dots instead of lines

[manal-abuamara]

need your help, I am new to autocad and when I drawing line its shows like 1 dot and I have to to zoom option to to check that line, please need your help to solve this issue.''

thank you

[arturopolanco]

Hi @manal-abuamara 

You can apply this setting:

https://subscription.packtpub.com/book/business_&_other/9781789809152/1/ch01lvl1sec05/setting-units-...

[Pointdump · Accepted solution]

Hi Manal,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
"...drawing line its shows like 1 dot and I have to to zoom option to to check that line..."
What steps are you using to draw your line? (direction and length)
Dave

[imadHabash]

Hi,

It's normal .. especially when start new drawing . also it depends on your measurement values . Please .. if you need more help make another message with more details ?

[manal-abuamara]

Hi,
thank you for your reply, I am clicking on the line icon and select on the unit = meters command bar then click on the drawing aera and type for example 10, press enter then press escape.
direct the line convert to dot please see below pic, need help how to fix this issue , just to let you know, that ASUS gaming laptop with core i7 CPU , 4gb VGA card, SSD drive, 16gb ram's I believe these configurations are very good for AutoCAD 2022

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thank you

[Kent1Cooper]

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@manal-abuamara wrote:
...I am clicking on the line icon and select on the unit = meters command bar then click on the drawing aera and type for example 10, press enter then press escape.
direct the line convert to dot please see below pic....

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The picture didn't attach normally.

Is it really a "dot"?  If you select it, what does Properties say about its length?  Could it just be that you are Zoomed out so far that its length is not apparent on-screen?