From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 2 Drawing Fundamentals
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Locking angles using Ortho and Polar - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 2 Drawing Fundamentals
Locking angles using Ortho and Polar
The first step towards creating accurate geometry is know that you can enter linear measurements as you draw. The next step is knowing how to control the direction of your line work. In this lesson, we'll explore the Ortho and Polar mode settings. I'm going to start by launching the Line command and I'll pick a point on screen. And let's say I'd like to create a perfect square that measures three by three. Well, I could pull to the right, type three and hit Enter. And then I could pull down and type three and hit Enter. But, you know what? I guarantee that the angles at which I'm pulling these lines are not accurate. This guy is not horizontal and this one is definitely not vertical. Tell you what. Let's remove some of this line work. To do that, I'll come back and click Undo. And undo to back up where I started. Now, I'm going to come down and turn on my Ortho mode. To do that, I'll come down to the Status bar and click the Ortho mode icon. Note that we can also toggle this tool by…
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