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AutoCAD For Dummies, 19th Edition
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AutoCAD For Dummies, 19th Edition

by Ralph Grabowski
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
544 pages
15h 31m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 8

Preciseliness Is Next to CADliness

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Typing coordinates at the keyboard

Bullet Getting to know the AutoCAD coordinate systems

Bullet Snapping to object features

Bullet Using other precision drawing and editing techniques

Drawing precision is vital to good CAD practice, even more than for manual drafting. Accuracy is, of course, vital to both types of drafting. If you’re sketchy on the difference between accuracy and precision, look ahead to the “CAD precision versus accuracy” sidebar in this chapter. If you think CAD managers become tense when you assign properties directly to objects instead of ByLayer (see Chapter 9), wait until someone — I sincerely hope it’s not you — fails to use precision techniques when creating drawings in AutoCAD.

Remember You must draw with precision, at least until you see Chapter 19. Now there’s a teaser for you. Typically, the only point you select at random in a drawing is the first one. Then after that one, nearly all line starts and lengths or ends, and ...

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