User`s guide

72 ■ Chapter 2: Creating Basic Drawings
Practice Exercise: Circle Command
In this practice exercise, you use the Tan, Tan, Radius,
Circle command and the 2-Point Circle. First, you
draw two adjacent lines that are 5.25 units each.
1. Begin a new drawing.
2. In the Select template dialog box, select the
acad template file (dwt) and click Open.
3. Be sure the following status bar settings are
on:
■ Polar tracking
■ Object snap
■ Object snap tracking
4. To draw the lines:
■ Start the Line command.
■ For the start point, select the endpoint of
the line (1).
■ Drag the mouse down until the Polar angle
indicates that it is < 270. Enter 5.25 and
press ENTER.
■ Drag the mouse to the right until the Polar
angle indicates < 0. Enter 5.25 and press
ENTER.
■ Press ENTER to end the Line command.
5. Adjust the display of your drawing using Zoom
or Pan Real-time, if necessary.
6. To draw the smaller circle (3):
■ On the ribbon, click Home tab > Draw
panel > Circle drop-down > Tan, Tan,
Radius.
■ Move the cursor to the vertical line until
you see the Deferred Tangent object snap
and then click.
■ Now move the cursor to the horizontal line
until you see Deferred Tangent again and
click.
■ Specify the radius of the circle. Enter 2 and
press ENTER.
7. To draw the larger circle (4):
■ On the Home tab, click Draw panel > Circle
drop-down > 2-Point.
■ Move the cursor to the end of the vertical
line (1) until you see the Endpoint object
snap and click.
■ Now move the cursor to the end of
the horizontal line (2) until you see the
Endpoint object snap and click.