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Typing command
All AutoCAD commands can be typed in at the command line. Many commands also have one
or two letter aliases that can also be typed as shortcuts to the commands.

1. Type the desired command at the command prompt. Command: LINE or

2. Type the command’s alias. Command: L
3. Press ENTER/Space to end
4. Type an option at the command prompt

TIP: Many AutoCAD commands require you to press ENTER to complete the command. You
know you are no longer in an AutoCAD command when you see a blank
blank command line.

Reissuing the Last Command

The last used AutoCAD command can be re-
re-entered
entered by one of the following three methods of
ENTER. The ENTER key on the keyboard will always act as ENTER, the SPACEBAR and
RIGHT MOUSE will act as enter most of the
the time (exceptions include placing TEXT).

1. Press the ENTER key on the keyboard or

2. Press the Space bar on the keyboard. or
3. Click the right mouse button.

Pointing Device (Mouse)

AutoCAD uses either a mouse or digitizing tablet to select objects in a drawing.

Left Mouse Button

Used to pick or select objects
1. Click the left mouse button to select an object area in the drawing.
2. Press ESC twice to deselect an object (or to cancel a command). Right Mouse Button

TIPS

• SHIFT + the right mouse button brings up the object snap menus.
• Various screen locations for the mouse brings up different menus.
• Menus.

PAN

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To Shifts the view without changing the viewing
direction or magnification.

\Position
Position the cursor at the start location and press the left mouse button down. Drag the cursor to
the new location. You can also press the mouse scroll wheel or middle button down and drag the
cursor to pan.

To shift the location of a view.

1 Choose View, Pan. or

2 Click the Pan icon. or
3 Type PAN from the command prompt. Command: PAN or P

Tips:

While in the PAN command, click with the right mouse button to see the following menu.

-Panning
Panning can also be done by using the window scroll bars.
bars

Zoom
Increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current viewport
1. Choose View, Zoom. Or
2. Click a Zoom icon. Or

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 3. Type ZOOM at the command prompt.
Command: Zoom or Z
4. Type One of the following zoom options:
The following are basic zoom options: All Places entire drawing (all visible layers) on display at
once. Forces regeneration. Extents Displays current drawing content as large as possible.
Previous Restores previous view. Window Designates rectangular area to be drawn as large as
possible.

Number Magnification relative to ‘ZOOM All’ A display Number X Magnification relative to

current display (1X) Center Specifies center point and new display height. Dynamic screen
around the entire
entire generated portion of the drawing and enlarge or shrink it.
Permits you to pan a box representing the viewing.

TIPS:

While in the ZOOM command, click with the right mouse button to see the menu to the right.

Creating a New Drawing

NEW Command
Creating a new drawing file.

1. Choose file, New. Or

2. Press CTRL+N
3. Click the new icon.
4. Type NEW at the Command prompt, Command: NEW
5. Choose one of the options for creating a new drawing.
6. Click the OK button
7. Save the drawing as another name.

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Tips:
New drawings can also be created from Template Files.

Function keys and accelerator keys

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USEFUL COMMANDS

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Running Object Snap
An object snap mode specifies a snap point at an exact location on an object. OSNAP specifies
running object snap modes, which remain active until you turn them off.

Choose Tools, Drafting Settings... or

Type DDOSNAP at the command prompt; Command: DDOSNAP or

Click OSNAP on the Status Bar.

Right Click the Object Snap TAB
Choose an object snap to turn ON/OFF from the dialog box.

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Units command
Choose Format, Units... or
Type DDUNITS at the command prompt; Command: DDUNITS or UN
Choose a units and angle setting
Choose a precision setting.

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Line Command

Creates single straight line segments

Choose draw line, or
Click the line icon,

Or
Type LINE from the command prompt.
Command: LINE or L, ENTER from point:
Press (point) specify next point
Or
Pick [close/undo]: (point) specify next point, or
Pick [close/undo]: (point) ENTER to end line
Type U to undo the last segment; to point: U(undo)
U(undo
Or
Type C to create a closed polygon, to point: C(close).

Tips:
 You can continue the previous line or arc by responding to the from point: prompt with a
space or ENTER.
 Choose the right mouse button for the line pop-up
pop up menu to appear while in the line
command

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Poly (P) Line Command

A polyline is a connected sequence of line segments created as a single object. You can create
straight line segments, arc segments, or a combination of the two.

