Introduction to AutoCAD 2011- P2: The purpose of writing this book is to produce a text suitable for students in Further and/or Higher Education who are required to learn how to use the computer-aided design (CAD) software package AutoCAD 2011. Students taking examinations based on CAD will find the contents of the book of great assistance. | Chapter 2 Introducing drawing AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER The aims of this chapter are 1. To introduce the construction of 2D drawing in the 2D Drafting Annotation workspace. 2. The drawing of outlines using the Line Circle and Polyline tools from the Home Draw panel. 3. Drawing to snap points. 4. Drawing to absolute coordinate points. 5. Drawing to relative coordinate points. 6. Drawing using the tracking method. 7. The use of the Erase Undo and Redo tools. 27 28 Introduction to AutoCAD 2011 The 2D Drafting Annotation workspace CHAPTER 2 Illustrations throughout this chapter will be shown as working in the 2D Drafting Annotation workspace. In this workspace the Home Draw panel is at the left-hand end of the Ribbon and Draw tools can be selected from the panel as indicated by a click on the Line tool Fig. . In this chapter all examples will show tools as selected from the Home Draw panel. However methods of construction will be the same if the reader wishes to work by calling tools from the Draw drop-down menu. In order to bring drop-down menus on screen first click the small arrow button on the right-hand end of the Quick Access toolbar then click Show Menu Bar in the menu which appears. Menu titles appear above the Ribbon. Click Draw in this menu bar. From the drop-down menu which appears tools from the Draw list in the menu can be selected. Fig. shows the Line tool being selected. Fig. The Line tool from the Home Draw Fig. Selecting the Line tool in the 2D Drafting Annotation workspace Panel with its tooltip Introducing drawing 29 Drawing with the Line tool First example - Line tool Fig. 1. Open AutoCAD. The drawing area will show the settings of the template - Limits set to 420 297 Grid set to 10 Snap set to 5 and Units set to 0. 2. Left-click on the Line tool in the Home Draw panel Fig. or click Line in the Draw drop-down menu Fig. or enter line or l at the command line. Notes a. The tooltip which appears when the tool icon is
