Just to streamline the process of learning with this cause I've created this very short playlist and
hopefully using this playlist.
You will be able to comfortably follow along the arc at four windows cause using your Mac AutoCAD.
Now before I begin exploring the user interface of Mac I want you to tell you about key differences
between AAC for Windows and AutoCAD for Mac and why these differences exist in the first place.
So basically AutoCAD for Mac was not in production for quite some time and then Autodesk decided to
make it from scratch which will be completely based on Mac OS software.
So organists simply did not want to make just a copy of the windows vision.
Instead they just wanted to make a completely new product which will be suited for the Mac users and
this new order from Mac is a result of that.
Since AutoCAD for Mac has been made from ground up for Mac OS it will feel a lot more similar to all
the other Mac applications but this article for Mac is in a way is still in production and not all the
tools and feature sets are transferred from the Windows version to the Mac version.
The features are gradually added to the Mac version with every new release of what we get for Mac but
there are some features and tool sets which Autodesk was not able to add because of limitations of the
operating system but still both AutoCAD for Mac and Windows work in completely similar way.
The major shocker are the major difference which you'll see here is the user interface which is different.
What about from that.
Everything works exactly the same.
Even the D WG file format which is the native file format for AutoCAD is similar for both diversions
and if you make a drawing in AutoCAD for Mac and open it it artic for Windows it will work similarly
the he will say is also true.
So the files are compatible on both the versions of AutoCAD.
Also there are many features which are not available in AutoCAD for Mac and to get a comprehensive list
of that feature set.
You can go to the link in this video and it will take you to this page on this page you can clearly
see that we have kind of for comparison between the AutoCAD for Windows and Mac.
This comparison is for 2019 Virgin but it will be updated for the latest version as well.
So here I'm drawing layout quick view not available in windows but it's available in Mac.
And yes you can see there is a big comparison chart here and obviously AutoCAD for Mac has a lot of
missing features one of the most prominent one will be dynamic block which you can see is quite limited.
It's still there but it's called content Explorer which is limited.
Not all the blocks are here but still it's there to check the complete comparison chart.
Click the link and it will take you to this one even when you are using AutoCAD for Mac and the course
has been made with AutoCAD for Windows.
I still encourage you to explore the Mac environment try to figure out the tools if they're not available
on the ribbons or on the panels.
Try to use its command because the commands are exactly similar in both the virgins in AutoCAD for Mac
as well as in AutoCAD for windows.
They are exactly the same but still if you're not able to figure out the commands and tools and the
way they work you can drop me a message or you can let me know in the Q and A section of the course
and I'll try to get back with answers as soon as possible.
So now let's have a look at the user interface of bodyguard for Mac.
So now I'll introduce you to the Mac environment of artic ad and here I'll try to make a comparison
between this environment and the windows environment so we'll try to compare both the user interfaces
and after this comparison I believe you will be comfortable in following along this article for windows
cause using the Mac environment but still this comparison will not be a hundred percent.
You wont be able to find all the tools of Windows environment inside this Mac AutoCAD but it will definitely
introduce you to most of the fundamental tools so just like every classical Mac software interface we
have the menu structure here on the top.
So we have File Edit view insert format and all these things and when you select any of these for example
if you select this a Trump menu you'll get all the draw tool to you selecting the dimension will show
you all the dimension related tools and so on.
So this one is pretty straightforward and you can not only access the tools from here but you can also
access the tools from these panels right here on the left and also from the panel here on the right.
Now let's talk about this area.
The toolbar area now here we already have some of these tools on the toolbar but if you want to customize
days and if you want to bring some extra tools you want to put them here then you can easily do it just
by customizing it.
So simply writing in this blank area and select customized toolbar.
Now this customized toolbar panel will pop up and here all you need to do is drag and drop the tools
that you want to add.
So here we have all the tools which are already available on this toolbar and these are the tools which
are still not available on the toolbar.
So if you want to add the tools from here to maybe the panel then all you need to do is just select
the tool.
Drag it and drop it and it's now added.
Select done.
And we now have the audit tool here on the toolbar on the left side.
We have drafting and modelling tabs and these tabs the drafting and modeling tabs are also divided into
respective panels.
For example here on the drafting tab we have the draw panel Hatch block modify tax damage and and so
on.
Also on the modeling panel we have the 3D tools a solid surface mesh.
You see drawer and so on.
So these are the 3D tools.
I'll move back to drafting now.
These panels don't contain all the tools we have lined party lines circle.
