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Chapter -3-

Status Bar

Lecturer: Asmaa Abdulmajeed

Lecturer: Asmaa Abdulmajeed AutoCAD 2021 Tishk International University 1

Tishk International University

Civil Engineering Department

2nd Stage - CE 221


The status bar modes help you make precise drawings in AutoCAD.

The tools in the status bar can be toggled on and off by clicking on their icons or by using their

function keys.

Not all status bar icons are visible by default and you can toggle the visibility of the icons as

per your requirements

Status Bar

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Contents Status Bar- Customization List

1. Coordinates

2. Grid

3. Snap mode

4. Dynamic Input

5. Ortho Mode

6. Polar Tracking

7. Isometric Drafting

8. Object Snap Tracking

9. 2D object Snap

10.Lineweight

19. Selection Cycling

20. 3D Object Snap

21. Dynamic UCS

22. Selection Filtering

23. Annotation Visibility

24. AutoScale

25. Annotation Scale

26. Workspace Switching

27. Annotation Monitor


1. Coordinates

Absolute Coordinates

All input points specify in your drawing using standard Cartesian coordinates x and y.

Using absolute coordinate, points entered by typing x,y [Enter]

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2. Grid (F7)

In the status bar, you will notice that the first icon looks like a grid.

This option toggles the visibility of the grid lines in the drawing area. You

can also use the F7 function key to toggle its visibility.


Some Function Keys to Remember

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3. Snap Mode (F9)

Increment Snap controls the movement of the cursor.

If it is off the cursor will move smoothly. If it is ON, the cursor will jump in an incremental movement.

The increment spacing can be changed, at any time using TOOLS/DRAFTING SETTINGS.

The default spacing is .250


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4. Dynamic Input

Dynamic Input allows you to enter the distances, angles, and other values right inside a drawing with a

visual reference.

Using the Dynamic Input tool, you can bypass the command line and enter the details directly in the

drawing.

You can also activate or deactivate the Dynamic Input mode using the F12 function key


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5. Orthomode (F8)

So far, we have used the line command to make geometries in arbitrary directions.

But if you want to restrict the direction of your lines to horizontal and vertical directions, then you can use

ortho mode.

Ortho mode restricts the movement of the cursor to a horizontal or vertical direction only, so with ortho mode

active, you will be able to make lines only in a horizontal or vertical direction.

press the F8 function key on

your keyboard


6. Polar Tracking (F10)

Polar Tracking is a drawing aid that allows you to set the angles that you commonly use and AutoCAD will

automatically lock your line at every increment of that angle while you are drawing.

Polar Tracking can be toggled on and off by using the F10 key on the keyboard.

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7. Isometric Drafting

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8. Object Snap Tracking – Autosnap (F11)


• Object Snap tracking is a great tool for

making geometries with reference to

existing points in a drawing.

• Object Snap modes are set in the Drafting

Settings dialog box.

• With object snap tracking, the cursor can

track along alignment paths based on

current object snap modes when specifying

points in a command. (AUTOSNAP system

variable)

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Making precise drawings in AutoCAD is not possible without Object Snaps, also called

OSNAPS.

Object Snap is an option on the status bar with a bunch of control points.

These control points are the geometric points, such as the endpoint, center, midpoint,

intersection, and so on, which if activated become available for selection in the drawing.

You can activate Object Snap by clicking on the icon once or by using its function key, F3.

9. Object Snap – Osnap (F3)


9. Object Snap – Osnap (F3)

The Object Snaps (Osnaps for short) are drawing aids which are

used in conjunction with other commands to help you draw

accurately.

Osnaps allow you to snap onto a specific object location when you

are picking a point.

For example, using Osnaps you can accurately pick the end point of

a line or the center of a circle.

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10. Lineweight - LWDisplay

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11. Selection Cycling

Selection cycling helps us make

selections of overlapping objects or

objects that are too close to make an

accurate selection in AutoCAD. To use

this tool, you need to activate it first from

the status bar.


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12. Workspacing Switching


13. Annotation Scale

Automated scaling of text,

dimensions, blocks, hatches and

attributes:

Text height, hatch size etc.

automatically calculated based

on scale.

Position and visibility can be

controlled based on scale

selected ƒ

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Model Space

Object Types

Text (Text, Mtext)

Dimensions (incl. Dimensions, Leaders,

Tolerances)

Multileaders (New object type)

Hatches

Blocks

Attributes

Easy to create! Easy to modify!

Annotation Scaling

References

1) http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/autocad-release-history.html.

2) AUTOCAD® 2016 BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE, Munir M. Hamad Autodesk™ Approved Instructor.

3) http://www.imaginit.com/portals/4/documents/autocad-2019-release-comparison-matrix-en.pdf.

4) https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learnexplore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Auto

CAD-Core/files/GUID-B93A458E-1A7F-4090-A8CF-87A31C24E404-htm.html.

5) https://www.autodesk.com/shortcuts/autocad#A-C.

6) http://tutorial45.com/autocad-exercise-01/ .

7) Practical Autodesk AutoCAD 2021 and AutoCAD LT 2021.


http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/autocad-release-history.html

http://www.imaginit.com/portals/4/documents/autocad-2019-release-comparison-matrix-en.pdf

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learnexplore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-B93A458E-1A7F-4090-A8CF-87A31C24E404-htm.html

https://www.autodesk.com/shortcuts/autocad#A-C

http://tutorial45.com/autocad-exercise-01/

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