Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 2 - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 182

FiGuRE 5.17 The perimeter of the front deck
Drawing the Deck Posts
There are four posts on the deck: two 8? (204 mm) posts at the corners that hold
up the roof and two 4 ″ (102 mm) posts at the top of the stairs. You will use the
RECTANGLE command to draw the posts and the MIRROR command to copy them.
1. Make sure 04A-FPLAY6.dwg is open.
2. Use the RECTANGLE command, found on the Home tab ➢ Draw panel ➢
Rectangle tool, to draw a post 8 ″× 8 ″ at the lower-right corner of the desk.
To do this, start the RECTANGLE command. At the Specify first cor-
ner point or: prompt, click on the endpoints where the lines form the
lower-right corner of the deck. At the Specify other corner point
or: prompt, enter -8,8 ↵ (-204,204 ) to draw the first 8 ″ (204 mm) post.
The rectangle should be similar to Figure 5.18.
3. To create the opposite post, select the rectangle that you just drew
and then start the MIRROR command (Home tab ➢ Modify panel ➢
Mirror tool).
TIP You can start an autoCaD command and then select objects, or
you can select the objects first and then start the command.