Drawing
About Trimming and Extending Objects
You can shorten or lengthen objects to meet the edges of other objects. In practice, this means you can first create, copy, or offset an object such as a line or an arc, and then later adjust it to fit exactly between other objects. Quick Mode ...
About 2D Isometric Drawing
Simulate an isometric view of a 3D object by aligning objects along three major axes. A 2D isometric drawing is a flat representation of a 3D isometric projection. This method of drawing provides a fast way to create an isometric view of a simple ...
About Multilines
Multi-lines are composed of parallel lines, called elements. When you draw a multiline, you can use the STANDARD style, which has two elements, or specify a style that you created previously. You can also change the justification and scale of the ...
To Draw Lines
Click Home tab > Draw panel > Line. Specify the start pint and end point of the line segment by clicking in the drawing area. Continue specifying additional line segments. To undo the previous line segment, enter u at the prompt. Click Undo on the ...
To Work with Splines
A spline is a smooth curve that passes through or near a set of points that influence the shape of the curve. Draw a Spline Click Home tab > Draw panel > Spline. (Optional) Enter m (Method). Then enter either f (Fit Points) or cv (Control ...
About Circles
To create circles, you can specify various combinations of center, radius, diameter, points on the circumference, and points on other objects. You can create circles in several ways. The default method is to specify the center and the radius. Three ...
To Work with Ellipses
The shape of an ellipse is determined by two axes that define its length and width. Draw an Isometric Circle If you are drawing on isometric planes to simulate 3D, you can use ellipses to represent isometric circles viewed from an oblique angle. ...
About Arcs
Create arcs by specifying various combinations of center, endpoint, start point, radius, angle, chord length, and direction values. Arcs are drawn in a counterclockwise direction by default. Hold down the Ctrl keys as you drag to draw in a clockwise ...
About Modeling 3D Objects
3D modeling in AutoCAD includes 3D solids, surfaces, meshes, and wireframe objects. Types of 3D Models Several types of 3D modeling are available in AutoCAD. Each of these 3D modeling technologies offer a different set of capabilities. Wireframe ...
Draw Commands
The following topics will review the commands available on the Draw toolbar. Draw Toolbar Line Command The line command will allow you to create a series of contiguous line segments. Each segment is a line object that can be edited separately. ...
Understanding Drawing Tabs
Located at the bottom of the drawing area are tabs that allow you to switch between the Model tab and other layout tabs. While working in the drawing environment, you will need to have the Model tab selected. Selecting any other tab will bring you to ...
Overview: Window Selection
There are two types of window selections methods that you can use while selecting objects in the drawing. To start any window selection, you must first pick a space in the drawing. If you select an entity, instead of an empty area in the drawing, ...
Understanding Object Snaps
Object snaps are a handy visual tool to help you identify precise locations on objects. With object snaps turned on, anytime your cursor moves over an object in the drawing, a highlighted shape will appear to indicate a snap location. If you pick a ...
Understanding Ortho Mode
As you create or move objects, you can use Ortho mode to restrict the cursor to the horizontal or vertical axis found along the UCS icon. It is recommended to leave Ortho mode turned on while in the drawing environment. This will help ensure that an ...
Enter 2D Coordinates
Enter 2D Coordinates While drawing, the command line will prompt you for a point where you can use the mouse to specify a point, or you can enter a coordinate value at the command prompt. While entering coordinates, there are three different methods ...
Dual Unit Dimensions
This short article and video will show you how to configure dimensions in your drawing to display both Imperial and Metric values in the dimension. There are two levels of dual-unit dimensions. The first is setting the property of each dimension, ...
How to Use the SECTIONPLANE Command to Create Sections
A very common request when working in 3D is how to create 2D sections from 3D objects. These 2D drawings may represent elevation sections, cross-sections, or 3D sections. It is possible to draw product sections from Toolbox, but this tutorial will ...
Formula Driven Hardware Drawing & Other Changes (Overview)
Microvellum build 15.6.1806, and greater contain several material-related improvements involving the way we work with hardware. See the figures below for screenshots of the new interface and text below that for a brief description or each change. ...
How to use the FLATSHOT Command to Create Elevations
Many people recognize Microvellum Toolbox for its support of both the 2D and 3D design environments. They utilize 3D for its ability to visualize, create, and authenticate design parameters, and 2D for its simple flat architectural drawings. To ...
Exploding Objects
You can convert a compound object, such as a polyline, dimension, hatch, or block reference, into individual elements. You can explode a compound object, such as a polyline, dimension, hatch, or block reference, to convert it into individual ...
How to Join Polylines, Splines, Lines, and Arcs Into a Single Polyline
Click Home tab/Modify panel/Edit Polyline. (Find) Select a polyline, spline, line, or arc to edit. If you selected a spline, line, or arc, press Enter to convert the selected object into a polyline. Enter "J" (Join). Select one or more polylines, ...
Modifying Polylines
Stretch a Segment You can select a grip to make changes directly. Select the polyline to display its grips. Select a grip and drag it to the new location. Menu Options for Modifying Polylines Several options become available when you select a ...
Drawing Polylines
Draw polylines with straight or curved segments. Define the width for the polyline segments and taper the width across the segment. Draw polygons specifying the number of sides and size. Draw a Polyline with Straight Segments Click Home tabDraw ...