foreign [Music] you'll be watching an excerpt from our AutoCAD level one class we'll be covering the basic modified tools move copy and rotate so when I teach these commands I like to teach them several different ways just so you know what's available what you can do so the first way when I'm talking about the move command and the copy command I'm going to call the first method random and I'll explain in a minute second method will be using snacks and third method we'll be using a distance okay so for example the move command the first time we use that move command we're going to move the house from here to some random location so we don't care where we pick it up and where we put it down is just going to be to some random spot the second time we move the house we're gonna snap to maybe the corner of the house and then to put it down we're going to snap to the top of the tree so being more specific picking it up from the corner putting it down at the top of the tree okay so second time will be with snaps the third time we move the house we are going to move it a specific distance so maybe I'll move my house 50 feet to the left so I'll be able to type in that distance okay so we'll use those three methods for move and copy but I'll walk you through it um the move command has a shortcut M enter it also has a button so in the Home tab of the ribbon in the modify panel we have that first button move for AutoCAD you can use the command first or you can select the objects first either method is fine for class I want us to all stick together so I will say we will choose the command first okay all right so we're going to try it we're going to be playing with this house starting with the command m enter the command line tells me to select objects I want to use a window to select the house enter it tells me to pick a base point so you want to pick up the house before you put it down I'm not going to use any of my Snaps I'm just going to click somewhere nearby to pick it up and I'm going to click somewhere random to put it down all right second one is with snaps let's turn on our snaps and let's make sure endpoint is check marked okay so now we'll start the command again M enter to select your house use a window enter when you pick it up let's pick it up from this bottom left corner of the house using an endpoint snap and then we're going to place it at the top of the tree with another endpoint snap okay so we're able to be more specific with snaps now our third time we're going to move the house if you guys remember your distance that you use for the mailbox you can use that distance if not you can type D I enter and just estimate whatever distance you want so maybe I want to move my house to here okay so for me I'll call that 80 feet you might get a different number so I want to move my house 80 feet to the right so I'll turn on Ortho that way I can go horizontal and I will start the command M enter selecting my house I'm using a window from left to right so that I don't grab the tree enter base point it's not too important but I'll pick this corner then using Ortho I should be able to slide horizontally I'll type 80 and I'll hit enter add Masters offers online and classroom training for a variety of Autodesk software for more information go to www.cadmasters.com or give us a call at 925-939-1378 so that was move next is copy we're going to copy the tree and we're gonna use the same three things so Random snaps and distance I will start by turning off my Snaps and my ortho we're on the random method starting the command c o enter select my tree with a window enter click somewhere nearby to pick it up and we're just going to put a bunch of trees around the house when you're done just hit enter and Escape often do the same thing but so every once in a while it matters but in this case either one enter or Escape okay next we're going to use snaps so whatever tree is closest to the right side of your screen pick that tree we're going to turn on our snaps and I have endpoint check marked so we're going to use copy c o enter select that tree on the right side of your screen enter when I click this bottom left corner to pick it up and then let's snap it to the bottom right corner of that same tree and I'm just going to do that a few times I'm just putting them side by side and I'll hit Escape when I'm done the last one is distance so let's use our distance command D I enter I want to measure a little bit above the tree to a little bit below the tree for me I'm going to be using 60 feet once you've measured that distance we're going to use copy I'm going to stack them vertically so I'll turn on ortho right c o enter select the whole row of trees enter click to pick them up using Ortho that should get you a vertical line and we're using distance right so I want to type in a distance 60 enter double that number 120 enter if you want to do it one more time do the Math 180 enter there you go so I have like a forest and then our house is in the less dense tree area so we have the move and copy the next one is rotate rotate is going to be similar but has a few differences let's move this circle whatever method you want um just move it so it's kind of on its own right here is fine it's like a moon right now we're gonna turn it back into a sun and then I'm going to put in the steps for rotates on the chat alright so rotate first time we rotate will be to some random angle second time we rotate we will rotate to a specific angle third time we rotate we're going to keep a copy of the original and there's going to be a fourth time the