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Cartesian(Rectangular) Coordinate System
A Cartesian coordinate system in 2D has two axes, X, Y.
The workplane is similar to a flat sheet of grid paper. The X
value of a Cartesian coordinate specifies horizontal distance,
and the Y value specifies vertical distance. The origin point
(0,0) indicates where the two axes intersect.
>> Absolute Coordinate
Absolute coordinates are based on the UCS origin (0,0), which
is the intersection of the X and Y axes. Use absolute coordi-
nates when you know the precise X and Y values of the point.
The following example draws a line beginning at (-4,-1), and
an endpoint at (4,3). Enter the following in the tooltip:
Command: line
From point: (-4,-1) , To point: (4,3)
The line is located as follows:
utoCAD has two types of coordinate systems are used
to draw any geometic figure. You can enter two-dimen-
sional coordinates as either Cartesian (X,Y) or polar coordi-
nates.These are described below.
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Practice.
Draw a recrangle(100100) using Line command.
Command: line
From point: (-3,2) , To point: (@6,0)
The line is located as follows:
The following example draws a line beginning at (-3,2), and an
endpoint at (3,2). Enter the following in the tooltip:
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Enter the following in the tooltip:
Command: New / select acadiso.dwt
Command: Limits
Specify lower left corner or [ON/OFF] <0.0000,0.0000>:
Specify upper right corner <420.0000,297.0000>:
Command: Grid / 10
Command: Line
Specify first point : 100,100
Specify next point or [Undo]: 200,100
Specify next point or [Undo]: 200,200
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: 100,200
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: c
Enter the following in the tooltip:
Command: New
Command: Limits
Command: Grid / 10
Command: Line
Specify first point : -20,10
Specify next point or [Undo]: @100,0
Specify next point or [Undo]: @0,50
Specify next point or [Close/Undo]: c
Relative coordinates are based on the last point entered.
Use relative coordinates when you know the location of a po-
int in relation to the previous point.
To specify relative coordinates, precede the coordinate values
with an @ sign. For example, entering @3,4 specifies a point 3
units along the X axis and 4 units along the Y axis from the
last point specified.
>> Relative Coordinate
Practice.
Draw the sides of a triangle using Line command.
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You can use absolute or relative polar coordinates (distance
and angle) to locate points when creating objects.
To use polar coordinates to specify a point, enter a distance
and an angle separated by an angle bracket (<).
By default, angles increase in the counterclockwise direction
and decrease in the clockwise direction. To specify a clock-
wise direction, enter a negative value for the angle.
For example, entering 1<315 locates the same point as ente-
ring 1<-45. You can change the angle conventions for the
current drawing with UNITS.
>> Relative Coordinate
Polar Coordinate System also has Absolute and Relative co-
ordinates, but most of the time we use relative coordinate.
Relative coordinates are based on the last point entered.
Use relative coordinates when you know the location of a point
in relation to the previous point.
To specify relative coordinates, precede the coordinate values
with an @ sign. For example, entering @1<45 specifies a point
at a distance of 1 unit from the last point specified at an angle
of 45 degrees from the X axis.
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