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Drafting: Using the REGION command to your advantage

Drafting: Using the REGION command to your advantage - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Drafting: Using the REGION command to your advantage

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- Welcome to another AutoCAD tip and trick. What we're going to look at today is the AutoCAD REGION command and how it can be used to your advantage. So we've got a new drawing for you It's called UsingREGION.dwg And as usual, you can download it from the library to follow along with the video. So, some of you might be asking What is a region in AutoCAD? It's basically a closed boundary so for example, these objects that we've got in the drawing at the moment, circles, can be converted to a region. A closed polyline, for example, even with arcs on the corners, can be converted to a region. So, why would you convert already-closed polylines and circles to regions? Well, there is a reason for that. Regions can be easily extruded in a 3-D drawing which we'll touch on a little bit at the end of this video. First thing we need to do, though, is go to the Home tab on the ribbon and to the Draw panel. Just click on the little fly-out there and just pin it open. It's a lot easier then, 'cause…

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