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Free AutoCAD Tutorial Using Polar Tracking and PolarSnap

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Download Sample Drawing   Download and open M_Roller.dwg   On the status bar, make sure the following settings are on: 1. Snap 2. Polar tracking 3. Object snap Right-click Polar Tracking and select Settings.   In the Drafting Settings dialog box, Polar Tracking tab: Select 15 from the Increment Angle list. Under Polar Angle Measurement, click Absolute.   On the Snap and Grid tab: Click PolarSnap. Enter 1 in the Polar Distance field.   On the Object Snap tab: Make sure Endpoint and Node are selected. Click OK.   To draw the line using polar tracking: Activate the Line tool. 1. Specify the line's start point from the point object, using the Node object snap override. 2. Drag the cursor to the right until the polar tracking tooltip reads 25.00 < 0 degrees . Click the point.   Position the cursor so that the polar angle tooltip reads 15.00 < 45. Click the point.   Positi...

Creating A Basic Object in AutoCAD

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In this part of the exercise, you begin to draw the front view of the bracket, beginning at point (1) and ending at point (2). Then, you resume drawing from point (1) to point (3).   1. Create a New Drawing. Use acadiso.dwg as template (Metric). 2. On the status bar, make sure the following settings are on: Polar tracking Object snap Object snap tracking Dynamic input   3. Begin the line at point (1): On the Home tab, click Draw panel > Line or on the Command Line, type L or Line Enter 100, 50 . Press ENTER. Enter 100 . Press TAB. Enter 0 . Press TAB. Note: The values should appear in the Input interface as shown in the following image. Click to create the line. 4. Draw a second line perpendicular to the first: Drag the cursor upwards and enter 100 . Press TAB. Make sure the angle field displays 90 degrees, then click to draw the line. 5. Draw another line: Drag the cursor to the lef...

How to Import AutoCAD DWG file to Google SketchUp

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Working both in AutoCAD and SketchUp is not new today. You want to create accurate working drawings in AutoCAD and presentation drawings using SketchUp with CAD files by importing. In this video we import a CAD plan, group and lock it, delete extra layers and create a unique layer for the floor plan and create scenes to toggle the floor plan visibility on and off. This is second video in working with SketchUp and CAD and progresses from our previous video in using the CAD plan as a reference to create interior and exterior walls for our model.

Google SketchUp Array Tutorial

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A rray command usually found in various CAD program such as AutoCAD . Array command functions like a copy command to duplicate entities or objects. To create an Array in SketchUp use the Move tool in combination of CTRL (control) key and Rotate tool with CTRL key to make one copy then tell SketchUp how many total copies you want. Lets begin with these tutorials. The first one is creating a Rectangular Array using the Move Tool . You can achieve this by using the two techniques, the External Array and the Internal Array or In Between . Rectangular Array: Step 1. Select the object. Step 2. Then select Move Tool . Step 3. Select the end point of the object while holding down the CTRL Key down. Step 4. Move and align the object according to its Axis (Red, Green, Blue), do not release the CTRL Key while doing this. Step 5. After aligning the object to its axis, release the CTRL Key and key in the desired distance and hit Enter Key . Put 150 for exa...