AutoCAD 2007 Setup
Opening the AutoCAD 2007
Open the AutoCAD 2007
After opening, select the
workspace as AutoCAD
Classic
Click OK
Note : Don’t check the
“Don’t show me this again”
Setting up the Units
Type “units” to open Units
dialog box
Or type “units” in Command
box which is in the bottom
Setting up the Units
In Drawing Units dialog Box,
Select Precision and choose
“0”
In units to scale inserted
content , choose
“Millimeters”
Select OK
Setting up the Dimension
Styles
Type “d” in the window or
in Command box in below
Dimension style dialog box
will appears
Select “Modify”
Setting up the Dimension
Styles
Under Lines , change color
of dimension and extension
lines to “Cyan”
Setting up the Dimension
Styles
Under Symbols and Arrows,
set arrow size to “5”
In Fonts, Choose “Verdana” in Font Name
Set height to “5” and click “Close”
Setting up the Dimension Choose “Aligned with dimension line” in text
Styles alignment
Under Text, select “…” near the
text style, set height to “5”
Setting up the Dimension
Styles
Select Primary Units
Under Primary Units, select “0” in
Precision
Click OK
Setting up the Dimension
Styles
Select “Set Current” and click
“close”
Setting up the Drafting
Settings
Type “ds” in the window or in the
command box
Drafting Settings dialog box
appears
Select Object Snap
Select “Select All” and click OK
Setting up the Layers
Type “layer” in the window or in
the command box
Layers dialog box appears
Select “New Layer” to create a
new layer
Setting up the Layers
We need to create 4 layers named
“XY Line” , “Objects” ,
“Projections” , “Axis Line”
Each layers have different
parameters
Parameters for the layers
Layer Name Color Line type Line weight
XY line White Continuous 0.20mm
Object White Continuous 0.50mm
Projection line Cyan Continuous 0.15mm
Parameters for the Axis line
For “Axis Line”, select
“Continuous” and select “Load”
Choose “ISO Long - dash short -
dash”
Select OK
Select “ISO Long - dash short -
dash”
Select OK
Parameters for the Axis line
Select “ISO Long - dash short -
dash”
Select OK
Now change the parameters of
axis line
Layer Name Color Line type Line Weight
Axis line Red ISO Long - dash 0.30mm
short - dash
Parameters for the Layers
Now it will look like this
Select OK
Setting up the Limits and
Zooming
Type “limits” in the window or in
the command box
Set the lower left corner limits to
“0,0”
Press TAB key to lock the
ordinates
Set the Upper right corner limits
to “297,210”
Press ENTER
Zooming
Type “zoom” in the window or in
the command box
Type “all”
Press ENTER
Setting up the Margin
Select XY Layer from the layers
Select RECTANGLE tool from
toolbar or type “rect” in the
window or in the command box
Set the lower left corner limits to
“0,0”
Press TAB key to lock the ordinates
Set the Upper right corner limits to
“297,210”
Press ENTER
You will get a rectangular margin
of 297x210
