Friday, December 18, 2015

Object Snap

Start drawing exactly from a particular point

Endpoint

Snap to line and arc



Home tab > Draw panel > Line



Snap to the endpoint of the arc



Point cursor down and enter 1000 for the length of the line



Point cursor right and enter another length 1000



Snap to the endpoint of the arc to finish the drawing

Midpoint

Snap to line and arc



Start Line command
Snap to the midpoint of the arc



Snap to the midpoint of the left line



Snap to the midpoint of the bottom line



Snap to the midpoint of the right line



Snap to the endpoint of the 1st line

Center

Snap to circle, arc and ellipse



Start Line command
Snap to the center of circle



Move cursor near the arc to get the center mark appear



Snap to the center point of the arc

Node

Snap to the point object



Start Circle command
Snap to the point object



Move out and enter 500 for the radius

Quadrant

Snap to circle, arc and ellipse



Snap to the quadrant of the circle



Snap to the endpoint of the arc



Snap to the right quadrant of the circle



Snap to the endpoint of the arc

Extension

Extension from a endpoint of line or arc



Start Rectangle command
Hover over the lower-right corner and move cursor to right
A dotted extension line appear



Enter 400 for the distance



Enter 500,1000 for the new rectangle

Insertion

Snap to text object and block




Start Circle command
Snap to the insert point of text object



Draw a circle at radius 400

Perpendicular

Snap to line, circle and arc



Get a perpendicular point from a line



Snap to top-right corner of the rectangle



Start a point from the top-left corner
Snap to the perpendicular point of the line



Start a point outside the arc
Snap to the perpendicular point of the arc



If you entend the line, it will pass through the center of the arc



Start a point outside the circle
Snap to the perpendicular point of the circle



If you extend the line, it will pass through the center of the circle

Tangent

Snap to the edge of the circle, arc and ellipse




Hover over the edge of the circle and pick a point



Hover over on the other circle and pick a point



Start Circle command
Pick a point above the arc
Snap to the tangent of the arc



Start Line command
Pick a tangent point from the small circle



Pick another point on the tangent of the arc



Start Line command
Pick a tangent point on the arc



Pick another tangent point on the big circle



Start Circle command
Pick a point inside the big circle
Snap to the tangent of the big circle



Start Circle command
Pick a point above the top line
Snap to the tangent point of the line



Nearest

Any point along linear or circular path



Pick any point on the line



Pick any point on the arc

Parallel

Draw a line parallel to another




Pick a point above the line
Hover cursor over the line to get the parallel icon appear



Move cursor away until the parallel icon appear again
Move cursor along the green dotted line and pick a point

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