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← 2.2 Computer Aided Drawing

Setting up CAD units, scale and limits

Building and Construction · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

How to start a new drawing, set millimetre units, choose a working scale and sheet limits, and save the file so a Kenyan plan prints at the right size.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Computer Aided Drawing (CAD)
  2. CAD versus drawing by hand
  3. CAD software for building drawing
  4. Setting up CAD units, scale and limits
  5. Grid, snap and coordinates
  6. CAD layers
  7. Drawing lines and rectangles in CAD
  8. Drawing circles, arcs and polygons
  9. Editing CAD drawings
  10. Dimensioning and text in CAD
  11. Printing and plotting CAD drawings
  12. CAD for Kenyan site drawings