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In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw anchor bracket. Something like this;

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is ON, (it ON when it glow in blue)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], type e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Make sure you have this requirement Layers for your drawing.

No idea how to create layer? Read autocad tutorial about how to create layers.

5. Make sure layer 0 is selected as current layer.


6. Click Rectangle,  specify first corner point at 0,0. Type 0,0 [Enter].

Specify other corner point at 2,1. Type 2,1 [Enter].

7. Click Line , draw a single line from top midpoint to bottom midpoint. (Use object snap to help)

8. Click Offset , specify offset distance to 0.1. Type 0.1 [Enter].

Offset both side.

9. Click Line , draw a single line from left edge, to middle line through its midpoints.

10. Click Circle, specify center of the circle at the midpoint of newly created line. Click at the midpoint.

Specify radius to 0.15, type 0.15 [Enter]. Press [Esc] few times to end circle command.

11. Click newly created line,

press [Del] to delete it.

12. Click Mirror , click on circle edge as object to be mirror.

press [Enter] to end object selection.
Click at top endpoint of center line as first mirror line,

click at bottom endpoint of center line as second mirror line.

Press [Enter] when asked about deleting the source object. Make sure is N for No.

Press [Esc] few times to end mirror command.

13. Click center line

and press [Del] to delete the line.

14. Click Chamfer , type d [Enter] (to specify chamfer distance).

type 0.1 [Enter] for first distance.

Type 0.1 [Enter] for second distance.

Click on first line and the the second line to chamfer.

Repeat this picking step and apply to other 3 corners.

15. Click Line , draw 3 line as shown;

16. Click Offset , specify offset distance to 0.2. Type 0.2 [Enter].
Offset the vertical line to right side.

17. Click Offset , specify offset distance to 1. Type 1 [Enter].
Offset the second vertical line to right side.

18. Click Extend,

Click at newly created vertical line as extend boundary,

Press [Enter] to end boundary selection.
Click on the line we want to extend,

Repeat this step for next line.

Press [Esc] few times to end Extend command.

18. Click Trim, select all 5 lines by clicking bottom right corner to upper left corner (selecting by green box, select right to left. Read autocad tutorial about selecting objects). This will turn all 5 lines become cutting edge.

Press [Space bar] to confirm selection.
Click at all extend line outside the object (at pointed arrows).

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

19. Click Chamfer , type d [Enter] (to specify chamfer distance).

type 0.25 [Enter] for first distance and type 0.25 [Enter] for second distance.
Add chamfer at both two corner.

20. Using line, draw a cross line as shown (midpoint to midpoint);

21. Using circle, draw a circle at midpoint of newly created line at 0.25 radius.

Delete the guide line after circle drawn.

22. Change current layer to Hidden layer.

Click Line , draw 2 line to represent hidden line by the circles.

Click Trim, trim off the excess hidden line.

Repeat this step for the single hole at side view.

23. Click Offset , type t [Enter]. This will offset object by through option.
Click at hidden line,

Click at center of single hole as offset through point.

You’ll get this offset.

Repeat this step for holes at left side.

24. Click at newly created center lines,

change it layer properties to Center Line layer.

Click and stretch the center line a little bit.

25. Change current layer to CENTER LINE,

Click Annotate>Dimensions>Center Mark

Click on through hole to mark its center mark.

26. Change current layer to DIM layer,

click Linear,

Click at each line endpoints to pull out the dimension like this;

27. For dimensioning diameter of the through hole, click Diameter,

click on the circle edge and pull out the dimension.

Now we need to add leader to call out chamfer size, click Multileader, click on chamfer edge and and the leader.

Finish.

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw tap symbol.

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is OFF, (it ON when it glow in blue, OFF in grey)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], type e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Make sure you have this requirement Layers for your drawing.

No idea how to create layer? Read autocad tutorial about how to create layers.

5. Make sure layer 0 is selected as current layer.

6. Click Circle , type 0,0 [Enter] to set center of the circle,

set circle radius to 0.125, type 0.125 [Enter].

7. Click Offset , set offset distance to 0.025, click at the circle as offset object.

Click inside the circle as offset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

8. Click on outer circle edge,

and change the layer to HIDDEN layer.

press [Esc] few times.

9. Change the current layer to CENTER LINE layer.

On ribbon tools, click Annotate>Dimensions>Center mark

Click on outer edge of any circle to mark its center.

10. Click Home>Scale,

select the center mark cross,

Press [Enter] to confirm selection.
Click on midpoint of the cross as scale base point,

Set scale factor to 4, type 4 [Enter].

11. Your tap is ready, you might consider to block this tap as future usage. How to create block?

In this autocad tutorial you will learn how to create drawing block. What is drawing block? Block is a group of object in your drawing. For example engineer might need to reuse bolt at many places, if he draw the hex blot every time he need it than it not a productive way to work. Block is the best way to reuse every hex bolt he need.

