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Using the new centerline commands

Using the new centerline commands - AutoCAD Tutorial

From the course: AutoCAD: Tips & Tricks

Using the new centerline commands

- [Instructor] So here we are again, in the world of AutoCAD and tips and tricks. And what we're going to look at now, is the ability to use the new Centerlines panel in AutoCAD 2017. Now this is all part of your annotation on an AutoCAD drawing. And what I've done, I've really simplified it here. We've got a little cylindrical object with a beveled edge. And you can see a side or elevation view of it on the left and you've got a little end view there, on the right hand side, with the circles as well. Now, sometimes, you want to place centerlines quickly and easily onto an AutoCAD drawing. Now these objects here, you'll notice, have been placed on the OBJECTS layer, and these objects here are obviously also on the OBJECTS layer. So we need to change the layer. Now, before we do that, just make note of the drawing name at the top of the screen there, it's 8_UsingCENTERLINES.dwg You can download that and use it to follow along with the video itself. So how do we use our centerlines?…

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