Drawing Circles or Moving object has no image guide

guys, please help. I'm currently using auto cad 2000 because it's required in our class. When I make circles or move or objects there are no image guide. like when I make circles only the lines are there I still have to calculate what the diameter is rather than by simply looking how big the circle is. or when I'm connecting objects, It's very hard to connect complex objects by moving them because there is no guide to where the image is suppose to be when the mouse is at a particular place. please help me. so delayed in my work.

Try to set dragmode to AUTO

You shouldn't be 'eye-balling' the size of a circle. The user is prompted for the radius. There is an option however to input a diameter. In other words...type a number that is accurate.

You should also be using OSnaps when moving objects. You have a better chance of accurately placing your geometry when utilizing this feature.

where can I find the dragmode? please help I'm still a newbie

Thank you very much for the reply. I know, circles was just an example. What I meant was in some instances where I need to connect complex figures it's very hard to identify the coordinates.

Type: DRAGMODE then ENTER then A then ENTER

Why are you connecting by coordinates? What kind of drawing is this?

Thanks so much for the reply paulmcz. really appreciate it!!! so sorry for really newbish questions. still new to this.

ReMark, first of all thanks for the reply! and to clear things out I just wanted to know why was there no pre image guide when I move and drag objects or make circles. and about the me eyeballing since everybody told me to just drag this and that because it was faster I assumed it to be correct. And I want to know how to activate the guide image thing just to get a preview on how it looks like. so sorry for the confusion.

Im gonna try this. Thank you.

You should have followed paul's suggestion yesterday re: Dragmode.

Command: DRAGMODE

Enter new value [ON/OFF/Auto] : A

Attach your file here when finished.