MANIPULATING OBJECTS IN AUTOCAD - Evolve Consultancy

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Use the move tool to reposition objects in your drawing. To move an object, from the Ribbon Home tab > Modify panel, click the Move button. Command line: To ... MANIPULATINGOBJECTSINAUTOCAD FREE MANIPULATINGOBJECTSINAUTOCADquantity Addtobasket Backtoresources DescriptionReviews(0) Whencreatingdrawingsforconstruction,thedesignintentislikelytochange,meaningthatdesignswillneedtobeamended.AutoCADhasmanytoolsformodifyingdrawings. SelectingObjects AutoCADhasvariousmethodsforselectingindividualormultipleobjects. Eachoftheselectiontechniquescanbeusedeitherbeforeinvokingacommandorafter. IndividualSelection Hoverthecursoroveranindividualobjectandleft-clicktoselectit.Clickingadditionalobjectswilladdthemtothecurrentselectionset. SelectionWindows SelectionWindowsarerectangularareasspecifiedinthedrawingareawithtwoclickstodeterminetheoppositecornersofthewindow.Thedirectioninwhichthewindowisdrawndetermineswhichselectionmethodisused. LefttoRight-WindowSelection AWindowSelectionhasasolidborderandtranslucentbluefill.Itselectsallobjectsthatarefullyencompassedwithinthewindow.Thetwocornersofthewindowmustbespecifiedfromlefttoright. RighttoLeft-CrossingSelection ACrossingSelectionhasadashedborderandtranslucentgreenfill.Itselectsallobjectsthatareintersectedbythewindoworcontainedwithinit.Thetwocornersofthewindowmustbespecifiedfromrighttoleft. Fence AtanypointwhenAutoCADpromptsforobjectstobeselected,type“F”andpress[Enter]toinvoketheFenceselectionmethod.TheFenceisacrossinglinethatwillselectallobjectsthatitintersects. Note:Toremoveobjectsfromthecurrentselectionset,hold[SHIFT]andselectthemagain. Erase TheerasetoolinAutoCADremovesobjectsfromthedrawing. Toeraseanobject,fromtheRibbonHometab>Modifypanel,clicktheErasebutton. Commandline:TostarttheErasetoolfromthecommandline,type“E”andpress[Enter]. Selecttheobjectsyouwishtoeraseandpress[Enter]. Move Usethemovetooltorepositionobjectsinyourdrawing. Tomoveanobject,fromtheRibbonHometab>Modifypanel,clicktheMovebutton. Commandline:TostarttheMovetoolfromthecommandline,type“M”andpress[Enter]. Tomoveobjects,selectanyobjectsyouwishtomoveandpress[Enter]. Twopointsneedtobeclicked,themovefrompointorbasepointandthemovetopoint.Specifythebasepointandthesecondpointwillindicatehowfartheobjectsaretobemovedandinwhatdirection. Whilemoving,theobjectswilldisplayintheiroriginallocationandalsoattachedtothecursor.Oncompletionofthemove,theoriginalswilldisappearleavingonlythemovedobjects. Copy Thecopytoolworksinmuchthesamewayasthemovetoolbutcreatesduplicatesoftheobjects. Tocopyanobject,fromtheRibbonHometab>Modifypanel,clicktheCopybutton. Commandline:TostarttheCopytoolfromthecommandline,type“CO”andpress[Enter]. Selecttheobjectsyouwishtocopyandpress[Enter]toaccepttheselection. Clickthebasepointasthepointtocopyfrom. Thenspecifythesecondpointasthepointtomoveto. Thecommandremainsactivewiththecurrentselectionsothatmultiplecopiescanbecreatedusingthesamebasepoint. Rotate TherotatetoolinAutoCADrotatesaroundaspecifiedbasepoint. Torotateanobject,fromtheRibbonHometab>Modifypanel,clicktheRotatebutton. Commandline:TostarttheRotatetoolfromthecommandline,type“RO”andpress[Enter]. Selecttheobjectsyouwishtorotateandpress[Enter]toaccepttheselection.Specifythebasepointaroundwhichyouwanttorotatethem. Typeanangletorotatetheobjectsbyorusethecursortoindicateanangle. Note:Theangleisalwaysmeasuredanti-clockwisefromtheEastdirection. Array