Choose Draw,Polyline. Or
Pick the Pline icon.

Type PLINE atthe command prompt Command : PLINE or PL

Pick A point onthe drawing to start the polyline From point:(select)

point:(

Type One ofthe following options Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width/<endpoint

Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width/< endpoint
of line>:
Pick A point to continue drawing Arc/Close/Halfwidth/Length/Undo/Width/<endpoint
of line>: (pick
(pick point)
point
Polyline as one segment

Orthogonal Lines
Controls lines from being drawn at various angles to straight lines. When the snap grid is rotated,
ortho mode rotates accordingly.

Press Function Key F8. or

Double Click ORTHO from the Status Bar. Or
Press CTRL+L=
CTRL+L

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Rectangle

Choose Draw, Rectangle. or

Click the Rectangle icon. Or
Type Rectangle at the command prompt Command:
RECTANG Chamfer/Elevation/Fillet/Thickness/Width/ <First corner>:
Pick first corner
Pick other corner or type coordinates

Circles

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Choose Draw, Circle. or
Click the Circle icon. or
Type CIRCLE at the command prompt. Command: CIRCLE
Type one
ne of the following options: 3P/2P/TTR/<<center point>>: or
Pick A center point.
Type A radius or diameter. Or
Pick A radius or diameter Circle, Tangent, Tangent Radius

Diameter/<<radius>>:

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TIPS:
To create circles that are the same size, press ENTER when asked for the circle radius.
When selecting a circle with a pickbox, be sure to select the circumference of the circle.

Circle, Tangent, Tangent, Tangent

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Arc commands

1. Choose Draw, Arc. or

2. Click the Arc icon. or
3. Type ARC at the command prompt
4. Draw One of the arcs

TIPS:
Except for 3 point arcs, arcs are drawn in a COUNTERCLOCKWISE direction.
While in the arc command, press the right mouse button to select the following options for arcs:

Arc Examples
-33 point arc

Start, center, included angle

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Start, center, and end Start, end, radius

Start, center, included angle Start, end, direction

Spline

The SPLINE command creates a particular type of spline known as a non-uniform

non uniform rational B-
B
spline (NURBS) curve. A NURBS curve produces a smooth curve between control points.

Choose draw spline, or

Click the spline icon, or
Type spline at the command prompt
Command: SPLINE
Pick a start point for the spline

Object/<enter

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first point>:(Pick
point>:(Pick point)

Pick points until you are done drawing splines

Press enter or close to complete the spline
Pick starting tangent point for the spline
Pick ending trangent point for the spline
Enter end tangent: (pick point)

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Copy Command

1. Choose Modify, Copy. or

2. Click the Copy icon. or
3. Type COPY at the command prompt. Command: COPY or CP
4. Pick Objects to copy. Select objects: (select
(select)
5. Pick A point to move from. Base point
or displacement/Multiple: (pick
(pick point).
point
6. Pick A point to copy to Second point of displacement: (pick
(pick point)
point or
7. Type A point to copy to. Second point of displacement: @ 1<0

Create Multiline Styles

You can create named styles for multilines to control the number of elements and the properties
of each element. The properties of multilines include

 The total number of elements and position of each element

 The offset distance for each element from the middle of the multiline
 The color and line type of each element
 The visibility of the lines, called joints,, that appear at each vertex
 The type of end caps that are used
 The background fill color of the multiline
Elements with a positive offset appear on one side of the middle of the multiline; elements with a
negative offset appear on the other side of the middle of the multiline.
multiline.

Draw an Isometric Circle

If you are drawing on isometric planes to simulate 3D, you can use ellipses to represent isometric
circles viewed from an oblique angle.

1. Click Tools menu Drafting Settings.

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2. In the Drafting Settings dialog box, Snap and
Grid tab, under Snap Type and Style, click Isometric Snap. Click OK.

3. Click Home tab Draw panel Ellipse drop-down

drop down Axis, End. Find
4. Enter i (Isocircle).
5. Specify the center of the circle.
6. Specify the radius or diameter of the circle.

Draw a True Ellipse Using Endpoints and Distance

1. Click Home tab Draw panel Ellipse drop-down

drop down Axis, End. Find
2. Specify the first endpoint of the first axis (1).
3. Specify the second endpoint of the first axis (2).
4. Drag the pointing device away from the midpoint, and click to specify a distance (3) for half
the length of the second axis.

