Making Arrays

The Array command helps us make patterns along a path. In AutoCAD, you can make an Array along a circular path (called a Polar Array), a rectangular path (called a Rectangular Array), and along any open path (called a Path Array).

We will start the next section with the Rectangular Array and then move on to the other Array tools.

The Rectangular Array

Here, we have a drawing of a window on a simple wall and we want to make two rows and five columns of windows on this wall, separated at an equal distance. For this, we can use the Rectangular Array:

Figure 4.18: A sample drawing to use for the Rectangular Array

In the following example, we will learn how to make multiple copies of the window using the Rectangular...