User`s guide

Lesson: Creating Basic Objects ■ 89
Practice Exercise: Polygon Command
Use the Polygon command to draw a 6-sided
polygon that is inscribed about a circle, one that is
circumscribed about a circle, and one that has an
edge length of 1. First, draw two circles with a radius
of 1.5, then draw the polygons.
Note: Although you will draw the inscribed and
circumscribed polygons inside a circle, it is only to
compare the two options. It is not necessary to draw
a circle first to make a polygon.
1. Open a new drawing using the acad.dwt
template.
2. Click the following status bar options so that
they are on:
■ Polar tracking
■ Object snap
■ Object snap tracking
On the status bar, right-click Object Snap and
click the Center snap mode so that it is also on.
3. To draw a polygon that is inscribed in a circle,
as shown in example 1:
■ On the ribbon, click Home tab > Draw panel
> Polygon.
■ Enter 6 for the number of polygon sides.
■ Click the center of the circle for the center
of the polygon. If object snap is on and
center mode is selected, you will see the
center snap indicator, as shown below.
■ Enter I (for Inscribed). Press ENTER.
■ To specify the radius of the polygon circle,
enter 1.5. Press ENTER.