TheArraytoolisusedtocopyobjectsineitherarectangular,polarorpathfashion. Original       Rectangular                      Polar                                        Path TousetheArraytool,fromtheRibbonHometab>Modifypanel,clicktheArraytool. Commandline:TostarttheArraytoolfromthecommandline,type“AR”andpress[Enter]. Selecttheobjectorobjectsyouwishtoarray,youwillthenbepromptedEnterarraytype[Rectangular/PAth/POlar]: Rectangular ClickRectangularfromthedropdownsettingsortype“R”inthecommandlineandpress[Enter]. ThecommandlinewillpromptSpecifyoppositecornerfornumberofitemsor[Basepoint/Angle/Count],Asyoumoveyourcursor,AutoCADwillpreviewthenumberofitemsbeingcreated. Alternatively,press[Enter]tousethedefaultoptionofCount.YouwillthenbepromptedtotypeinanumberofRowsandColumns. Oncethenumberofitemshasbeenconfirmed,youwillbepromptedSpecifyoppositecornertospaceitemsor[Spacing]moveyourcursorandthespacingwilladjust. Alternatively,press[Enter]tousethedefaultoptionofSpacing.Youwillthenbepromptedforthedistancebetweenrowsandthedistancebetweencolumns.Thisdistanceisfromonepointononeshape,tothesamepointonthearrayedcopy. Tocompletethecommand,press[Enter]. Polar ClickPolarfromthedropdownsettingsortype“PO”inthecommandlineandpress[Enter]. YouwillthenbepromptedSpecifycenterpointofarrayor[Basepoint/Axisofrotation].Clickapointonthescreenortypeacoordinatetoplacethepointaboutwhichthearraywillbecreated. YouwillthenbepromptedEnternumberofitemsor[Anglebetween/Expression]<4>typeanumberasrequired.Thenumberincludestheoriginalshapee.g.type“6”willcreate5additionalshapes. NextyouwillbepromptedSpecifytheangletofill(+=ccw,-=cw)or[EXpression]<360>Youcaneitherclickapointonthescreentoindicatetheangleortypeavalue. Numberofitems:8            Angletofill:180                        Numberofitems:8 Angletofill:360       Path ClickPathfromthedropdownsettingsortype“PA”inthecommandlineandpress[Enter]. ThecommandlinewillpromptSelectpathcurve,selectanobjectasthepath.Althoughyouarepromptedforacurve,thiscouldbeaPolyline,LineorSpline. YouwillthenbepromptedEnternumberofitemsalongpathor[Orientation/Expression]typeanumberasrequired.Thenumberincludestheoriginalshapee.g.type“6”willcreate5additionalshapes. FinallyyouwillbeaskedSpecifythedistancebetweenitemsalongpathor[Divide/Total/Expression]Press[Enter]tousethedefaultoptiontohaveevenspacingalongthepath. Grips MostshapescreatedinAutoCADcanbemodifiedusinggrippoints.Selectashapetoshowtheavailablegrips.Clickthegripyouwishtoedit.ThegripchangesfromBluetoRedtoindicatethatitis“hot”andattachestoyourcursor. Thehotgripisthepresumedbasepointofanymodificationsunlessanewbasepointisspecified. Usingrightclick,youcanaccessadditionalitemssuchasrelocatingtheBasePoint.Thisallowsyoutomodifythegrippointsfromanunrelatedornon-grippointonthescreen. OnceyouhaveselectedBasePoint,clickapointonthescreensuchassnappingtoanotherobject. YourGrippointwillstarttostretchoutfromthenewbasepoint,clickasecondpointtoidentifythepointtostretchto. Hold[Shift]whilstmanipulatingagriptorestrictmovementtothehorizontalandverticalaxis. Toeditmorethanonegripatatime,holddownshiftasyouselectmultiplegrips.Whenyouhaveselectedalltherequiredgrips,releaseshiftandselectoneofthegripsagainasthebasepoint.Thiswillnowallowyoutomodifythegeometryusingalltheselectedgripsandmaintainingtheirrelationship. UsingGripstoAddandRemoveVertices