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Module 1 — progeCAD Basics for Beginners · Video 1.3

Precision Drawing Tools

Entity snaps, ortho mode, grid, and polar tracking for accurate technical drawings.

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About this lesson

Accurate drawings depend on placing points exactly where they belong. This lesson covers the drafting aids that lock your cursor to geometry, angles and grid increments.

What you'll learn in Precision Drawing Tools

Entity snaps for endpoints, midpoints, centers and intersections
Ortho mode for perfectly horizontal and vertical lines
Grid and snap settings for consistent spacing
Polar tracking for drawing at set angles
Typing exact distances and angles

Key commands & tools

ESNAP / OSNAPORTHOGRIDSNAPPolar tracking

Coming from AutoCAD? progeCAD calls object snaps "entity snaps," but the OSNAP command and the snap modes work the same way they do in AutoCAD.

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Entity Drawing and Editing Basics

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Entity Selection Methods

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Useful for: Structural · Civil engineering · Civil survey · 2D CAD software

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