Laying switches sockets on walls.....quickly

[danellis]

I can do it by using insert command, courtesy Nestly's screencast. But i want to know how to do it if its not a block....

 

Here I want to know how to place objects using OTRACK without using offset, point or construction lines.

 

I know its very basic stuff in autocad, but please clarify it once more for me.

 

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It's only basic once you know it! The method is essentially the same whether you're moving, copying, or inserting, and whether it's a block or not.

 

I don't know how to do the fancy screen-cap videos either, so will try to talk you through it.

 

Imagine you're working on the original drawing you included in your OP. You have a switch made up of a number of concentric circles with a line sticking out assembled somewhere in the middle of your hallway; where doesn't matter at all.

The outter circle of your switch symbol has a diameter of 25 units, and you want a gap of 15 units between the edge of the switch and the wall line. The distance from the corner of the wall to the switch, Distance C in your diagram, is 200 units. (these units are fairly sensible if they're in millimeters. If you're using inches them suitable values might be 1, 9/16, and 10, respectively).

enter the MOVE command and select your switch.

AutoCAD will prompt for a basepoint, use a CENTER snap to select the centre of your switch's circle.

AutoCAD will now prompt for a destination point. Hold down shift, and at the same time right-click your mouse. Pick "Temporary Track point." Pick that corner of the wall. AutoCAD will ask you for a second point. Move your mouse roughly upwards and type 200. AutoCAD will again ask you for a second point, this time move your mouse to the left and type 15. Once more AutoCAD will ask for a second point, move your mouse upward and enter the 12.5mm radius of the switch. Finally move the mouse left, and again enter 12.5.

press ENTER to tell AutoCAD you're done.

 

Obviously you could have combined these figures to make 212.5 upwards and 27.5 to the left, but I wanted to demonstrate that you can keep entering tracking distances as many times as you want.

 

HTH

 

dJE

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The outter circle of your switch symbol has a diameter of 25 units, and you want a gap of 15 units between the edge of the switch and the wall line. The distance from the corner of the wall to the switch, Distance C in your diagram, is 200 units. enter the MOVE command and select your switch.

 

AutoCAD will ask you for a second point. Move your mouse roughly upwards and type 200. AutoCAD will again ask you for a second point, this time move your mouse to the left and type 15. Once more AutoCAD will ask for a second point, move your mouse upward and enter the 12.5mm radius of the switch. Finally move the mouse left, and again enter 12.5.

press ENTER to tell AutoCAD you're done.

 

 

dJE

 

Thanks alot Dan.

 

I really appreciate the efforts you made to make it clear. I will read it and re read it to be able to use it practically.

 

Thanks.

[BIGAL]

Like above for a square building Ortho on F8, insert block at cnr if you MOVE L pick random point away from wall drag mouse a ortho line will apear type distance ALL DONE !