Autodesk AutoSketch 10, Commercial Full, EN 003A1-091111-1001 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Make the Transition from Paper to CAD

Draw with less effort and revise with more speed: these are the two main 
reasons you use CAD. AutoSketch has a complete set of drawing and editing 
tools to help eliminate repetitive, time-consuming drafting tasks.

If you work with paper and a 
drawing board, your set of draw-
ing tools is likely to include 
pencils, scales, parallel rules, 
templates, and erasers. Repetitive 
drawing and editing tasks must be 
done manually.

In AutoSketch, you can choose 
from a variety of drawing tools 
that create lines, rectangles, cir-
cles, curves, and more.

With AutoSketch, you can easily 
copy, scale, rotate, and mirror 
entities. You can move or copy 
entities between open drawings or 
within the same drawing. Editing 
is easy with tools such as stretch, 
align, and offset. To add hatching, 
simply insert a hatch pattern from 
the AutoSketch Content Librarian 
into the area to be filled.

In this drawing of a trolley, copying and mirroring were used to create 
repeated and symmetrical features. Offsetting lines and hatching were also 
used to draw more efficiently.

You can save drafting time by drawing one 
half of an item and then mirroring it to create 
the other half.