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To create an elliptical arc,

Enter the ellipse command and select the Arc option

What are the AutoCAD's AutoSnap features?

It displays yellow symbols available snap points when you move the cursor near an object

What sets the resolution of arcs and circles?

the VIEWRES command

In the two-dimensional version of AutoCAD's world coordinate system, how many axes are used?

2

In the ribbon, when you pick an item that contains a small arrow pointing to the right,

A cascading menu appears

The difference between the ALL and EXTENTS options of the ZOOM command is that

All displays the entire drawing, and EXTENTS zooms so that the objects in the drawing fill the entire drawing area.

Object snap modes are useful because they

Allow you to snap to points that you otherwise could not reach easily and accurately

The ribbon, tabs, drawing area, Command Line window, and status bar are all parts of the drawing area.

AutoCAD user interface

You can erase or remove portions of objects by using the

BREAK command.

The ARC Continue option allows you to

Continue an arc tangent to the previous arc

The ability to enter data at the cursor instead of the Command line is called

Dynamic input

If you accidentally select the wrong button and enter the wrong command, you cancel the command by pressing the

ESC key

The original way to enter a command in AutoCAD was to

Enter the command name at the Command line

Relative point specification using the keyboard refers to

Entering an X distance and Y distance relative to the last point entry

The ERASE command

Erases selected objects

To create rounded inside and outside corners, use the

FILLET command.

Which of the following are not examples of objects?

Grips and selection sets

In polar point specification, @7.5<180 specifies a point 7.5 units

Horizontally to the left of the current position

Where do you find the coordinate information in AutoCAD is Displayed?

In the status bar is whenever the coordinate display feature is turned on

The DONUT command

Lets you specify the inside and outside diameters as well as the center. Produce multiple donuts without re-entering the DONUT command. Produces solid-filled donuts

To produce up to 16 parallel lines simultaneously, use the

MLINE command.

When you use a crossing window to select objects, AutoCAD selects

Objects that are contained within the window and those that cross the window boundary

To restore an object you have accidentally erased,

Pick the UNDO button on the docked Standard toolbar

A coordinate entry method in which you can specify precise positions and angles by entering a single distance value and using alignment paths is

Polar Tracking

To re-enter the most recently used command,

Press the spacebar

The easiest way to find out what an unfamiliar button on a toolbar does is to

Rest the cursor on the button until a tooltip appears

AutoCAD's object snap feature allows you to

Snap to endpoints and midpoints of lines and centers of circles

The OBJECT SNAP tab of the Drafting Setting dialog box allows you to do what?

Turn running objects snaps on & off.

How can you enlarge your view of a drawing so that you can view details?

Use the Zoom command

In a series of line segments, if you specify a line endpoint at a 90-degree angle from the current point, the line will be

Vertical; the new endpoint will be in the UPWARD direction from the current point

You can magnify a selected portion of a drawing by using the ZOOM

Window option.

When using a the CENTER object snap how do you choose the center of the circle?

a point on the circle itself

The OFFSET command

allows you to create a line that is parallel to another line

The POLYGON command

allows you to create regular polygons only

The Aspect option of the SNAP command

allows you to set the horizontal and vertical snap intervals differently.

The CHAMFER command

alters the appearance of corners.

How do you activate the PAN command?

by picking the Pan Realtime button. by pressing and holding the wheel on the mouse while moving the mouse.

The AutoCAD Text window shows

displays a complete history of your activity in the current AutoCAD session. allows you to copy its entire contents to the Windows Clipboard. allows you to paste selected text to the command line.

In the AutoCAD Classic workspace, the alignment grid

gives you a better sense of size and distance. displays a rectangular grid of dots. can be toggled on and off using either CTRL G or the appropriate function key.

Xlines are construction lines that extend

infinitely in both directions.

The PAN command

is used to move around in the drawing.

The MOVE command allows you to

move objects to new locations on the screen.

The Through option of the OFFSET command allows you to create a line

parallel to the original line through a point you specify.

You have entered the TIME command, and the current date and time are incorrect on the screen. To correct this, you should

pick Adjust Date/Time in the lower right corner of the screen to adjust the computer's settings.

The simplest and quickest way to back up one AutoCAD operation is to?

pick the Undo button.

UNDO Mark

places a special mark in the Undo information to which you can later back up.

The basic difference between an cline and a ray is that

rays extend infinitely in only one direction.

ZOOM Previous

restores the previous zoom magnification of the drawing.

The snap grid

snaps the crosshairs along an imaginary grid of dots.

Picking the ZOOM REALTIME button allows you to zoom

to a new magnification by dragging the cursor. to several magnifications consecutively without re-entering the ZOOM command.