Now will actually start working with AutoCAD.
But before we begin working with AutoCAD I want you to familiarize with 2018 19 and 20 version of AutoCAD
because we'll be using all the three versions in this course.
Now to begin with 2018 version.
Well this is how it looks like.
So on the very left I have 2018 version of what I get.
Then I have 2019 and 2020 20 so 20 18 Virgin and 19 virgin.
They look almost similar with subtle changes in the user interface icons.
But the 2019 version has kind of a noticeable difference.
And you can see that the user interface now has this smoky black color of ribbons and much more colorful
icons.
So about the user interface.
This is the only change that you'll notice.
There are however new features added in every single version of AutoCAD and in this course I've included
all the new features of 2018 2019 and 2020 versions and they are included in the respective modules.
Now to highlight the differences in the user interface I'm going to first go to this 2018 version and
now here in this version the icons like trim icon and the blog icon the property icon be are changed
and they look a bit modern.
So this is how the icons used to look like in 2018.
And now in the 2019 version the trim icon looks like this and you can see the difference here.
Let me just go to that again here.
Here is the trim.
It looks like this.
Now the block icon looks like this in 2019 although it used to look like this in the 2018 version.
Also the property panel.
Well it's different.
So a much more flat and colorful kind of feel has been added in the 2019 version.
Now let's just close this at 2018 virgin of AutoCAD and now I'll compare to 19 with 2020.
So here in this case again we have seen set of icons the icons are not changed.
And if I expand this one you'll notice that we have exactly same set of icons.
The only major difference which you'll notice here.
Well as I mentioned earlier is the color of user interface.
So functionally the versions 2018 19 or 20 no matter what you're using they are exactly the same.
They have same set of tools and variable required the new tools and features of all of these versions
are discussed in the course now throughout the schools will be using AutoCAD.
2018 version primarily because this is the version which is mostly in use in the industry but for discussing
the new features of the respective version I've used the software of that particular version.
So now I'm going to go to this article at only 19 and I'll maximize this.
And now let's have a look at the user interface.
So when you start AutoCAD you will reach this start screen.
So when you start to get for the first time this is how your AutoCAD software will look like will have
this start tab and this is start I will have three columns.
So we have get started.
Recent documents and notification columns in the Get Started column.
We have this start drawing panel from there you can start completely new drawing or you can select these
predefined templates to start your drawing from now these templates are already made settings and these
settings include the settings related to units dimensions and other properties.
And you can make these templates yourself and you can start your drawing using your own custom template
as well.
But in this case we'll start with the default template e gathered or deed duty.
This is the highlighted one.
So if you click on Start drawing AutoCAD will start your drawing using this template.
We'll do that in a moment.
You can also open existing file using open files option you can open a sheet said you can explore more
templates online or explore simple drawings using this option.
Now when you open new drawings it will show up in this list.
So this is the last drawing which I opened and this is the date and time and also when I holler because
it's going to show the location of that drawing on the tooltip.
This list has all the documents which I have recently opened.
And if you want to change the view of this list you can select these icons so you can change it to the
thumbnail view or to the list view I'm going to change it back to the default view.
Now we have some Bush pens and using these push pen you can fix these drawings permanently.
So now whenever you open a new drawing it will be added to this list from here.
And these two drawings will always remain at the top because of the push pen.
But if you want to let go of these drawings then select the push points again.
And now the new drawings will start adding from this top drawing here and the notification column you
will be notified of the new updates and the notifications related to your software.
And you can see your A3 60 account related information right here on this panel.
So now let's start of a blank template.
So I'll go to this template and as you can see a cad auditable re selected.
So if you click here the drawing will start with the setting or if you want to start your drawing without
any template then you can also select no template.
Imperial if you want to use imperial unit of fit and inches or you can start with the metric units.
So it's up to you if you don't want to use a template select either of these are select a cad or ability
to start your drawing from the default template or just click on this big button right here start drawing
panel and your drawing will start from whatever template you have selected here.
In this case a or the WTO so I'll click here and now a new drawing opened up.
This is drawing number two now in this user interface on the top left we have this application button
using this application button.
You can access some frequently used tools like you're gonna open a new drawing you can open existing
drawing you can save the file save as you can import files of other formats and you can export these
files you can print publish and you can select other options including the units.
These tools are also available on this quick access toolbar so you can see the same set of tools right
here on the quick access toolbar.
Now some of these tools like open from web and mobile and save to web and mobile and new to Article
20 19 and you won't be able to see these tools in the older versions of AutoCAD the other CAD software
now uses this tab and panel view.
And this area with tabs and panel is called the ribbon area.
