ABSTRACT

This chapter aims to give examples of the use of the Arc, Ellipse, Polygon and Rectangle tools from the Home/Draw panel, examples of the saving of drawings, and examples of the uses of the Polyline Edit (pedit) tool. It also aims to introduce the Object Snaps (osnap) and their uses. Drawing objects in AutoCAD involves usually a combination of different tools like Line, Arc, Polyline etc. In order to achieve precise drawings the use of restricting methods like Snap or Object Snap is inevitable. In AutoCAD 2020, arcs can be constructed using any three of the following characteristics of an arc: its Start point; a point on the arc (Second point); its Center; its End; its Radius; the Length of the arc; the Direction in which the arc is to be constructed; the Angle between lines of the arc. The chapter provides exercise for the reader to perform drawing using tools and object.