Chapter 19: Getting and Exchanging Data from Drawings
- Find the area of closed boundaries. There are a number of ways to find the area of a closed boundary. The easiest way is also perhaps the least obvious.
- Master It Which AutoCAD feature would you use to find the area of an irregular shape, such as a pond or lake, quickly?
- Solution Hatch.
- Get general information. A lot of information that is stored in AutoCAD drawings can tell you about the files. You can find out how much memory a file uses as well as the amount of time that has been spent editing the file.
- Master It What feature lets you store your own searchable information about a drawing file, and how do you get to this feature?
- Solution The Drawing Properties dialog box. You can open it by choosing Drawing Utilities ➢ Drawing Properties from the Application menu.
- Use the DXF file format to exchange CAD data with other...
