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Exercise: Coordinate Input and Drafting Tools

March 8th, 2010 | Add a Comment

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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AutoCAD Precise Input: Drafting Tools

February 17th, 2010 | 3 Comments

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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AutoCAD Precise Input: Specifying Point Coordinate

February 15th, 2010 | Add a Comment

You have learned how to use AutoCAD drawing tools. When you activate an AutoCAD drawing tool, there are two possibilities what AutoCAD will ask you: options or specifying points. Some AutoCAD tools ask your confirmation for settings before asking you for a point. You will need to define points eventually. In this tutorial, we will discuss how we can give precise input when AutoCAD asking us for a point location. Drawing Object versus AutoCAD Scale First, let … Read entire article »

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Using Template and Setting Your Unit

January 22nd, 2010 | Add a Comment

There’s not much in this tutorial. However, I consider this is very important part for the rest of the tutorial. I found most AutoCAD users never aware about using template. And worse, sometimes they just open existing drawing, erase the drawings, and use the existing styles and objects. Avoid this, since this will make your files corrupted. What is a template? Template is a starting point of your work. There are some default settings you, your … Read entire article »

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