Learn BricsCAD in a Day ($20)
Inside BricsCAD is the only tutorial for new users. It teaches you how create 2D drawings in a day -- seven chapters that each take about one hour to complete. Additional lessons teach 3D modeling, how to generate 2D drawings from 3D models, and methods of working with constraints.
This tutorial is available for BricsCAD V8 through to V17, and covers the following topics:
- Introducing BricsCAD
- Using menus and toolbars
- Setting up new drawings
- Drawing and plotting
- Adding details
- Editing drawings
- Placing text and dimensions
Plus this additional material:
- Quad cursor, start screen, workspaces, ribbon, drawing tabs, and LookFrom and Tips widgets
- Attribute extraction and bills of material
- Regions and booleans
- 3D direct modeling and editing
- 2D dimensional and geometric constraints
All tutorials are in metric units, with some also in simultaneous imperial units. They include instructions specific to Linux, Windows 7-10, and Mac where necessary. The content varies, depending on the features of the release.
The book features dozens of tips, chapter summaries, key terms, useful abbreviations, and the names of new commands. Illustrations are in full color, and features new to BricsCAD are highlighted. The PDF file is formatted for printing on standard 8.5x11 paper, with margins designed for three-hole punching and binding.
- US$20.00
- 350 full-color pages
- 10MB PDF format; suitable for printing on standard 8.5"x11" paper
- Includes bonus tutorial files
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. A Quick Tour Through BricsCAD
How to Start BricsCAD
Starting BricsCAD on Windows; Windows Vista and 7; Windows 8; Windows 10; Starting; BricsCAD on Linux; Starting BricsCAD on Mac OS X; BricsCAD V15 User Interface; Supported Graphics Boards
Get Started With a Workspace
The BricsCAD Window; A Basic Tour of the User Interface; Crosshair and Arrow Cursors; Command Bar; All About Command Prompts; Undoing What You’ve Done: U; Seeing What You Did Before: Command History; Typing Less: AutoComplete; UCS Icon; Online Help
Exiting BricsCAD
Chapter 2. Navigating the BricsCAD Interface
Above the Drawing Area
Title Bar; Menu Bar; Toolbars; Toolbar Buttons and Macros; The Standard Toolbar; Flyouts; Entity Properties Toolbars; Ribbon; Drawing Tabs
In the Drawing Area
Shortcut Menus; Quad Cursor; Look At Control; User Interface Elements of Bars; UCS Icon; 2D Drafting, 3D Modeling, and DUCS; Layout Mode; Tips Widget
Below the Drawing Area
Layout Tabs; Scroll Bars; Command Bar; Status Bar
Chapter 3. Setting Up A New Drawing
Before You Begin
Starting A New Drawing; Default Settings; Linear Units; Angle; Plot Style; Entity Properties; Finish
Additional Important Settings
Setting the Drawing Limits; Accessing System Variables; Changing the Snap and Grid Spacing
Creating Layers
Quick Summary of Layers; Naming Layers; Saving Drawings; Quick Summary of the SaveAs Command; Making Backups Automatic; Quick Summary of Alternative Save Formats
Chapter 4. Creating Your First Drawing
Reopening Drawings
Drawing the Lot Boundary; Planning the Next Steps; Changing Layers; Drawing the House Outline; Quick Summary of the PLine Command; Quick Summary of Entity Snap Modes; Direct Distance Entry; Dynamic Input; Moving the House into Position; Starting on the Driveway; Finishing the Driveway; Mirroring Entities
Putting Drawings to Paper
Quick Summary of Print Preview; Solving Printing Problems; Generating PDFs of Drawings; Specifying PDF Output Options
Chapter 5. Adding Details to Drawings
Dividing the Lot; Smoothing Polylines; Quick Summary of the PEdit Command
Grips Editing
Quick Summary of Editing with Grips; Hatching the Lawn
Creating Symbols
Drawing Circles; Quick Summary of Drawing Circles; Creating Arrays; Making Blocks; Adding Many More Trees ; Drawing the Pond; Quick Summary of Drawing Ellipses
Chapter 6. Making Changes to Drawings
Changing the Look of Lines
Loading Linetypes; Changing Properties; Quick Summary of Properties Bar; Changing the Linetype Scale; Changing Line Lengths; Quick Summary of the Lengthen Command; Stretching the Pond; Quick Summary of Selection Set Options; Moving Entities; Adding the Fence; Listing Data
Chapter 7. Adding Notes and Dimensions
Adding Notes to Drawings
Determining the Size of Text; Quick Summary on Calculating Text Heights; Creating Text Styles; Quick Summary of Text Justification Modes; Simple Text
Changing Text
Placing Rotated Text; Placing Multiple Lines of Text; Searching and Replacing Text
Placing Dimensions in Drawings
Preparing the Drawing for Dimensioning; Dimensioning the Yard; Vertical and Baseline Dimensions; Aligned and Radial Dimensions
Chapter 8. Bills of Material
About Attribute Data
Creating Blocks with Attributes; Drawing Blocks; Defining Attributes; Adding More Attributes; Combining Entities and Attributes into Blocks; Inserting Blocks with Attributes; Quick Summary of Extraction Template Codes; Alternatives to the Insert Command
Exporting Attributes from Drawings
Step 1: Create Template Files; ; Step 2: Extract Attribute Data from Drawing; Quick Summary of Attribute Export Data Types; Step 3: Import Data File into Spreadsheets
Placing Attributes in Drawings as Tables
Creating Tables Through Copy’n Paste; Quick Summary of Paste Special
Chapter 9. Modeling 2D Regions and Booleans
About Regions
How to create Regions; Tutorial: Creating Boundaries; Quick Summary of Boundary Options
Boolean Operations
Quick Summary of Boolean Operations; Tutorial: Creating a Waffle Shape; Measuring Regions; About Mass Properties
Chapter 10. Direct 3D Modeling & Editing
About 3D Solid Models
Planning Ahead; Elements of A 3D Model; Planning Ahead by Deconstructing 3D; Traditional Solid Modeling Commands; Quick Summary of Extrude Command; The Traditional Extrusion Method; 3D View Rotation; Extrusion by Direct Modeling; Dynamic UCS; Extruding Directly with the Quad Cursor; Subtracting Solids To Make Holes; PushPull Modeling; Quick Summary of LookFrom Command; Aligning the UCS; Pulling, Instead of Pushing; Filleting 3D Solids; Joining Parts with Union
Generating 2D Drawings
Slicing Sections And Adding Detailed Views; Creating Detail Views
Chapter 11. Dimensional & Geometric Constraints
Working with Constraints
About Dimensional Constraints; Using Dimensional Constraints; Quick Summary of Dimensional Constraints; About Geometric Constraints; Quick Summary of 2D Geometric Constraints; Using Geometric Constraints; Quick Summary of 3D Constraints
Appendices
A. Concise Summary of Command Aliases
B. Concise Summary of System Variables & Settings
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