And here if you click and hold your cursor you will see all the remaining circle tools so all the six
circle tools.
Similarly if you click here and hold your cursor on the rectangle tool you will get the rectangle and
the polygon tool so you can access these tools from here.
But still if you're not able to find any of the trial tools which you are expecting on the draw panel
then click on the gear icon right here and select the tool.
So this list contains all the tools which we have here.
So all the tools which are active are selected here but these tools are not available on the panel for
example.
We don't have 3D poly line.
We don't have Helix donut.
If you want to make them active just select them from here.
If not just uncheck these tools
similarly you can toggle the visibility of tools on other panels as well.
Now if you want to make your own panel here on the drafting tab and then you can do that also pretty
easily.
So go to the bottom of this drafting tab and right underneath this empty area click on this plus icon
and this will open the new panel dialog box here you need to specify the name.
So I'm going to select the new panel here and I'll call it source CAD.
All right.
Now to add the tools here all you need to do is find the tool and drag and drop it into this empty area.
So the tools are here all the tools to forget all you need to do is just make a search.
So go to search type the name.
So let's maybe add purged too so I'll type it and this will show you the purge commands.
I've got this post too around selected drag it and drop it and it's added not only here but it's also
added here you can add as many tools as you want on this new panel.
Once you are done with this click to get rid of the panel.
And here we have a completely new panel.
And you can just select your tools from this panel if you don't form these panels you can click on this
bin icon just next to the gear icon and this will just disappear.
Select delete.
And there we go.
Just like the AutoCAD for Windows environment we have the drawing area pretty similar.
And this is the drawing area on the top left.
We have the view controls here.
So right now in the top view you can change to any of the view from this list.
We have the visual style control right next to it.
And then here we have the view cube on the bottom left.
We have the U.S. s.
And here we have the command line of the command bar the status bar is also at the same place.
And here also if you want to activate or deactivate icons on the status bar all you need to do is just
go to this gear icon click on it and select the status bar options that you want to keep active in this
list.
The icons which are active are these the icons we are checked are active and these are inactive I can
see you can obviously check or uncheck these icons to make them visible here on the status bar.
In this case I will activate the constraint mode and we will also deactivate the coordinates.
And here's the result coordinates are gone.
Constraint mode is added and I'll click on this gear icon to get rid of this and I'll click outside
in the blank area of the drawing to get rid of this.
Now if you don't see any of the objects from the drawing area for example if you don't have the view
cube then you can go to the view menu and toggle was abilities right now here we have the view cube.
It's on if it's off it won't show up here.
So just make sure it is checked if not check it if you don't want to see the view cube here just uncheck
this on the right side.
We have here the layers and the properties panel.
So on this tab we have this layers panel.
And here we have the properties panel.
So the layer panel contains all the layer related tools.
And if you want to see the complete list of layers then click on this arrow and this menu will show
you all the layers that we have here.
So we only have a single layer here as you can see and also we have the similar set of tools like freeze
log and the line wait the line type and you can also is crawl to the right to see the remaining tools
so we have the similar set of tools not all the tools available here but still we do have most of the
tools.
So I'm gonna just hide it.
And similarly for external references you can go to the next tab right here we have the reference manager
which is for external references and for the block library we have the content explorer.
So on this content explorer these are the blocks the block library is not very comprehensive it's not
like the Windows design center.
And in this case you will find limited set of blocks and to toggle between different blogs all you need
to do is just go to this menu and select the type of blog that you want to find here.
So civil service related blogs electrical here are the electrical blocks mechanical and so on now moving
back to the full stop.
Now here we have the properties panel and this property panel will show you the list of properties of
selected object.
Right now we don't have anything selected to showing the property of our current drying area.
But if you want to see a condensed property are the properties which are very frequently used.
Then you can also select this my tab here and now AutoCAD will only show you the list of condensed property
or the frequently used properties.
Now this list is fully customizable.
It's your list.
You can just modify it and you can add or remove properties in this list.
Now to modify this list go to this edit option and check the properties that you want to keep and uncheck
those which you don't want to keep.
So for example in this case we don't want to keep any properties related to plot style.
So here I'll simply uncheck this first option here on the plot style and all the plots die properties
will be unchecked.
Also let's say that in 3D visualization we do want to keep the materials so I'll only check this material
and now we'll have the material option.
So once you're done with this click on this edit icon again and we're back to this.
And here we have the material property.
So again I'll move back to all properties.
