CHAPTER 2
Basic Drawing Skills
This chapter teaches you how to draw basic shapes such as lines, rectangles, circles, arcs, and polygons. You will learn how to correct mistakes, navigate two-dimensional space, and use coordinate systems to draw accurately. In addition, you'll perform your first editing by joining existing lines in straight, rounded, or angled intersections.
- Navigating 2D drawings
- Drawing lines and rectangles
- Canceling, erasing, and undoing
- Using coordinate systems
- Drawing circles, arcs, and polygons
- Filleting and chamfering lines
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