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Chapter13 More Edit Commands

The document provides instructions for several editing commands in AutoCAD including Break, Stretch, Fillet, Chamfer, Rectangular Array, Polar Array, Lengthen, and Join. It explains how to use each tool with steps and examples to break, stretch, fillet, chamfer, array, lengthen objects and join multiple objects into a single object. Tips are also provided for various commands.

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Chapter13 More Edit Commands

The document provides instructions for several editing commands in AutoCAD including Break, Stretch, Fillet, Chamfer, Rectangular Array, Polar Array, Lengthen, and Join. It explains how to use each tool with steps and examples to break, stretch, fillet, chamfer, array, lengthen objects and join multiple objects into a single object. Tips are also provided for various commands.

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

Chapter 13
More Edit Commands

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Break 13.1

1. Choose Modify, Break.


or
2. Click the Break icon.
or
3. Type BREAK at the command prompt. Command: BREAK
4. Pick Object to break.
Select object: ( select one object)
5. Pick A second break point.
Enter second point : (point)

or

6. Type F to choose a different break point


Enter second point (or F for first point):(F)

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7. Pick The first break point on the object


Enter first point: (point)
8. Pick A second break point

TIP:
You can also type coordinates instead of picking a
break point. Enter second point (or F for first point):
@3’<0

If you break a circle, it changes to an arc by deleting the portion


from the first point to the second, going counterclockwise.

Breaking a Polyline with nonzero width will cause the ends to


be cut square.

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Stretch 13.2

1. Choose Modify, Stretch.


or
2. Click the Stretch icon.
3. Type STRETCHat the command prompt.
Command : STRETCH
Select objects to stretchby window...
4. Type C to choose CROSSING window
Select objects: C
5. Pick A first corner to stretch. First corner: (point)
6. Pick The opposite corner to window the objects to
stretch.
Other corner: (point)

7. Press ENTER to accept objects to stretch.


8. Pick A base point to stretch from Base point:
(point)

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9. Pick A point to stretch to New point: (point)


or
10. Type A distance to stretch. New point: @1<0

TIP:
The Stretch command must use a CROSSING window or aCROSSING
POLYGON window.

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Fillet 13.3

1. Choose Modify, Fillet.


or
2. Click the Fillet icon.
or
3. Type FILLET at the command prompt. Command: FILLET
4. Pick First object to fillet. Polyline/Radius/Trim<Select two
objects>: select first object.
5. Pick Second object to fillet.
Select second object: select second object.
or
6. Type One of the following options:

P Fillets an entire Polyline.


R Sets the filletradius.
T Sets the trimmode (trim cuts the fillet
corner and no trim keeps the fille t corner).

TIP:
• You can also fillet PARALLEL lines as well as PLINES with LINES

• Type a radius of zero (0) to create a clean 90 degree corner.

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Chamfer 13.4

1. Choose Modify, Chamfer.


or
2. Click the Chamfer icon.
or
3. Type CHAMFER at the command prompt.
Command: CHAMFER
4. Pick First object to chamfer.
Polyline/Distance/Angle/Trim/Method<Select first
line>: select first object
5. Pick Second object to chamfer.
Select second object: select second object.
or
6. Type One of the following options:

P Chamfers entire Polyline.


D Sets chamfer distances.
A Uses a distance and angle method instead of
two distances.
T Sets the trimmode
M Sets the method to distance or angle.

Chamfer with equal distances Chamfer with different


distances

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Rectangular Array 13.5

Rectangular Array
To draw rectangular array:
1. Choose Modify, Array.
or
2. Click the Array icon.
or
3. Type ARRAY at the command prompt. Command : ARRAY
4. Pick Objects to array.
Select objects : (select)
5. Type The number of rows top to bottom. Number of rows(---)
<1>: (number)
6. Type The number of columns left to right. Number of columns
(|||)<1>: (number)
7. Type The unit cell distance between items in each row.
Distance between rows: ( + number=up, -number
=down)
8. Type The unit cell distance betweenitems in each column.
Distance between columns:(+number=right, - number
=left)

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Unit Cell
Distance
Between Rows

Unit Cell Distance


Between Columns

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Rectangular Array 13.6

To draw a polar array:


1. Choose Modify, ARRAY.
or
2. Click the Arrayicon.
or
3. Type ARRAY at the command prompt. Command: ARRAY
4. Pick Objects to array.
Select objects: (select)
5. Type P to draw a polar array. Rectangular or Polar array
(R/P): P
6. Pick A center point for the array. Center point of array: pick
point
7. Type The TOTAL number of items in the array. Number of
items: number

8. Type The number of degrees to rotate the objects. Degrees


to fill (+=CCW, -+CW)<360>:
number

9. Type Yes or No to rotate objects.


Rotate objects as they are copied?<y> Y or N

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Center
point of
array

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Lengthen 13.7

1. Choose Modify, LENGTHEN.

o
r
2. Type LENGTHEN at the command

prompt. Command: _lengthen

Select an object or [DElta/Percent/Total/


Enter delta length or [Angle] <0.0000>: 2

Select an object to change or [Undo]: pick object

Object before lengthen

Object after lengthen

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Join Command 13.8

Joins objects to form a single, unbroken object

1. Choose Join from the Modify menu.


or
2. Click the join icon from the modify toolbar.
or
3. Type JOIN at the command prompt.

Lines before Join

Lines after Join

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