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Grips provide a number of powerful but sometimes overlooked functions for editing objects in AutoCAD. Learn how to use them effectively in your drawings.
After completing this video, you will be able to:
Transcript
00:03
Grips provide a number of powerful but
00:05
sometimes overlooked functions for editing objects and
00:09
autocad. After completing this video,
00:11
you will be able to
00:12
work through grips, modify functions,
00:15
open the restroom elevations drawing provided in the data set,
00:18
the client has decided to flip the bathroom design on the right hand elevation,
00:23
select the wall light
00:25
and the toilet and pick the grip point in the lower left hand corner of the elevation.
00:29
When you select the grip,
00:30
it initiates a grip edit.
00:32
The first of which is the stretch function pressing
00:35
the space bar will cycle through additional grip,
00:37
edits press space until you reach the mirror edit function.
00:42
The default base point for a grip edit is the selected grip.
00:45
But you can choose the base point option on the command line
00:47
to select a more suitable base point for the edit function.
00:51
Choose base point and select the midpoint of the bottom of the elevation.
00:55
Pull the cursor down 90 degrees having Ortho or polar tracking on
00:59
will help and click a second point to finish the mirror,
01:03
press escape to release the selection.
01:05
Some grips are multi function grips that represent object specific
01:09
edit functions these are available by hovering over a grip.
01:12
Instead of selecting it on the middle elevation, select the dimension
01:17
that references the top of the sync hover over the top arrow
01:20
grip to display the multi function options associated with this grip.
01:24
Choose continue dimension
01:26
and place a dimension to the bottom of the vanity mirror press
01:29
enter to complete the command press escape to release the selection.
01:33
On the left hand elevation.
01:34
We notice that the hatch pattern representing the
01:36
ceramic tile doesn't align with the other elevations.
01:40
Select the hatch pattern hover over the circular grip in the middle,
01:44
choose origin point
01:46
and select the midpoint at the bottom of the elevation as the
01:49
new origin point for the hatch press escape to release the selection
01:54
using multi function grips can help speed up the editing process in autocad
01:58
and make it more efficient by providing an
02:00
intuitive way to modify objects quickly and easily.
Video transcript
00:03
Grips provide a number of powerful but
00:05
sometimes overlooked functions for editing objects and
00:09
autocad. After completing this video,
00:11
you will be able to
00:12
work through grips, modify functions,
00:15
open the restroom elevations drawing provided in the data set,
00:18
the client has decided to flip the bathroom design on the right hand elevation,
00:23
select the wall light
00:25
and the toilet and pick the grip point in the lower left hand corner of the elevation.
00:29
When you select the grip,
00:30
it initiates a grip edit.
00:32
The first of which is the stretch function pressing
00:35
the space bar will cycle through additional grip,
00:37
edits press space until you reach the mirror edit function.
00:42
The default base point for a grip edit is the selected grip.
00:45
But you can choose the base point option on the command line
00:47
to select a more suitable base point for the edit function.
00:51
Choose base point and select the midpoint of the bottom of the elevation.
00:55
Pull the cursor down 90 degrees having Ortho or polar tracking on
00:59
will help and click a second point to finish the mirror,
01:03
press escape to release the selection.
01:05
Some grips are multi function grips that represent object specific
01:09
edit functions these are available by hovering over a grip.
01:12
Instead of selecting it on the middle elevation, select the dimension
01:17
that references the top of the sync hover over the top arrow
01:20
grip to display the multi function options associated with this grip.
01:24
Choose continue dimension
01:26
and place a dimension to the bottom of the vanity mirror press
01:29
enter to complete the command press escape to release the selection.
01:33
On the left hand elevation.
01:34
We notice that the hatch pattern representing the
01:36
ceramic tile doesn't align with the other elevations.
01:40
Select the hatch pattern hover over the circular grip in the middle,
01:44
choose origin point
01:46
and select the midpoint at the bottom of the elevation as the
01:49
new origin point for the hatch press escape to release the selection
01:54
using multi function grips can help speed up the editing process in autocad
01:58
and make it more efficient by providing an
02:00
intuitive way to modify objects quickly and easily.
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