- Chapter Objectives
- EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
- Making a Drawing Template
- Polyline
- OFFSET
- EXPLODE
- ID Point
- TRIM
- Rectangle
- CHAMFER
- FILLET
- COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
- ROTATE
- POINT
- DIVIDE
- MEASURE
- OSNAP
- MIRROR
- Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
- Running Osnap Modes
- Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
- EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
- Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
- From
- BREAK
- Polyline Edit
- HATCH
- ARRAY
- ARRAYEDIT
- Distance
- Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
- Polyline
- POLYGON
- Grips—Add Vertex
- Grips—Convert to Arc
- ARRAY
- Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
- Polar Tracking
- Polyline Edit
- Specifying Points with Tracking
- Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
- Completing the Conference Room
- Using Command Preview
- Choosing Selection Options
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
In Exercise 3-2 you will use the LINE command to draw the lecture room walls; you will then use the Polyline Edit command to change the lines to a polyline before you offset the walls. After you have completed drawing the walls, you will use the HATCH command to make the walls solid.
Step 7. Use LINE to draw the walls of the lecture room, as described next:
Prompt
Response
Type a command:
Line (or type L <Enter>)
Specify first point:
Type 2′,7′ <Enter>
Specify next point or [Undo]:
Turn ORTHO on
Move your mouse to the right and type 20′6 <Enter>
Specify next point or [Undo]:
Move your mouse straight up and type 21′ <Enter>
Specify next point or [Close Undo]:
Move your mouse to the left and type 20′6 <Enter>
Specify next point or [Close Undo]:
Type C <Enter>
Step 8. Use Zoom-Window to magnify the lower right corner of the lecture room where the door will be drawn.