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The document provides descriptions of various object selection tools in AutoCAD including Erase, Move, Line, Zoom, Offset, Stretch, Fillet, Circle, Pan, Hatch, Explode, Dimstyle, Arc, Insert, Mtext, Join, View, WBlock, Group, and Block. It describes what each tool does, how to use it, and examples of when it would be useful.

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The document provides descriptions of various object selection tools in AutoCAD including Erase, Move, Line, Zoom, Offset, Stretch, Fillet, Circle, Pan, Hatch, Explode, Dimstyle, Arc, Insert, Mtext, Join, View, WBlock, Group, and Block. It describes what each tool does, how to use it, and examples of when it would be useful.

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HOMEWORK 1: OBJECT SELECTION TOOL

• Erase - Removes objects from a drawing.


Instead of selecting objects to erase, you can enter an option such as L to erase the last
object drawn, p to erase the previous selection set, or ALL to erase all objects. You can
also enter (“?”) to get a list of all options.
• Move – Moves objects a specified distance in a specific direction.
Use coordinates, grid snaps, object snaps, and other tools to move objects with precision.
• Line – Creates straight line segment.
With line, you can create a series of contiguous line segments. Each segment isa a line
object that can be edited separately.
• U – Reverses the most recent action.
• Zoom – Zooms to increase or decrease the apparent size of objects in the current
viewport.
You can change the magnification of a view by zooming in and out, which is similar to
zooming in and out with camera. Using zoom does not change the absolute size of objects
in the drawing. It changes only the magnification of the view.
• Offset – Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves.
You can offset an object at a specified distance or through a point. After you offset
objects, you can trim and extend them as an efficient method to create drawings
containing many parallel lines and curves.
• Stretch – Stretches objects crossed by a selection window or polygon.
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, ellipse, and blocks,
cannot be stretched.
• Fillet – Rounds and fillets the edges of objects.
• Circle – Creates a circle using a center point and a radius.
• Pan – Moves the view in the current viewport.
Position the cursor at the start location and press the 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 pan.
• Hatch – Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern or fill.

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• Explode – Breaks a compound object into its component objects.
Explodes a compound object when you want to modify its components separately.
Objects that can be exploded include blocks, polylines, and regions, among others.
• Dimstyle – Creates and modified dimension styles.
A dimension style is a named collection of dimension settings that control the appearance
of dimensions. You create dimension styles to specify the format of dimensions quickly,
and to ensure that dimensions conform to standards.
• Arc – Creates an arc using three points.
• Insert – Inserts a block or a drawing in the current drawing.
A good practice is to insert a block from a block library. A block library can be a drawing
file that stores related block definitions or it can be a folder that contains related drawing
files, each of which can be inserted as a block. With either method, blocks are
standardized and accessible to multiple users.
• Mtext – Creates a multiple text object.
You can create several paragraphs of text as a single multiline text (mtext) object. With
the built-in editor, you can format the text appearance, columns, and boundaries.
• Redraw
• Join – Joins similar objects to form a single, unbroken objects.
Combines a series of finite linear and open curved objects at their common endpoints to
create a single 2D or 3D objects. The type of object that results depends on the types of
objects selected, the type of object selected first, and whether the objects are coplanar.
• View – Manages named views, allow creating, deleting, renaming, and editing
named views.
• WBlock – Saves selected objects or converts a block to a specified drawing file.
The Write Block dialog box provides a convenient method for saving part of the current
drawing to a different drawing file, or saving a specified block definition as a separate
drawing file.
• Group – Creates a group of objects.
• Block – Creates a block definition from selected objects.
You can create a block definition by selecting objects, specifying an insert point, and
giving it a name.

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