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Creating a Hatch Using Point Acquisition
You can define a hatch boundary by specifying points directly. For example, you may want to illustrate a pattern fill in a small section of a drawing, as shown in the following illustration. To define a boundary by point acquisition On the command...
AutoCAD Trim Command
This command is similar to Break command but the only difference is the way you cut the object. In Trim command the cutting edge is defined by other object. Objects that can be trimmed include arcs, circles, elliptical arcs, lines, open 2D and 3D pol...
AutoCAD OSNAP Command
OSNAP is a abbreviation of object snap which specifies a snap point at an exact location on an object. You can use an object snap once in the middle of a command, or you can set running object snaps. Running object snap modes can be toggled on and of...
AutoCAD Break Command
The break command is used for splitting objects into two or multiple objects. For example, if you want to erase the middle portion of a line, you will use the break command. The command is similar to “erase” in a graphics editing software...
How to Create Linetype in AutoCAD
I think I made the wrong title on this post because linetypes need not be created because its already made and there are already pre-made and standard linetypes and all you have to do is to load them and change the linetype of the object(e.g. lines, ...
How to Create a Multiline Style in AutoCAD
You can create named styles for multilines to control the number of elements and the properties of each element. The style also controls the background fill and the end cap. See “How to Edit Multilines.” To create a multiline style From...
Drawing Multilines
Multilines consist of between 1 and 16 parallel lines, called elements. You position the elements by specifying the desired offset of each element from the origin of the multiline. You can create and save multiline styles or use the default style, wh...
Is CAD or Computer Aided Design a Good Niche in the Market?
I hate to disappoint you folks but I don’t think the area of CAD or Computer Aided Design have a very big niche in the market. I already made some research on CAD websites and CAD blogs but surprisingly even though their domain is old which wa...
AutoCAD for Dummies: How to Draw an ARC - Part 3
Finally, we are now in the part 3 of the arc drawing in AutoCAD. So to start with, another method of drawing an arc is: Center, Start, End This method is the reverse of all the previous method because the starting point is at the center and the sec...
AutoCAD for Dummies: How to Draw a ARC - Part 1
Drawing an arc is easy using AutoCAD and there are many uses of this entity like for example drawing complex shaped objects etc. etc. But first let me introduce to you what an an ARC is. Basically it is part or portion of a circle that is why the co...
AutoCAD for Dummies: How to Draw an Ellipse
Again, this lesson is the continuation of the two previous lessons, the ‘how to draw a straight line’ and ‘how to draw a circle’. Those two are more simple than drawing the ellipse because a circle only need a diameter or ...
AutoCAD for Dummies: How to Draw a Circle
make money This post is the continuation of the previous lesson on how to draw a line. If you have started drawing a line using AutoCAD, this next step will be simple enough. After running the program(by clicking the shorcut icon from the desktop) ...
What CAD Software to Use?
make money The hardest part for a beginner who wants to learn how to use CAD software is what software to use. It’s because the first objective for most of us it the shortest learning curve and not deal with complicated learning phase. I&#...
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Thanks for visiting my site. This blog is my latest addition of the many blogs and websites I’ve created in the past that covers anything about CAD ( Computer Aided Design and Drafting ) and life rants once and a while. I was thankful to this...
