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Introduction to AutoCAD 2012Alf Yarwood

Chapter 11 Exercise 1

1. Open AutoCAD 2012 with a double-click on its shortcut icon in the Windowsdesktop.

2. Open the template acadiso.dwt.

3. Construct each of the five drawings shownbelow on separate acadiso.dwttemplates, saving them as Layoutdrawings to the file names Fig01.dwgto Fig05.dwg in a folder Piston andRod.

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4. Left-click the Sheet Set icon in the View/Palettes panel. The SheetSet Manager palette comes to screen.

5. Click New Sheet Set... in the popup menu from the Open... field.6. The Create Sheet Set - Begin dialog appears. Click the radio button

labelled Existing drawings, followed by a click on the Next Button.7. In the Name of new sheet set field enter Piston & Rod and in the

Description (optional) field enter suitable details about the sheetset. Then in the Store sheet set data file (*.dst) here field enter thename of the folder in which the sheet set will be saved. Then left-clickthe Next button.

8. The Create Sheet Set - Choose Layouts dialog appears - becausethe drawings have been saved to the folder Piston & Rod left-clickthe Browse ... button and locate that folder. A list of the layouts files inthat folder appears. Note the additional file Fig 05.dwg More aboutthis drawing later - see step11.

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8. If satisfied with the list of layout drawings left-click the Nextbutton. The Create Sheet Set - Confirm dialog appears listingdetails of the sheet set. If the details are correct, left-click theFinish button and the sheet set will be saved as Piston & Rod.dstin the folder Piston and Rod.

9. To check the contents of the sheet set left-click on Open SheetSet ... in the File drop-down menu..

10. The Piston & Rod sheet set palette appears. Double-click theicon to the left of 1 - Fig01 - Layout and the drawing Fig01.dwgappears. Check each drawing in turn with a double-click on theicon to the left of each of the drawing file names and each drawingappears in turn.

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11. Double-click the icon for Fig06 - Layout and a colour-shaded pictorial drawing of the exploded piston androd appears on screen. For an explanation of shaded 3D models, see Chapter 16.

12. In the Piston & Rod sheet set palette left-click the Publish icon.13. After allowing time for the Autodesk DWF to be completed,

the icon flashing in the status bar stops flashing.14. Right-click the icon and in the right-click menu which appears

left-click View DWF File ...a) The Autodesk DWF Composer comes on screen showingall the drawings in the sheet set as thumbnails in the left-hand side of the window.b) Left-click on any of the thumbnails and the drawingrepresented by the thumbnail appears.

15. The DWF file can be sent between email users


Chapter 11 Exercise 21. Open AutoCAD 2012 with a double-click on its shortcut icon in the Windows desktop.2. Open the template acadiso.dwt.3. Construct each of the six drawings shown below on separate acadiso.dwt templates, saving them as Layout

drawings to the file names Fig05.dwg to Fig06.dwg in a folder Adjusting spindle.4. Using the same methods as for Exercise 1, construct the sheet set Adjusting spindle.dst..5. Open the sheet set and from the sheet set construct the DWF Adjusting spindle.dwf.

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Additional exercises1. The three drawings show details of a

honing device in which two clamps for holdingthe tool being honed are tightened with a double-ended screw on which a roller is held in positionwith two split washers. Two rods ensure thetwo clamps move smoothly towards each otherto clamp the tool being honed when the deviceis in use.

Construct separate orthographic dimensionedprojections of the parts of the device, save eachdrawing in Layout format and construct a sheetset from the resulting set of drawings.


2. The three drawings show an assembled isometric drawing of a tool holder from a machine and details of itsparts in two orthographic projections.

Construct orthographic drawings of each of the parts of the tool holder, save each in a layout format andconstruct a sheet set from the layout drawings.

Multiple choice questions1. An AutoCAD sheet set is:

(a) A number of drawings which have been printed from AutoCAD drawings and saved in an envelope(b) A series of printed AutoCAD drawings(c) A number of AutoCAD drawings saved in Paper Space format and held in a file(d) Any drawings relating to a specific architectural, building or engineering process.


2. Drawing for a sheet set must be:(a) Saved in Model Space format(b) Saved in Paper Space format(c) Saved in either Model Space or Paper Space format(d) Saved in *.dwf format.

3. DWF is an abbreviation for a file extension. The abbreviation stands for:(a) Drawing with files(b) Design with file(c) Design Web File(d) Design Web Format.

4. DWF files can be included as attachments in an email. Is this statement:(a) True(b) Only partly true(c) Incorrect(d) Only when sent as a Zip file.


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