fourth time we rotate will be by reference all right so rotate before we start rotating let's zoom into that Circle and we'll draw a three point Arc coming from the top quadrant so I'll need to use a quadrant snap so now that we have the arc we're going to use those steps copy it one more time so first time we're going to rotate the arc around the Sun which really is rotating the arc around the center point of the circle so to save us some time turn on your snaps and turn on your Center snap it's best to not have too many snaps on at the same time because your cursor will start jumping around to different things so just Center that's all we need right now okay and we're going to rotate this Arc around the Sun to some random angle so starting the command r o enter select the arc enter your base point will be the center of the circle once you click the center point you should see the arc follows your cursor and so let's just rotate it slightly to the left and click so that was rotating to a random angle number one so number two we're going to rotate to a specific angle I want to rotate this Arc 180 degrees so we'll end up on this side so from the top r o enter select the arc enter your base point is the center of the circle and now instead of clicking if you look at the command line it asks you for a rotation angle so let's type 180 and hit enter so it should have gone to the other side of the circle now now number three we're going to keep a copy and we're trying to create this sun we need more than one Arc right so every time I rotate I want to keep a copy of the original Arc so starting from the top r o enter select the arc enter pick the center point of the circle so from here if you look at the command line it has an option to keep a copy so go ahead and click copy once you click copy you see that the original stays where it is and you're moving this copy of that Arc type again or actually if you look at the triangle brackets it already has 180 in there just hit enter to use 180. it remembered it for us now you should have two arcs let me know if you don't have two arcs all right I want you guys to repeat that I want you to select two arcs rotate it 90 degrees keeping a copy of the original once you do that you can take four arcs rotate it 45 degrees keeping a copy of The Originals I put in here our original was 180 then we're going to do 90 and we're gonna do 45 but the main point of this lesson is keep a copy right okay so try it out let me know if you need me and so it should look like this when you get there track done all right so we're able to rotate to a specific angle keeping a copy of the original to get that nice clean Sun looking thing um we'll save what we have so there's one more in that list after keep a copy we're gonna keep a copy well we're going to rotate by reference let me have you guys do something on the side just using line draw a four-sided shape and I want that shape to be slanted like a trapezoid like mine once you have that four-sided shape slanted here then I'll have you guys draw a rectangle we're going to cheat and use the rectangle button so this little drop down I mean if you click the button it's rectangle but the drop down is to verify that you're clicking on rectangle and then just draw kind of like a window from left to right make a little rectangle inside once you have a big shape and the rectangle I want you to copy this line right about there and then I'll explain what this is so now that you have that um what we're going to do is that we're going to pretend this is a street and we're gonna Pretend This is somebody's property and this is the rectangle is the house on their property right so I want the house to be parallel to the street and so we'll use a rotate command to get it parallel have you guys watched me first so I'm going to use r o enter I'll select my rectangle enter and I will pick a base Point um I'll use endpoint snap and I'll pick the corner closest to the street so now I'm pivoting from that corner okay but if you notice the yellow line doesn't quite line up with the front of the house so it's going to be difficult to get this straight so what we'll do is in the command line we'll use the reference option when I use reference I need to click two points that represent the front of the house so I'll click from here to here now this yellow line definitely lines up with the front of the house if I had an angle I could type it in but if I don't have an angle the command line has this option called points when I click on points I can just click from the right side of the street to the left side of the street and it will match that angle okay so let's try it together let me undo all right so together Type R O enter select the rectangle enter your base point is the corner closest to the street it should rotate freely in the command line pick reference I want you to choose your base Point again then the other side of the house you want to reference the front side of the house once you click those two points you should see the yellow line lines up perfectly with the front of the house and now we have to use points go to command line and pick points and we'll go from right side I'm going right to left because on the house I went right to left so you just want to match if you went left to right on the street you'll go left to right okay so for me that'll be right to left and there we go so now it's parallel add Masters offers online and classroom training for a variety of Autodesk software for more information go to www.cadmasters.com or give us a call at 925-939-1378