AutoCAD Wrapup

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AutoCAD Wrap-up
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ADCENTER

• Browses, finds, and previews content, and inserts
  content, which includes blocks, hatches, and
  external references (XREFS).

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ADCENTER
Type ADCENTER on the command line, or select
the Design Center on your toolbar(classic).
ToolsPalettes-Design Center(pull down menus)
2D Drafting Annotation
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ADCENTER
You can now access folders, open drawings,
examine your history, etc.
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ADCENTER
Use the directory tree to drag and drop blocks
into your drawing. The command line will allow
you to scale your block and use other INSERT
options.
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Options

• Right clicking in the drawing area and choosing
  Options will allow you to customize your
  interface.
• You can change how you open or save drawings, the
  display, plotting procedures, system
  requirements, user preferences, drafting
  preferences, selection procedures, and assigning
  profiles.

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Function Keys

• F1-Help
• F2-Flip Screen (Shows larger command line)
• F3-OSNAP
• F4-Tablet (If using a digitizer)
• F5-ISO PLANES
• F6-Coordinates
• F7-GRID
• F8-ORTHO Mode
• F9-SNAP
• F10-Polar Tracking

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MVSETUP

• Type MVSETUP on the command line.
• Allows you to align, create, and scale viewports.

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Purge

• Removes unused named items, such as block
  definitions and layers, from the drawing
• Helps reduce file size.
• Switches the tree view to display a summary of
  named objects in the current drawing that you can
  purge and cannot purge.

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Time

• The TIME command gives the date and time
  statistics of your drawing.
• Tells when the drawing was created, when it was
  last edited, the total editing time, etc.
• Useful for determining which copy is the latest
  version and for billing purposes.

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Electronic Viewing

• Autodesk Express Viewer (AEV) allows the viewing
  and printing of DWF files.
• AEV can be distributed for Internet Explorer.
• Same print options as in AutoCAD.

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Creating Custom Arrowheads

• As with any other property of a dimension style,
  arrowheads can be customized for your use.
• To do this, you have to create the arrowhead
  first.

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Creating the Arrowhead

• First, create an arrow by creating two circles 3
  units in diameter.
• They should be stacked one on top of the other.
• Make sure you are in Layer 0 as this will
  guarantee that the circles will be the same color
  as the layer the dimensions will be created in.

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Creating the Arrowhead

• Now you need to trim the circles to create the
  arrow head.
• Draw a line from the center of one circle to the
  other.

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Creating the Arrowhead

• Now offset the line one unit.
• This give you your two lines for trimming.

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Creating the Arrowhead

• Now Trim out the the two circles.

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Creating the Arrowhead

• Finally draw a line from the arrow point one unit
  back.
• This will be your block.

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Blocking the arrowhead (Use Make Block)

• Create a block of the arrowhead using the point
  of the arrow head as the insertion point.
• Make sure the block is unitless.

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Using the Arrowhead in your Dimension Style

• Go to Dimstyle.
• Select Modify.
• Go to Symbols and Arrows.
• Under Arrows, select user arrow.
• Give it the block name.
• Set the dimension style to Current.
• You can now create a dimension with your custom
  arrowheads.

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User Arrowhead Example
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SolidWorks Text
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Parametric Modeling Example
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Parametric Modeling Example
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Parametric Modeling Example
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Parametric Modeling Example
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Parametric Modeling Example
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Parametric Modeling Example
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From the beginning

• What is Design?
• How can SolidWorks help me design?

• design   v. designed, designing, designs
• To conceive or fashion in the mind invent
• To formulate a plan for devise designed a
  marketing strategy for the new product.
• To plan out in systematic, usually graphic form
• To create or contrive for a particular purpose or
  effect
• To have as a goal or purpose intend.
• To create or execute in an artistic or highly
  skilled manner.
• To understand that, you must first understand
  what SolidWorks does.

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What is Parametric Modeling?

• Parametric modeling is the ability of the
  software package to use some type of standard
  parameters or properties to define a given model.
• Because these parameters are what drives the
  model, they can be changed allowing the model to
  update to the new values.

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What are the Parameters?

• What am I talking about when I say parameters?
• These are the properties that help us determine
  the model
• When associated to our sketch they determine how
  the part is designed

• Some of the common parameters used are
• Dimensions
• Height
• Width
• Length
• Geometric Constraints
• Tangent
• Vertical
• Concentric
• Perpendicular
• Etc.

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Feature based modeling

• In the case of SolidWorks, we are going to be
  talking about feature based modeling.
• This is when features on the solid model can be
  added, subtracted or edited for size as single
  entities that can be instantly updated on all
  drawings linked to the part.
• Some of these features include
• Fillets
• Chamfers
• Holes
• Ribs

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Who benefits from parametric design?

• Why would a company want to use software like
  SolidWorks?

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Money Money Money

• When a product is in the Design Phase, they are
  losing money.
• They are spending money on figuring out whether a
  product should even be put out in the market.
• They are spending money on engineers and
  designers to design their product.
• All the while, they havent made any money on
  selling the product.
• The goal of any company is to have a product
  quickly and accurately designed so that it can be
  put out in the real world as quickly as
  possible.
• The quicker the product is out in the market, the
  quicker the company can start profiting from it.