Commands in AutoCAD

Line Command
Polygon Command
Poly line Command
ARC Option

Presentation By: Ankit Singh

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LINE COMMAND
The LINE command allows you to create single
straight line or a chain of straight lines. By using
this command we can make any object where line
is used.

How to use Line Command in

AutoCAD
Option:-1
Click on the LINE button on
the draw toolbar,

Option:-2
Click on Draw and select Line under the Draw Menu.
Option:-3
Type L (for line) at the command: prompt.

Continue: Prompt:

LINE from point: click the LEFT mouse

button in the drawing area to position the first end of
the line.

Prompt:

To point: Give the location for the second end

of the line.

Prompt:

To point: Either give the location for the end

of the next line , attached to the last end point you
added , or press Enter to end the line and exit the line
command.

Note: You

can continue to add lines to the last endpoint of the

previous line until you press the Enter key twice to
exit the command.

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POLYGON COMMAND
The POLYGON command allows you to create regular
polygons (polygons with equal sides and angles).

How to use POLYGON Command

Option:-1
Click

on the POLYGON button on the draw toolbar

Option:-2
Select

Polygon under the Draw Menu,

Option:-3
Type

POL (for the Polygon) and then press ENTER at

the command: Prompt

Continue:
Prompt:

Number of sides: Type in a value for the

number of sides for the polygon.

Prompt:

Edge/ <Center of Polygon>: Select the

location or specify the center of the Polygon and press
Enter.

Prompt:

Inscribed in circle/circumscribed about

circle: Type I (for across the corners) or Type C (for
across the flats) and then press Enter.

Prompt:

Specify Radius of circle: Type a value for the

radius and then press Enter.

Note:
A Polygon

is a group or a single entity in AutoCAD. To

modify a polygon, you must Explode it first.

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POLYLINE (PLINE) COMMAND

The PLINE command allows you to create grouped

objects that can be extruded, given line width on the
screen, and can contain arc segments. I n this we cannot
give offset in single line. If we want to give offset in
single line then firstly we can Explode the Polyline, and
give the offset in single line.

How to use POLYLINE Command

Option:-1
Click the POLYLINE button on the Draw toolbar

Option:-2
Select

the Polyline under the Draw menu

Option:-3
Type

PLINE or PL (for the Polyline) and then press

Enter at the command: Prompt

Continue:
Prompt:

Specify start point: To start the Pline, Click

on the screen with the Left mouse button.

Prompt:
Prompt:

Current line- width is 0.0000

Specify next point or [Arc/ Halfwidth/

Length/ Undo/ Width]: Select an option or select next
end of the Pline segment.

NOTE:- It is very useful OPTIONS.

Close-

Connect the last segment of a Pline with the

first.
Length-

Draw a Pline segment at the same angle as the

connected to the previous segment using a length you
specify. If the last element was an Arc, the new
segment is tangent to the Arc.

Undo-

Reverse that last last polyline operation.

 Arc- Allows

you to create a Pline arc, which can be

added to an existing segment or used to being a Pline
object.

When Arc is selected: Prompt changes to: Angle/

Center/ CLose/ Direction/ Halfwidth/ Line/ Radius/
Second pt/ Undo/ Width/ <Endpoint of Arc>:

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ARC Options:
Angle:

Create an Arc through a specific number of

degrees. A negative value for the angle creates an Arc
that is clockwise in direction.

CEnter: Allows

you to specify a center point for the

Arc segment.
CLose:

Close the Pline segment by connecting it to the

first segment created.

 Direction: Allows

you to select a starting direction for

arc instead of using the ending direction of the previous
segment as a default.

Line:

Switches back to drawing line segment instead of

arcs
Radius: Allows
Second

points.

you to specify a radius for the arc.

pt: Allows you create an arc through three

Note:
Like

a polygon, a Polyline (PLINE) object is grouped.

To change a segment in the Pline grouping you must
Explode it so that it is ungrouped and the elements are
standard lines and arcs.

Since

it is harder to create objects from Polylines, it is

usually easier to create the object out of standard lines,
arcs, and circles and then convert it to polylines using
Pedits Join option.

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