So we have this ribbon area on which we have all of these tabs Home tab Insert Tab annotate tab and
so on and on these tabs we have these panels so this one is draw a panel modified panel annotation panel
and all of these panels are on Home tab so these tabs are arranged in a logical way and just like every
software you will find similar set of tools on a particular panel for example all the tools related
to inserting ANYTHING IN AUTOCAD will be found here for all the annotation tools you need to go to this
annotate tab and so on Home tab contains a combination of all of these tools and it generally has the
frequently used tools in AutoCAD so all the trial related commands are here the modified commands are
here annotation are here layers here and so on although in this case the stabbed view is preferred still
if you want to use the menu which was a classical feature in the older versions of AutoCAD then you
can do that pretty easily to show the menu go to this down pointing arrow and select show menu bar and
now you'll have this extra menu bar which you can use to access your commands.
Now once again this is similar to these tabs and panels for example if you want to access draw commands
you can go to draw menu and we have all the draw commands right here.
The modify commands are right here.
The parametric commands here and so on.
The dimensions are here.
So you can also access your tools from here so I'm going to go to this menu again and I'll hide the
menu bar.
We don't need it now.
These panels although they look permanently fixed here they are floating type and you can move these
panels out of this ribbon area.
Now to move these panels out.
All you need to do is just grab these panels so I'm going to click on draw.
And now this will expand to show all the hidden tools.
And also this blank area.
So just click anywhere in the blank area and drag it out.
And now this will work like a floating panel and this tab will adjust to fit all the remaining panels
if you want to move it back to its original location.
All you need to do is just how your cursor close to this right side of the panel and click on this return
panel to ribbon icon and this will return back right here to the Home tab.
Most of these panels contain extra tools which are visible when you select this arrow.
And when you select that you're going to see all of these extra tools.
If you move your closer out of this area the panel will collapse automatically.
But if you want to keep it open permanently then you can expand the panel and click on this push pin
to keep it permanently open.
In this case I'll click on this push pin again and this will collapse.
Now here we have the drawing tab.
So we had the star tab which we have seen already.
Then we have drawing two.
And if you want to open more drawing tabs all you need to do is click on this plus icon and then you'll
have a new tab and you can create as many tabs as you want to close the tabs just click on this X icon
to close it this part of the Arquette software is called trying area and this is the area where real
magic happens.
This is the area where EVERYTHING IN AUTOCAD will be drawn.
Now this area has the navigation controls right here and the visual style controls we have the view
cube the navigation bar and the U.S. as you can control visibility of all of these tools from The View
tab.
So right here on The View tab we have these options you see as icon which is right now selected click
on this and the uses will disappear.
We have view cube click and it will disappear and the navigation bar just click on it and it will also
disappear.
You can also control the visibility of file tabs so these are file tabs.
You can click on this file tabs.
If you don't want to show them and you can also control the visibility of layout tabs and these are
the layout tabs you can just toggle it's visibility like this to bring it back.
Just click on these icons once again and you'll have them back in your drawing.
Now I'll go back to Home tab and here we have the command line.
Let's talk about this.
So this is the command line command bar command pallet whatever you want to call it.
But throughout the schools I'll call it come online now.
Every command which you enter in AutoCAD will show up right here and you can start any command not get
simply by clicking on these icons on the ribbon or you can type it alias or you can type the command
name also on the command line to type the command name you don't need to click your cursor right here
and type the name rather you just need to simply start typing.
And when you type anything it will be added right here on the command line.
So now I've got the C and I'll type circle and it will show me the commands here.
So we have circle and T circle.
These are the two commands that we have here and we have a system variable as well.
We'll talk about these later on so now I'll press escape to get rid of these selections and then we
have the status bar which will help us in making precise drawings.
So status bar is also an important tool which we'll discuss.
And finally let's talk about the command search feature.
So as you can see we have a lot of commands right here on the ribbon and these tabs and also there are
some commands which are not available on the ribbon.
So it may get a little intimidating for you to actually find the tool that you need but AutoCAD has
made this process a lot easier.
And you can actually find the location of any tool or command in this user interface.
Now to find the location of any command all you need to do is just go to this obligation button and
start typing the name of command.
Now in this case I'll start typing circle.
And here it is.
So AutoCAD will find out all the tools are commands with similar name or similar functions.
And it will also show you these results with the best possible match on the top.
So we have the circle come on right here.
This is what we needed.
And actually we have six different ways of making circle.
That's fine.
Let's look at the first option here on the home tab and draw panel circle fly out.
We have the circle command and also for the other simple commands we need to follow the similar set
of pot.
So let's look at the first one home tab drop and panel circle fly out.
All right I'm going take care.
So let's go to Home tab here draw panel.
OK and the circle fly out right here.
And we have six circle commands.
So it's as easy as that.
So just by using that search feature of the command you can locate any commander tool in AutoCAD.
And that was an introduction of user interface.