[...]... on and off F8 toggles ORTHO on and off F9 Entering Commands and Coordinates toggles the Co-ordinate readout from absolute, to incremental to off and back toggles the SNAP on and off You can enter information either through the keyboard or through your mouse or pointing device There are also toolbars and icons that help to access the information You can enter a command by typing it in at the command... Then type in 'Standard' and your Standard toolbar will appear Dock it, as explained above, then right-click the two parallel lines on the end and place the other toolbars as required If this doesn't work, exit AutoCAD and reload it Command:-toolbar Enter toolbar name or [All] :Standard The Windows Command Window Like the toolbars, the Windows command line or response area can be moved and docked By default... Introductory Geometry and Setting Up i chapter you should be able to: UhAl SNAP, and GRID methods and on-screen picking ZOOM and PAN This book is about how to use AutoCAD to make drawings The information is relevant to all AutoCAD releases from 2000 to 2008 Commands not available before a particular release are noted Starting a Drawing in Metric or Imperial Once you have entered the Drawing Editor, AutoCAD establishes... between 33 and 34 degrees The DYNamic readout is useful for those who like to read their cOlmnands on the display screen rather than on the command line In Figure 1.17, the ERASE command is being used and the user is selecting the obj ects to be erased Command: ERASE Select objects: (pick 1) Select objects: ~ · Turn DYNamic off for coordinate entries With geometry commands, you are prompted for each... Comrnand:Circle Specify center point for circle or [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius) J :0,0 10 Figure 1.18 CHAPTER ON E More free ebooks : http://fast-file.blogspot.com Geometry Commands All geometry commands are similar in the way they are entered The user picks the command LINE, CIRCLE, ARC, etc., and then AutoCAD will prompt for the points or distances needed to create that geometry The LINE Command The... The ZOOM Command ZOOM is accessed by typing it on the command line, using the slider bars on the top and bottom of the screen, or using the pull-down menus or the standard toolbar For the ZOOM options on the toolbar, hold the Zoom Out button down and the options will be shown ZOOM is a transparent command which means it can be used with the icons below within a command string The command line equivalent... between north and east, for example, starts at 0 degrees due east and progresses 90 degrees to due north To express 25 decimal degrees using AutoCAD' s default origin for angles, enter N25dO/Q"E You may omit null minutes and/ or seconds and enter N25dE When entering this measurement, do not use spaces Command:L Specify first point:O,O Specify next point or (Undo) :@38 . 240 13 POINTS, DIVIDE, MEASURE, and Inquiry Commands 241 Points, Point Display and Point Size Options 241 Using DIVIDE and MEASURE 242 The SPLINE Command 245 Inquiry Commands 246 Tutorial13a Inquiry Commands and SPLINE 252 Tutorial13b MEASURE and DIVIDE with. Files, OSNAP, OTRACK, BREAK, TRIM, and ERASE 29 Understanding Command Strings 30 Object SNAPs 32 OTRACK 35 BREAK, TRIM, and ERASE 36 GRIPS 37 ERASE with Window and Crossing 37 UNDO and REDO 37 Tutoria12a Using SNAP, OS NAP, and TRIM 38 Tutoria12b Using OSNAP and OTRACK 42 Exercise2 Practice 45 Exercise2 Architectural 46 Exercise2 Mechanical 47 Exercise2 Challenger 48 3 Object Selection and Modify Commands 49 Selecting. Challenger 88 5 Entity Commands with Width 89 The PUNE Command 89 The PEDIT Command 92 The POLYGON Command 94 The SOLID Command 95 More free ebooks : http://fast-file.blogspot.com The DONUT Command The TEXT Command Multilines Tutorial