From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 2 Drawing Fundamentals
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Locking to geometry using object snaps - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 2 Drawing Fundamentals
Locking to geometry using object snaps
AutoCAD views all geometry within the context of coordinates. This makes it very easy for us to construct new geometry from any existing line work. In this lesson, we're going to use object snaps to lock onto specific points of an existing object. On my screen, I have two columns. The column on the right represents finished drawings and the column on the left represents some unfinished line work. Our goal in this lesson, is to make the geometry on the left, look like the geometry on the right. Let's start at the top. I'm going to hold my mouse wheel down and I'll center this geometry, and then I'll roll the wheel forward to zoom in. To finish this drawing, I need to use the Line command. And I'll have to draw a line from the end point of the upper entity to the end point of the lower one. All I need to know is what coordinates those are. Fortunately, AutoCAD will do all of the work for me. I'll start by launching the Line command. And when AutoCAD asks for a point, I'll hold down my…
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