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Demonstrating creating a small part

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Demonstrating creating a small part

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Before I start drawing this part, let me emphasize that there is no right or wrong way to construct this drawing. The most important thing is that we accurately reproduce the geometry. That being said, this is how I would approach the creation of this part. I'm going to start by panning the drawing over, give myself a little bit of room on the left side. I will start the drawing by recreating the center line. To do that I'll launch the Line command. I'll pick a point on screen and then I'm going to lock my Ortho and I'll pull to the left. Distance really isn't that important right now. I'll click to finish my line and then I'll press Esc. I will then launch the Line command again. I'll click above the first line and pull straight down. I'll click and then I'll press Esc when I'm finished. I have just created an object snap that I'm going to use to start building this part from. This intersection represents the center of this circle. And like any good set of plans this drawing is…

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