Exercise: Coordinate Input and Drafting Tools
You have learned how to provide coordinate input in AutoCAD, and using AutoCAD drafting tools. Let us do a little exercise before continue to the next topic. We are going to use some AutoCAD drawing tools and drafting tools. Using the Metric Template We are using metric template for this AutoCAD tutorial. If you haven’t set the default template to metric, create a new file from AutoCAD menu: new>drawing. Do not click the new file button on … Read entire article »
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Can I Render Wireframe Image from AutoCAD?
This is an inquiry in CADtutor forum: Can I render wireframe image from AutoCAD? I’m not sure why we ever need wireframe image. But the answer is no. However, we can get the required image by using plot command. In the shade plot option, we can set the shade mode to wireframe. This allows us to plot to any type of visualization, including rendering images and visualization styles. Anything you can set in visual styles, you can have … Read entire article »
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Should Autodesk ‘PURGE’ AutoCAD Command Line?
Last night when I checked my Twitter timeline, I see an interesting tweet from @projbutterfly. He asked his followers whether Autodesk should add command line to Project Butterfly or not. Because this project is for AutoCAD users, then it is more likely many AutoCAD users will ask for it. I personally think command line era is over. It’s not cool anymore to have it. In this post, I would like share my opinion. I also … Read entire article »
AutoCAD Precise Input: Drafting Tools
You have learned how to precisely specify points by their coordinates. However, sometimes we need other methods to define points. There are some drafting tools that we can use to help us in specifying points. AutoCAD Object Snap Object snap is a tool that you can use to refer for a location from existing objects. For example, a center point of an arc or circle. You can snap to a reference point after you see the snap … Read entire article »
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