TurboCAD Quick Start Tutorial Video Lecture - TurboCAD A Complete Course

welcome to turbo cad in this video we
will be going over the basics turbo cad
may seem overwhelming at first so if you
are new to cad or just new to turbo cad
this will be a good place to start okay
where to begin if you follow my mouse
you will notice I am hovering over the
menu bar just about every tool and
function can be accessed through the
menu bar below the menu bar is the
standard toolbar many of the same tools
and functions found in the menus are
also available in the toolbars for
quicker access the standard toolbar
contains a variety of high-level
functions for example we can toggle the
grid on and off let's try it hover your
mouse over the grid icon then click once
to turn the grid on the grid will appear
below the toolbars this is the drawing
area move your mouse around the drawing
area notice that in the bottom right
corner the position of your mouse is
tracked now back up to the toolbars
notice the little triangle placed on the
bottom right of the grid icon that means
there is a flyout toolbar available you
can open a flyout toolbar by clicking
and holding for a second let's try it
hover over the grid icon then click and
hold until the flyout toolbar appears
then release the mouse button you can
now see several icons which activate
different grid functions and at the top
of the flyout you will see the gripper
highlighted by my mouse this gripper
indicates that the toolbar can be pulled
off and placed wherever you like in the
workspace let's try it
hover over the gripper then click and
drag the toolbar and place it to the
right of the standard toolbar it should
snap right into place now where were we
oh yes toolbars below the standard
toolbar is the property toolbar the
property toolbar is a series of
dropdowns which display the properties
of the currently selected tool or entity
if you look over to the left side
toolbar which contains the drawing tools
you will notice that the line tool is
selected so the settings currently
displayed in the property toolbar are
that of the line tool let's change the
color to red the line pattern to dashed
and the line weight to 0.02 then draw a
line snapping to 2 of the grid points oh
wait I have not told you about snaps yet
snaps 8 your drawing by
snapping your mouse click to another
entity so the grid snap will snap your
mouse clicks to the grid
snaps can be found in the standard
toolbar just to the right of the grid
let's fly out the snaps toolbar then
choose grid snap now we can draw our
line hover over one of the grid points
and you will notice a magenta diamond
this means a snap is engaged and the
little icon to the bottom-right of the
diamond will show you which snap is
activated click your mouse while the
grid snap is highlighted to place your
first point then hover over another grid
intersection and click to place your
second point go ahead and try it a
couple more times so you can get the
hang of it while drawing your lines you
can use the center mouse wheel to zoom
in and out of the drawing
this makes the entities on the screen
appear larger or smaller clicking the
center mouse wheel zooms to the extents
of the drawing you may notice some of
the other snaps and drawing aids
more specifically the midpoint snap
because of its hierarchy the midpoint
snap will override the grid snap in this
case if you need to use a grid snap
right click and choose grid snap from
the local menu
this local snap will turn off all other
snaps for a single mouse click so now
that we are done playing around we have
a mess to clean up at the top of the
left side toolbar lies the Select tool
when entities such as the lines we have
drawn are selected they can be deleted
by hitting the Delete key on your
keyboard let's try it choose the select
tool from the left side toolbar click on
one of the lines you have drawn then hit
the Delete key on your keyboard we can
select multiple entities by clicking and
dragging around the entities we would
like to select notice how the entities
near the extents of the drawing area
were not selected that is because when I
drag from left to right the fence did
not completely enclose the entities I
wanted to select now if I drag from
right to left any entities that the
fence touches will then be selected
notice how we have shaded the fenced-in
area blue or green so you can see the
difference let's go ahead and select all
the lines in the drawing area and delete
them for this next part we will want to
turn off the grid and disable the grid
snap next we are going to draw a
rectangle but first we will want to
change its properties as they now match
the line tool
this time we will change the properties
in the properties dialog box choose the
rectangle tool from the line flyout then
right-click the rectangle tool the
properties dialog will then appear
notice that there are several different
categories of properties in this case we
will be changing pen properties after
clicking pen choose continuous as the
line pattern 0 for the line weight and
by layer for the color this will default
to black for the time being once you
have changed the properties click OK now
it's time to draw our rectangle first
click somewhere in the drawing area next
hit the tab key on the keyboard notice
that the size a field is highlighted in
the bottom left corner of the screen
this part of the user interface is
called the inspector bar this is where
you can input specific values for most
operations go ahead and input 6 for size
a hit the tab key input 4 for size B
then hit the enter key on your keyboard
now click the center mouse wheel then
zoom out a bit to Center the rectangle
on screen next we are going to draw a
circle first select the circle tool from
the left side toolbar the default circle
tool starts at the center point and ends
on the circumference of the circle
defining its radius let's start by
snapping to the midpoint of the right
side of the rectangle then snap to one
of the corners to finish the circle
operation now let's draw a second circle
start by snapping to the midpoint of the
right side of the rectangle like before
but this time let's tab into the
inspector bar enter 1 point 5 into the
radius field then hit enter next we are
going to remove some of the rectangle
and larger circle to create a single
entity surrounding the smaller circle on
the right side toolbar open the second
flat from the top then choose object
trim the trim tool works by selecting
entities to define a cutting edge then
