AUTOCAD 2012 TUTORIAL 105 – (STRETCH, SCALE, ARRAY)

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AUTOCAD 2012 TUTORIAL 105 – STRETCH, SCALE, ARRAY

This tutorial continues from AUTOCAD 2012 TUTORIAL 104 (COPY, MIRROR, FILLET, CHAMFER).

STEPS

1) Run AutoCAD 2012.

2) Make sure that you have set the right Dimension Units (refer Step 2 in AUTOCAD 2012 TUTORIAL 103 – MOVE, ROTATE, TRIM, EXTEND ).

3) Your drawing should have the following diagrams as a starting point (download the startup file here).

EXPLODE

4) Exploding a rectangle.

4.1) Using your mouse, click and drag to form a blue highlighted rectangular area as shown below:

4.2) The nodes for the rectangle in the center of the diagram were not included in the selection.

4.3) Click on the Explode Button.

4.4) Select the rectangle, press ENTER.

4.5) Now if you perform Step 4.1 again, the nodes for the rectangle have been included in the selection.

STRETCH

5) Stretch the upper part of diagram.

5.1) Click on the Stretch Button.

5.2) Click the Base Point.

5.3) Type 0,5, press ENTER.

5.4)  Outcome:

SCALE

6) Scale down the drawing.

6.1) Click the Scale Button.

6.2) Select the whole drawing, press ENTER.

6.3) For the Base Point, type 0,0, press ENTER.

6.4) For the Scale Factor, type 0.25, press ENTER.

6.5) Outcome:

ARRAY

7) Replicate the drawing into array of objects.

7.1) Click the Array Button.

7.2) Using mouse pointer select the whole object, press ENTER.

7.3) Move to top right corner as shown below, click once,

...press ENTER (Specify opposite corner to space items or [Spacing] <Spacing>:  ) ,

… press ENTER (Specify the distance between rows or [Expression] <…>: ),

… press ENTER (Specify the distance between columns or [Expression] <…>: ),

… press ENTER (Press Enter to accept or […] <eXit> ).

7.4) Outcome: