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Creating Lines By Selecting a Start and End Point

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Intermediate

The Line command on the Home tab Draw panel launches the AutoCAD LINE command. Use this command to draw a line by selecting start and end points.

To create a line by selecting a start and end point

  1. Click Home tabDraw panelLine drop-downCreate Line.At the Command prompt, enter line.
  2. Specify the start point.

    You can use the pointing device or enter coordinate values on the command line.

  3. Complete the first line segment by specifying the endpoint.

    To undo the previous line segment during the Line command, enter U or click Undo on the toolbar.

  4. Specify the endpoints of any additional line segments.
  5. Press Enter to end or C to close a series of line segments.
  6. To start a new line at the endpoint of the last line drawn, start the Line command again and press Enter at the Specify Start Point prompt.

Ribbon

Home tab Draw panel Line drop-down Create Line

Menu

Lines/Curves menuCreate LinesLine

Command Line

Line


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