Now we have these interactive elements appearing next to the cursor. I'll pan over so we have some blank area to draw in. Now let's toggle on Dynamic Input down here on the Status bar. Right-click again, and draw some other lines over here. You can go Line, click, click, click, right-click.
When you use time sensitive right-click, you can actually draw very quickly. But, you know there are many different ways to do things in AutoCAD, so it's good to know what your options are. I prefer just to access the options down here on the Command line. I don't find this Shortcut menu to be so useful. And what happens is you'll see that Shortcut menu. And this time, hold the right mouse button down for longer than 250 milliseconds. Now you can repeat the Line command by right-clicking again. If you take longer than that, it will open the Shortcut menu. If you right-click rather quickly, less than 250 milliseconds, then it will be equivalent to pressing the Enter key.
And what this does is it times you when you're right-clicking. To Turn on this time sensitive right-click simply check this box. Go to the User Preferences tab and click this button. To access this, we'll go into the Options dialogue box. And this just makes drawing lines a bit more efficient. I'd like to show you an option that I like when I'm drawing lines. You have the options here, Close and Undo, just like you do down below. Another point, and this time, to end the Line command, I will right-click. I'll click a point, click another point up above. We have now three different, separate objects here. This is available to us because we've drawn two line segments. Notice now, however, that we have an additional option, Close.
We can go back and specify the first point again. The Command line now says Specify next point or. It's connected with what we call a rubber-band line. And notice that the cursor appears to be connected to that point now. That just means click some place on the screen. Now let's pay attention to what it says on the Command line. Now go up to the Line tool here on the Draw panel and click. I'd like to turn that off also, so that we can draw lines without distraction. While you're here, also go ahead and turn on Dynamic Input. If you want, you can hide that by going to the Customization button here in the corner, and turning off Graphics Performance. It just tells us about our Hardware acceleration.
This particular element, here, can't be turned off. To begin, let's go ahead and toggle off anything that's On in the Status bar. Please enable JavaScript if you would like to comment on this blog.- In this video, you will draw AutoCAD's most common objects, lines. For those of you needing ‘Professional Grade’ mapping abilities, you may want to consider AutoCAD Map”. “These steps are for the ‘general AutoCAD user looking to draw accurate geometry from provided surveyor coordinates and bearings. This says the angle or bearing value is to follow …īearing Enter the bearing values in the proper format for Surveyor’s Units shown in the example, above. For the next point, enter the following value: Breaking it down After specifying the start point, says the following values are to go from where you’re at.ĭistance Enter the distance for that section of the property line (or road or culvert center line, etc.) Launch the Line command, then specify the first point.ģ. Begin a new drawing, then turn on Dynamic Input ( DYN button) on the Status bar.Ģ. The following exercise incorporates the DYN feature, just so you can understand how the dynamic entry feature works.ġ. MEMO: Although setting the drawing units to Surveyor’s is not required to draw with distance and bearing values, you will find the options in the Format menu > Units. Surveyor’s Units are entered using the following format: The key to the exercise is knowing what AutoCAD requires when you type in the distance and bearing values.
I was training some folks at Cummins Engine Plant in Indiana, and one of the guys brought in a surveyor’s plan for his property asking how to enter the distance and bearing values from the site plan into AutoCAD.