AutoCAD - Exercise 10

In this exercise we will have a step by step demonstration on how to use AutoCAD
command to obtain the figure below.

Step 1
We will start by drawing a rectangle with the following dimensions.

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Step 2
You should be able to find the middle of each side, so create a gap of 100 and 60 cantered
at the middle of each side. And draw a line perpendicular of 20 of length. The line will help
draw arcs since will need 3 points to draw each of our arcs.

You also need to draw a diagonal, this will serve to draw the circle, we need to be able to
draw a circle cantered right at the centre of our rectangle.

Here we can draw our circle with no hassle using the diagonal of the rectangle, and we are
sure the circle is at its right place.

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Step 3
Use the ARC command to draw arcs. In this task you can choose to draw only 2 arcs, and
use the MIRROR command to obtain the 2 others.

Step 4
In this step we are trying to draw those rectangles with rounded corners. There is a trick
which allows you to start the beginning of a line at a specific distance from a point. To use it,
you need to activate the LINE command, come near the end of a line, stay for a second,
move now slowly horizontally or vertically, you should notice those green dotted line, leave
now your mouse in that position, and type a digit using your keyboard, if you did it well, you
should notice that the beginning of the line has been created at the distance and toward the
direction you specified.

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You can try using this technique to find the starting point of the triangle we are trying to draw.
But if you are not able to follow this, you can simply draw lines, use them, and delete them
when you are done with them.

Step 5
Now we need to get those rounded shapes of radius 10 on each edge of the rectangle we
have just drawn.

Use the FILLET command.

To use the FILLET command:

1. Click on the icon shown on the figure above

2. Type “R” on your keyboard and press ENTER
3. Type “10” and press ENTER
4. Select the first side of the corner to round
5. Select the second side of the corner to round

Repeat this for the other 3 corners. Notice You do not have to go through 2 and 3, for the
other corners, go from 1 to 4, 5. AutoCAD have saved the dimension of the radius you
specified and will keep it like the default value while using this command until you decide to
change it. By default, the value of this radius is set to zero, that is why you changed it.

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You should obtain this.

Step 7

Now use the MIRROR command to obtain the

rectangle on the right, since it is a symmetry of the
figure we have just drawn. Use the centre of the
circle as centre of the symmetry.

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I hope you learned something in this exercise and take a look at AutoCAD - Exercise 11

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