Chapter 2: Creating Your First Drawing
- One of the most basic skills that you need to learn is how to indicate exact distances through the keyboard. AutoCAD uses a simple annotation system to indicate distance and direction.
- Master It What would you type to indicate a relative distance of 14 units at a 45° angle?
- Solution @14<45
- Interpret the cursor modes and understand prompts. The AutoCAD cursor changes its shape depending on the command that is currently active. These different cursor modes can give you a clue regarding what you should be doing.
- Master It Describe the Point Selection cursor and the Pickbox cursor.
- Solution The Point Selection cursor is a simple crosshair. The Pickbox cursor is a small square, or pickbox.
- Select objects and edit with grips. Grips are small squares or arrowheads that appear at key points on the object when they're selected...
