Class #3

Class #3

Congratulations to everyone on being able to do most (or all) of the drafting exercises on your own! I didn't see anyone who wasn't able to do most of those exercises and that's fantastic.

In class we covered some additional modify commands:

• Array
• Divide
• Explode

We also briefly discussed the following commands:

• Text
• Dimensions
• Multileaders
• Hatch

Remember: Some commands are "continuous" commands and will keep you in the command even after you have finished the first thing you did. Line command will allow you to keep drawing lines, copy command will allow you to keep placing copies on screen, offset will allow you to keep offsetting. You will get used to which commands are like this - but remember the key is to look at the command line and look on the screen - if AutoCAD is saying "pick a point" or the crosshairs on your screen do not have a box in the center you are still in that command.

Remember: TRIM and EXTEND ask you to pick the OBJECT TO TRIM/EXTEND TO FIRST - not the object you want to trim or extend. It's backwards from what you would expect. Also, remember that typing TRIM or EXTEND and then ENTER 2x will make every single object in your drawing a TRIM/EXTEND edge.

Quick Tip: If you want to repeat the command you just used - hit the enter key it will automatically start the last command given.

Quick Tip: When you start your drawing - make sure that you right click on the OSNAPS button at the bottom of the screen - pick the OSNAPS you want to use and make sure that button is highlighted in BLUE - that lets you know it is enabled.

Quick Tip: Make sure you zoom into the area you are working on so you can see the points you are picking - if you are using OSNAPS, you need to see the GREEN ICON on the screen to know that you are picking the right point - just because you are NEAR the end of a line, doesn't mean you are actually SELECTED that point unless you see the ENDPOINT OSNAP box appear.