IntelliCAD Notes

 

IntelliCAD Basic Course

 

I am turning my Basic Introduction to IntelliCAD Course into a multimedia

CD learning course. An extract of it is here for your information.

 

The completed course will be supplied on CD Rom for a modist fee.

Please email alan@cadalot.co.uk if you are interested in purchasing once completed.

 

The Adobe Acrobat pdf files are the notes that I hand out to students on my courses. I've used the Turbo Demos / Tutorials to issue instructions, guidance and show you how to complete the exercises.

 

Introduction

 

The best way to undertake this course if from the top of the page working down. Next to each Heading is one, two of three icons. these mean:-

 

 

 

There is an IntelliCAD drawing for this part of the course

 

 

There is an Adobe Acrobat file for this part of the course

 

 

 

There is a Turbo Demo / Tutorial for this part of the course

( Little or no Audio on Free web version to reduce download time)

 

 

 

There is an Audio File for this part of the course

 

 

 

( Faded icons mean only available on the CD Rom )On CD only On CD only On CD only  On CD Only

 

You may be tempted to skip sections, If you do the flow of the course will be lost. You never know even if you think that you know a subject you may miss a "Golden Nugget" of information that could possibly make your life easier in the future.

 

Basic Course

 

 

 

Audio

Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Environment

IntelliCAD 2001 Working Environment

 

 

 

 

 

Making IntelliCAD look like AutoCAD

 

 

 

 

Audio

Quick Reference Guide

 

 

 

 

 

Audio 

Function Key Template

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tricky System Variables - Those with a Mind of their own !

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliCAD Insert Menu & ToolBar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line Command

 

 

 

 

 

 

What CAD Isn't  - A Tip Around the Not Square Drawing

 

 

 

 

 

Coordinate Systems - A Back to School for Math and Graphs !

 

 

 

Introduction to Absolute & Relative Coordinates

With examples of the Cartesian & Polar systems

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Line Creation and Coordinate Input Exercise

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom Command

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - How Many Ways to Skin a Cat

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Three Minute Test

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliCAD Explorer

 

 

 

Introduction / Using the IntelliCAD Explorer

IntelliCAD Explorer Tools

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliCAD Osnap (Esnap) Settings

 

 

 

Introduction / Setting Entity Snaps / Status Bar

Snap Cursor Prompt Menu / Snap Toolbar

Drawing Settings

AutoCAD Osnap Settings / Prompt Menu

Other Methods of Snapping / Object Snap Toolbar

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercises

 

 

 

 

 

IntelliCAD Modify Menu

 

 

 

IntelliCAD Modify Menu

Differences between AutoCAD & IntelliCAD

AutoCAD Modify Menu

IntelliCAD 2001 Modify Toolbar

Differences between AutoCAD & IntelliCAD Toolbars

AutoCAD Modify Toolbar

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Move

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel Video

Drawing Exercise - Parallel

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Scale

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Rotate

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Array

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Join

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Trim

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Extend

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Stretch

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Chamfer

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Fillet

 

 

 

 

 

 Not a Borg Ship

Basic Technical Drawing Not a Borg Starship !

 

 

 

1st Angle Projection Method 1

1st Angle Projection Method 2

3rd Angle Projection Final Detail

Discussion on 1st and 3rd Angle Projection

 

 

 

 

 

Test Questions

 

Drawing Test Questions

 

 

 

Given out at the end of Day 1 or to faster students on course earlier, whilst slower members catch up with exercises.

 

 

 

 

 

Test Answers

 

Drawing Test Answers ( End of Day 1 a

 

 

 

 Given out at the start of Day 2 or to faster students on course earlier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing Scale in CAD

 

Drawing Scale

 

Based on an Article by Mark Middlebrook, modified with permission by the

Author for Cadalot and UK Metric Units by Alan James Wooldridge

 

 

 

 

Text

 

 

 

Creating Line Text / Creating Paragraph Text

 

 

 

Working With Text Styles

 

 

 

Setting the Line Text Style / Paragraph Text Style

 

 

 

Setting the Line Text Alignment

 

 

 

Setting the Paragraph Text Alignment

 

 

 

Including Special Text Characters

 

 

 

Changing Line Text & Text Properties

 

 

 

Changing Paragraph Text & Text Properties

 

 

 

Checking Spelling

 

 

 

 

Text Exercises

 

 

 

 

 

Layers

 

 

 

Layer Basics / Layer Standards

Layer Commands

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercise - Setting Up Layers

 

 

 

 

Blocks

 

 

 

What are Blocks / A Little Block Theory

 

 

 

Exploding Blocks / When Not To Explode Blocks

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercises

 

 

 

 

Model & PaperSpace

 

 

 

Introduction / Basics

 

 

 

Paper Space Steps

 

 

 

 

Drawing Exercises - Using the Layer Drawing

 

 

 

 

Attributes - An Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

Printing and Plotting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding AutoCAD Compatibility

 

 

 

Extract of the Appendix from the e-book Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Appendix A - IntelliCAD 2001 Menus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Appendix B - IntelliCAD 2001 Toolbars

 

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