Chapter Five: Drawing Tools and Drafting Settings

Chapter Objectives

  • Use the Grid Mode and Snap Mode drawing tools to locate points quickly and precisely

  • Draw orthogonally using the Ortho Mode drawing tool

  • Draw at angles using the Polar Tracking drawing tool

  • Use basic object snaps to locate points precisely relative to existing objects

  • Defer object snaps to locate complex points

  • Use advanced object snaps to locate points using acquired points and alignment paths

  • Locate points relative to multiple objects by using the Object Snap Tracking feature to display multiple intersecting alignment path tracking vectors

  • Control dynamic input settings

  • Use construction lines to increase productivity and precision when creating multiple-view drawings

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