You could use this option whenever you want to extend the objects that do not intersect the boundary edge but would intersect its edge if the boundary edges were extended. Using the Extend tool, you can extend lines, polylines, rays, and arcs to meet the other objects. The Extend tool may be considered the opposite of the Trim tool.

After selecting the cutting edge or edges, you must choose each object that needs trimming. These edges include lines, polylines, circles, arcs, ellipses, rays, splines, text, blocks, xlines, or viewports. You will be prompted to select the cutting edges when invoking the Trim tool. In such cases, you can use the Trim tool. You may need to remove the unwanted and extending edges when designing. Specify the next point or : specify the endpoint of the second polyline segment or press ENTER to exit the command. Specify the next point or : specify the endpoint of the first polyline segment. The current line width is: nn.nnnn(00.0000) Specify start point: select the starting point or enter its coordinates After invoking the PLINE command and specifying the start point, the following prompt is displayed: To draw a polyline, you need to invoke the PLINE command.

You can draw rectangles by specifying two opposite corners of the rectangle, the area and the size of one of the sides, or the rectangle’s dimensions. You can draw a circle using six different tools, i.e., by specifying center and radius, by specifying center and diameter, selecting two diametrical ends, identifying three points on a circle, tangent to two objects, tangent to three objects. CircleĪ circle is drawn by using the CIRCLE command. The LINE command can be stopped using ENTER, ESC, or SPACEBAR. You need to specify the line’s starting point by clicking the mouse, after which the system will prompt you to specify the second point.

You can invoke the LINE command by choosing the LINE tool from the Draw panel, or you can also invoke the LINE tool by entering LINE or L at the Command Prompt. Here are the various AutoCAD Tools are given below 1.

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