Today I'll conclude my 3-post series on drawing rectangles in
AutoCAD LT. (Who'd have thought there could be so much to say
about rectangles?) This time, you start the RECTANG command,
pick your first point, and enter A for Area. Specify other
corner point or [Area/Dimensions/Rotation]: A The next prompt is
for total area. Remember to use the current units, i.e. square
inches for architectural drawings. Enter area of rectangle in
current units <100.0>: <enter number> Then you're asked for
either the length (aka X direction) or the width (Y direction),
to be used in calculating dimensions. Calculate rectangle
dimensions based on [Length/Width] <Length>: Enter rectangle
length <10.0000>: <enter number> The sign of the number you
enter determines which side of the cursor your rectangle ends up
on. Positive numbers create rectangles above and to the right
(positive X and Y), and negative numbers create rectangles below
and to the left (negative X and Y). You may notice that this
finishes the command. So if you wa