choosing a section of an intersecting
entity separated by this edge to be
removed with the trim tool active select
the rectangle as the cutting edge then
click to the left side of the circle
notice how the left side of the circle
was removed next we will want to remove
the right side of the rectangle we could
do this with the trim tool but we will
explode the rectangle instead now hit
the Escape key to
exit out of the trim operation then hit
the spacebar to switch to the Select
tool now select the rectangle the
explode tool is found on the bottom of
the right side toolbar exploding an
entity will create a more primitive
entity or set of entities in this case
exploding a rectangle will create four
lines let's try it with the rectangle
selected hit the explode icon then hit
the Escape key to deselect notice that
the rectangle is now four lines we can
now select the line on the right side
and delete it next we are going to join
the three remaining lines with a half
circle to create a polyline to do this
we will need to use the join polyline
tool the joined polyline tool can be
found in the fourth flyout from the top
of the right side toolbar after choosing
the joined polyline tool right click
somewhere in the drawing area to bring
up the local menu from the local menu
choose Auto join next choose one of the
lines it may seem like nothing happened
but if we hit the spacebar then select
one of the lines all three lines and the
arc will be selected we can verify the
entity type in the selection info
palette let's try it click tools on the
menu bar then hover over palettes notice
how a submenu appears sub menus are
marked with the right-facing arrow now
choose selection info from the pallet
sub menu by default the selection info
palette will appear on the right side of
the turbo CAD window palettes can be
pulled off and docked elsewhere but for
now let's keep it on the right side
notice how the entity type is displayed
in the top of the selection info palette
if I explode the polyline I can then see
what it was made out of let me quickly
rejoin the polyline so we can move on I
think now would be a good time to save
our drawing go ahead and click the Save
icon in the standard toolbar the first
time you save a drawing the save as
dialog will come up and you will be
prompted to name the drawing let's say
if this drawing has quick start next we
are going to talk about creating 3d
objects but first let's create some
layers open the layers palette by
clicking the layer icon on the left side
of the property toolbar then grab the
layers palette and dock it on the center
of the selection info palette notice how
there are multiple tabs on the bottom of
the palette you can use these to switch
between palates let's create two new
layers and the layers palette choose
create new layer near the top of the
palette a dialog will pop up prompting
you to name the layer let's name this
layer 2d now let's do it again and this
time we will name the layer 3d next we
will place all of our entities on the 2d
layer choose select all from the Edit
menu then hit the check box to the right
of 2d in the layers palette we can also
change the color of different layers
but first deselect the selected entities
by hitting the Escape key now let's open
the color palette to the right of 2d in
the layers palette and select coral
notice how the polyline change color but
the circle did not that is because the
polylines color property was set to by
layer
well the circle was set to black go
ahead and select the circle and change
its color to by layer there now both the
circle and the polyline are coral next
we are going to add thickness to our 2d
entities by using the extrude tool but
first let's switch to a different game
review to do this right-click somewhere
in the drawing area then select
isometric southeast from the second
pop-up now it's time to extrude our
entities let's choose the simple extrude
tool from the left side toolbar before
we select any entities to extrude change
the layer in the properties toolbar from
0 to 3d now select the circle notice how
a preview of the extruded entity appears
on-screen and the height is changed in
the inspector bar we can finish the
operation with another mouse click so
let's try and give the extrude a height
of at least 2 now that we have entities
on multiple layers try playing around
with layer visibility a bit you can do
this by clicking the eye icon in the
layers palette before we move on be sure
that all of the layers are visible now
it's time to extrude the polyline with
the simple extrude tool engaged select
the polyline tab into the inspector bar
and enter a height of 1 some of the
extruded object may be off the viewable
area go ahead and click the center mouse
wheel to zoom to extents if this is the
case to see what's going on a little
better let's switch to a rendered view
to do this click the teacup icon on the
right side of the property toolbar go
ahead and grab
this toolbar and pull it off to the
right docking it just beside the
property toolbar
next click draft rendering near the
center of this toolbar a warning message
will pop up and forming you that no
lights are in this drawing go ahead and
click yes to add the default lights
because of the light sources the black
objects are rendered a dark gray feel
free to brighten things up a bit by
changing the colors of the 3d objects I
will change the outside object to yellow
and the inside object to red now we are
going to create a hole on the outside
object using 3d subtract 3d subtract is
found in a flyout near the centre of the
right side toolbar after choosing 3d
subtract look near the bottom-left of
the turbo CAD window there you will see
the tool prompt if you ever get stuck
look to the tool prompt the tool prompt
is telling us to select the first object
or minuend this is the object that we
are subtracting from let's select the
outside object for the minuend next
select the inside object as the operand
this is the object we are subtracting if
you are using turbo CAD professional you
may get a warning message about the
editing history go ahead and hit no to
continue there should now be a hole in
the 3d object let's go ahead and save
the drawing again it's good to save your
drawing frequently and occasionally save
it under a different name
particularly when you hit a milestone
choose save as from the file menu let's
save this file as QuickStart 1 this
concludes the turbo CAD QuickStart
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