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  1. Chapter Objectives
  2. Chapter Objectives
  3. EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
  4. EXERCISE 3-1 Drawing a Rectangular Conference Room, Including Furniture
  5. Making a Drawing Template
  6. Making a Drawing Template
  7. Polyline
  8. Polyline
  9. OFFSET
  10. OFFSET
  11. EXPLODE
  12. EXPLODE
  13. ID Point
  14. ID Point
  15. TRIM
  16. TRIM
  17. Rectangle
  18. Rectangle
  19. CHAMFER
  20. CHAMFER
  21. FILLET
  22. FILLET
  23. COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
  24. COPY and Osnap-Midpoint
  25. ROTATE
  26. ROTATE
  27. POINT
  28. POINT
  29. DIVIDE
  30. DIVIDE
  31. MEASURE
  32. MEASURE
  33. OSNAP
  34. OSNAP
  35. MIRROR
  36. MIRROR
  37. Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
  38. Osnap Modes That Snap to Specific Drawing Features
  39. Running Osnap Modes
  40. Running Osnap Modes
  41. Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
  42. Osnap Settings: Marker, Aperture, Magnet, Tooltip
  43. EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
  44. EXERCISE 3-2 Drawing a Rectangular Lecture Room, Including Furniture
  45. Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
  46. Making Solid Walls Using Polyline and Solid Hatch
  47. From
  48. From
  49. BREAK
  50. BREAK
  51. Polyline Edit
  52. Polyline Edit
  53. HATCH
  54. HATCH
  55. ARRAY
  56. ARRAY
  57. ARRAYEDIT
  58. ARRAYEDIT
  59. Distance
  60. Distance
  61. Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
  62. Exercise 3-3 Drawing a Curved Conference Room, Including Furniture
  63. Polyline
  64. Polyline
  65. POLYGON
  66. POLYGON
  67. Grips—Add Vertex
  68. Grips—Add Vertex
  69. Grips—Convert to Arc
  70. Grips—Convert to Arc
  71. ARRAY
  72. ARRAY
  73. Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
  74. Exercise 3-4 Drawing a Conference Room Using Polar Tracking
  75. Polar Tracking
  76. Polar Tracking
  77. Polyline Edit
  78. Polyline Edit
  79. Specifying Points with Tracking
  80. Specifying Points with Tracking
  81. Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
  82. Drawing the Chairs around the Conference Table
  83. Completing the Conference Room
  84. Completing the Conference Room
  85. Using Command Preview
  86. Using Command Preview
  87. Choosing Selection Options
  88. Choosing Selection Options
This chapter is from the book

POINT

The POINT command allows you to draw points on your drawing. Object Snap recognizes these points as nodes. You use the Osnap mode Node to snap to points.

POINT

Ribbon/Panel

Home/Draw (slideout)

Point_icon1.jpg

Draw Toolbar:

Point_icon2.jpg

Menu Bar:

Draw/Point

Type a Command:

POINT

Command Alias:

PO

You can choose from many different styles of points. The appearance of these points is determined by the PDMODE (point definition mode) and PDSIZE (point definition size) options within the POINT command.

  • Step 28. Use the Point Style… command to set the appearance of points, as described next:

    POINT STYLE

    Ribbon/Panel

    Home/Utilities (slideout)

    PointStyle_icon1.jpg

    Menu Bar:

    Format/Point Style

    Type a Command:

    PTYPE

    Prompt

    Response

    Type a command:

    Point Style… (or type PTYPE <Enter>)

    The Point Style dialog box appears (Figure 3-13):

    Figure 3-13

    Figure 3-13 Point Style dialog box

    Click the X box Type 6″ in the Point Size: input box Click OK

    You have just set the points to appear as an X, and they will be 6″ high. The Point Style dialog box shows the different types of points available. You may set the size of the point in a size relative to the screen or in absolute units.

  • Step 29. Use the OFFSET command to offset the line that defines the long left side of the conference table. The chairs will be placed 6″ from the edge of the table, so set 6″ as the offset distance. Offset the line outside the table, as shown in Figure 3-14. You will use this line as a construction line to help locate the chairs.

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