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Point Divide - div Measure - me Line = L Polyline Ray Construction line line in infinite length in both direction - xline

e Boundary polylines in autocad Align Break clicking two points and break aline Regenerate - re Exit Escape Orthogonal F8 Polar Tracking F10 angle increments Circle - C use radius or diameter Spacebar re-launch previous command/Enter Dynamic input Units type units or go to drawing utilities Property Changer ctrl + 1 Quick properties smaller and for faster editing Match Properties - Ma Architectural Units whole inches 26 - Fractional inches 17-5/8 Metric Units Use a metric template acad.iso - Default template go to options>files>Template Settings>Browse Object Snap Shift+Right Click (Endpoint & Center) Temporary Tracking type tk (automatically turns on ortho) Rectangle rec Polygons pol Inscribed polygon inside the circle (Corner to corner) Circumscribed - polygon outside the circle (Face to face) Ellipse circle with 2 radius Hatch pattern default associative depends on boundary; select boundary Move m Copy Co Rotate ro (positive angle counter-clockwise and vice-versa) Trim tr - select first cutting edge then lines to be trimmed Extend ex select first boundary edge to extend to then line to be extended - Hold down shift key when interchanging between trim and extend - Press enter after the command to select all as cutting edges Offset offset select object then input offset distance - Through offset through a particular point

Erasing/Selection crossing window to the left selects all even if its only a part highlighted - selection to the right select only the whole highlighted part adding/removing selection press shift key to deselect erase all erase then type all window polygon wp selection free form fence f a line segment like a crossing window fillet to create a rounded corner select to lines to make a rounded corner fillet + shift key to maintain a sharp corner (set radius and if multiple & others) chamfer bevelled corner (angle & distance method) array (rectangular & polar) Stretch select crossing window end points and enter measurement Lengthen Mirror create symmetrical copies of geometry Scale resizing your drawing Leveraging grips shows measurements and modify it Explode divide a polyline in to parts Pedit joint lines into one (connections must be end to end) Editing a polyline Layer icons Color box change color of layer Light bulb toggle visibility Layer previous layerp - just like undo on layer Make current layer laymcur - to select a layer using objects Annotation tools Single line text justify left middle right top bottom - to underline single line text highlight + ctrl u Textstyle text settings Multiline mtext Numbered List press tab key after placing a number to create a blank space after a note place the cursor at the end and hold shift + enter Incorporating symbols in text editor Spell check just like in word Dimensioning Linear dimension dimlinear Aligned dimension dimali Angular dimension dimang Radial Dimension dimrad Continuous/baseline dimension enter first a dimension command then this one.. Ddedit use to edit dimension value

Multileader right click to see options Blocks Creating Blocks block Design Center Pallete ctrl + 2 or in the view menu on palletes used in inserting blocks Rollover tooltips options dialog box > display; on txt rollover not on top but on side Quick calculator ctrl + 8

Plotting Lineweights User preference > lineweight settings Layout > viewport> Sizing of annotations:

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