HOW TO SET UP YOUR DRAWING - AutoCAD 2010 Essentials - page 81

4. Double-click on the mouse wheel to Zoom Extents .
5. From the Application Menu , select Drawing/Units and make the following
changes:
a. Length Type = Decimal, Precision = 0
b. Angle Type = Decimal Degrees, Precision = 0
c. Unit to scale inserted content = Millimeters
6. Assume that one AutoCAD unit = 1 mm and you have a 30 x 20 m plan you
want to draw. With these measurements, your limits will be:
a. Lower left-hand corner = 0,0
b. Upper right-hand corner = 30000,200000
7. Type Limits in the Command Window , and set the limits accordingly.
8. Double-click on the mouse wheel to Zoom Extents to the new limits.

9. Create the following layers:

Special
Remarks

Layer Name Color Linetype

Frame Magenta Continuous

Walls Red Continuous

Doors Yellow Continuous

Door_Swing Yellow Dashed

Windows 150 Continuous

Centerlines Green Dashdot

Bubbles Green Continuous

Furniture 41 Continuous

Staircase 140 Continuous

Text Cyan Continuous

Hatch White Continuous

Dimension Blue Continuous

Viewports 8 Continuous No Plot

10. Save the fi le in the Metric folder (in the copied folder from the DVD) as
Workshop_01.dwg .