Arch 4

Lecture 1 Notes
 SE - settings
Drawing units - controls all unit-related defaults for
progeCAD. Use this tab to change such defaults as unit
types, angle direction, angle base, and display
precision.
Coordinate input - controls the way you enter
information, such as how you snap to entities and the
reference grid, the size of the entity selection pickbox
and snap aperture, as well as the drawing limits.
Display - controls how information is displayed in
progeCAD, such as coordinates, highlighting, grip
color, lineweights, and dialog box and prompt
defaults.
 SE - settings
Entity Creation - controls the default settings for
new entities, such as color, layer, linetype, and
scale; lineweight; text height; and hatch pattern.
Entity Modification - controls the way entities are
edited, such as how text is mirrored, how corners
are filleted, and how lines are trimmed.
3D Settings - controls how three-dimensional
entities are created, such as the default thickness
and elevation, shading, and surface creation
defaults
 OP options(config)
General tab
Paths/Files tab
Display tab
Selection tab
Crosshairs tab
Profiles tab
Printing tab
Snapping tab
Clipboard tab
 Selection method
Window
Crossing
Z-zoom
W-window
E-extents
A-all
P-previous
 DI-distance
M-move
L-line
E-erase
 Coordinate Inputs
Absolute (Cartesian) x,y
Relative @x,y
Defines a new point that is X units horizontally and Y
units vertically away from the current point.
Polar @D< ex. =45
Defines a new point that is the specified distance units
away from the current point at the specified angle from
the origin.
 Object snap mode
F3 to toggle on/off
End point snap end->
Direct Distance drawing modes
F8 ortho mode toggle on/off
F10 polar mode toggle on/off
 Exercise 1
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AR4-<section>-EX1-<Surname>.dwg

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