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: Creating Parallel and Offset Geometry ■ 383
10.
To complete the offset:
■ Select the centerline in the upper left view
and select a point above the centerline.
■ Select the centerline again and select a
point below the centerline.
■ Press ENTER to exit the Offset command.
11.
Using the Trim command, clean up the hidden
lines as shown in the following image.
12.
To create a hidden pocket in the front view:
■ On the Home tab, click Modify panel >
Offset.
■ Right-click anywhere in the drawing
window. Click Through.
■ When prompted for the object to offset,
select the centerline in the left view (1).
■ When prompted for the through point,
select the point indicated in the following
image (2).
13.
To offset another line:
■ When prompted for the object to offset,
select the centerline again (1).
■ When prompted for the through point,
select the point indicated in the following
image (2).