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Lines in AutoCAD

Lines in AutoCAD

Introduction to Lines in AutoCAD

AutoCAD is a designing and drafting application software where CAD stands for Computer-Aided Design. There are many designing tools in AutoCAD, such as Draw tools, Modify tools, Lyres, Annotation, etc. Lines are of them. The line is a command used in almost every drawing actually; without a line, you cannot draw any object in a drawing project. A line is an interesting tool in AutoCAD, and getting familiar with it is a good feeling; and after having good knowledge about the lines in AutoCAD, you will find you have developed an excellent command of AutoCAD designing software.

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Setting Limit in AutoCAD

Before drawing in AutoCAD, we have to set a limit for our working space according to our drawing dimensions. Suppose my drawing dimensions are 200 x 200, so I will type limits from keyboard to active limit command and then press Enter key.

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Setting a Limit

Step 1: Give a lower limit corner as (0,0).

Lines in AutoCAD - lower limit corner

Step 2: And upper limit corner as (200,200) and press Enter key.

upper limit (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 3: For applying this limit, I will press the ‘z’ + Enter key.

Applying the Limit ( Lines in AutoCAD )

Step 4: And ‘a’ + Enter key.

Apply the liimit (lines in AutoCAD)

Now my workspace is ready according to my drawing. Let us start our tutorial with the lines command in AutoCAD. Lines are the basic command of drawing in AutoCAD. We will learn all aspects of line inline commands.

How to Draw a Straight Line in AutoCAD?

Take line command from the draw tool.

line command AutoCAD (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 1: Give the first point from where you want to start your line.

first points to start line (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 2: Turn Ortho On for creating your line straight; for turning Ortho On, you can press F8 or click on Ortho On option as shown in the below image.

Turn ortho on (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 3: Give the direction, give length, then click OK or simply press Enter from the keyboard. To exit any command, just press Enter or Esc button on the keyboard.

Direction and Length (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 4: Here, I will show it by example; I will take the line command from the draw tool.line examples

Step 5: Take the point anywhere in the workspace, turn Ortho On by pressing the F8 key.

Point in Workspace

Step 6: Now, I will drag the mouse in the right direction and give the length of 40 mm by typing it from the keyboard and will click Ok to apply my command and press Enter to exit.

Length of 40mm

Step 7: You can select any line or object by clicking on it. The selection will show in blue color with some dots. These dots are snapping points of that line or object, i.e. center point of the line, endpoint of the line, etc. Snapping makes drawing easy in AutoCAD software.

snapping in AutoCAD

How to Draw Inclined Line in AutoCAD?

Let’s understand this method with a few examples:

Example #1

Drawing an inclined line in AutoCAD is not hard work. You can easily draw it by giving the inclination angle. For drawing an inclined line, take a line command from the draw tool.

inclined line

Step 1: Give the first point.

five points

Step 2: Give direction.

give direction cad (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 3: Make sure Ortho is in ‘Ortho off’ mode; for putting it off, press the F8 key.

ortho off Mode

Step 4: Give length.

Lenght (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 5: Press the tab and give the inclination angle, and press Enter key.

inclinatin angle

Step 6: Again, press Enter or Esc to leave the command.

Example #2

Let’s draw it with me as I will do. I will take a line command.

line2 (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 1: Give the first point in my workspace.

give one space (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 2: I will make sure that my Ortho is in Ortho off mode.

ortho mode off

Step 3: Give a length of 60 mm.

lenght 60mm (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 4: Press tab to give the angle of inclination and type 30 as angle, then press Enter to apply the command, and again press Enter to exit.

angle of inclination

If you want to continue the line in other direction and inclination, then don’t exit from line command; just again give the length of line and inclination angle by following the same steps as we did previously.

Step 5: I will show you how to continue your line. I will again give a length of 40 mm.

lenght 40mm (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 6: Give inclination angle 150, then press Enter to apply this command.

inclination angle

You can continue your line as many as the time you want.

How to Create an Object by Line Command?

The further examples illustrate on creating an object by line command.

Example #1

You can easily make an object my use line command after learning the line command thoroughly.

Step 1: For creating an object, take a line command.

take line command (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 2: Specify the first point.

specify point1

Step 3: Give direction in which you want to draw a line, give length, then press Enter key.

Giving Direction (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 4: Don’t exit from line command. Give another direction, then again give length, and press Enter key.

give another direction (lines in AutoCAD)

Example #2

I will show it to you by creating a Rectangle by using the line command.

Step 1: Let’s start. I will take a line command.

line command1 (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 2: Give the first point.

give first point (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 3: Turn Ortho On for a straight line.

orth on for staright line

Step 4: Now, I will drag my cursor in the right direction and give the length of 60 mm – press Enter key.

length of 60mm (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 5: Again, I will give direction in the vertical position and give the length of 40 mm, then press Enter key.

vertivcal position 40 mm (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 6: Then give direction in the horizontal position in the left direction and length of 60 mm, then press Enter key.

horizontal position 60mm (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 7: Give direction in the vertical position in the down word direction and give the length of 40 mm.

Vertical position 40mm.

Step 8: You can choose the close option from the lower-left corner of the workspace to close the object.Close option (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 9: Press Enter to exit from command.

In this way, you can make a Rectangle or any object with a line command.

rectangular object

How to Use Straight Line and Inclined Line both in Single Drawing?

We can use both properties of the line in a single drawing by turning the Ortho command On or Off. Let’s take a look at how to use this.

Step 1: I will take the line command.

single drawing 1

Step 2: Take the first point.

single line 2 (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 3: Turning Ortho On.

turning Ortho On

Step 4: Give direction and length of 40 mm – press Enter key.

direction and lenght 40mm (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 5: Turning Ortho Off now.

Turning Ortho Off

Step 6: Give direction and length of 40 mm.

give direction and lenght (lines in AutoCAD)

Step 7: Press tab and give 30 as inclination angle, then press Enter key.

inclination angle

Step 8: Follow the same step with a length of 40 mm.

 length of 40 mm

Step 9: Inclination of 150 in other direction, then press Enter key.

inclination of 150 (lines in aurtocad)

Step 10: Turn Ortho On and give the length of 40 mm and press Enter key.

ortho on lenght 40mm

Step 11: Click close to close the fig.

close the image in lines cad

Final Image

final image in lines in auto cad

Conclusion

After learning about Lines in different expects you can easily find a great difference in your knowledge. Now you can draw any type of drawing in a very professional way. Everybody says ‘when the base is clear, then gaining expertise in any work becomes easy, so your base is clear after this tutorial.

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