The Basics
Dimensions/Text
Layers/Properties
Paper/Model/Viewports
Commands
100
Where AutoCAD communicates with you
What is: the Status Bar
100
The most frustrating command
What is: Annotate
100
How you turn off a layer
What is: the light bulb
100
Where you draw
What is Model Space
100
Two ways to access a command
What is type or select an icon
200
Right Click is the same as
What is: Enter
200
Where you set the scale of a viewport
What is the drop down menu at the bottom right hand corner
200
Two characteristics of a layer
What are colour and linetype
200
Used to switch from Paper Space to Model Space
What is the layout tab
200
Lets you select everything on your screen (not - select all)
What is windowing
300
Endpoint, Midpoint & Center are examples of these
What are: O-snaps (Object Snaps)
300
Used to create a string of dimensions without having to select the dimension command each time
What is: continuous
300
An object is drawn on the wrong layer, this is a quick, easy way to fix that
What is match properties
300
The hole in your paper so that you can see your drawing below
What is a viewport
300
Three commands that can be used to help you clean up or create a clean 90 degree angle
What are fillet, trim & extend
400
This keeps your lines perfectly horizontal or vertical
What is: Ortho
400
Command that changes the scale of the text or dimensions
What is: Annotate
400
how you get you a list of the properties of an object
What is right click on the object and select properties
400
Unlocks a viewport
What is double click on the viewport
400
You SHOULD use this command FREQUENTLY
What is SAVE
500
DWG, BAK & DWT
What are: the extensions for drawing, backup and template files
500
Where you create or modify a Text Style
What is: Text Style Manager
500
An advantage of using layers
What is turning off a layer
500
Creates a new or duplicate layout tab
What is right click on the layout tab
500
A line that can be drawn with a beginning thickness and an end thickness
What is a polyline
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