- 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
Grips—Convert to Arc
The Convert to Arc grip is for objects drawn using the Polyline, Rectangle, or POLYGON command.
Step 20. Use the Convert to Arc grip to draw the back curved edge of the chair symbol as described next (Figure 3-42):
Prompt
Response
Type a command:
With no command active, click on the rectangle you have drawn
Small blue squares (grips) appear at each midpoint and intersection of the rectangle lines (Figure 3-42B):
Hover over the midpoint grip on the top line of the rectangle (Figure 3-42C)
A tooltip menu is displayed:
Click Convert to Arc
An arc appears (Figure 3-42D):
With ORTHO on, move your cursor up and type 12 <Enter>
Press <Esc> to clear the grips (Figure 3-42E)
Step 21. Use the EXPLODE command to split the polylines.
Step 22. Use the OFFSET command (offset 2″) to draw the inside lines of the chair symbol (Figure 3-43).
Figure 3-43 Explode the polylines and offset them
Step 23. The chairs are located 6″ out from the outside edge of the table. Use the MOVE command, Osnap-Midpoint (to the front of the chair), and From to locate the front of the chair 6″ outside the midpoint of an edge of the conference table polygon (Figure 3-44).
Figure 3-44 Position the chair and offset the polygon
You could have avoided the use of the Move command in this step by using the .x, .y, and .z (x, y, z filters) to place the rectangle at its correct location 6″ away from the outer edge of the table. Use the Help system of AutoCAD to learn about coordinate filters or ask your instructor to demonstrate them in class.
Step 24. Use the OFFSET command to offset the outside edge of the conference table 4″ to the inside to form the 4″ band (Figure 3-44).
Step 25. Use Zoom-Extents after you finish drawing the 4″ band.
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