Draw an Elliptical Arc Using Start and End Angles

1. Click Home tab Draw panel Ellipse drop-down

drop down Elliptical Arc. Find
2. Specify endpoints for the first axis (1 and 2).
3. Specify a distance to define half the length of the second axis (3).
4. Specify the start angle (4).
5. Specify the end angle (5).

The elliptical arc is drawn counterclockwise between the start point and endpoint.

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HATCH (Command)

Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern, solid fill, or gradient fill.

Find

When the ribbon is active, the Hatch Creation contextual tab is displayed. When the ribbon is
off, the Hatch and Gradient dialog box is displayed. If you prefer using the Hatch and Gradient
dialog box, set the HPDLGMODE system variable to 1.

If you enter -HATCH

HATCH at the Command prompt, options are displayed.

Note:
 To prevent memory and performance problems, the maximum number of hatch lines created
in a single hatch operation is limited. However,
However, you can change the maximum number of
hatch lines with the HPMAXLINES system variable.
 To maintain performance for hatches with non-continuous
non continuous hatch lines, choose a predefined
hatch pattern rather than loading and setting a non-continuous
non continuous linetype.
linetype. Beginning
Beginning with
AutoCAD 2015-
2015-based
based products, the HPLINETYPE system variable suppresses the display
of non-continuous
non continuous linetypes in hatches by default.
 To control whether object snaps ignore hatch objects, add or subtract 1 from the
OSOPTIONS system variable.

Choose
ose from several methods to specify the boundaries of a hatch.

 Specify a point in an area that is enclosed by objects.

 Select objects that enclose an area.
 Specify boundary points using the -HATCH
HATCH Draw option.
 Drag a hatch pattern into an enclosed area from
from a tool palette or DesignCenter.

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The following prompts are displayed.

Pick internal point

Determines a boundary from existing objects that form an enclosed area around the
specified point.

Select objects
Determines a boundary from selected objects that form an enclosed area.

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MIRROR (Command)

Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects.

Find

You can create objects that represent half of a drawing, select them, and mirror them across a
specified line to create the other half.

Note: By default, when you mirror a text object, the direction of the text is not changed. Set the
MIRRTEXT system variable to 1 if you do want the text to be reversed.

The following prompts are displayed.

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Select objects

Use an object selection method to select the objects to be mirrored. Press Enter to finish.

Specify first point, second point of mirror line

The two specified points become the endpoints of a line about which the selected objects
are mirrored. For mirroring in 3D, this line defines a mirroring plane perpendicular to
the XY plane of the user coordinate system (UCS) containing the mirror line.

Erase source objects

Determines whether the original objects are erased or retained after mirroring them.

With MIRROR3D, you can mirror objects

objects across a specified mirroring plane. The mirroring
plane can be one of the following:

 The plane of a planar object

 A plane parallel to the XY, YZ,
YZ or XZ plane of the current UCS that passes through a
specified point
 A plane defined by three specified points (2, 3, and 4)

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To Mirror Objects in 2D
1. Click Home tab Modify panel Mirror. Find
2. Select the objects to mirror.
3. Specify the first point of the mirror line.
4. Specify the second point.
5. Press Enter to retain the original objects, or enter y to erase them.

MOVE (Command)

To Move Objects Using Two Points

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Move. Find

2. Select the objects to move and press Enter.
3. Specify a base point for the move.
4. Specify a second point.

The objects you selected are moved to a new location determined by the distance and
direction between the first and second points.

To Move an Object Using a Displacement

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Move. Find

2. Select the object to move.

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3. Enter the displacement in the form of a Cartesian,
polar, cylindrical, or spherical coordinate value. Do not include the @ sign, because a
relative coordinate is assumed.
4. At the prompt for the second point, press Enter.

The coordinate values are used as a relative displacement rather than the location of a base
point.
oint. The selected objects are moved to a new location determined by the relative
coordinate values you enter.

ROTATE (Command)
Rotates objects around a base point.

Find

You can rotate selected objects around a base point to an absolute angle.

The following prompts are displayed.

