Drawing with AutoCAD: Conference and Lecture Rooms

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AutoCAD 2022 for Interior Design and Space Planning

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MIRROR

The MIRROR command allows you to mirror about an axis any entity or group of entities. The axis can be at any angle.

• Step 36. Draw the chairs on the right side of conference table using the MIRROR command (Figure 3-20), as described next:

  Prompt	Response
  Type a command:	MIRROR (or type MI <Enter>)
  Select objects:	P1→
  Specify opposite corner:	P2→ (window the chairs on the left side of the conference table)
  68 found Select objects: <Enter>
  Specify first point of mirror line:	Type MID <Enter>
  mid of	P3→
  Specify second point of mirror line:	Type MID <Enter>
  mid of	P4→
  Erase source objects? [Yes No] <N>:	<Enter>

• Step 37. Add the chairs on each side of the credenza as shown in Figure 3-20.

  

  Figure 3-20 Use the MIRROR command to copy the four chairs on the left side to the right side, and then copy CHAIR 1 to both sides of the credenza

• Step 38. Set layer i-eqpm-ovhd current.

• Step 39. Add the 72″ × 3″ recessed projection screen and the 24″ × 24″ ceiling-mounted projector to the plan as shown in Figure 3-21. Let’s use the From option of the OSNAP menu to do this.

  

  Figure 3-21 Add the projection screen and projector

  Start the Rectangle command, <Shift> and right-click to open the OSNAP menu, select From, and then show the inner upper-left corner of the room as the reference point. You will be prompted to define the x- and y-offsets: 4′6″ and −1′, respectively. 72″ and 3″. This fixes one corner of the rectangle for the recessed projection screen. The second corner is fixed by typing in @72,-3 and pressing <Enter>. As for the ceiling-mounted projector, use the inner lower-left corner of the room as the reference, 6′6″ and 8′0″ as the x- and y-offsets to fix the lower-left corner of the rectangle and @24,24 to fix the second point of the rectangle.

• Step 40. Erase the chairs you have drawn outside the conference room walls.

• Step 41. Set layer a-anno-text current.

  Tip

  Remember to change the LTSCALE setting if your hidden linetype does not show as hidden. To make the line segment length or spacing smaller, enter a linetype scale factor smaller than 1 but larger than 0 at the LTSCALE prompt. To make the line segment length and spacing larger, enter a linetype scale factor larger than 1.

• Step 42. Use the Single Line Text command (type DT <Enter>) to type your name, class number, and date, 6″ high in the upper-right corner. When plotted to a scale of 1/4″ = 1′-0″, the 6″-high text will be 1/8″ high.

  For More Details

  Chapter 6 describes and covers using annotative text. When adding annotative text, you have to enter only the size of the text you want in the printed drawing, and AutoCAD automatically calculates the size of the text on the drawing.

• Step 43. When you have completed Exercise 3-1 (Figure 3-22), save your work in at least two places.

  

  Figure 3-22 Exercise 3-1 complete

• Step 44. Print your drawing from the Model tab at a scale of 1/4″ = 1′-0″.

  For More Details

  In Chapter 5 you will use a color-dependent plot style to change layer colors 1 through 7 to the color black when printing and plotting.