Top of page Power Tool Graphic Rectangle Fitīeginning in A2004, the Rectangle command provided an option for Dimension. AutoCAD will seek out the nearest object, then track the perimeter of the wall, not the furniture "islands". Then, when you pick the point, click near the wall. Gold Star Tip: Clear the Island Detection check box if you have other objects in the area, such as furniture. Those of you with AutoCAD 2006 can hover over the polyline to display the object. A polyline (the default object type) is automatically 'sprayed' around the perimeter of the area. Click the Pick Points button and click inside the area for the boundary, much like you would do for a hatch.Set the desired layer to current, then zoom into the area to be calculated (but still see the entire area) and launch the Boundary command.And when you do so, it's best to have a polyline on a separate layer bounding the area to be calculated. When it comes time to calculate the square footage of a space for fiscal purposes, just let AutoCAD calculate the area. If you would like to contact me directly, you can do that also. Then finally, I wanted to remind the folks that are following my DesignCenter coverage about a great little feature called "Home". Little things like that are great to have at your disposal, and both of these features are available in LT!Īnd in yet another case of discovering applications while I'm "on the job", I was teaching some folks in Cincinnati and found a great application for graphically defining points when making a rectangle. Then I got an email from somewhere praising the merits of the Dline command, especially the ability to cut door openings in parallel lines. OK, maybe they've taken out one or two things (like the plain old Text command replaced with Dtext), but I think the Boundary command is a nice little routine that can assist in calculating square footages. Every now and then I'm really glad Autodesk doesn't take stuff out of AutoCAD.
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