AutoCAD® 2011 and AutoCAD LT® 2011: No Experience Required

Chapter 3. Setting Up a Drawing

In Chapter 2, "Learning Basic Commands to Get Started," we explored the default drawing area that is set up when you open AutoCAD and start a new drawing. Using an assortment of common commands, you drew a box within the drawing area. If you drew the additional diagram offered as a supplemental exercise, the drawing area was set up the same way.

From this point forward, I'll provide the metric equivalents in parentheses for readers who do not work in Imperial units, the standard for architectural design in the United States. Throughout the majority of this book, you'll be developing drawings for a cabin with outside wall dimensions of 28′×18′ (8550 mm×5490 mm). Whether or not you work in architecture, the tools you'll ...