Select objects
Use an object selection method and press Enter when you finish.
Specify base point
Specify a point.
Specify rotation angle
Enter an angle, specify a point, enter c , or enter r.
r
 Rotation Angle. Determines how far an object rotates around the base point. The
axis of rotation passes through the specified base point and is parallel to the Z axis of
the current UCS.
 Copy. Creates a copy of the selected objects for rotation.

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  Reference. Rotates objects from a specified
specified angle to a new, absolute angle. When
you rotate a viewport object, the borders of the viewport remain parallel to the edges
of the drawing area.

To Rotate an Object
1. Click Home tab Modify panel Rotate. Find
2. Select the object to rotate.
3. Specify the base point for the rotation.
4. Do one of the following:
 Enter the angle of rotation.
 Drag the object around its base point and specify a point location to which you want to
rotate the object.
 Enter c to create a copy of the selected objects.
 Enter r to rotate
rotate the selected objects from a specified reference angle to an absolute angle.

STRETCH (Command)
Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.

Find

Objects that are partially enclosed by a crossing window are stretched. Objects that are
completely enclosed within the crossing window, or that are selected individually, are moved
rather than stretched. Some types of objects such as circles, ellipses, and blocks, cannot be
stretched.

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The following prompts are displayed.

Select objects

Specifies the portion of the object that you want to stretch. Use the cpolygon option or the
crossing object selection method. Press Enter when the selection is complete.

STRETCH moves only the vertices and endpoints that lie inside the crossing selection,
selectio n, leaving
those outside unchanged. STRETCH does not modify 3D solids, polyline width, tangent, or
curve-fitting
fitting information.

Base Point

Specifies the base point from which the offset for the stretch is calculated. This base point can be
outside the area being
being stretched.

Second point

Specifies a second point that defines the distance and direction of the stretch. The
distance and direction of this point from the base point defines how far the and in what
direction the selected portions of the object will be stretched.

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Use first point as displacement

Specifies that the stretch distance and direction will be based on the distance and
direction of the base point you specified from the 0,0,0 coordinates in the drawing.

Displacement
Specifies the relative distance
distance and direction of the stretch.
 To set a displacement based on the relative distance from the current location, enter
distances in X,Y, Z format. For example, enter 5,4,0 to stretch the selection to a point that is
5 units along the X axis and 4 units along the Y axis from the original point.
 To set the displacement based on the distance and direction from the 0,0,0 coordinates in the
drawing, click a location in the drawing area. For example, click a point at 1,2,0 to stretch
the selection to a point that
that is 1 unit along the X axis and 2 units along the Y axis from its
current location.

To Lengthen an Object
1. Click Home tab Modify panel Lengthen. Find
2. Enter dy (Dynamic Dragging mode).
3. Select the object you want to lengthen.
4. Drag the endpoint closest to the point of selection, and specify a new endpoint.

Extend Objects
Extending operates the same way as trimming. You can extend objects so they end precisely at
boundary edges defined by other objects. In this example, you extend the lines precisely to a
circle,
ircle, which is the boundary edge.

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Extending a spline preserves the shape of the original portion of the spline, but the extended
portion is linear and tangent to the end of the original
spline.
Note: You can trim objects without exiting the EXTEND command.
command. Press and hold Shift while
selecting the objects to be trimmed. When COMMANDPREVIEW system variable is on, an
interactive preview of the command outcome is shown.

Trim and Extend Wide Polylines

2D wide polylines trim and extend at their centerlines.

centerlines. The ends of wide polylines are always
square. Trimming a wide polyline at an angle causes portions of the end to extend beyond the
cutting edge

If you trim or extend a tapered 2D polyline segment, the width of the extended end is corrected
to continue the
the original taper to the new endpoint. If this correction gives the segment a negative
ending width, the ending width is forced to 0.

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To Extend an Object
1. Click Home tab Modify panel Extend. Find
2. Select the objects to serve as boundary edges. Press Enter when you finish selecting the
boundary edges.

To select all displayed objects as potential boundary edges, press Enter without selecting any
objects.

3. Select the objects to extend and press Enter a second time when you finish selecting the
objects to extend.

To Trim an Object
1. Click Home tab Modify panel Trim. Find
2. Select the objects to serve as cutting edges. Press Enter when you finish selecting the cutting
edges.

To select all displayed objects as potential cutting edges, press Enter without selecting
select ing any
objects.

