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Points and donuts

Points and donuts - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Points and donuts

- [Instructor] We're staying in our DrawingMoreObjects.dwg file. And what we're going to have a look at now is points and donuts in our AutoCAD drawings. So before we move forward, we're going to change our layer in the drawing. And we're going to use the drop down here and we're going to look for the A-SETTINGOUT layer, this one here. Remember, we thought it out earlier when we were adding our patio in the previous video. And we're going to use that layer and the reason that we've got a separate setting out layer is, it means that you can freeze it or switch it off so that things don't get in the way later, so that you can see the wood for the trees when you're working on complex drawings. Now we're going to look at points first. Now we need first of all to set a point style. Now to do that, you need to be in the Home tab on the ribbon and in the Utilities panel, click on the flyout and there's Points Style there. It's…

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