User`s guide

Lesson: Working with Units ■ 145
Exercise: Use Architectural Units
In this exercise, you set the drawing to use architectural units. Then, using the dynamic input interface, you
sketch the outline of a simple floor plan.
The completed exercise
Completing the Exercise
To complete the exercise, follow the
steps in this book or in the onscreen
exercise. In the onscreen list of
chapters and exercises, click Chapter 2:
Creating Basic Drawings. Click Exercise:
Use Architectural Units.
1. Open I_Architectural-Units.dwg.
2. To set the unit type:
■ Click the Application button > Drawing
Utilities > Units.
■ In the Type list under Length, select
Architectural.
■ In the Precision list, select 0'-0 1/8".
■ In the Precision list under Angle, select 0.0.
■ Click OK.
3. To draw a line:
■ On the Home tab, click Draw panel > Line.
■ Enter 10',10'. Press ENTER.
■ Move the cursor to the right.
■ Enter 6'-8. Press TAB.
■ Enter 0. Press TAB.
■ Click anywhere in the drawing.