EPP -Week5 Commands (press spacebar or enter to enter a command)

L line tool B( move curser in a direction and enter a distance

Di To measure a Distance

Z zoom enter the A option to zoom (all) – useful for when you reach your drawing limits

F8 Turns otho ON/Off

F3 TURNS SNAP ON/ OFF

Esc CANCELS a command

Del to delete a line

Mouse:

To Zoom Scroll the Wheel

To Pan Press the Wheel

Marquee selection:

Blue: left to right - selects everything totally inside the selection box

Green: right to left - selects everything inside the selections box AND everything that the box intersects

TR + space Trim tool – To cut a line at an interception

EL Eclipse

CO Copy

O OFFSE – to select something and make it bigger.

Creating an arch

Select the options from the drop down menu.

Then select the points instructed to

create your arch.

Trim Tool – TR

Select TR, Then it will ask you to select a cutting edge, so select the circle edge. Then press space to confirm selection.

Then drag across the lines.

By then preing space bar twice, it open the select all tool, so then every intersection can be the cuttng edge.

Using OFFSET

O - Offset

Then click and the lines delete. As shown below

Press O and then space, then type in the distance that’s needed. For the boarders above I needed 90.

Then use the TR tool to delete the lines from the boarder.

CRTL + RIGHT CLICK BRIGHS UP THYE QUICK OBJECTSNAP MENU

SELECT OSMAP SETTINGS

TR and Space then allows you to

select yourself.

TR TRIM

TO DRAW AN ELIPSE.

SHORTCUT.

SPECIFY START POINT AND POINT THE CURSER IN THE DIRECTION OFTER AXIS

THEN ENTER DISTANCE OF AXIS ONE.

THEN ENTER THE DISTANCE OF AXIS TWO

SELECT ALL

THEN TAKE OFF NEAREST

TO COPY AN OBJECT.

SELECT OBJECTS

PRESS ENTER TO’OK’ SELECTION

SELECT BASEPOINT ( WHERE YOU’ PICK TO OBJECT UP’)

PLACE THE COPIES- YOU CAN SELECT DISTANCES OR SELECT OSNAP POINTS.

TO OFFSET AN OBJECT

SELECT THE OFFSET DISTANCE

(EITHER SELECT THE DISTANCE ON SCREEN BY CLICKING THE MOUSE ON TWO POINTS- OR ENTER A VALUE ) SELECT THE OBJECT TO OFFSET, SELECT WHICH SIDE YOU WISH TO OFFSET.