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

Part 1: AutoCAD Basics
Chapter 3: Drawing
Aids
Example:
In this chapter, you will learn to do the following:
Use Grid and Snap
Use Ortho Mode and Polar Tracking
Use Object Snaps and Object Snap Tacking
Create Layers and assign properties to it
Zoom and Pan drawings
Drawing Aids
This chapter teaches you to define the drawing
settings, which will assist you to easily create a
drawing in AutoCAD. Most drawing settings can be
turned on or off from the status bar. You can also
access additional drawing settings by right-clicking
on the button located on the status bar.
Click Application Menu > New; the Select
Template dialog appears.
Select the acadISO-Named Plot Styles
template. Click Open.
On the Status bar, click the down arrow next
to the Snap Mode icon and select Snap
Settings. The Drafting Settings dialog
appears.
Click the Snap and Grid tab on the dialog.
Set Grid X spacing to 10 and press TAB key;
the Grid Y spacing is updated with the
same value.
Setting Grid and Snap
Set Major line every to 10.
Grid is the basic drawing setting. It makes the
graphics window appear like a graph paper. You
can turn ON the grid display by clicking the Grid
icon on the status bar or just pressing F7 on the
keyboard.
Snap is used for drawing objects by using the
intersection points of the grid lines. When you turn
the Snap Mode ON, you will be able to select only
grid points. In the following example, you will learn
to set the grid and snap settings.
Select the Snap On check box.
Make sure that Snap X spacing and Snap Y
spacing is set to 10.
Make sure that the Grid snap option is
selected in the Snap type group.
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