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Offset - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Offset

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- [Instructor] The OFFSET tool is a little 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 you want to work with. We'll find the OFFSET tool here. And I'm going to select it and then I'm asked to type in a distance. I'm going to type in three and press Return. I'll select my line here and I'm asked for one point on either side to choose where I want the offset to be. 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 click. And then press Return to get out of the command. We can see that AutoCAD created a parallel line exactly three units from the original. Let's repeat the process with a circle over here. OFFSET, and we can see that the three is left over from the last time I used the command. If I hit Return, it will accept that as the default value. I'll press Return and then select my circle. I can either go to…

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