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You can choose one of the following methods to draw a CIRCLE : Center, Radius (Default) Center, Diameter 2 points 3 points Tangent, Tangent, Radius(TTR) Tangent, Tangent, Tangent(TTT) Arc (Convert arc to circle) Depends on the conditions and... Read More

You can use SKETCH to draw irregular boundaries. Create Sketches You can sketch by using your pointing device like a pen, click to put the "pen" down and start drawing on the screen and click again to lift it up and stop drawing. Sketches can... Read More

Use RECTANG to create rectangular shape polylines. You can specify the length, width, area, dimensions and rotations. Use POLYGON to create closed polylines with 3-1,024 equal-length sides, you can create equilateral triangles, squares, pentagons... Read More

A polyline (PLINE) is a single object with connected sequence of line segments or and arc segments. You can set the global width of polyline and the starting and ending width for each segments. When you draw a polyline, you can switch to arc by... Read More

You can use the LINE command to generate one or a series of continuous line segments. Each segment is a separate line object, you can assign properties such as COLOR , LINETYPE and lineweight (LWEIGHT) to each line. If you want to connect the... Read More

Without having to know the exact coordinates, object snaps enable you to quickly locate points relative to existing objects such as center points of circles or midpoints of lines. Use Running Object Snaps Press F3 or click the OSNAP button on the... Read More

In order to speed up performance, the display of certain kinds of objects can be simplified. If you display wide polylines (PLINE) and donuts (DONUT), solid-filled polygons, hatches (HATCH), gradient fills, and TEXT in a simplified form, the display... Read More

The current LWEIGHT is the lineweight used for newly drawing object. You can make another lineweight current according to your requirement. The current lineweight you are using to draw objects is displayed in the Lineweight control on the Properties... Read More

Layer names listed in the Layer Properties Manager (LAYER) can be sorted by name or by property, such as color or visibility. To show only the layers you want to work with in a large drawing, you can use the layer filter and select any of the... Read More

The name of a layer and any properties like COLOR and LINETYPE can be changed, and objects can be moved from one layer to another. By clicking the icons in the Layer Properties Manager (LAYER ) and in the Layer control on the Layers toolbar, you... Read More