AutoCAD 2018 and Inventor 2018 Tutorial By Tutorial Books (www.engbookspdf.com)

Part 1: AutoCAD Basics
below.
Turn OFF the Grid Display by pressing the
F7 key.
Click Save on the Quick Access Toolbar.
Click the Customization button on the
status bar, and then select Dynamic Input
from the flyout. This displays the Dynamic
Save as Line-example1.dwg.
Close the file.
Input icon on the status bar.
Turn OFF the Dynamic Input icon. You will
learn about Dynamic Input later in this
chapter.
To draw a line, click Home > Draw > Line
on the ribbon, or enter LINE or L in the
command line.
Example 2 (using Relative Coordinate
system)
In this example, you will draw lines by defining its
end points in the relative coordinate system. In the
relative coordinate system, you define the location
of a point with respect to the previous point. For this
purpose, the symbol, ‘@’ is used before the point
coordinates. This symbol means that the coordinate
values are defined in relation with the previous
point.
Type 50, 50 and press ENTER.
Type 150, 50 and press ENTER.
Type 150,100 and press ENTER.
Type 50,100 and press ENTER.
Select the Close option from the command
line. This creates a rectangle, as shown
Click New on the Quick Access Toolbar.
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