How To Draw a line in AutoCAD with degree and distance

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Saadiya Mushtaq

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The basic tool that we use in AutoCAD to draw is Line tool and it can be accessed from ribbon panel present at top using mouse and also it can be accessed using command, using command line present at the bottom of the screen. So, in this article you can learn how to draw a line AutoCAD with degree and distance. This is a part of AutoCAD lessons online from Know Industrial Engineering. So stay tuned for further articles.

AutoCAD gives us all the freedom to do everything like drafting, drawing models, house plans etc. We can draw figures on AutoCAD and work on them.

So, let’s start…

AutoCAD provides us following two mode of operation to draw lines.

• Command based (using only keyboard, no mouse needed)
• Visual (using mouse)

So in this article we will discuss, how to draw a figure using both modes of operations, i.e. command based and visual.

Let’s start with command based work…

Command Based Work

We sometimes find it very difficult to draw figures in AutoCAD as our mouse isn’t working, so to eradicate this problem we have a command line present at the bottom of our AutoCAD screen that allows us to draw a figure out of line with proper dimensions and angles. Therefore it is recommended to read further.

Our coordinate system has three axes: x for horizontal direction, y for vertical direction and z perpendicular to the page. Their origin point is (0, 0, 0). In this same way each point has its own x, y and z coordinates.

We have following co-ordinate system in AutoCAD to draw lines or figures.

• Absolute co-ordinate system
• Relative Rectangular co-ordinate system
• Relative polar co-ordinate system

Lets start to learn to draw using absolute co-ordinate system first.

Absolute co-ordinate system AutoCAD (x, y)

We use this system when we know the precise distance of x-coordinate and y-coordinates of the point, from the origin so that we can draw our desired figure.

We are going to draw the following figure. X and Y coordinates are shown in yellow color in the following figure.

First Press “L” for line command

Press Enter to activate this command

Specify the first point : 0,0