Day December 17, 2022

AutoCAD: Point Command

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(Multiple)Point or Point is a command in the Draw group. I think that there are quite a few people who are curious about this command. What is it used for? If you use point to create workpieces, it may not be suitable. Because the work would come out as a line drawn by a point, and no one does that. So what is the benefit of this command?

Point here refers to the reference point itself. Creating a reference point is what we do when we want to divide the workpiece into parts, for example, with one straight line. Want to divide into 3 equal parts.

The dividing point is to use the point as a reference point. Therefore, Point can be used as a reference. Must have a face that is more noticeable than normal spots. We have to change the point style or Point Style to change from the normal way. The command used to change Point Style is ddptype.When typing the command, you will get a window as shown in FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

It found that there are many styles to choose from. Click on the Style box that you want to use.

FIGURE 3

Now let’s draw a horizontal straight line. Any length, then select the Divide command as shown in FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Object to divide selects a straight line. Then enter the value number of segments as 4 (meaning divided into 4 parts).

FIGURE 5

The result is as shown in the FIGURE 6 the line is divided into 4 sections, referenced by points in the selected style.

FIGURE 6

Therefore, the Point command is the command to create a reference point. Using in conjunction with other commands, Point Style can be set by using the ddptype command.

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SketchUp: Multiple Copy Technique

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Many times, when using SketchUp, we want to copy multiple parts or components at once.

Today I have a technique to answer this question for you.

FIGURE 2

For example, there is one chair, already made into a component, but needs to copy 5 more, a total of 6, follow this step.

1. Select the component you want to copy first, here is the chair as shown in the FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 3

2. Select the Move tool and press the Ctrl key on the keyboard means copying. When moving the mouse to the right, there will be One more chair as shown above in FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 4

3 Then type 5* in the square. as shown in FIGURE 4, then press Enter.

There will be 5 more selected chairs as needed. From the example, let’s try to follow with the custom component and enter the amount you want and don’t forget the * sign too.

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