3. Select the objects to trim and press Enter a second time when you finish selecting the objects
to trim.

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To SCALE an Object

1. Type SCALE into the command line and press Enter. ...
2. Select the image you want to scale and press Enter.
3. Click at the base point.
4. Press R for reference.
5. Click at the first point of the known dimension, then select the end point of said dimension.
6. Enter the "true length" of said dimension and press Enter.

Breaking and Joining Objects

You can break an object into two
two objects with or without a gap between them. You can also join
objects to create a single object or multiple objects.

Break Objects
Use BREAK to create a gap in an object, resulting in two objects with a gap between them.
BREAK is often used to create space
space for block or text.

To break an object without creating a gap, specify both break points at the same location.

You can create breaks in most geometric objects except blocks, dimensions, multilines, and
regions. As an alternative, use EXPLODE on these types of objects, and create breaks in the
dissociated geometry. When COMMANDPREVIEW system variable is on, an interactive
preview of the command outcome is shown.

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 Join Objects
Use JOIN to combine lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, polylines, 3D polylines, splines,
spli nes, and helixes by
their endpoints into a single object.
Note: Helixes are not available in AutoCAD LT.

The result of the join operation varies depending on the objects selected. Typical applications
include

 Replacing two collinear lines with a single line.

 Closing the gap in a line that resulted from a BREAK.
 Completing an arc into a circle or an elliptical arc into an ellipse. To access the Close option,
select a single arc or elliptical arc.
 Combining several long polylines in a topographic map.
 Joining
ing two splines, leaving a kink between them.

In general cases, joining objects that touch end-to-end,

end end, but that are not in the same plane result in
3D polylines and splines.

Note: You can also use the Join option of the PEDIT command to combine a series of lines, arcs,
and polylines into a single polyline

To Join Objects

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Join.

2. Select a source object or select multiple objects to join together.
3. Valid objects include lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, polylines, 3D polylines, and splines.

To Break an Object

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Break.

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2. Select the object to break.
By default, the point at which you select the object is the first break point. To select a different
pair of break points, enter f (First) and specify the first break point.
3. Specify the second break point.
To break an object without creating a gap, enter @0,0 to specify the previous point.

CHAMFER (Command)
Bevels or chamfers the edges of two 2D objects or the adjacent faces of a 3D solid.

Find

A bevel or chamfer is

 an angled line that meets the endpoints of two straight 2D objects.

 a sloped transition between two surfaces or adjacent faces on a 3D solid.

The distances and angles that you specify are applied in the order that you select the objects.

Create
te 2D Chamfer
A bevel or chamfer can be defined by selecting two objects of the same or different object types:
lines, polylines, rays, and xlines.

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If the two selected objects are on the same layer, the line
defined is created on that layer. Otherwise, the line is created on the current layer. The layer
affects object properties including color and linetype.

The following prompts are displayed when creating a 2D chamfer.

First Line

Select the first of two objects or the first line segment of a 2D polyline to
t o define the chamfer.

Second line or shift-

shift-select
select to apply corner

Select the second object or line segment of a 2D polyline to define the chamfer.

You can also hold down the Shift key before selecting the second object or line segment
of a 2D polyline to extend or trim the selected objects to form a sharp corner. While Shift
is held down, a temporary value of zero is assigned to the current chamfer distance and
angle values.

If the selected objects are straight line segments of a 2D polyline, the line segments
seg ments can
be adjacent to each other or separated by one other segment. When the selected segments
are separated by a segment, the segment that separates them is removed and replaced
with the chamfer.

Note: Adding a chamfer or bevel to a hatch boundary that was defined with individual
objects results in the removal of hatch associativity. If the hatch boundary was defined
from a polyline, associativity is maintained.

Undo

Reverses the previous action in the command.

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Polyline

Inserts a chamfer line at each vertex

vertex of a 2D polyline where two straight line segments meet. The
chamfer lines become new segments of the polyline, unless the Trim option is set to No Trim.

Note: Line segments that are too short to accommodate the chamfer distance are not modified.
Distance

Sets the chamfer distances from the intersecting points of the first and second objects.

If both distances are set to zero, the selected objects or line segments are extended or trimmed so
they intersect.

Angle

Sets the chamfer distance from the intersecting point of the selected objects and the XY angle
from the first object or line segment.

