The Hitchhiker's Guide to AutoCAD Basics

1. Basics
   Review the basic AutoCAD controls.
2. Viewing
   Pan and zoom in a drawing, and control the order of overlapping objects.
3. Geometry
   Create basic geometric objects such as lines, circles, and hatched areas.
4. Precision
   Ensure the precision required for your models.
5. Layers
   Organize your drawing by assigning objects to layers.
6. Properties
   You can assign properties such as color and linetype to individual objects, or as default properties assigned to layers.
7. Modifying
   Perform editing operations such as erase, move, and trim on the objects in a drawing.
8. Blocks
   Insert symbols and details into your drawings from commercial online sources or from your own designs.
9. Layouts
   Display one or more scaled views of your design on a standard-size drawing sheet called a layout.
10. Notes and Labels
    Create notes, labels, bubbles, and callouts. Save and restore style settings by name.
11. Dimensions
    Create several types of dimensions and save dimension settings by name.
12. Printing
    Output a drawing layout to a printer, a plotter, or a file. Save and restore the printer settings for each layout.