User`s guide

Lesson: Creating an Angled Corner Between Two Objects ■ 417
Practice Exercise: Creating Chamfers
In this practice exercise, you draw an 8 x 6 rectangle
and create chamfers using the Chamfer command.
1. To draw the rectangle:
■ Begin the Rectangle command.
■ Click in the drawing window to specify the
first corner.
■ For the other corner, enter @8,6 and press
ENTER.
2. To make a 45 degree corner using the chamfer
command:
■ Begin the Chamfer command.
■ Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click
Angle.
■ Enter 1 and press ENTER for the chamfer
length on the first line.
■ Enter 45 and press ENTER to specify the
chamfer angle from the first line.
■ Select the first corner then the adjacent
corner as indicated below.
■ Repeat until all 4 corners are chamfered.
■ Press ENTER to exit the chamfer command.
Note: You could have used the Distance option
and entered both distance lengths at 1 for the
same results.
3. To chamfer using the polyline option:
■ Draw another 8 x 6 rectangle (see #1).
■ Begin the Chamfer command.
■ See that the current chamfer length is 1
and the angle is 45 degrees.
■ Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click
Polyline.
■ Select the rectangle.
■ All corners are chamfered.