Tutorials CADTutor CADTutor tutorials are all original and specifically designed to get you working with AutoCAD and other applications as knowledgeably as possible. We don't believe in providing only quick step-by-step tutorials like other sites. Our tutorials are comprehensive and aim to give you a deeper understanding and a better learning experience. See the AutoCAD tutorials page for more information. If you can't see what you're looking for on this page, take a look at the list of all tutorials and don't forget that there's lots more content in the Michael's Corner section of the site. We're always on the lookout for good content. Tutorials of the Moment The most recently viewed tutorials Featured Tutorials Tutorials we think you'll like Tip of the Day Convert to solid You may still have some old 3D drawings where objects have been constructed from rectangles, circles or closed polylines which have been given a thickness. Today's tip is by David Watson Missed a Tip? Did you miss yesterday's tip?
Welcome to CADdetails.com 25 Free Color Tools, Apps and Palette Generators The marvelous thing about color within design is you have the choice from an infinite number of possibilities and combinations. On the flip side of that, having infinite color possibilities makes it very difficult to lock down on the perfect color scheme or palette for your project. This is were the post will hopefully help you. In this post we have collected 25 completely free tools, apps and generators to help you find, manage, and create beautiful and, hopefully, perfect color schemes. Color Scheme Designer Color Scheme Designer is very simple to use app that offers you a complete report on how to use any given color (in various combinations as monochromatic, complementary, triadic, analogous, tetradic). Touchan This application is accompanied by a short video tutorial which will allow you to fully utilize all of its features. Kuler Kuler has been built by Adobe, and that is plenty prove its high quality. Colorotate Color Munki Colorsuckr ColorSuckr is awesome! Colorspire ColorJack Infohound
Free AutoCAD Tutorials Introduction to AutoCAD 2010 Welcome to the world of CAD - In this first tutorial you will be learning the very basics of CAD. This 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 2010 and will work great for 2012. By the end of this level you will have the skills to develop basic 2D drawings and print them out to scale. For an introduction to what CAD is all about, check out my Blog post. Let's start at the beginning, these things you need to know, or the rest of it won't make any sense at all. Everything that you draw in AutoCAD is exact. Here is how it works: AutoCAD uses points to determine where an object is located. A line has two points, a start point and an end point. Most of the time you will not have an indication of where the origin is. To review: ABSOLUTE POINTS are exact points on the drawing space. AutoCAD measures angles in a particular way also. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.)
CSA - AutoCAD Tutorial This tutorial (in HTML form) for AutoCAD beginners was developed by Professor Nancy Wilkie of Carleton College and Harrison Eiteljorg, II, Director of the Center for the Study of Architecture. It is copyrighted by them but may be freely downloaded, used, and distributed with the following conditions: 1) this heading must remain with the document 2) no charge of any kind may be made for distribution or usage by others 3) no changes in the document may be made by anyone in the chain of distribution. Note also that this page has not been re-designed in keeping with the August, 2010, re-design of the CSA site in general. That is the case because this document is thought to be best presented in the form you see here, with a maximum of user flexibility and a minimum of distractions. This document is available as a web page, because we could include formatting in an HTML document but not in a simple ASCII file for downloading. The tutorial was updated in May of 2001 by Mr. Sessions Session One:
AutoCAD Tutorials CADTutor The AutoCAD tutorials section contains a range of tutorials from beginner to advanced and covering both 2D and 3D. The tutorials are divided into categories; The Basics, Beyond Basics, Techniques, Modelling and Rendering and Exercises. If you're looking for something specific, try the relevant category or take a look at the full listing on this page. We've recently added some great AutoCAD video tutorials for a new learning experience. Featured Tutorials Tutorials we think you'll like Popular AutoCAD Tutorials Tutorials with the most visits per day Tutorial Snippet The Ellipse Command Originally published as part of the Drawing Objects tutorial The Ellipse command gives you a number of different creation options. Command Sequence Command: ELLIPSESpecify axis endpoint of ellipse or [Arc/Center]: (pick P1)Specify other endpoint of axis: (pick P2)Specify distance to other axis or [Rotation]: (pick P3) The ellipse command can also be used to draw isometric circles. AutoCAD Tutorial Listing The Basics
The Mad Cadder AutoCAD Let me paint a picture.....You receive a folder structure from another company or IT has moved the folder location on a server that contains thousands of DWG files and their associated Xrefs. The problem is that the path is incorrect for most of these Xrefs which means that when you open the host drawing the Xref will be "Not Found". Let me paint the picture a little clearer with an example........The company standard is to save all projects in the following folder location on the server - S:\Engineering\Plans. The new server is put into place and the IT department decides to change the folder structure. You are now expected to save all projects to - Z:\Eng\Master\Plans. This can be fixed in two ways, that hard way or the easy way. Instead of opening each host file and repathing the folder locations manually in Autocad, you can use the Reference Manager (it's been around since AutoCAD 2004), NO PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED! Step 7: On the top choose Find and Replace.
The Best, the Rest, the Rare: 100 AutoCAD Tips You Should Know We all want to use AutoCAD better, more productive, and easily solve problem when we have one. So I compile 100 AutoCAD tips in this article, and I hope can help you. Many of the tips were written by other great CAD bloggers, you may want to follow their blog/site as well. So this is it: the best AutoCAD tips, the rest that many of us miss, and some of them are very rare. If you happen about my age, you might know I pick the name from Helloween compilation album ;) Create and modify Tip 1. Everybody knows how to create an arc in AutoCAD. Tip 2. Align is often overlooked by many AutoCAD users. As Robin Capper said, it’s a forgotten AutoCAD hero! Tip 3. We use linetype to control the object appearances. See this tip: Controlling Linetype Scale is as Easy as 1,2,3! Tip 4. 10+ Ways to Select Objects in AutoCAD When you use modifying tools, you need to select objects. Tip 5. Do you need to create an angular dimension that shows angle larger than 180 degrees like below? Tip 6. Tip 7. Tip 8.