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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
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Distance

You can use the Distance command to determine measurements.

DISTANCE

Ribbon/Panel

Home/Utilities

Distance_icon1.jpg

Inquiry Toolbar:

Distance_icon2.jpg

Menu Bar:

Tools/Inquiry/Distance

Type a Command:

Distance

Command Alias:

DI

  • Step 24. Use the Distance command to measure a specified distance (Figure 3-32), as described next:

    Prompt

    Response

    Type a command:

    Distance (or type DI <Enter>)

    Specify first point:

    Osnap-Intersection

    int of

    P3→ (Figure 3-32)

    Specify second point or [Multiple points]:

    Osnap-Intersection

    int of

    P4→ (Figure 3-32)

    Distance = 3′8″, Angle in XY Plane = 0, Angle from XY Plane = 0, Delta X = 3′-8″, Delta Y = 0′-0″, Delta Z = 0′-0″

  • Step 25. Draw the 24″ × 20″ lectern as shown in Figure 3-34.

    Figure 3-34

    Figure 3-34 Draw the 24″ × 20″ lectern, the 24″ × 24″ ceiling projector, and the 96″ × 4″ recessed projection screen

  • Step 26. Set layer i-eqpm-ovhd current.

  • Step 27. Draw the 24″ × 24″ ceiling-mounted projector and the 96″ × 4″ recessed projection screen as shown in Figure 3-34.

  • Step 28. Set layer a-anno-text current.

  • Step 29. Use the Single Line Text command (type DT <Enter>) to type your name, class number, and date, 6″ high in the upper-right corner.

  • Step 30. When you have completed Exercise 3-2 (Figure 3-35), save your work in at least two places.

    Figure 3-35

    Figure 3-35 Exercise 3-2 complete

    As for the dimensions and other annotations shown in Figure 3-34, dimension and multi-leader tools are needed and will be discussed in future exercises.

  • Step 31. Print your drawing from the Model tab at a scale of 1/4″ = 1′-0″.

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