CHAPTER 1

LINE AND ANGLES

You can draw a line by just simply using the LINE icon on Menu
Browser and click it anywhere in the Drawing area.

Figure 1.1 – Line Icon in the Menu Browser

Or you can type LINE or L as the shortcut of line in the command line at the bottom
of application and click anywhere in the drawing area.

Figure 1.2 – Command Line

But as Engineer or Engineering Student we must be accurate and precise in designing,

so there are 3 ways in making a line with accurate dimension.

* 3 WAYS OF MAKING A LINE

1. ABSOLUTE COORDINATES
2. RELATIVE COORDINATES
3. POLAR COORDINATES
*USING THE ABSOULTE COORDINATES
-this refers to a Cartesian System that uses X, Y to establish a point some distance
from a common origin. The (0,0) is always the UCS icon it is consider as the origin.

Figure 1.3 – UCS icon

*The Cartesian co-ordinate system EXAMPLE 1.1:

is the standard co-ordinate system. Command: LINE
The position of a point can be From point 0,0 NOTE:
C is the shortcut
described by its distance from To point 4,0 key for CLOSE when
two axes, X and Y. To point 4,4 closing an object when
To point 0,4 drawing using line.

To point C (close)

Figure 1.4 – Actual Drawing of the Example1.1

*USING THE RELATIVE COORDINATES

- The difference in absolute and relative coordinates is quite simple, absolute
co-ordinates relate to the X and Y axes and the origin of the current co-ordinate system,
whilst relative co-ordinates relate to the current pick point.
-To specify a relative co-ordinate you need to use the "at" symbol as a prefix. Cartesian
co-ordinate looks like this @4,0 which means that 4 is the distance travel in X axis and 0 is
the distance travel in Y axis.

EXAMPLE 1.2:
Command: LINE
From Point 0,0
To Point @4,0
To Point @4,4
To Point @0,4
To Point C (close) Figure 1.5- Actual Drawing of the Example 1.2
 *USING THE POLAR COORDINATES
-polar co-ordinates use one distance and one angle to describe the position of a point
rather than the two distances in the Cartesian system. The distance and angle
measurements are made relative to an origin. This results in a point description which looks
like this @34.897<30 where the first figure is the distance (in drawing units) and the second
is the angle. In polar coordinates uses the “LESS THAN” sign as the representation of the
angle to be traveled.

EXAMPLE 1.3
NOTE:
The angle will
Command: LINE
always start for the From Point: 0,0
0degree which is the To Point: @4<0
positive X axis. To Point: @7<30
To Point: C (close)

Figure 1.6- Actual Drawing of the Example 1.3

EXERCISES

1. Make a rectangle with the dimension of 4 by 6 using the 3 ways of making a line.

ABSOLUTE COORDINATES RELATIVE COORDINATES POLAR COORDINATES

Command: LINE Command: LINE Command: LINE
From Point From Point From Point
To Point To Point To Point
To Point To Point To Point
To Point To Point To Point
To Point To Point To Point
2. Construct this given design using the 3 Ways of making a line.
 CHAPTER 2
DIMENSIONING TOOL
HOW TO CREATE A DIMENSION STYLE

1. Click Home tab Annotation panel Dimension Style. Find or you can type
DIMSTYLE in the command line.

Figure 1.1 – Dimension Style

2. In the Dimension Style Manager, click New.

Figure 2.2 – Dimension Style Manager

3. In the Create New Dimension Style dialog box, enter a name for the new dimension style,
and click Continue.

Figure 2.3 – Create New Dimension Style

4. In the New Dimension Style dialog box, click each tab, and make any changes for the new
dimension style.

Figure 2.4 New Dimension Style
NOTE
In this New Dimension Style
you can change the line type and
thickness, symbol and the arrow
type, the font and the text size,
and primary units and the
alternate units (tolerances) and
the number of decimal places.

5. Click Okay and then Close to exit the Dimension Style Manager
6. In the annote you can use the dimension bar to measure the distance (linear and aligned),
angle, arc length,ordinate and the radius and diameter of circle.

Figure 2.5 – Dimension Toolbar in the Annotate Panel

EXERCISES

1. Put Dimension in the Exercise 2 in chapter 1

2. Construct this object and put dimension on the object (change the line type, line color,
text color and arrow type and color).