Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 2 - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 226

6. Place the cursor near the midpoint of the bottom counter line. When
the small cross appears in the osnap marker, the first tracking point
is established.
7. Establish the center point of the sink counter using Object Snap Tracking.
a. Move the crosshair cursor to the midpoint of the vertical line
that defines the front of the counter.
b. Move the cursor to the left when the cross appears in the
Midpoint osnap marker.
A small, dark X appears at the intersection to indicate the
point that AutoCAD will use for the center point of the ellipse
(see Figure 5.68).
c. Click to define the center point.
FiGuRE 5.68 Defining the center point for the ellipse
Instead of using the direct entry method to define a point with the
Object Snap Tracking tool, you just used two different object snaps to
define one point.
8. The ELLIPSE command requires you to specify a distance for each of
the major and minor axes.
a. Hold the crosshair cursor directly to the right of the center point.
Enter 5 ↵ ( 127 ↵ ).
b. Hold the crosshair cursor directly above the center and enter
7 ↵ ( 178 ↵ ).