Controlling Text in a Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 392

a C l o s e r l o o k a t t h e BREAK C o M M a n d
Use your own judgment to determine how far from the text a line must be broken
back. You have to strike a balance between making the text easy to read and
keeping what the broken line represents clear.
Here are some options for the BREAK command:
Ordinarily, when you select a line to be broken, the point where you pick the
line becomes the beginning of the break. If the point where the break needs
to start is at the intersection of two lines, you must select the line to be
broken somewhere other than at a break point. Otherwise, AutoCAD won't
know which line you want to break. In that case, after selecting the line
to break, enter F ↵ . You'll be prompted to pick the first point of the break,
and the command continues. Now that AutoCAD knows which line you
want to break, you can use the Intersection osnap to pick the intersection
of two lines.
To break a line into two segments without leaving a gap, click the Break At
Point button, which is on the expanded Modify panel. You might want to do
this to place one part of a line on a different layer from the rest of the line.
To break the line this way, start the command, select the line to break, and
then pick the point on the line where the break is to occur, using an osnap
if necessary. AutoCAD makes the break and ends the command.
3. Turn Object Snap on if it's off; set the Endpoint, Midpoint, and
Perpendicular osnaps to be running; and then start the LINE
command.
4. Draw lines from the upper-left and upper-right inside corners of the
walls up to the offset roof line. Then draw lines from the left upper and
lower inside corners of the exterior walls to the vertical offset line on
the left (see Figure 8.28).
5. The grid lines need to be centered on the structural member they are
identifying, in this case an 8 × 8 (204 × 204) column.
Start the OFFSET command, enter E ↵ Y ↵ to set the Erase parameter,
and then set the offset distance to 4 ″ (102 mm). Now, when an object
is offset, the original is erased.
6. Offset each of the grid lines 4 ″ (102 mm) toward the inside of the cabin.
You may notice that the toilet will interfere with the new column
in the lower-left corner of the cabin. Move the toilet up 4 ″ (102 mm)
to add clearance and then adjust the size of the sink counter and
mirror as well.