AutoCAD 2004. One Step at a Time (Part 1)

Overview

Following this lesson, you will:

• Know how to manipulate the screen display of your drawing through:

  • The Zoom command

  • The Pan command

  • The View command

• Be aware of the Aerial View toy

• Know how to use Basic Text and Text Editing commands, including:

  • Text / DText

  • DDEdit

  • Style

  • Qtext

  • Find

• Know how to load a LISP routine

Our last lesson probably made you feel fairly comfortable with your new ability to create some wildly accurate drawings. But have you tried to use some of these tools in larger drawings? If you have, you might have noticed that grid and snap become difficult (if not impossible ) to use as the drawing encompasses more space. You might also have noticed that those wonderful OSNAPs don't help if you can't tell which endpoint you have selected.

We'll begin this lesson by addressing these problems. Then we'll examine the tools available to help place text in a drawing.