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if You Would Like More Practice…
The following are several additional exercises that will give you the opportunity
to practice the skills and techniques you have learned.
Drawing the Cabin Again
As is true for almost any skill, the key to mastery is practice. Redrawing the entire
cabin might seem daunting at this point when you think of how long it took you to
get here. But if you try it all again, starting from Chapter 3, “Setting Up a Drawing,”
you'll find that it will take about half the time it did the first time. If you do it a
third time, it'll take half that time. Once you understand the techniques and how
the commands work, feel free to experiment with alternative techniques to accom-
plish tasks and with other options for the commands.
Drawing Something Else
If you have a specific project in mind that you would like to draw in AutoCAD, so
much the better. Try drawing the floor plan of your home or a classroom.
Drawing Some Furniture for the Cabin
Once you put some furniture in the cabin, you'll quickly see how small it is! But
it can still accept some basic furniture without seeming too cramped. You should
be able to add the following:
Kitchen—a table and chairs
Living room—a short couch or love seat, coffee table, easy chair and
a fireplace
Bedroom—a double bed, chest, and nightstand
Use a tape measure and go around your office or home to determine the approxi-
mate dimensions of each piece. The goal here is not so much to ensure accuracy
of scale but to practice drawing in AutoCAD. Figure 5.76 shows the floor plan with
these pieces of furniture. If you draw the bed shown here, try using the Spline tool
for the curved, turned-down sheets. It's on the expanded Draw panel. You'll see
how it works after a little experimentation.
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