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If both values are set to zero, the selected objects or line
segments are extended or trimmed so they intersect.

Trim

Controls whether the selected objects

objects are trimmed to meet the endpoints of the chamfer line.

 Trim. Selected objects or line segments are trimmed to meet the endpoints of the chamfer
line. If the selected objects or line segments do not intersect with the chamfer line, they are
extended or trimmed before the chamfer line is added.
 No Trim. Selected objects or line segments are not trimmed before the chamfer line is
added.

Note: The current value is stored in the TRIMMODE system variable.

Method

Controls how the chamfer line is calculated from

from the intersecting point of the selected objects or
line segments.

 Distance. Chamfer line is defined by two distances.

 Angle. Chamfer line is defined by a distance and an angle.

The current value is stored in the CHAMMODE system variable.

Create a Chamfer Defined by a Length and an Angle

The size of the chamfer is defined by a length and an angle. The length value defines the first
side of the chamfer from the intersection of the two selected objects or adjacent 2D polyline
segments, and the angle value defines the second side of the chamfer.

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1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down
drop down menu Chamfer.
2. At the Command prompt, enter a (Angle).
3. Enter a new chamfer length on the first line.
4. Enter a new chamfer angle from the first line.
5. Enter e (mEthod) and then enter a (Angle).
6. In the drawing area, select the first object or adjacent line segment in a 2D polyline.
Note: You can select a line, ray, or xline.
7. Select the second object or an adjacent line segment in the 2D polyline.
Note: If the second line segment selected isn't adjacent to the first line segment, the line
segments between the selected segments are removed and replaced with the chamfer.

Create a Chamfer Defined by Two Distances

The size of the chamfer distance is defined by two length values. The length values define the
first and second sides of the chamfer from the intersection of the two selected objects or adjacent
2D polyline segments.

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down

drop down menu Chamfer.
2. At the Command prompt, enter d (Distance).
3. Enter a new first chamfer distance.

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4. Enter a new second chamfer distance.
5. Enter e (mEthod) and then enter d (Distance).
6. In the drawing area, select the first object or adjacent line segment in a 2D polyline.
Note: You can select a line, ray, or xline.
7. Select the second object or an adjacent line segment in the 2D polyline.
Note: If the second line segment selected isn't adjacent to the first line segment, the line
segments between the selected segments are removed and replaced with the chamfer.

Chamfer Lines or Line Segments Without Trimming

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down

drop down menu Chamfer.
2. At the Command prompt, enter t (Trim).
3. Enter n (No Trim).
4. In the drawing area, select the objects or adjacent
adjacent line segments in a 2D polyline.

Chamfer All Line Segments in a 2D Polyline

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down

drop down menu Chamfer.
2. At the Command prompt, enter p (Polyline).
3. In the drawing area, select a polyline or enter an option that defines the size of the chamfer.
4. If you enter an option, provide the value for the option and then select a 2D polyline.

FILLET (Command)

Rounds or fillets the edges of two 2D objects or the adjacent faces of a 3D solid.

A round or fillet is

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 an arc that is created tangent between two 2D
objects.
 a curved transition between two surfaces or adjacent faces on a 3D solid.
In this example, an arc is created tangent to the selected lines, which are trimmed to meet the
endpoints of the arc.

Create
te 2D Fillets
A round or fillet can be created between two objects of the same or different object types: 2D
polylines, arcs, circles, ellipses, elliptical arcs, lines, rays, splines, and xlines.
If the two selected objects are on the same layer, the arc defined is created on that layer.
Otherwise, the arc is created on the current layer. The layer affects object properties including
color and linetype.
The following prompts are displayed when creating a 2D fillet.

First Object

Select the first of two objects

objects or the first line segment of a 2D polyline to define the fillet.

Second object or shift-select

shift select to apply corner

Select the second object or line segment of a 2D polyline to define the fillet.
You can also hold down the Shift key before selecting the second object or line segment
of a 2D polyline to extend or trim the selected objects to form a sharp corner. While Shift
is held down, a temporary value of zero is assigned to the current fillet radius value.
If the selected objects are straight line segments
segments of a 2D polyline, the line segments can
be adjacent to each other or separated by one other segment. When the selected segments

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 are separated by a segment, the segment
that separates them is removed and replaced with the fillet.
The direction and length
length of the arc created is determined by the points picked to select the
objects. Always select an object closest to where you want the endpoints of the fillet to be
drawn.

