Lecture 8 - AutoCAD - History, basic concepts, edit and view. This chapter presents the following content: CAD systems and AutoCAD in general; philosophy of AutoCAD; model & layout space, UCS; layer technique; graphical & textual window; options; drawing & editing commands. | Engineering Drawing and Design ME 1110 – Engineering Practice 1 Design web Lecture 8 AutoCAD History, Basic concepts, Edit&View Prof Ahmed Kovacevic School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Room CG08, Phone: 8780, E-Mail: Design@ Ahmed Kovacevic, City University London Design web Exercise DrE-5 Required: Manufacturing drawing Students worked in groups to measure given part Each student has to submit its own hand made MANUFACTURING DRAWING by Friday week 8 - completely describes given part with as many orthographic projections and/or cross sections as necessary - Has all required dimensions, tolerances and surface finishes That drawing will later in weeks 9-11 be redrawn using AutoCAD, then printed and submitted as exercise CAD-1 Ahmed Kovacevic, City University London Design web Plan • • • • • • • CAD systems and AutoCAD in general Philosophy of AutoCAD Model & Layout space, UCS Layer Technique Graphical & Textual window Options Drawing & Editing Commands Ahmed Kovacevic, City University London Design web History of CAD - Computer Aided Design 25 years ago, nearly every drawing produced in the world was done with pencil or ink on paper. CAD has fundamentally changed the way design is done. First Drafting systems started in 1957 by General Motors and 1960 by McDonell Douglas Automation Company Autodesk started their first CAD system – AutoCAD in 1982. AutoCAD Version Release 2005 Release 2004 Release 2002 Release 2000i Release 2000 Release 14 Release 13 Release 12 Release 11 Release 10 Release 9 Version Version Version Version Version Version Version Version (Beta Name) (Neo "N") (Red Deer "V") (Kirkland "K") (Banff "U") (Tahoe "T") (Sedona "S") (Release 8) (Release 7) (Release 6) (Release 5) (Release 4) (Release 3) (Release 2) (Release 1) Release .
