How to draw a circle in Autocad 2007

In the first part of my Autocad tutorial, I talked about how to draw a simple line. Now, I am jumping from straight figures to curves and I'll express here how to draw the most simple curve,that is, the circle.

Sure that drawing a circle is as easy as drawing a line. As you know from geometry courses, circle is a combination of points with the same distance from a reference point. So, we need two parameters for drawing,radius or diameter as a numerical value and a reference point,i.e, center of the circle.

Similar to drawing a line, we can use all three options. To draw bu using command, we just enter the word of circle or c character on to command section. We do this simply by selecting circle figure or circle statement in the toolbar. For similarity, I use simple circle figure at the right of the Autocad screen.

Here is the step by step solution for drawing a circle.

1. When you click on the circle figure, Autocad asks you to specify the center point of the circle which you want to draw. If you don't need any specific coordinate, just click somewhere on the screen. However, if the location of point is predetermined, use coordinate axis and give numerical values.

2. In the second stage of drawing, Autocad asks you to specify the radius or diameter. Writing r for radius or d for diameter in the command section helps you to attain a numerical value. Afterthat, if possible, circle will be drawn on your screen.

3. For dimensioning you circle, Use dimension button at the right. Dim is the abbreviation for dimension. After dimensioning, select a new color, for example red or blue one to seperate the dimensions from original drawing. This helps the reader to understand the drawing easily.

How to draw a line in Autocad 2007

This article is based on how to use Autocad 2007 to draw simple geometries. This is actually the first article of a collection of series of Autocad 2007 relevant articles. It aims at teaching Autocad 2007 from the simplest to the most complex.

Here is the step by step how to draw a line in Autocad.

1. To draw a line in Autocad, you can use command section, toolbar or simple line figure at the right of your Autocad screen. Let us start with using command section. When you enter the command of line or simply l into command section and press the enter button subsequently, Autocad will ask you the starting point of a line. Just one click on the screen or using coordinate axis with numerical values will specify the onset point. Then program will ask you to end your line with another point. You can click somewhere on the screen and use coordinate axis with numerical values as well. Here is the first line of you.

2. To use toolbar section, Look at the top of the Autocad program and find the toolbar statement. When you click on it, you'll see up and down list. From this part, select the line and repeat the procedures given above.

3. Another but most commonly preferred drawing option is to use the simple figures at the right of the screen. Find the drawing line segment there and click on it. Click on the screen by the tip of cursor and then click again for the end point. Here is another line drawn by you.

Drawing line and curves is rudimentary for all drawing and design programs. In the next, you'll learn how to draw more complex geometries by using these simple commands.