AutoCAD is a leading Computer-Aided Design software made by Autodesk used by hundreds of industries every day. It has many useful features that help create reliable designs that help these industries to make precise and complex designs.
These include 2D sketching to 3D modeling on AutoCAD with most users being engineers.
Below are the few basic features that are a must-know for any practical use of AutoCAD. It might seem overwhelming at the beginning but as you get to grips with the functions and tools, you might as well start to enjoy working with it.
Here, we are going to go through the basic features and how to operate AutoCAD to make some simple designs on your own. This tutorial is going to help get to know the commands and interface of the software.
This tutorial is going to include the following:
- Download/Installation
- User Interface
- Invoking Commands
- Starting a new drawing
- Saving your work
- Customizing workspace
- Basic Terminology