User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Taking the AutoCAD Tour
- Chapter 2: Creating Basic Drawings
- Chapter 3: Manipulating Objects
- Lesson: Selecting Objects in the Drawing
- Lesson: Changing an Object's Position
- Lesson: Creating New Objects from Existing Objects
- Lesson: Changing the Angle of an Object's Position
- Lesson: Creating a Mirror Image of Existing Objects
- Lesson: Creating Object Patterns
- Lesson: Changing an Object's Size
- Challenge Exercise: Grips
- Challenge Exercise: Architectural
- Challenge Exercise: Mechanical
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter 4: Drawing Organization and Inquiry Commands
- Chapter 5: Altering Objects
- Lesson: Trimming and Extending Objects to Defined Boundaries
- Lesson: Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry
- Lesson: Joining Objects
- Lesson: Breaking an Object into Two Objects
- Lesson: Applying a Radius Corner to Two Objects
- Lesson: Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects
- Lesson: Changing Part of an Object's Shape
- Challenge Exercise: Architectural
- Challenge Exercise: Mechanical
- Chapter Summary
Lesson: Using Object Snap Tracking ■ 131
Touching to Acquire a Point
To touch a point, hover over the point with your cursor but DO NOT CLICK to select
the point. The acquired indicator appears inside the object snap marker when the
point has been acquired.
Command Access
Object Snap Tracking
Menu Bar: Tools > Drafting Settings > Object Snap / Object Snap Tab
Keyboard Shortcut: F11
Status Bar: Object Snap Tracking > Right-click > Settings
Drafting Settings Dialog Box
Turn Object Snap Tracking on from the Status Bar, from the Object Snap tab in the Drafting Settings
dialog box, or by pressing F11. Object Snap must be on and modes must be selected for Object Snap
Tracking to work.