When a circle is selected, the circle is not trimmed; the fillet drawn meets the circle
ci
smoothly.

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 Note: Adding a fillet or round to a hatch
boundary that was defined with individual objects results in the removal of hatch
associativity. If the hatch boundary was defined from a polyline, associativity is
maintained.

Undo

Reverses the previous

previous action in the command.

Polyline
Inserts a fillet at each vertex of a 2D polyline where two straight line segments meet. The fillets
become new segments of the polyline, unless the Trim option is set to No Trim.

Select 2D polyline

Select the 2D polyline to insert fillets at each vertex.

If an arc segment separates two straight line segments, the arc segment is removed and
replaced with the fillet.
Note: Line segments that are too short to accommodate the fillet radius are not modified.

Radius

Sets the radius for subsequent fillets; changing this value does not affect existing fillets.
Note: A radius value of zero can be used to create a sharp corner. Filleting two lines, rays,
xlines, or line segments of a 2D polyline with a radius of zero extends
extends or trims the objects so
they intersect.

Trim

Controls whether the selected objects are trimmed to meet the endpoints of the fillet.
 Trim. Selected objects or line segments are trimmed to meet the endpoints of the fillet.
 No Trim. Selected objects or line
line segments are not trimmed before the fillet is added.
The current value is stored in the TRIMMODE system variable.

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 To Work With 2D Fillets and Rounds

Set the Fillet Radius

The fillet radius determines the size of the arc created by the FILLET command, which connects
two selected objects or the segments in a 2D polyline. Until you change it, the fillet radius
applies to all subsequently created fillets.

Note: If the fillet radius is set to 0, the selected objects are trimmed or extended until they
intersect;
rsect; no arc is created. When the fillet radius is set to 0, you can remove the arc segment
between two straight line segments or all arc segments from a 2D polyline.

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down

drop down menu Fillet.
2. At the Command
Command prompt, enter r (Radius).
3. Enter a new fillet radius value.
Once the fillet radius has been set, select the objects or line segments that define the points of
tangency for the resulting arc or press Enter to end the command.
Tip: Press and hold Shift while
while selecting objects or line segments to override the current fillet
radius with a value of 0.

Add A Fillet Between Two Objects or Line Segments of a 2D Polyline

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down

drop down menu Fillet.
2. In the drawing area, select the first object or line segment that will define the points of
tangency for the resulting arc.
3. Select the second object or line segment.
Tip: At the main prompt of the FILLET command, use the Multiple option to continue adding
fillets after selecting the first two objects or line segments. When the Multiple option is not used,
the command ends after selecting the second object or line segment.

Add A Fillet Without Trimming the Selected Objects or Line Segments

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1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet

drop-down
down menu Fillet.
2. At the Command prompt, enter t (Trim).
3. Enter n (No Trim).
4. In the drawing area, select the objects or line segments that define the points of tangency for
the resulting arc.

Insert Arcs At Each Vertex of A 2D Polyline

1. Click Home tab Modify panel Chamfer and Fillet drop-down

drop down menu Fillet.
2. At the Command prompt, enter p (Polyline).
3. In the drawing area, select a polyline.

Dimension
Create several types of dimensions and save dimension settings by name.

Here is an example of several types of dimensions using an architectural dimension style with
imperial units.

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Linear Dimensions
You can create horizontal, vertical, aligned, and radial dimensions with the DIM command. The
type of dimension depends on the object that you select and the direction that you drag the
dimension line.

The following illustration demonstrates one method for using the DIM command. Once you start
the command, press Enter or the Spacebar, select the line (1), and then click the
t he location of the
dimension line (2).

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For the 8'-0"
8' 0" dimension below, you use another method. You start the DIM command, click two
endpoints (1 and 2) and then the location of the dimension line (3). To line up the dimension
lines point 3 was snapped to the endpoint of the previously created dimension line.

Tip: If points 1 and 2 are not on the same horizontal line, press Shift to force the dimension
line to be horizontal. In addition, if the building or part being dimensioned is at an angle,
enter DIMROTATED
DIMROTATED for that case.

Use the DIM command to create dimensions that are parallel to an object by dragging the
dimension line at an angle rather than horizontally or vertically.

