AutoCAD is defined as a commercial computer-aided design that is used in software application drafting. It was developed and marketed by Autodesk and was first released in 1982, serving as a desktop app used in microcomputers with graphics controllers. AutoCAD is beneficial in the field of architecture, engineering, graphic design, and project management. In architecture, it allows architectural designers to come up with 3D objects like walls, doors, and even windows using intelligent information available to them instead of relying on cheap and simple objects like lines.
Fillet is a tool in AutoCAD used to create circular edges between adjacent lines and faces in 2D or 3D. It also joins two arcs of tangent in 2D. Multiple fillets enable one to use the fillet without having to select the command many times. Their primary purpose is to distribute stress over a broad area evenly, making the parts more durable and in the position of bearing huge loads. They are incorporated to reduce interference drag, especially in aircraft where aircraft components like wings, struts, and other surfaces meet. Its modification will reduce stress hence increasing efficiency and durability, and this, in turn, saves time that could be used in repairing damage caused if fillets are not considered.
The chamfer, on the other hand, is used in the creation of edges that are slanting. They are used in furniture and carpentry to assemble many mechanical engineering designs for both functional and aesthetic functions. Pioneering designs create border perspective and bring about beautiful passerby areas allowing greater visibility when turning. The Trim command removes objects meeting other objects’ edges by removing extra parts of objects. Extension-trim multiple objects using the fence option saves time when the line is drawn connecting objects to be modified.
Extend as an AutoCAD tool extends objects to meet edges or boundaries of other objects to converge them. Traditional methods of designing have been replaced by the AutoCAD, which has many advantages, such as saving time and increasing productivity, and reducing the hectic work of drafting that is easily and very fast done within a short period (Juraev 2). Other tools not discussed but used in AutoCAD include line, circle, mirror, copy, polyline, and rectangle.
Work Cited
Juraev, T. “Computer modeling the moldboards’ surface in AutoCAD system.” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. Vol. 883. No. 1. IOP Publishing, 2020.