Chapter 2
Basic Drawing Skills
This chapter teaches you how to draw basic shapes, such as lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, and polygons. You will learn how to correct mistakes, navigate two-dimensional space, and use coordinate systems to draw accurately. In addition, you’ll perform your first editing tasks by joining existing lines in straight, rounded, or angled intersections.
- Navigating 2D drawings
- Drawing lines and rectangles
- Canceling, erasing, and undoing
- Using coordinate systems
- Drawing circles, arcs, and polygons
- Filleting and chamfering lines
Navigating 2D Drawings
Unlike image-editing programs where zooming in results in blurry, pixilated images, you can zoom in forever in AutoCAD® without suffering any loss in quality. However, ...
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