Learning Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Create a Circle using 6 different methods

2. Create Rectangles with chamfers, fillets, width and rotation.

3. Understand how to Undo a command

4. Set Grids and Increment Snap

5. Draw using Layers

6. Control Layers

7. Create Layers

8. Assign Lineweights

Circle

There are 6 options to create a circle.

The default option is "Center, radius". (Probably because that is the most common method of creating a circle.)

We will try the "Center, radius" option first.

1. Start the Circle command by using one of the following:

   • Ribbon = Home tab / Draw panel /

   • Keyboard = C

   

2. The following will appear on the command line:

   • Command: _circle Specify center point for circle or [3P/2P/Ttr (tan tan radius)]:

3. Locate the center point for the circle by moving the cursor to the desired location in the drawing area (P1) and press the left mouse button.

4. Now move the cursor away from the center point and you should see a circle forming.

5. When the circle is the size desired (P2), press the left mouse button, or type the radius and then press .

Center, Radius: (Default option)

1. Specify the center (P1) location.

2. Specify the Radius (P2).

   (Define the Radius by moving the cursor or typing radius)

   

Center, Diameter:

1. Specify the center (P1) location.

2. Specify the Diameter (P2). (Define the...