Following this lesson, you will:
Know how to add color to a drawing using the Color command
Know how to use linetypes in a drawing using the Linetype command
Know how to use lineweights in a drawing using the Lweight command
Know how to use layers in a drawing
Know how to modify layers, linetypes, lineweights, and colors in a drawing using:
CHProp
Properties (and the Object Property Manager)
Matchprop
Know how to use the Autodesk Design Center
This is one of my favorite lessons to teach. It may be that I appreciate the respite from new drawing routines. It may be that I like dialog boxes. But more probably, it's just that by this point in the course, I'm really tired of looking at black-and-white drawing!
In the drafting world, we learn to differentiate between objects by well-established uses of linetypes and lineweights (widths). The number and spacing of dashes in a line, the width of a line, or combinations of dashes and width say a lot about what is being represented on the drawing. (For more information about specific representations, look in any basic drafting text.) We'll learn to use these tools in a CAD environment as well. But in the CAD environment, you'll have an additional tool at your disposal “ color.
This lesson will lead you through two different methods of using linetype, lineweight, and color to differentiate between objects in your drawing; these are the direct approach (using specific commands such as LType , LWeight , and Color ), and using layers. Each method should be considered exclusive. That is, you shouldn't combine them, as the results will no doubt aggravate someone.