From the course: AutoCAD for Mac 2020 Essential Training
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Offset - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD for Mac 2020 Essential Training
Offset
- [Instructor] The offset tool is a little bit different than the tools we've been working with so far, in that you have to specify a distance first and then select the objects that you want to work with. We'll find the offset tool here on the modified panel. Immediately, I'm asked to specify the offset distance. I'm going to type in three and press Return. I'll select my line, here and start to drag my cursor around. And we can see that as I drag my cursor, depending on where I pick, will determine where the new object is created. I'm going to pick up here and then press Return. We can see that AutoCAD created a parallel line, exactly three units from the original. I'm going to repeat the process with a circle over here. I'm going to hit Return to get back into the offset command and we can see that three is actually leftover down in the command line from the last time that I used the command. Any value that's in between the…
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Selection methods5m 8s
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Quick select2m 1s
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Move2m 55s
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Copy3m 22s
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Rotate2m 45s
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Scale2m 40s
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Stretch4m 17s
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Trim and Extend3m 36s
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Offset3m 38s
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Mirror2m 24s
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Array4m 45s
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Polyline editing4m 42s
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