Controlling Text in a Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 393

FiGuRE 8.28 The first grid lines
7. Now you need to draw grid lines for the posts at the corners of the decks.
Draw lines from the horizontal midpoint of the top-right and top-left
deck posts vertically to the offset roofline.
8. Next, draw lines from the upper-left and lower-left deck posts horizon-
tally to the offset roof line.
This time add a jog to each column line so that their endpoints are
not too close to the endpoints of the existing horizontal column lines
(see Figure 8.29). You need to leave space for the column tag and don't
want them to overlap.
Jog this line.
Jog this line.
FiGuRE 8.29 The column lines for the deck posts