First example Line tool (Fig. 2.3)

1. Open AutoCAD. The drawing area will show the settings of the acadiso.dwt template Limits set to 420,297, Grid set to 10, Snap set to 5 and Units set to 0.

2. Left-click on the Line tool at the top of the Draw toolbar (Fig. 2.1).

   
   Fig. 2.1: The Line tool icon in the Draw toolbar with its tooltip

   Note

   The tooltip which appears when the tool icon is clicked. The prompt Command:_line Specify first point which appears in the command window at the command line (Fig. 2.2). Fig. 2.2: The prompts appearing at the command line in the Command palette when Line is 'called' The description of the action of the Line tool which appears at the left-hand end of the status bar (Fig. 2.2).

3. Press the F6 key. The coordinate numbers at the left-hand end of the status bar either show clearly or grey out. Make sure the coordinate numbers show clearly...