Course Description
This chapter will introduce AutoCAD basic drawing tools, giving you all the essentials you need to start drawing. It’ll also explain coordinate entry with absolute, relative, and polar coordinates. You’ll learn how to accurately snap to angles and objects in AutoCAD as well as how to draw some of AutoCAD’s most basic objects.
What You'll Learn
- Pan and zoom to navigate AutoCAD drawings
- Enter coordinates using absolute, relative, and polar coordinate systems
- Draw with Dynamic Input and snap accurately to angles and objects using OSNAP, OTRACK, POLAR, and ORTHO
- Create lines and rectangles
- Create polylines, polygons, and splines
- Create circles and arcs
Key Takeaways
- The chapter introduces AutoCAD's basic drawing tools, covering the essentials needed to start drawing.
- Coordinate entry is explained using absolute, relative, and polar coordinates.
- Learners practice accurately snapping to angles and objects in AutoCAD.
- The course covers drawing AutoCAD's most basic objects, including lines, rectangles, polylines, polygons, splines, circles, and arcs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this AutoCAD Drawing Tools chapter cover?
It introduces AutoCAD's basic drawing tools and the essentials needed to start drawing, including coordinate entry with absolute, relative, and polar coordinates, snapping to angles and objects, and drawing basic objects such as lines, rectangles, polylines, polygons, splines, circles, and arcs.
What drawing objects will I learn to create?
You will learn to create lines and rectangles; polylines, polygons, and splines; and circles and arcs.
What snapping and tracking tools are taught?
The course covers OSNAP (object snap) and OTRACK (object snap tracking), as well as POLAR (polar tracking) and ORTHO (orthogonal mode), so you can accurately snap to angles and objects.
What skills does this course relate to?
It relates to Architectural Drawing, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Plant 3D, and Technical Drawing.