Withagripselected,press[Ctrl]tocyclebetweenAddVertex,RemoveVertexandthedefaultStretchmodes. AddVertexwillcreateanadditionalvertexpointaftertheselectedgrip.Press[Ctrl]untilyouseetheplussignonthecursor.Specifythepointonscreenwhereyouwishtoaddavertex. Note: Avertexmustbeaddedaftertheselectedgrip.ThedirectioninwhichthePolylinewascreateddetermineswhichinitialgripneedstobeselected.IntheexamplebelowthePolylinewascreatedinaclockwisedirection. RemoveVertexwilldeletetheselectedvertexpoint.Press[Ctrl]untilyouseetheminussignonthecursor.Pickonthescreentodeletethevertex. UsingBasicModifyToolswithGrips Withagripselected,right-clicktoaccessanumberofthemodifytoolssuchasMove,Rotate,Scale,MirrorandCopy. Youcanalsopress[Space]tocyclebetweenMove,Rotate,Scale,Mirror,andthedefaultStretchmodes. MoveinvokestheMovecommand,usingthehotgripasthedefaultbasepoint.Pickapointonscreentomovetheobjecttoorspecifyadistanceatthecursorprompt. RotateinvokestheRotatecommandusingthehotgripasthedefaultbasepoint.Pickapointonscreentorotatetheobjectorspecifyarotationangleatthecursorprompt. ScaleinvokestheScalecommandusingthehotgripasthedefaultbasepoint.Specifythescalefactoratthecursorprompt. MirrorinvokestheMirrorcommandusingthehotgripasthefirstpointofthemirrorline.Specifyapointtodeterminethemirrorline. UseGripstoLengthenaline HoveroverthegripofaLineobjecttorevealashortcutmenuwiththedefaultStretchoptionandanadditionalLengthenoption.TheLenghtentoolworksverysimilarlytostretchbutitlocksthelinetoitscurrentaxis. ClicktheLengthentoolthenspecifyasecondpointto Note: Withagripofalineselected,press[Ctrl]tocyclebetweenStretchandLengthenmodes. QuickSelect Quickselectisusedtoselectobjectsbasedontheirproperties.YoumaywanttoamendthepropertiesofallPolylinesinadrawingonaparticularlayer.Insteadofselectingeachentityseparately,usetheQuickSelectfeature. FromtheRibbonHometab>Utilitiespanel,clicktheQuickSelectbutton. Commandline:TostarttheQuickSelecttoolfromthecommandline,type“QSELECT”andpress[Enter]. TheQuickSelectdialogboxwillshow. ApplytoChoosestoapplytheQuickSelecttoeithertheEntiredrawingorCurrentselection.Ifyouhaven’tselectedanyobjects,clickthebuttontotherightoftheApplytodrop-down,thedialogwillhide,selectyourobjectsandhitreturntoshowtheQuickSelectdialogbox. ObjecttypeselectsthetypeofobjectyouwishtofindorsettoMultipletoincludealltypesofobject.Onlyelementsinyourcurrentdrawingwillbeavailable. PropertieschoosethepropertyyouwishtofindsuchasLayer. Operator =EqualswillfindobjectsthatmatchthevalueyousetintheValuedrop-down. <>NotEqualwillfindallobjectsthatdon’tmatchthevalueyousetinthedialogbox. SelectAllwillignoreanyentryyouaddtothedialogbox.Thisisusefulifyouwanttofindallentitiesofaspecifictypebutaren’tworriedaboutwhatpropertiestheyhave. Valuesetsthevalueofthepropertyyouwishtofind. Howtoapplyspecifieswhetherthenewselectionsetincludesorexcludesobjectsthatmatchthespecifiedfilteringcriteria. Includeinnewselectionsetcreatesanewselectionsetcomposedonlyofobjectsthatmatchthefilteringcriteria. Excludefromnewselectionsetcreatesanewselectionsetcomposedonlyofobjectsthatdonotmatchthefilteringcriteria. Appendtocurrentselectionset specifieswhethertheselectionbyQuickSelectreplacesorisappendedtothecurrentselectionset. Reviews Therearenoreviewsyet. Bethefirsttoreview“MANIPULATINGOBJECTSINAUTOCAD”CancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.Requiredfieldsaremarked*Yourrating * Rate… Perfect Good Average Notthatbad Verypoor Yourreview *Name * Email * FREE MANIPULATINGOBJECTSINAUTOCADquantity Addtobasket Backtoresources



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