Shift key in AUTOCAD several tricks

First, use Shift to add delete elements in the selection set

In AUTOCAD, selection set is an operation we can't avoid, sometimes we need to Select the set to add or remove new elements, then the Shift key will come in handy. First, we use the mouse frame selection method to select the easily selectable elements in the AUTOCAD drawing window, so we create a selection set. If you want to add a new element to this selection set, hold down the Shift key on the keyboard. You can add a new element to the selection set just by clicking or selecting the element you want to add. In the same way, we can delete the element object in the previous selection set.

We can also make it easier to add selections through the system settings ——click on the tool menu, options, open options to select the configuration as shown:
Select Configuration

Add the Shift key to the selection set in the selection mode. Remove the checkmark in front of this option and click OK to complete the setting. This makes it easy to select the selection set directly with the mouse, but to choose To delete objects in a centralized manner, you still need to use the Shift key to assist in the operation.

Second, use Shift to do multi-pinch stretching

Grip operation may be unfamiliar to many AUTOCAD beginners, but many old birds will like this A convenient and intuitive way to operate, but do you use a stretching method with too many grips? Below we use a multi-pinch stretching method to draw a parallelogram, of course, the method of multi-pinch stretching is inseparable from the Shift key.

There is no direct drawing of parallelograms in AUTOCAD. We first draw a rectangle: Enter the shortcut command to draw the rectangle on the command line, “REC”, confirm the space, and drag the mouse to draw a rectangle of the appropriate size.

Use the mouse to select the rectangle. In the default setting, the four grips of the rectangle are displayed on the screen in blue squares. Use the Shift key and click the mouse to click the one we want to stretch. The two grips, the activated grips are displayed in red squares on the screen (as shown).
The activated grips are displayed in red squares on the screen

Click one of the grips with the mouse and drag the mouse to stretch:
Click on one of the grips and drag the mouse to stretch < Br>

Go to the appropriate location and click to confirm, a parallelogram is drawn. How is it, is it very simple? In a similar way, friends can easily draw diamonds, kites, and so on.

Third, define offset capture or rotation capture

Repeating the copying of graphics with the help of pinch operations may be familiar to friends, but to make the graphics beautiful We hope to be able to copy graphics at the same spacing. Maybe some friends have already considered using arrays to solve this problem. In fact, we use Shift to define offset capture, which is very convenient in a small amount of graphics copying. Let's take an example to illustrate:

We draw a circle in the AUTOCAD window, select the circle with the mouse, left click to activate the grip, right click, select from the shortcut menu that pops up. Copy, drag the mouse horizontally for a distance, left click to determine the position of the first circle copied, now we press Shift, drag the mouse again on the screen, and click to drop the second circle, see how is it? The spacing of the three circles is the same:
The spacing of the three circles is the same

With the above method, you can quickly make a small rectangular array, then we can use a similar method Instead of a simple circular array? The answer is yes.

Select the circle in the above example, activate the grips in it, click twice on the space, adjust the command on the command line to rotate, enter the copy command “C”, and select the base point according to the mapping situation ( In this example, the default grip point is used as the base point. Enter the rotation angle of 30 and confirm the command with the space. At this time, hold down the Shift key, rotate the mouse in turn, and click OK in the corresponding position. AUTOCAD will automatically capture 30 degrees to rotate the copy. The circle:
AUTOCAD will automatically capture 30 degrees to rotate the circle

This rotation capture method can replace the angular fill in a simple circular array.

Four, Shift key to help you capture object capture points

The object capture function in AUTOCAD can help us accurately draw, but the object capture settings often make people feel Some troubles, set the object to capture too few points, we need to catch the point can not be found, too many settings may be because the distance between multiple capture points is too close to easily catch the wrong point, it is really troublesome to change it. Try to capture the required point in time right Shift-click to see & mdash; & mdash; when

need to capture the points right Shift-click to see

Haha, The shortcut menu of the capture point pops up, there is no need to memorize the auxiliary commands of each capture point, and there is no need to frequently set the object capture mode during the drawing process. Only Shift and the right mouse button are needed to make sure everything is OK.

V. Use the Shift key to help trim or extend objects

Trim commands (TRIM) and extension commands (EXTEND) are often used when we modify graphics. However, have you noticed the command line prompts when using the command? ——“Select the object to be trimmed, hold down the Shift key to select the object to extend, or [Projection (P) /Edge (E) /Abandon (U)]: & rdquo;; & ldquo; Select the object to be extended , or hold down the Shift key to select the object to be trimmed, or [Projection (P) /Edge (E) /Abandon (U)]: & rdquo;. The original Shift key can help us quickly switch between the two commands, which is very convenient when it is necessary to alternately trim or extend the object frequently.