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Rectangle Dimensions

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paulavaleria
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Rectangle Dimensions

So I had a macbook and I installed autocad 2014 and my professor does tutorials on her windows but when she tells me to draw a rectangle and click command + D and i do it on the mac it doesn't work. she also gets like a text bar that says length and width with it (on her windows).

 

none of this seems to be working on my mac.

 

help??!

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maxim_k
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Welcome to the Autodesk Forums!

 

Hi,

 

At first, could you clarify what do you want to do?

- Put dimensions of rectangle to the drawing?

- Just check information about dimensions?

 

If you need to check dimensions you need to use DIST command (just type D at the command prompt, hit Return and pick two points with object snap enabled to end point). Or you can use MEASUREGEOM command from here:

 

Screen Shot 2014-02-04 at 10.02.33.png

 

and get:

 

Screen Shot 2014-02-04 at 10.02.19.png

 

BTW: Ctrl+D on PC and Command+D combination on Mac - toggles Dunamic UCS ON and OFF.

 

Maxim


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paulavaleria
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hi, thanks.
i'm just trying to set the dimensions of the rectangle aka (24'x16' and the
thickness of the wall to 1'6") however when i draw the rectangle and click
either ctrl D or command D nothing happens and it's super weird.
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maxim_k
in reply to: paulavaleria

In order to set thickness of the rectangle you need to edit it's properties in Properties Palette:

 

Снимок экрана 2014-02-04 в 22.47.46.png

 

 

or use commands for 3D object creation - EXTRUDE, PRESSPULL:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCiesi6Pxt4&list=PL8557ABB2A58DE382&index=6

 

Maxim


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