- Chapter Objectives
- EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
- Making a Drawing Template
- Polyline
- OFFSET
- EXPLODE
- ID Point
- TRIM
- Rectangle
- CHAMFER
- FILLET
- COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
- ROTATE
- POINT
- DIVIDE
- MEASURE
- OSNAP
- MIRROR
- Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
- Running Osnap Modes
- Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
- EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
- Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
- From
- BREAK
- Polyline Edit
- HATCH
- ARRAY
- ARRAYEDIT
- Distance
- Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
- Polyline
- POLYGON
- Grips—Add Vertex
- Grips—Convert to Arc
- ARRAY
- Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
- Polar Tracking
- Polyline Edit
- Specifying Points with Tracking
- Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
- Completing the Conference Room
- Using Command Preview
- Choosing Selection Options
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Specifying Points with Tracking
Tracking, which is similar to the ID Point command, allows you to specify points, except that you can activate tracking whenever AutoCAD asks for a point. You can also specify as many points as you need until you arrive at the desired location. You then press <Enter> to end the tracking mode.
tracking: A means of reducing, if not eliminating, the number of construction lines you draw by specifying points. Alternatively, use the From option of the Object Snap menu (shown earlier in Figure 3-16) to define a reference point and then define the x- and y-offset from that point. The upcoming steps explain this further. For now, let’s continue with the exercise using ID Point.
Step 17. Draw the table using Rectangle and Osnap-Tracking (Figure 3-51), as described next:
Figure 3-51 Draw the table using Rectangle and Osnap-Tracking
Prompt
Response
Type a command:
Rectangle (or type REC <Enter>)
Specify first corner point or [Chamfer Elevation Fillet Thickness Width]:
Type C <Enter>
Specify first chamfer distance for rectangles <0′-0″>:
Type 2 <Enter>
Specify second chamfer distance for rectangles <0′-2″>:
<Enter>
Specify first corner point or [Chamfer Elevation Fillet Thickness Width]:
Type TRACK <Enter>
First tracking point:
Type INT <Enter> (with ORTHO off) in the lower-left inside corner of the room
Next point (Press ENTER to end tracking):
Move your mouse to the right (with ORTHO on and OSNAP off) and type 7′3 <Enter>
Next point (Press ENTER to end tracking):
Move your mouse up and type 7′ <Enter>
Next point (Press ENTER to end tracking):
<Enter> (to end tracking)
Specify other corner point or [Area Dimensions Rotation]:
Type @48,120 <Enter> (relative coordinates)
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