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feature is displayed. Lines can dash, lines can thicken, and lines can
both dash and thicken, depending on which radio button is selected.
4. Make any changes you want, and then click OK. Back in the Options
dialog box, click OK to return to your drawing.
FiGuRE 2.17 The Selection Preview area of the Selection tab in the Options dialog box
(left) and the Visual Effect Settings dialog box (right)
using Relative Polar Coordinates
Now draw the shape again using the Relative Polar method by following these steps:
1. Start the LINE command by selecting Home tab Draw panel
Line tool.
2. Enter 3,3 to start the box at the same point.
3. Enter 6<0 . Because the Dynamic Input tool is turned on, the @ sym-
bol is not required.
4. Enter 5<90 .
5. Enter 6<180 .
6. Enter C to close the box and end the LINE command. Your box once
again resembles the box shown earlier in Figure 2.16.
You can see from this exercise that you can use either method to draw a simple
shape. When the shapes you're drawing become more complex and the amount
 
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