Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 1 - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 136

FiGuRE 4.47 The door rotating with movement of the cursor (left), and
the door after the 90° rotation (right)
To finish this door, you need to add the door's swing. You'll use the ARC com-
mand for this.
Drawing the Door Swing
The swing shows the path that the outer edge of a door takes when it swings
from closed to fully open. Including a swing with the door in a floor plan helps
to identify the rectangle as a door and helps resolve clearance issues. You draw
the swings using the ARC command, in this case using the Endpoint osnap. This
command has many options, most of which are based on knowing three aspects
of the arc, as you'll see.
1. Continue using 04A-FPLAY4.dwg , or open it if it's not already open.
2. Click the down arrow next to the Arc button from the Home Tab ➢
Draw panel.
The menu expands to show the 11 different methods for creating
an arc. On the menu, 10 of the 11 options have combinations of three
aspects that define an arc. The arc for this door swing needs to be
drawn from the right end of the upper jamb line through a rotation
of 90°. You know the start point of the arc, the center of rotation (the
hinge point), and the angle through which the rotation occurs, so
you can use the Start, Center, Angle option on the Arc menu.