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
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Chapter Summary
Every design you create begins with simple geometry. The procedures you use to edit these basic
objects transform them into complex designs.
Having completed this chapter, you can:
■ Change the length of objects using the Trim and Extend commands.
■ Create parallel and offset geometry in your drawing by using the Offset command.
■ Use the Join command to combine multiple objects into a single object.
■ Break objects into two or more independent objects.
■ Apply a radius corner to two objects in the drawing.
■ Apply an angled corner to two objects in the drawing.
■ Use the Stretch command to alter the shape of objects in the drawing.