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Absolute coordinate entry

Absolute coordinate entry - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Absolute coordinate entry

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- [Instructor] AutoCAD uses what is known as the Cartesian plane for each geometric drafting environment. Thinking back to grade school geometry, you may remember the x and y axes of the Cartesian system. Essentially, coordinates for points are always given in an x comma y format. X is always the horizontal axis and y is always the vertical axis. Where the two axes meet or cross, is called the origin point or zero comma zero. The axis to the right of the origin is positive as is the axis above the origin. The axis to the left and below the origin is negative. Again the coordinates are always given in an x comma y format. Let's locate the points that we see on the screen. This point here is located at one comma one. Starting from the origin point, one unit over and one unit up. To locate this point here, we'll start at the origin and move over one, two, three units and then up one, two units to give us a value of three comma two. To locate our point here, we'll start at the origin…

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