest"
4. before editing, consider your action, so you can edit (example:trimming) several lines/arcs in one go.save more time

SHORTCUT COMMAND

A :arc

C :circle
EL :ellipse
L :line
PO :point
REC :rectangle
POL :polygon
SPL :spline
CHA :chamfer
F :fillet
F-R :fillet, enter radius
H :hatch
DI :measure distance
T :text
ED:edit text
E :erase
CO :copy
AR :array
M :move
SC :scale
RO :rotate
MI :mirror
X :explode
BO :make boundary (for making hatch)
J :join
PE :make polyline
BR :break
TR :trim
EX :extend (same as holding "shift" while using trim)
AL :align
S :stretch
MA :move attribute (copy all attribute, linetype, colour, textstyle)
RE :regen view
Z :zoom
Z-A :zoom all
Z-W :zoom windows
Z-E : zoom extent
P :pan

W :write block

B :block

BE :edit block

I :insert block

ADC :autocad design center

dimensioning

dli:dimension linear

dra:dimension radius

dal:dimension aligned

ddi:dimension diameter

dan:dimension angular

djo:dimension jogged

dar:dimension arclength

dco:dim.continued

dba:dim.baseline

le:leader

tol:geometric tolerance

solid editing

SO :make solid

DO :donut

setting

OS :setting objectsnap

OP :setting option

D :setting dimensionstyle

PR :setting properties

LW :setting lineweight

snapping

NEA :snap to nearest

PER :snap to perpendicular

PAR :snap to parallel

QUA :snap to quadrant

TAN :snap to tangent