Basic Drawing Tools and Commands
As you are now familiar with the user interface of AutoCAD and the basic navigation tools, we can move on to learning about the basic drawing tools. In this chapter, we will learn how to make simple drawings using the basic drawing and modify tools available in AutoCAD. Using these tools, you will be able to make and modify the simplest kind of drawings in AutoCAD. These tools also happen to be the most frequently used ones in AutoCAD.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Understanding the coordinate system
- Using the Line command
- Basic status bar modes
- Making a circle
- Making an arc
- Making a rectangle
- Making a polygon
- Using the Move and Copy commands
- Using the Rotate command
- Using the Fillet command
- Using the Trim command
- Using the Extend command
So, let’s begin by understanding the user coordinate system (UCS) in AutoCAD.
