Introduction to AutoCAD® 2017: A Modern Perspective

Chapter 8. Advanced Editing Techniques

Chapter Objectives

• Offset objects through a specified distance

• Create rectangular, path, and polar arrays

• Trim and extend objects

• Use the FILLET and CHAMFER commands to modify intersecting objects

• Break single objects into multiple objects

• Join separate objects into a single object

• Use the LENGTHEN command to modify the length of an object

Introduction

As you’ve seen, there is usually more than one way to accomplish a given task in AutoCAD. For example, to create multiple line segments, you could simply draw multiple lines using the LINE command, or you could create a single line segment and copy it using grips or the COPY command. There are multiple ways to create arcs and circles as well ...