2 Drawing in AutoCAD
A relative coordinate is indicated by placing what symbol before your coordinate?
@
The window and tab that you need to access in order to change the drawing area's color
Options-Display
Which is the window and tab where you can access the Autosnap Marker size?
Options-Drafting
Which coordinate system may be translated and rotated by the user to make drawing easier?
UCS
Which coordinate system is stationary and cannot be translated or rotated?
WCS
Object snaps not only speed up the drawing process, you cannot draw _______ without them unless you enter coordinates.
accurately
When moving an object using relative coordinates, the first point may be...
any point on the drawing area
The most common ways of accessing AutoCAD's commands are through the...
application button, ribbon panels, command window, shortcut menus, and status bar
A polygon that is drawn on the outside of a circle is said to be
circumscribed
What type of selection window selects everything touching and inside the defined window?
crossing window
Which printing option prints everything that you can currently see?
display
What key do you need to hold down if you want to remove an object(s) from the current selection set?
esc
Which printing option prints the minimum area which will include everything that is drawn?
extents
Clicking once on an object while not currently in a command accesses the...
grip boxes
You know when an object is selected because it becomes...
highlighted
A polygon that is drawn on the inside of a circle is said to be
inscribed
Clicking, holding, and dragging the mouse produces a...
lasso window
A relative coordinate is measured relative to the...
last point entered
The command used to make a line longer by a prescribed length
lengthen
The command that is used to set your paper size
limits
Which printing option prints everything within the defined paper size?
limits
This icon, located in the status bar, allows you to create tracking lines off of object snap points
object snap tracking
An absolute coordinate is measured relative to the...
origin
You may access the object snap settings by right clicking on the Object Snap icon in the status bar, clicking on the arrow next to the icon, or by typing what command?
osnap
When AutoCAD is waiting for you to select an object, the crosshairs turn into a...
pickbox
This enables you to snap along angled track lines
polar tracking
What typed command allows you to change the polar tracking angle?
polarang
A circle may be defined by its center and...
radius or diameter
An arc may be defined by its start, end, and...
radius, direction, or angle
After selecting several objects to erase, what command would you type if you wanted to remove an object(s) from the selection set?
remove
The grip box options may be accessed by __________ on one of the boxes.
right clicking
The shortcut menu is accessed by...
right clicking
Which printing option will expand/reduce the drawing to fit the paper?
scale to fit
This key allows you to quickly repeat your last command.
space bar
Clicking and dragging the mouse from left to right produces a...
standard window
The system variable that determines whether the Select Template window or the Create New Drawing window appears when starting a new drawing
startup
A place that gives you quick access to commands that are frequently turned on and off
status bar
What is the typed command used to access text settings?
style
What key do you press to cycle through the dynamic input dimensions?
tab
The object snap that will not show where the first point of a line is located until the second point is selected
tangent
What letters do you type to indicate that you want to create a temporary track point?
tt
The command that is used to select your unit of measure and precision
units
Which printing option prints the area that you select using a window?
window
