Chapter 3
Using Drawing Aids
The drawing aids in AutoCAD® are like the triangles, compasses, and engineering scales of traditional drafting. Drawing aids are essential modes and methods of entering data that, once mastered, allow you to create measured drawings with ease. I highly recommend learning all of the drawing aids, because they will make you a more productive draftsperson. Most drawing aids can be toggled on or off from the application status bar. Additional settings and dialog boxes are accessible by right-clicking the individual status bar toggles.
- Grid and Snap
- Ortho and Polar Tracking
- PolarSnap
- Running object snaps
- From snap
- Object Snap Tracking
Grid and Snap
The most basic drawing aid, Grid, makes AutoCAD’s canvas look like graph ...
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