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Basic commands - ll

The previous lesson dealt with drawing commands. This lesson will introduce some common modifying
commands. In AutoCAD, you may actually use modifying commands more often than drawing
commands. Now that you know the basics, here’s some more commands to add to your collection. Three
commands, Trim, Extend and Offset are used often in 2D AutoCAD work.

Command Keystroke/Short cut Location Result

Rectangle RECTANGLE/REC Home>Draw>Rectangle Draws a rectangle after you enter one
corner and then the second.
Trim TRIM/TR Home>Modify>Trim Trims objects to a selected cutting edge.

Extend EXTEND/EX Home>Modify>Extend Extends objects to a selected boundary
e d g e .
Offset OFFSET/O Home>Modify>Offset Offsets an object (parallel) by a set
distance.
Object snaps OSNAP/OS/F3 Tools>Object Snap Settings Brings up the OSNAP dialog box.
Move Move/M Home>Modify>Move Moves an object or objects.

Copy Copy/CP Home>Modify>Copy Copies object(s) once or multiple times.
Stretch Stretch/S Home>Modify>Stretch Stretches an object after you have
selected a portion of it.
Mirror Mirror/MI Home>Modify>Mirror Creates a mirror image of an object or
selection set.
Rotate Rotate/RO Home>Modify>Rotate Rotates objects to a certain angle.
Fillet Fillet/F Home>Modify>Fillet Creates a round corner between two lines.

Chamfer Chamfer/CHA Home>Modify>Chamfer Creates an angled corner between two lines

Move command (Figs 1 & 2)
1 Choose Modify, Move. Or
2 Click The Move icon or

3 Type Move at the command prompt command: MOVE or M
4 Pick Objects to move select objects (select)
5 Pick A point to move from base point of displacement: (Pick point)
6 Pick A point to move to second point of displacement: (pick point)

Fig 1
Fig 2

TIP
To move an object a specified distance, type a distance at the second point of displacement prompt:@1<0

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