Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Planning and Laying Out a Drawing
For the next object, the bathtub, you'll use some new commands to lay out parts of the drawing.
This will help you get a feel for the kind of planning you must do to use AutoCAD effectively.
You'll begin the bathtub by using the Line command to draw a rectangle 2´-8˝
×
5´-0˝ (81 cm
×
152 cm for metric users) on the left side of the drawing area. For a change this time, you'll use a
couple of shortcut methods built into AutoCAD: the Line command's keyboard shortcut and the
Direct Distance method for specifying distance and direction.
First, though, you'll go back to the previous view of your drawing and arrange some more
room to work. Follow these steps:
1.
Return to your previous view, shown in Figure 3.8. A quick way to do this is to type
Z
↵
P
↵. Your view returns to the one you had before the last Zoom command.
FIGURE 3.8
The view of the
finished toilet after
typing
Z
↵
P
↵. You
can also obtain
this view by using
View
Zoom
Previous or View
Zoom
All.
2.
Type
L
↵, and then enter
9,10
↵ to start the line at the 0´-9˝,0´-10˝ coordinate. Metric users
should enter
24,27
↵ for the coordinate 24.0000,27.0000.
3.
Place your cursor to the right of the last point selected, so that the rubber-banding line
is pointing directly to the right, and type
2´8˝
. Then press ↵ for the irst side of the tub.
Metric users should enter
81
↵.
4.
Point the rubber-banding line upward toward the top of the screen and type
5
´. Then
press ↵ for the next side. Metric users should enter
152
↵.
5.
Point the rubber-banding line directly to the left of the last point and type
2´8˝
(
81
for
metric users). Then press ↵ for the next side.
6.
Type
C
↵ to close the rectangle and exit the Line command.
