#Autocad for mac draw in inches how to#
Check out How to Scale in AutoCAD to learn more about what you can do with scaling. Click Scale and then a shape to change its size.If you want to flip the image, use the Mirror tool. Click Rotate and then a shape to turn it clockwise or counterclockwise.You can select multiple objects at once to move them as a group After clicking the tool, click the object you want to move, and then drag it anywhere. There are lots of other modifications you can make: First, if you just click a shape or line without selecting a tool first, anchor points will appear-you can drag these anchor points to modify the shape if you'd like. Use the tools in the "Modify" panel to edit your shapes. The "Type a command" area at the bottom lets you type in commands and tool functions once you get a bit more acquainted with the app.Click the View tab at the top to show and hide tools and features on the workspace.
#Autocad for mac draw in inches series#
Once you've opened a drawing, take some time to acquaint yourself with the locations of menus and tools: adt file will be saved in your drawing folder.Familiarize yourself with the workspace layout. Once competed a final tally of any errors found/fixed will be shown in the command line and the. When using Audit, I tend to choose Y when prompted to fix any errors detected in the process as shown below. This file contains a record of any errors that were found/fixed in the Audit it will be located in the current drawings folder and can be viewed using notepad or a similar text editor. One lesser known tip is that by setting the AUDITCTL variable to 1, a text file will be created once the command is finished with the. It will automatically go through a drawing to find and fix most errors that it comes across.
AUDIT is a pretty common command when it comes to drawing clean up and general file health. The final command we are going to look at today is a simple (but useful) tool when it comes to drawing clean up.