Friday, February 6, 2009

CAD : Draw Toolbar


Draw toolbar consist of 17 item on it. I will show basic some of them and what you can do with it. This toolbar normally located at the left of your page. This toolbar is the basic of your drawing. Without knowing this function, you will not able to start your drawing project.

Line
This function enable you to draw any shape using a single line. This is the basic of all kind of your drawing.



Construction Line

This function you can use before you start your orthographic drawing.


Polyline

Polyline is the function that make all of your line connect in one click. This function later will be usefull when you draw a 3D object.


Polygon

How to draw Polygon?

click on polygon-----> enter the sides for polygon (in command) -----> Specify your center of your polygon----->choose whether inscribed or subscribed in a circle (type i or c in command) -----> Enter radius for polygon (in command)


what is inscribed in a circle and circumscribed in a circle ? See this picture


Let say you have a circle radius 20. Then you draw 2 polygon that have same radius which is 20. You will see the different from the above picture :

Red color - polygon radius 20 inscribed in a circle
Orange color - polygon radius 20 circumscribed in a circle

will continue in the next posting .....

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