Additional materials prepared for students of

Engineering Drawing course

Related to Lecture no. 3

Prepared by: Arch. Muhammad Shosha

Zoom & Pan

Zoom

Zoom extents

Pan

3d Orbit

: Moving Scroll wheel Up and Down

: Double click on Scroll wheel

: Press on the Scroll wheel

: Scroll wheel +

Object Selection Methods

The Window Option

Selecting objects using the

Window option

The Crossing Option

Selecting objects using the

Window Crossing option

Command line

Ortho mode (F8)

Object snap (F3)
Dynamic input
Show/Hide line weight
Allow/Disallow Dynamic UCS (F6)

Line

Draw toolbar
Modify toolbar

Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Erase
Copy
Mirror
Offset
Move
Rotate
Scale
Trim
Extend

Hatch
Fillet

Text

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

Hatch

text

Drawing lines using the LINE command

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

The LINE command has the following three options:

Continue
Hatch

text

Close

Undo

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates
2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

Absolute Coordinates
Command: LINE
line Specify first point: 1,1

(X = 1 and Y = 1.)

Specify next point or [Undo]: 4,1

# (X = 4 and Y = 1.)

Hatch

Specify next point or [Undo]: 4,3

# (X = 4 and Y = 3.)

Specify next point or [Close

/Undo]: 1,3

# (X = 4 and Y = 3.)

text

Specify next point or

[Close/Undo]: C

Lines created using the absolute coordinates

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates

2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

Example 1

Hatch

text
Drawing a figure using
the absolute coordinates

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates
2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

Relative Rectangular Coordinates

Hatch

Command: LINE
line Specify first point: 1,1 (Start
point)
Specify next point or [Undo]: 4,0
(Second point DX = 4, DY = 0.)
Specify next point or [Undo]: 0,3
(Third point DX = 0, DY = 3.)
Specify next point or
[Close/Undo]:-4,0

(Fourth point DX = -4, DY = 0.)

text

Specify next point or

[Close/Undo]: 0,-3
(Start point DX = 0, DY = -3.)

Lines created using the relative

rectangular coordinates

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates

2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

Example 2

Hatch

text
Drawing a figure using the
Relative Rectangular Coordinates

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates
2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

Relative Polar Coordinates

Command: LINE
Specify first point: 1,1

Hatch

text

Specify next point or [Undo]:

@5<30
Or
Specify next point or [Undo]:
<30 enter
5 enter
Or
Specify next point or [Undo]: 5
tab 30

Lines created using the relative polar

coordinates

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates

2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates

b. Relative polar coordinates

3. Direct distance entry

Example 3

Hatch

text
Drawing a figure using the
Relative polar coordinates

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates
2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

Direct Distance Entry

line Specify first point: Start

point.
Specify next point or [Undo]:
Position the cursor and then
enter distance.

Hatch

text

Lines created using the Direct Distance Entry

method

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Line :

1. Absolute coordinates
2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates

3. Direct distance entry

Example 4

Hatch

text
Drawing a figure using the
Direct distance entry

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Polyline :

1. Absolute coordinates
2. Relative coordinates
a. Relative rectangular coordinates
b. Relative polar coordinates
3. Direct distance entry

PolyLine

Line

Hatch

text

All lines are

One object

Every line is
An object

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Polygon :

1. Inscribed in circle
2. Circumscribed about circle

Inscribed in circle
Enter number of sides : 8
Specify center of polygon :
(choose the point)
Inscribed in circle
Specify radius of circle : 2

Polygon created using

The Inscribed in circle

Circumscribed about circle

Hatch

Enter number of sides : 8

Specify center of polygon :
(choose the point)
Circumscribed about circle
Specify radius of circle : 2

text
Polygon created using
The Circumscribed about circle

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Rectangle :

Specify first corner point :

Start Point (2,2)

Specify second corner point

: Second Point (5,3)
Or
Specify second corner point
: Second Point #(7,5)

Hatch

text

Rectangle

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Arc :

Specify first point of arc :

Start Point (2,2)

Specify second point of arc

: Second Point (1,1)
Specify second point of arc
: Second Point (1,-1)

Hatch

text

Arc

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Circle :

1. Radius
2. Diameter

Circle with Radius

Specify center point for circle :

Start Point (2,2)

Radius : 2

Circle created using

Radius

Circle with Diameter

Specify center point for circle :

Hatch

Start Point (2,2)

Diameter : 4

text
Circle created using
Diameter

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Hatch

text

Hatch :

Line
Polyline
Polygon
Rectangle
Arc
Circle

Hatch

text

Text :

Draw text box

Start typing the Text
Press Ok