Introducing drawing - Introduction to AutoCAD 2011: 2D and 3D Design - page 29

Drawing with the Line tool

First example - Line tool (Fig. 1.3)

1. Open AutoCAD. The drawing area will show the settings of the
acadiso.dwt template - Limits set to 420,297 , Grid set to 10 , Snap set
to 5 and Units set to 0 .
2. Left-click on the Line tool in the Home/Draw panel (Fig. 2.1), or click
Line in the Draw drop-down menu (Fig. 2.2), or enter line or l at the
command line.

N o t e s

a. The tooltip which appears when the tool icon is clicked in the Draw

panel.

b. The prompt Command:_line Specify fi rst point which appears in

the command window at the command line ( Fig. 2.3 ).

Fig. 2.3 The prompt appearing at the command line in the Command palette when Line is

' called '

3. Make sure Snap is on by either pressing the F9 key or the Snap Mode

button in the status bar.

will show in the command palette.
4. Move the mouse around the drawing area. The cursors pick box will
jump from point to point at 5 unit intervals. The position of the pick
box will show as coordinate numbers in the status bar (left-hand end).
5. Move the mouse until the coordinate numbers show 60,240,0 and press
the pick button of the mouse ( left-click ).
6. Move the mouse until the coordinate numbers show 260,240,0 and
left-click .
7. Move the mouse until the coordinate numbers show 260,110,0 and
left-click .
8. Move the mouse until the coordinate numbers show 60,110,0 and
left-click .
9. Move the mouse until the coordinate numbers show 60,240,0 and
left-click. Then press the Return button of the mouse ( right-click ).

< Snap on >

The line rectangle Fig. 2.4 appears in the drawing area.