Summary

In this chapter, we examined how to use the various drag-and-drop opportunities in AutoCAD and how to be more efficient using the selection methods provided. We also learned how to use grips on various object types to perform common manipulations such as STRETCH, MOVE, ROTATION, SCALE, and MIRROR.

We finished this chapter by learning how to use the GROUP and UNGROUP commands with custom keyboard shortcuts to make these commands more accessible and user-friendly while promoting their increased usage.

In the next chapter, we will examine how to take advantage of some of the advanced annotation features, including full control of text editing in the MTEXT Editor and the appearance of our text objects, using fields for “smarter” text objects, and more controls for using annotation scale on objects.