| SpaceCAD LESSON 3: Beginning to draw: Create a title block. Step 2: Drawing the outline. |
Set the Snap,
located at the top of the screen, to "Grid".
This will force the crosshair to jump in .25 inch
increments, which is the Grid setting we specified in Step 1. We will be drawing the
left vertical line of the title block first, starting at
the lower left corner. Make sure that Abs is checked at
the bottom of the screen. That way you can use the
absolute coordinates that appear in the lower left corner
of the screen to guide you. Start the Line
command by clicking on  . The prompt at the bottom reads:
"Line: Start Point?". Type in 0.5 next to X and
0.5 next to Y at the bottom of the screen and press Enter.
This starts the lines at the coordinates 0.5, 0.5. Then
at the bottom of the screen, type in the distance and
angle of the line. In the box next to Dist, type in
"7.5". In the box next to Ang, type in
"90". Press Enter. Your line
should look something like this:
In most CAD programs, the angle measures corresponding to line directions are:
Now draw another line, starting at the end of the line you just drew. The settings for this line should be: Dist =10, Ang=0 ( a distance of 10" and 0 degree angle). Your drawing should now look like this:
Finish the outline by drawing two more lines. These will have Dist = 7.5, Ang = 270 and Dist =10, Ang = 180. The drawing should now look like this:
Click with the right mouse button to finish the line. Click on Next to go to Step 3. |
