AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2012
2012
and
and
AutoCAD
AutoCAD LT
LT 2012
2012
Essentials
Essentials
By Scott Onstott
Ch 4: Editing Entities

Selection Methods

Click to select
Implied windows
Crossing windows
Shift-select to remove from set
Remove objects mode
Add option
All option
Previous option
Last option
CPolygon, WPolygon, and Fence

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Selection Cycling

Toggle on selection cycling mode on

application status bar
Making ambiguous selection invokes
Selection window
Hovering the cursor over items in the
Selection dialog box highlights the
items on the drawing canvas
Selection cycling makes it easy to
select exactly what you are looking
for in crowded drawings

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Selecting Similar Objects

Click a single object, right click and choose Select Similar from the
shortcut menu
All similar objects are immediately selected
Type SE within the SELECTSIMILAR command to access its
Settings dialog box where you can determine degree of similarity
that triggers selection

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Copying Tips

Copying multiple items is accomplished through

careful selection of base and second points
Use object snap to maintain accuracy
Object snap tracking can also be useful in
tracking points that are not on objects, but are
aligned with existing objects
Use Ortho mode or Polar mode to copy items at
set angles
Use the Array option to space objects evenly or
fit a number of objects in a set space

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Reference Options

The Rotate and Scale commands have

Reference options
Use Reference mode to rotate or scale
relative to another object
By clicking two points to specify a reference
angle you can orient or scale objects
graphically, without using exact numbers
Use Reference option to match the rotation
and/or scale of one object with another

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Arrays

The ARRAY command is completely new in AutoCAD

2012
Arrays produce associative objects that can be edited
later on
Create rectangular and polar arrays

Edit or replace objects within the array

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Trim and Extend

Trim and Extend are opposite

commands
Both can be invoked from the same
command prompt
Hold Shift while in TRIM to EXTEND
and vice-versa
Accepting the default of <select all> to
select all objects as potential cutting or
boundary edges is very efficient

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Offset

Offset can create new geometry

You dont have to know the offset distance
to use offset; pick two points to set the
offset distance graphically
Select the object you wish to offset
Pick the side (above, below, left, or right)
you wish to offset the new object
There is an Erase option that allows you to
automatically erase the source object after
offsetting if desired

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Grip Editing

Select an object or set of objects

Click one or more grips (hold Shift to select multiple)
Press the Spacebar to cycle through STRETCH, MOVE, ROTATE, SCALE,
and MIRROR commands

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