1. Draw the hexagon bolt first from this tutorial.

2. Click at the bulb on DIM layer to turn it off.

3. Select the top view of the hexagon bolt.

4. Click Create from Block Ribbon,

Block Definition pop up and fill block name.

5. Specify base point of the block, click Pick point box.

click at the center of the hex bolt as base point of insertion.

Click OK.

6. Your block creation is done, how to use it?
Click Insert,
Select the block from the list, click OK.

Click on the drawing to insert the block.

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw pulley.

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is OFF, (it ON when it glow in blue, OFF in grey)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], type e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Make sure you have this requirement Layers for your drawing.

No idea how to create layer? Read autocad tutorial about how to create layers.

5. Make sure layer 0 is selected as current layer.

6. Click Circle , type 0,0 [Enter] to set center of the circle,

set circle radius to 0.75, type 0.75 [Enter].

7. Repeat step 6, to draw another circle. Set this circle radius to 0.25.

8. Click Offset , set offset distance to 0.125,

click on circle edge as object to be offset,

click inside the circle as offset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

9. Click at new offset circle,

and change the layer to HIDDEN layer.

press [Esc] few times.

10. Click Line, draw 3 lines similar like this;

11. Click Offset , set offset distance to 0.7,

click at vertical line as object to be offset.

Click on the right side as offset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

12. Click Offset , set offset this two vertical line 0.1 to inner side.

13. Click Trim , select right to left (green box) as shown.

Press [Enter] to confirm trimming edge. Trim off by clicking each individual line until your drawing look like this;

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

14. Click Line, draw 3 lines similar like this;

make sure sure drawn this lines using object snap help, snap on circle quadrant.

15. Click Trim , click on both outer vertical line as cutting edge as shown.

Press [Enter] to confirm the cutting edge. Click all 3 lines at outer side off the cutting edge.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

16. Click Trim , click on both inner vertical line as cutting edge as shown.

Press [Enter] to confirm the cutting edge. Click all 2 lines at outer side off the cutting edge.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

17. Click at new hole hidden line, both of them,

and change the layer to HIDDEN layer.

press [Esc] few times.

18. Click at center line,

click on blue grip stretch a little at both side.

Change the layer to CENTER LINE layer.

press [Esc] few times.

19. Change current layer to DIM layer,

click Linear,

click on drawing corners and pull out the dimension as shown;

20. For dimensioning diameter of the pulley, click Diameter,

click on the circle edge and pull out all the dimension.

Your drawing is complete.

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw hexagon bolt.

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is OFF, (it ON when it glow in blue, OFF in grey)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], type e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Make sure you have this requirement Layers for your drawing.

No idea how to create layer? Read autocad tutorial about how to create layers.

5. Make sure layer 0 is selected as current layer.

6. Click Draw>Polygon,

7. Enter number of sides, type 6 [Enter].

8. Specify center of the polygon, type 0,0 [Enter].

9. Click on Circumscribed about circle.

Polygon tips

10. Move cursor to the left and type @0.2<0 [Enter] as polygon radius.

11. Click Circle, specify center of the circle at center of the polygon. Type 0,0 [Enter].

Specify radius of the circle to 0.125. Type 0.125 [Enter].

12. Click Line, draw 3 lines similar like this;

13. Click Offset,  offset it to 0.175, type 0.175 [Enter].

select the vertical line and

Click right side as offset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

14. Click Trim , select right to left (green box) as shown.

Click [Enter] to confirm selection, click on outer edge of each lines to trim it off.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

15. Click Offset , set offset distance to 1.

Click on right edge as object to be offset,

click on right side as offset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

16. Click Line , draw line from right to left midpoint (make sure object snap is turn on and midpoint snap is activated).

17.  Click Offset , set offset distance to 0.125,

select the center line as object to be offset

click on top side as offset side. Repeat this step for offset the bottom line.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

17. Click Trim , select right to left (green box) as shown.

Click [Enter] to confirm selection, click on outer edge of each lines to trim it off.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

18. Click on the center line,

stretch both end of the line as shown;

19. Click Offset , set offset as through, type t [Enter].

Click bottom edge,

type m [Enter], to offset multiple.

Click on hexagon corner as reference point of the offsets.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

20. Click on circle edge

and change the layer to HIDDEN layer.

21. Click on center line

and change the layer to CENTER LINE layer.

22. Change current layer to DIM layer,

click Linear,

click on drawing corners and pull out the dimension as shown;

23. Did you notice the bolt diameter symbol is missing? How to add diameter symbol? Double click on 0.25 dimension, dimension properties pop up and look for text properties.

At text override enter %%C<> [Enter] and close [x]. Your dimension now have the diameter symbol.

Your hexagon bolt is complete.

