| In this segment of tutorial exercise you will have an oppurtunity to learn how to draw a polygon. |
| 1) Select polygon icon as shown in Figure 1 or from Draw drop down menu as shown in Figure 2 or you can type "polygon" in the command prompt as shown in Figure 3 .{Click the link to learn how to open a AutoCAD session} |
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| Figure 1. |
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| Figure 2. |
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| Figure 3. |
| 2) Now you are asked to specify number of sides to the polygon that you wish to have as shown in Figure 4 and press enter in the keyboard. I have entered five sides as shown in the figure. |
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| Figure 4. |
| 3) Now you are asked to specify center of the polygon, just click any where in the model space as shown in Figure 5. |
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| Figure 5. |
| 4) Now you are asked to specify option, I have selected "Inscribed in circle" option as shown in Figure 6. |
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| Figure 6. |
| 5) Now you are asked to specify radius of the circle inside which the polygon will be created as shown in Figure 7 enter seven as the radius press enter in the keyboard to finish the polygon command. The resultant polygon would be as in Figure 8. |
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| Figure 7. |
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| Figure 8. |
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