June 2011
Beginner
400 pages
9h 26m
English
book
AutoCAD® 2012 and AutoCAD LT® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide
by Scott Onstott
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Lengthen and Stretch
The LENGTHEN and STRETCH commands are similar in how they can increase the length of objects. However, STRETCH is the more flexible of the two, allowing you to reposition interconnected objects. Let's lengthen a line and stretch a door within a wall:
- If the file is not already open from performing the previous step, go to the book's web page, browse to Chapter 4, download the file Ch4-F.dwg (or Ch4-F-metric.dwg), and open it.
- Navigate to the Copy room. Notice that there is a problem with the copy machine; the top line is drawn only half way. Although you could use FILLET or EXTEND to fix it, type len (for Lengthen) and press Enter. The command prompt reads
Select an object or [DElta/Percent/Total/DYnamic]:
Type P (for ...
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