I remember when I was starting AutoCAD, what I only knew is how to draw a line. But how did I learn? I was trying to draw for many hours of the day, and night and can’t even sleep, or eat. And I think it was wrong, I coudn’t learn, until I deviced my own guidelines in learning at my own pace. Now, what i’m going to share to you are the steps to learn AutoCAD.1. THE PURPOSE- I sometimes could not get anything done without a clear purpose in mind. In AutoCAD you should have a vision in what you want to achieve. In doing so you focus yourself on your work and you can think much clearly how you want it all to come out. Lets say, I want to draw a house, and I want my house colored green with a clear 360 degree view of the outside. Without a defined vision you can draw a house, yes, but you can’t draw the details because you did not anticipate how it would look like. You just can’t think and draw simultaneously.

2. CONQUER THE COMMAND- Know all AutoCAD commands? No? Me too. But I can draw. Why? Because I appreciate, and before I appreciate the command, I understand. See, simple. But not that simple as you think it is. First, know what the command can do or cannot do then determine what the result would be. Sometimes other commands perform multiple tasks, and a single tweak to a command could result in a disaster and you dont know what hit you. So before using a command, understand and appreciate. One more thing, hitting F1 will help you.

3. THROW THOSE GARBAGE AWAY- Keeping the drawing area clean can be of great help especially when you are using much if it. You don’t want those annoying lines to bother you, would you? Or those unneeded toolbars which can really make life difficult for you? Well, here’s my tip, remove unwanted toolbars, delete those extra lines by “Trim”, minimize the command prompt, standardize text spacing and float properties window. Now, when you do this, your drawing area will be much bigger. Thank me.

4. CONNECT THE UNCONNECTED- Always connect lines especially when drawing 3D. this will greatly reduce rigorous repetitions to your work. When drawing 2D, unconnected lines could result in hatch overflow, dis-continuity between two drawings and rigorous conversion from 2D to 3D.

5. BE UPDATED- Be updated on my latest post to learn AutoCAD the FREE AND EASY WAY. Contribute to this community by asking and answering questions.

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