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw L bracket. Something like this;

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is ON, (it ON when it glow in blue)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], type e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Make sure you have this requirement Layers for your drawing.

No idea how to create layer? Read autocad tutorial about how to create layers.

5. Make sure layer 0 is selected as current layer.


6. Click Line, specify first point at 0,0. Type 0,0 [Enter].

Move your cursor to right side and type 3 [Enter].

Move your cursor upward and type 3 [Enter].

Your line should look like this;

7. Click Offset, specify offset distance to 0.25. Type 0.25 [Enter].

Click on vertical line as object to offset,

click on left side as offset side.

To offset bottom line, select the line

click on top side of the line as offset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

8. Click Line, draw 2 lines to close top and left open edge.

9. Click Fillet, type r to specify fillet radius.

Type 0.25 for the radius.

Click on inside line as first and second line (dotted line).

10. Repeat step 9 for outside fillet, set r (outside fillet) to 0.5.

11. Now we will draw right view of the bracket. Click Line, draw 3 line similar like this;

12. Click Offset, specify offset distance to 2. Type 2 [Enter].

Click right side as offset side.

13. Click Trim, select all 4 line by clicking bottom right corner to upper left corner (selecting by green box, select right to left. Read autocad tutorial about selecting objects). This will turn all 4 line become cutting edge.

Press [Space bar] to confirm selection.

Click on outer line (as shown)

and click outer top line (as shown) to trim it off.

First trimmed edge done,

repeat this steps to trim off other 3 corners.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

14. Click Offset, specify offset distance to 1. Type 1 [Enter].

Select top and side as offset object, offset direction to inner side.

15. Click Circle, specify center of the circle at intersection of the cross. Click at the intersection.

Specify radius to 0.5, type 0.5 [Enter]. Press [Esc] few times to end circle command.

16. Select the cross line, (point and click)

press [Del] to delete it.

17. Click Chamfer,

Type d, to specify chamfer distance.

specify distance 1 to 0.25, type 0.25 [Enter],

specify distance 2 to 0.25, type 0.25 [Enter],

pick the fist edge,

pick the second edge,

18. Repeat step 17 to chamfer the other corner.

19. Click Offset, specify offset distance 0.25 [Enter].

Select bottom edge and offset it to inner side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

20.Click Offset, this time we’ll set offset distance as through, type t [Enter].

Select top line of front view as line to be offset. Click and [Enter].

We will make continuous offset of this line, so we need multiple offset. Type m [Enter].

Click at this points,

21. Click on this line;

change the layer to HIDDEN.

Your sketch will change to this.

22. Repeat step 21 and change center line at front view on CENTER LINE layer.

23. Click Scale, select center line,

select base point of the scale, click at midpoint of the center line.

specify scale size to 3. Type 3 [Enter].

24. Change current layer to CENTER LINE,

Click Annotate>Dimensions>Center Mark

Click on through hole to mark its center mark.

25. Change current layer to DIM layer,

click Linear,

Click at one of the corner (endpoint) of the bracket,

click at another corner (endpoint) of the bracket,

pull up your cursor and click to place the dimension on the drawing.

26. Press [Space bar] to repeat last command (linear dimension) and continue dimensioning other linear dimension;

27. For dimensioning diameter of the through hole, click Diameter,

click on the circle edge

and pull the dimension out and click to place it on the drawing.

28. Now we need to add leader to call out chamfer size, click Multileader, click on chamfer edge

and click again to place it on the drawing.

Type 2x C0.25 and press [Esc] to end multileader command.

29. Change current layer to TEXT layer,

Click on Multiline Text,

turn off ortho mode by press [F8] click on drawing to specify first and second point, type FRONT VIEW.

Press [Esc] to end entering text. Repeat this step for right view.

Your drawing is done.

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to pattern object in polar order.

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is ON, (it ON when it glow in blue)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Activate rectangle command. Click Rectangle.


5. Specify first corner point of the rectangle at 0,0. Type 0,0 [Enter].

6. Move your cursor to right side and specify other corner point at 1,1. Type 1,1 [Enter].

7. Select object to array, (rectangle)

Click Array tool,

Make sure Polar Array is selected,

specify center of array at 4,1 (or you can pick, click on cursor with green box), number of items set t0 8. Click OK.

Done.

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to pattern object in rectangle order.

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Make sure Ortho mode is ON, (it ON when it glow in blue)

click the icon to turn it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Type z [Space bar], e [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing area.

4. Activate rectangle command. Click Rectangle.


5. Specify first corner point of the rectangle at 0,0. Type 0,0 [Enter].

6. Move your cursor to right side and specify other corner point at 1,1. Type 1,1 [Enter].

7. Select object to array, (rectangle)

Click Array tool,

Make sure Rectangle Array is selected, set row offset is 2 and set column offset 2. Click OK.

Done.