To print out a drawing, we will usually set up the layout in the paper space in order to print the drawing properly. Based on the learning from the class and your exercise experience, please answer what the primary steps needed for setting up a new layout for plotting are? Include your explanation of why it is needed for each step in your answer. (15%)
- A floor plan (40’×30′) is sketched in full scale in the Model Space. In the layout, this floor plan is prepared for plotting, with the measurement zoomed to be 8” × 6”, to fit the Letter Size paper.
a) Suppose the scale in the plot dialog box is 1 to 1 (i.e., 1 inch = 1 unit). What is the scale for the printout of this drawing? (3%)
b) Suppose that the scale in the plot dialog box still is 1 to 1. The viewport scale in the layout is changed to 3/4” = 3′. Then, what is the measurement of one unit in the layout for plotting? (3%)
- Answer the following short questions. (16%)
a) From which direction as default does AutoCAD start measuring angles?
b) What is the length of the line connecting two absolute coordinate points, (1, 4) to (4, 4)?
c) What is the length of the line from an absolute point, (1, 4), to the point, @4<5?
d) Explain three basic methods to select objects.
e) In the MOVE command, what is the option, “displacement,” for the first point and second point?
f) When you use some of the commands to modify existing objects, the commands ask to specify a base point. What is the role of the base point in these commands?