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The document lists various AutoCAD interview questions covering topics such as the differences between Dtext and Mtext, what a ctb file is, layers that never plot, associative vs. non-associative hatching, selecting hidden lines, the divide and measure commands, increasing a line length, the FILEDIA system variable, Orthomode, crossing vs. window selection boxes, mnu files, attached vs. overlay Xrefs, hatching and Xrefs, using Perpendicular osnap, Wblocking with a base point, grid vs. snap, deselecting objects, finding line length and circle center coordinates, block insertion parameters,

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Cad Interview Questions

The document lists various AutoCAD interview questions covering topics such as the differences between Dtext and Mtext, what a ctb file is, layers that never plot, associative vs. non-associative hatching, selecting hidden lines, the divide and measure commands, increasing a line length, the FILEDIA system variable, Orthomode, crossing vs. window selection boxes, mnu files, attached vs. overlay Xrefs, hatching and Xrefs, using Perpendicular osnap, Wblocking with a base point, grid vs. snap, deselecting objects, finding line length and circle center coordinates, block insertion parameters,

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Cad Interview Questions

hese are for AutoCAD Interview Questions:

• What are the differences between Dtext and Mtext.


• What is a ctb file?
• Which Autocad Layer never plots whether it is turned off or on?
• What are the differences between associative hatching and non-associative
hatching?
• If you wanted to select a line and there were other lines on top of it how would
you select it?
• What is the difference between the divide command and the measure command?
• If you wanted to increase the length of a line by 20mm how would you do it.
• What does the system variable FILEDIA do?
• What is Orthomode.
• What is the difference between a crossing polygon and a window polygon.
• What is a mnu file?
• What is the difference between Attached and Overlayed Xrefs, and when would
you use each?
• What should you be aware of when doing hatching in a drawing that contains an
xref?
• What do you need to be aware of when using Perpendicular as a running Osnap?
• Explain what happens when you Wblock items and choose a base point rather
than typing 0, 0, 0.
• What is the difference between grid and snap?
• What is the difference between a window and crossing selection box?
• How do you deselect an object?
• What is a base point?
• How do you find the length of a line?
• How do you find the x, y coordinates of the center of a circle?
• When inserting a block with the insert command, what parameters can be
specified?
• What are some of the advantages of using blocks?
• How can you insert one drawing into another?
• What are the differences between aligned and linear dimensions?
• How do you move a dimension farther away from an object?
• What is the difference between snap and osnap? When would you use snap?
• What is the difference between freezes and off?
• What is ortho?
• What is polar?
• What command creates parallel copies of an object?What are the
definitions of the following abbreviations:

1. A
2. Ar
3. C
4. Co
5. E
6. F
7. L
8. La
9. Lt
10. M
11. Mi
12. Ms
13. O
14. Os
15. Pe
16. Pl
17. Ps
18. R
19. Re
20. Ro
21. Z
22. UCS

• What is shown in the properties box when a line is selected? When a dimension is
selected?
• What does the boundary command do?
• What is the main difference to consider when using a spline versus a curved
polyline?
• What is an xref?
• What happens when you hold the shift key in the extend command?
• What does a layer filter do?
• What do layer states do?
• What does ^C^C in a toolbar macro do?
• When should you write (or purchase) a macro, script, or LISP routine?
• What is the difference between 2D and 3D in AutoCAD?
• When should you use 2D in civil engineering projects?
• When should you use 3D in civil engineering projects?
• What angle would AutoCAD say the hour hand is on at 1:30 on a clock?
• What does this tool button do?
• In the line command, how do you tell AutoCAD that you have finished drawing
the line segment and want to exit the command?
• In the copy object command, when do you tell AutoCAD that you want to paste
multiple copies?
• What is the difference between the scale and stretch commands?
• What is a layer?
• What is a block?
• What is the difference between redraw and regen?
• What do you do to get the linetype scale to look the same in model space and
layout viewports?
• How do you make a solid filled circle?
• How do you use to make a line on layer 1 with a continuous line and red color
have the same properties as a line on Layer 3 with a dashed line and blue color?
• What happens when you double click a hatch pattern? (Assumed the layer is
not locked.)

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