Use dynamic input to specify distance and angular information while drawing.
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Transcript
00:04
Dynamic input is such a useful tool in AUTOCAD that
00:07
often gets overlooked as not being a useful tool.
00:11
The reason for this is that when turned on dynamic input
00:15
changes most command line input to show up on the AUTOCAD cursor
00:21
instead of on the AUTOCAD command line.
00:24
For those who don't like this aspect of dynamic input,
00:27
keep in mind that all values during specific commands can be entered here,
00:32
which means this can reduce mouse clicks required to select input fields.
00:38
Now let's take a look at an example of using
00:42
dynamic input while creating a backyard grass area layout.
00:47
Typically,
00:48
you may have information such as length and
00:51
bearing or even angle information used by the designer
00:56
to begin this process.
00:58
I'm going to make sure that dynamic mode is turned on on the status bar
01:03
that we also have object snap tracking turned on
01:07
and I could leave running object snaps on.
01:11
I'll go ahead and turn them off for this example.
01:15
And I'm going to start the poly
01:17
line command
01:18
and instead of using running object snaps,
01:21
I'm just going to do a control right click and choose nearest.
01:27
And I'll get my first
01:30
endpoint there and notice with dynamic turned on,
01:34
I have access to my length or distance information
01:40
and I can also see angular information.
01:43
But since I'm using object snap tracking, that's how I'm able to snap
01:49
to the 180 the 90
01:52
angles. So for this first distance, all I'm gonna do is type in 18.5
01:58
and press enter.
02:00
Then for the next one I'm gonna go down at a 90
02:05
I'm gonna type in eight for my distance
02:08
and press enter.
02:10
Then for the next section,
02:12
I'll type in 25
02:15
and press enter.
02:16
Now,
02:16
you may notice that I haven't been doing anything with the angular information.
02:21
I'm gonna do that right now.
02:23
The way this has to be input is extremely important.
02:27
What I'm gonna do is type in my distance and instead of pressing enter,
02:33
I need to press the tab key which now gives me access to the angular value.
02:39
You'll notice that
02:45
So after typing in the angular value, I'll now press enter
02:50
and that leg of the poly line
02:53
came in at 33 ft at
02:56
an angle of 82 degrees.
02:60
So next, what I'm gonna do
03:02
is come up and using
03:05
object snap tracking.
03:06
I'm gonna turn on my running object snaps
03:10
and I'm going to acquire this end point, drag my cursor down
03:16
and
03:17
acquire the endpoint
03:19
then to close the poly line, I'll type in C and press enter
03:24
and just like that, we have our backyard grass layout.
00:04
Dynamic input is such a useful tool in AUTOCAD that
00:07
often gets overlooked as not being a useful tool.
00:11
The reason for this is that when turned on dynamic input
00:15
changes most command line input to show up on the AUTOCAD cursor
00:21
instead of on the AUTOCAD command line.
00:24
For those who don't like this aspect of dynamic input,
00:27
keep in mind that all values during specific commands can be entered here,
00:32
which means this can reduce mouse clicks required to select input fields.
00:38
Now let's take a look at an example of using
00:42
dynamic input while creating a backyard grass area layout.
00:47
Typically,
00:48
you may have information such as length and
00:51
bearing or even angle information used by the designer
00:56
to begin this process.
00:58
I'm going to make sure that dynamic mode is turned on on the status bar
01:03
that we also have object snap tracking turned on
01:07
and I could leave running object snaps on.
01:11
I'll go ahead and turn them off for this example.
01:15
And I'm going to start the poly
01:17
line command
01:18
and instead of using running object snaps,
01:21
I'm just going to do a control right click and choose nearest.
01:27
And I'll get my first
01:30
endpoint there and notice with dynamic turned on,
01:34
I have access to my length or distance information
01:40
and I can also see angular information.
01:43
But since I'm using object snap tracking, that's how I'm able to snap
01:49
to the 180 the 90
01:52
angles. So for this first distance, all I'm gonna do is type in 18.5
01:58
and press enter.
02:00
Then for the next one I'm gonna go down at a 90
02:05
I'm gonna type in eight for my distance
02:08
and press enter.
02:10
Then for the next section,
02:12
I'll type in 25
02:15
and press enter.
02:16
Now,
02:16
you may notice that I haven't been doing anything with the angular information.
02:21
I'm gonna do that right now.
02:23
The way this has to be input is extremely important.
02:27
What I'm gonna do is type in my distance and instead of pressing enter,
02:33
I need to press the tab key which now gives me access to the angular value.
02:39
You'll notice that
02:45
So after typing in the angular value, I'll now press enter
02:50
and that leg of the poly line
02:53
came in at 33 ft at
02:56
an angle of 82 degrees.
02:60
So next, what I'm gonna do
03:02
is come up and using
03:05
object snap tracking.
03:06
I'm gonna turn on my running object snaps
03:10
and I'm going to acquire this end point, drag my cursor down
03:16
and
03:17
acquire the endpoint
03:19
then to close the poly line, I'll type in C and press enter
03:24
and just like that, we have our backyard grass layout.