Tip: Because it is easy to accidentally snap to the wrong feature or to part of a dimension
object, be sure to zoom in closely enough to avoid confusion.

Modify Dimensions

For simple adjustments to dimensions, nothing is faster than using grips.

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In this example, you select the dimension to display its
grips. Next, click the grip on the dimension text and drag it to a new location, or click one of the
grips at the end of the dimension line and drag the dimension line.

Tip: If the changes are more complicated than this, it might be faster simply to delete and
then recreate the dimension.
dimen

Dimension Styles
Dimension styles help establish and enforce drafting standards. There are many dimension
variables that can be set with the DIMSTYLE command to control virtually every nuance of the
appearance and behavior of dimensions. All these settings
settings are stored in each dimension style.

The default dimension style is named either Standard (imperial) or ISO-25

ISO 25 (metric). It is
assigned to all dimensions until you set another style as the current dimension style.

The current dimension style name, Hitchhiker

Hitchhiker in this case, is displayed in the drop-down
drop down list of
the Annotation panel.

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To open the Dimension Style Manager, click the indicated button. You can create dimension
styles that match nearly any standard, but you will need to invest time to specify
specif y them
completely. For this reason, you should save any dimension styles that you create in one or more
drawing template files.

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New, Modify, and Override Dimension Style Dialog Boxes

Set properties for dimension styles.

When you choose Continue in the Create New Dimension Style dialog box, the New Dimension
Style dialog box is displayed.
You define the properties for the new style starting with the settings from the dimension style
that you selected to start the new style in the Create New Dimension Style
Style dialog box.

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Choosing either Modify or Override in the Dimension
Style Manager displays the Modify Dimension Style or the Override Dimension Style dialog
box. The content of these dialog boxes is identical to the New Dimension Style dialog box,
although you are modifying or overriding an existing dimension style rather than creating a new
one.

About Creating Angular Dimensions

Angular dimensions measure the angle between two lines or three points.

To measure the angle between two radii of a circle, you select

select the circle and specify the angle
endpoints. With other objects, you select the objects and then specify the dimension location.
You can also dimension an angle by specifying the angle vertex and endpoints. As you create the
dimension, you can modify the text content and alignment before specifying the dimension line
location.

Note:

You can create baseline and continued angular dimensions relative to existing angular
dimensions. Baseline and continued angular dimensions are limited to 180 degrees or less. To
obtain baseline and continued angular dimensions larger than 180 degrees, use grip editing to
stretch the location of the extension line of an existing baseline or continued dimension.

Dimension Lines
If you use two straight, nonparallel lines to specify an angle, the dimension line arc spans the
angle between the two lines. If the dimension line arc does not meet one or both of the lines
being dimensioned, The program draws one or two extension lines to intersect the dimension line
arc. The arc is always less than 180 degrees.

Dimension Circles and Arcs

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If you use an arc or a circle or three points to specify an
angle, the program draws the dimension line arc between the extension lines. The extension lines
are drawn from the angle endpoints to the intersection of the dimension line arc.

The location that you specify for the dimension line arc determines the quadrant of the
dimensioned angle.

Dimension to a Quadrant
Angular dimensions can measure a specific quadrant that is formed when dimensioning
dimensionin g the angle
between of the endpoints of a line or arc, center point of a circle, or two vertices. As an angular
dimension is being created, there are four possible angles that can be measured. By specifying a
quadrant it allows you to ensure that the correct
correct angle is dimensioned. When placing an angular
dimension after a quadrant has been specified, you can place the dimension text outside of the
extension lines of the dimension. The dimension line is automatically extended.

To Create an Angular Dimension

1. Click Home tab Annotation panel Angular. Find
2. Use one of the following methods:

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  To dimension a circle, select the circle at the
first endpoint of the angle and then specify the second endpoint of the angle.
 To dimension any other object, select the first
first line, and then select the second line.
Enter options as needed:
 To edit the dimension text content, enter t (Text) or m (multiline text). Editing within or
overwriting the brackets (<>) changes or removes the calculated dimension value. Adding
text before or after the brackets appends text before or after the dimension value.
 To edit the dimension text angle, enter a (Angle).
 To confine the dimension to a quadrant, enter q (Quadrant) and specify the quadrant to
measure.
Specify the dimension line arc location.

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