Now one of the most helpful tools in AutoCAD for Mac in my opinion will be the command search feature
which is here in the help menu.
So going to help menu and here if you are not able to find any tool or command in AutoCAD for Mac then
you can make a search here.
For example let's say we want to find out the location of dimensions tile.
So for that I'll type dim.
And here we are.
So we have the damage in style right here.
Select this.
And here you'll get this menu with this marker indicating the location of your selected tool.
You can not only find the location but you can also select the two strategies.
So if you just click here dimensions tile will open up.
And just like the standard Mac UI you have the plus the minus and the gear icon.
So add remove or customize.
So in this case we have a standard an entity of damage in style.
If you want to add a new one click on this plus I can give it a name.
You can continue to add it if you want to modify any existing one for example standard selected click
on the gear icon select modify and this will take you to modify damage in style.
And here you can modify the dimensions style just like its windows counterpart.
So I'm going to now cancel it and I'll also close it
the vote floor for accessing command in AutoCAD for Windows and Mac is almost similar so to access the
commands here you need to select that command from the panels so you can select the command from this
left panel right here or you can also use the command aliases and type the command alias are the name
of command.
In this case if I how much closer it will show the name of command and the command itself.
Now using this command you can start that particular command and you can type the name of command for
example in this case as you just now notice that circle has its command will circle.
So you can type circle and press enter and this will load the circle command.
Now instead of typing the complete circle command you can also use the aliases.
So in this case the alias for Circle is C..
So simply type C and press enter.
And once again you'll have the Central Command not all the commands have their aliases.
And if a command has no alias associated with it then you can use either the user interface to start
the command or you can also use its complete command name.
If however you want to find the alias of any particular command or maybe even if you want to modify
it then you can do it using the command line.
So I'll go to this command line here and I'll click just here and I'll select edit command aliases.
Now in this case if you want to modify the alias of any commander you can do it very easily from here
or even if you want to find the alias of command you can do it.
So let's say we want to find out the alias of block command.
Now for that just type the name in this case block and you will notice that we have four commands associated
with block command so we have this e cat blog dialog which is a system variable.
Then we have the block command which is B.
So this is the command which you can use for block tool.
So once you're done click okay are in this case cancel.
Now the commands in AutoCAD have some sub commands as well.
And whenever command starts it will look well something like this.
So I'll first go to status bar and I'll activate this option which will be active in your case by default.
So now if I select any command in this case I select poly line the command will look like this.
So I'll have this cursor right next to it.
I'll have the instruction.
It's the same instruction which we have on the command line.
So now we can follow the instruction to make the drawing so I'm going to click here.
That's the first point.
And now we can specify the second third and so on.
But if you don't want to do that and if you want to use the sub commands for example in this case if
you look at the command line the sub commands are ARC half with land undo and width.
So if you want to select from any of these commands then all you need to do is type the uppercase letter
of these commands.
For example if you want to start an hour then type E here and press enter and now the R commands started
here.
So this is how you can use the sub commands in AutoCAD from Mac now another example is where the so-called
rules and will now select the so-called tool.
And once again if you look at the command line we have the sub commands call 3P 2P and DTI are 3P is
the three point circle to be is the two point circle and DDR is a tangent tangent radius circle.
Now let's say that we want to make a three point circle.
Well for this case you need to type three p and presenter and the command will change to three point
circle if you want to make tangent tangent radius circle.
Then you need to simply type D which is the uppercase letter here and press enter and the DDR sub command
will start.
So in this case I'm going to type 2 P so to be and I'll press enter and the two point command started.
Now select the first point and the second and we have the circle with two points.
Now in this case whenever you select a command it will show that command on the cursor tooltip as well.
So if in this case I select the line command I'll have the tool to appear on the cursor as well.
Now this tooltip can be a little distracting and in most of the situations I'll ask you to deactivate
this and work directly with the command line.
Now to deactivate this tooltip you can go to the command line and select this dynamic input option so
turn off this dynamic input and if it's off it's going to look like this it will look great if it's
on.
It will look blue if you don't see the dynamic input option here.
Then go to this gear icon and select this dynamic input.
Make sure this is checked and when it is checked it will show on the status bar and then you can deactivate
it from the status bar and that's how you can access commands here in AutoCAD for Mac so this was an
introduction to the Mac environment of AutoCAD.
And now I believe you are familiar with the tools that's required for following along the AutoCAD for
Mac using AutoCAD for Windows cores.
So let's head back to our course.