Making a polygon

Polygons are closed geometries made with three or more sides. The smallest polygon is a triangle and the largest polygon is a circle that is made up of an infinite number of sides.

In AutoCAD, you can make a polygon with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 1,024 sides. The Polygon tool is in the Draw panel of the Home tab in the expanded rectangle flyout, as in the following screenshot:

Figure 2.45: The Polygon tool in the Draw panel

Before we start making a polygon, we need to learn about the two types of polygon options—namely, inscribed and circumscribed—in AutoCAD.

Inscribed and circumscribed polygons

When you use the polygon command, you are presented with the inscribed and circumscribed options, so before we dig deeper into the polygon tool, let’s understand what inscribed and circumscribed geometries are.

In the following diagram, the first polygon is inscribed in a circle with a radius equal to the length...