From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 2 Drawing Fundamentals
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Drawing polygons - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 2 Drawing Fundamentals
Drawing polygons
Another convenience tool AutoCAD gives us is the Polygon command. Polygon allows us to create equilateral shapes having as many sides as we desire. In this lesson we'll explore the work flow behind the Polygon command. On my screen I've created some polygon examples. It's important to note that every polygon that we create is based on an imaginary circle. If I pan this up, you can see how a circle could be associated with each of these shapes. In fact, the way we draw polygons is very similar to creating a circle. First, we tell AutoCAD how many sides the polygon has, then we specify the center point followed by the radius. Now, there is one other thing that AutoCAD needs. It will need to know if the polygon is inscribed or circumscribed. In other words, does the polygon fall on the inside or the outside of the imaginary circle? The way to know which method to use depends on how your polygon was dimensioned. If it was dimensioned from point-to-point, it's an inscribed polygon, because…
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