AutoCAD Tips Newsletter: Draw a circle centered in a rectangle -- and more!

Dear Subscriber, Please forward this newsletter to colleagues who want to learn more about AutoCAD. If you received this newsletter from a colleague, sign up for your own copy at EllenFinkelstein.com. Finding the right coordinate to start a circle or any other object is essential for accurate drawings. And you don't want to waste time doing it either. Here are two tips that will help you get the coordinate you need without delay. In this issue:: 1. Draw a circle centered in a rectangle 2. Find coordinates Click ad for more info on how you can save money with online purchases! 1. Draw a circle centered in a rectangle It's common to need to place a circle in the middle of a rectangle, especially in mechanical drawings. It's easy to do using object snap tracking. Object snap tracking tracks the coordinates on object snaps and for this task, you need to track the midpoint of the rectangle's sides. Here are the steps... 2. Find coordinates Some coordinates are easy to find. For example, to find the endpoint of a line, you just use the Endpoint object snap. But others are more elusive. Get lots of coordinate-finding tips in one place! 3. Reminder: AutoCAD Block Best Practices ebook expanded in its 2nd edition Edwin Prakoso has expanded his popular ebook, AutoCAD Block Best Practices. Get more information here or read the blurb below. The most comprehensive book on AutoCAD AutoCAD 2012 & AutoCAD LT 2012 Bible Order the latest edition of my best-selling book, which I believe to be the most comprehensive book available on AutoCAD. It comes with a DVD full of drawings that you'll use for the numerous exercises. It's a combination of a resource book (so you can look up any topic you need to know about) and tutorial (so you can learn AutoCAD step-by-step). Have you bought a copy? Click Reply and let me know what you think! I'd appreciate it! Check it out! * * * * * New edition! Learn all about blocks in this thorough 121-page e-book, including the basics, dynamic blocks, attributes, annotative blocks, extracting data, and more! Includes drawings for numerous exercises. Only $14.95! Click here to purchase. (Full disclosure: I get 30%.) More You can find the latest tips in my AutoCAD Tips Blog. For more tips, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips.html. For my AutoCAD books and other items, go to my e-store. You can sponsor this newsletter, or place an ad in it. Reach 7,000 committed AutoCAD users. Contact me. If you want to reprint or reuse any of the content in my newsletters or on my site for your own newsletter, contact me. Happy designing and drawing, Ellen Finkelstein EllenFinkelstein.com Check out my Amazon page! Follow me on Twitter! (www.twitter.com/EFinkelstein) Use the links below to manage your subscription: Change your e-mail address; this opens a new e-mail message. Please give me both your old and new e-mail addresses. To subscribe, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acad_submit.html. ©2012 Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. | 2010 Coral Lane, Fairfield, IA 52556

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