Introducing drawing - Introduction to AutoCAD 2011: 2D and 3D Design - page 42

First example - Polyline tool ( Fig. 2.23 )

In this example enter and right-click have not been included (Fig. 2.23).

Left -click the Polyline tool icon. The command line shows:

Command:_pline Specify start point: 30,250
Current line width is 0
Specify next point or [Arc/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/
Width]: 230,250
Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/
Undo/Width]: 230,120
Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/
Undo/Width]: 30,120
Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/
Undo/Width]: c (Close)
Command:

30,250 230,250

30,120 230,120

Fig. 2.23 First example - Polyline tool

N o t e s

1. Note the prompts - Arc for constructing pline arcs, Close to close
an outline, Halfwidth to halve the width of a wide pline, Length
to enter the required length of a pline, Undo to undo the last pline
constructed Width to change the width of the pline.

2. Only the capital letter(s) of a prompt needs to be entered in upper or
lower case to make that prompt effective.

3. Other prompts will appear when the Polyline tool is in use as will be
shown in later examples.