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Cloud rendering in AutoCAD

A360

AutoCAD's lighter, more streamlined version

AutoCAD LT

Variable that controls the display of cursor badges

CURSORBADGE system

Tool to identify and set preferred values for key system variables

System Variable Monitor

Command to navigate the attached coordination model

3DORBIT

Feature that automatically creates appropriate dimension notes based on selected objects

Smart dimensioning

Drawing tool to highlight specific areas of changing in a drawing

Revision clouds

Fast and intuitive workflow for users

Ribbon gallery

Reduces the need for Undo commands by evaluating potential changes of commands

Command preview tool

Mobile and web app to view, create, edit, and share AutoCAD drawings

AutoCAD 360

Area where objects can be created and modified, with flexibility for view cubes and navigation bars

Drawing area

Adjust visual styles and views directly on the viewport canvas

Viewport controls

Contains frequently used tools such as steering wheels, view cube, and pan, zoom, and orbit

Navigation bar

Detect planar segments in point clouds for drawing geometry directly on a point cloud

Dynamic UCS tools

Access nearly all commands presented in the guide

Home tab

Heart of AutoCAD, displays prompts, options, and messages

Command window

Pointing device used in AutoCAD, equivalent controls to other devices

Mouse

Drawings that assume units are in inches

Imperial drawings

Drawings that assume units are in millimeters

Metric units

Sets the unit type to Architectural or Decimal for working in feet and inches or metric units

UNITS command

Refers to the geometry of the design

Model

Command to regenerate the drawing display and reset extents for panning and zooming

REGEN

Change view to focus on a specific area of the drawing

Zoom in

Command to reorder objects when they overlap

DRAWORDER

Basic and common objects in AutoCAD drawings

Lines

Defines the direction of positive X and Y axis and horizontal and vertical directions in a drawing

User Coordinate System (UCS)

Option to show or hide grid lines as a reference

Grid Display

Objects created by specifying a center point and radius

Circles

Connected sequence of line or arc segments created as a single object

Polylines

Objects that cover a specified area with patterns or solid/gradient fills

Hatches and Fills

Snap to the closest preset angle and specify a distance along that angle. When you need to specify a point, such as when you create a line, you can use this to guide the movement of your cursor in certain directions.

Polar tracking

Lock to a single specified angle and specify distance along that angle

Locking angles

Snap to precise locations on existing objects

Object snaps

To catch mistakes early, measure the distance between any two points in your model

DIST command

Organize drawing by assigning objects to layers

Layers

Tool to view and manage layer organization

Layer Properties Manager

Assign properties such as color and linetype to objects or layers

Properties

Essential tool to view and modify property settings

Properties Palette

Tool to copy properties of a selected object to other objects

Match Properties

Property to display different thicknesses for selected objects

Lineweights

Command to remove objects from the drawing

Erase

Commands to move or create copies of objects

Move and Copy

Command to create parallel lines and curves

Offset

Commands to trim or extend objects

Trim and Extend

Command to create mirrored copies of objects

Mirror

Command to lengthen or shorten parts of a model

Stretch

Command to create rounded corners between two objects

Fillet

Command to disassociate a compound object into its component parts

Explode

Options to modify polylines using the PEDIT command

Edit Polylines

Displayed when selecting an object for light editing

Grips

Collections of objects combined into a single named object

Blocks

The location where a block is attached to the cursor when inserted.

Insertion Point

The command used to create block definitions with attributes that store and display information.

ATTDEF

A standard-sized drawing sheet where one or more scaled views of a design can be displayed.

Layout

The space where the geometry of a model is created in AutoCAD.

Model Space

A method of scaling in AutoCAD where geometry, annotations, and printing are done in model space, and dimensions, notes, and labels must be scaled in reverse.

Original Method

A method of scaling in AutoCAD where geometry and annotations are done in model space, and printing is done from the layout with automatic dimension scaling.

Layout Method

A method of scaling in AutoCAD where geometry is created in model space, and annotative dimensions, notes, and labels are created in model space from the layout with automatic scaling.

Annotative Method

A method of scaling in AutoCAD where geometry is created in model space, annotations are created in paper space on a layout with dimension scale set to 1, and printing is done from the layout.

Trans-Spatial Method

An object created in paper space to display a scaled view of model space.

Layout Viewport

The command used to create additional layout viewports in paper space.

MVIEW (make view) command

The command used to create general notes using multiline text.

MTEXT command

A tool used to control the text style of selected multiline text objects.

Properties palette

The command used to save multiline text settings as a text style.

STYLE command

An object used to create text with leader lines, such as labels, bubbles, and callouts.

Multileader

The command used to create a multileader.

MLEADER command

The command used to create a multileader style.

MLEADERSTYLE

The command used to create linear dimensions, including horizontal, vertical, aligned, and radial dimensions.

DIM command

The command used to set dimension variables and control the appearance and behavior of dimensions.

DIMSTYLE command

The default dimension styles in AutoCAD.

Standard (imperial) or ISO-25 (metric)

The command used to output a drawing.

PLOT command

The command used to open the Page Setup Manager and create a page setup.

PAGESETUP command

A command category in AutoCAD used for creating geometry.

DRAW

A command category in AutoCAD used for modifying existing objects.

MODIFY

A command category in AutoCAD used for creating and editing annotations.

ANNOTATION

A command category in AutoCAD used for managing layers.

LAYERS

A command category in AutoCAD used for creating and managing blocks.

BLOCK

A command category in AutoCAD used for accessing and modifying object properties.

PROPERTIES

A command category in AutoCAD used for creating and managing groups.

GROUP

The command used to insert a block into a drawing.

INSERT > BLOCK