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Making Row and Column Copies
Now you'll draw the other three burners of the gas range by creating a rectangular array from
the burner you just drew. You'll first zoom back a bit to get a view of a larger area. Then you'll
proceed with the Array command.
Follow these steps to zoom back:
1. Click Zoom from the status bar and then type S ↵. You can also choose View Zoom
Scale from the menu bar or type Z S ↵.
2. Enter 0.5x ↵. Your drawing will look like Figure 6.6.
FIGURE 6.6
The preceding
view reduced by a
factor of 0.5
If you're not too fussy about the amount you want to zoom out, you can move the center
mouse wheel up or down to reduce your view quickly.
Entering 0.5x for the Zoom Scale factor tells AutoCAD you want a view that reduces the width
of the current view to fill half the display area, enabling you to see more of the work area. If you
specify a scale value greater than 1 (5, for example), you'll magnify your current view. If you leave
off the x , your new view will be in relation to the drawing limits rather than the current view.
Next you'll finish the range top. You'll get a chance to use the Rectangular Array option to
create three additional burners:
1. Start the Array command to open the Array dialog box.
2. Click the Select Objects button to close the Array dialog box temporarily.
3. Select the entire burner, including the lines and the circle, and then press ↵ to confirm
your selection.
4. In the Array dialog box, click the Rectangular Array radio button.
5. Change both the Rows and Columns text boxes to 2 .
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