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Using coordinate systems

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Using coordinate systems

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- [Instructor] What we're going to look at now is the ability to draw with accuracy, using our coordinates in AutoCAD. Again we're in the model tab, I've got a new drawing for you, it's called draw with accuracy_cordinates WWG. You can download that from the exercise files from the website and use it to follow along with the video. So what we're going to do now is we're going to use the layer chord lines here on the drop down on the layers panel, make sure your using the lines layer and we're going to draw some lines using coordinates only. So what we're going to do now is we're going to draw a square with four lines and we're going to use coordinates to do it. So I'm going to go to the line command on the draw panel on the home tab on the ribbon, click on the line command and come into the drawing area. The first point of our line that we're going to specify is zero comma zero and enter. And you'll see that it goes over here, so almost towards the bottom of the screen, just pan…

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