How to Draw Sliding Door in Autocad

You will need to use the Endpoint osnap a lot while creating, copying, rotating,
and mirroring objects; it's probably the most frequently used of the osnaps. Rather
than activating it as needed, you will turn on Endpoint as a running osnap—an
osnap that is permanently turned on:
1. Continue using I04-17-ScalingObjects.dwg (M04-17-
ScalingObjects.dwg), or open it if it's not already open.
2. Right-click the Object Snap button in the status bar, and then select
the Object Snap Settings option in the context menu.
3. In the Object Snap tab of the Drafting Settings dialog box, select the
Endpoint check box.
While the cursor is near the selection, a tool tip appears, describing
the features to which the osnap moves the cursor. Take a
moment to investigate what each of the osnap options does before
clicking the OK button (see Figure 4.59).

F igu re 4 . 5 9 : The Object Snap tab of the Drafting Settings dialog box

4. The osnap is active, but the running osnaps are not turned on. Click
the Object Snap button to turn on (light blue background) running
osnaps. Now, whenever you are prompted to pick a point, a marker
will appear over the nearest endpoint of the object the cursor is over.
Sliding glass doors are usually drawn to show their glass panels within the
door frames, as shown in Figure 4.60.

F igu re 4 . 6 0 : A common appearance for a sliding glass door
To draw the sliding door, you'll apply the LINE, OFFSET, and TRIM commands
to the 7′ (2134 mm) opening you made earlier. It's a complicated exercise,
but it will teach you a lot about the power of using these three commands in
combination:
1. Continue using I04-17-ScalingObjects.dwg (M04-17-
ScalingObjects.dwg), or open it if it's not already open.
2. Zoom out by rolling the mouse wheel toward you or by using the
Zoom Extents (ZOOM) command. Zooming with the mouse wheel
zooms the drawing toward or away from the location of the cursor.
3. Zoom closely around the 7′ (2134 mm) opening.
Try zooming with the scroll wheel by placing the cursor in the center
of the opening and rolling the scroll wheel away from you. Make
the opening as large as possible while including everything you need
in the view (see Figure 4.61).

F igu re 4 . 6 1 : The view when zoomed in as closely as possible to the 7′ (2134
mm) opening
You'll be using several osnaps for this procedure. Rather than
entering each osnap, you can activate any object snap by holding
down the Shift key and right-clicking in the drawing area. This
opens a context menu with all of the object snap options shown earlier
in Figure 4.50. Selecting any of these options activates the osnap
for a single pick.
You probably noticed the list of osnaps that appeared when you
right-clicked the Object Snap button in the status bar. These do not
activate an osnap for a single pick; rather, they are a quick method
for activating or deactivating a running osnap.

4. Offset each jamb line 2″ (51 mm) into the doorway opening (see
Figure 4.62).

F igu re 4 . 6 2 : Jamb lines offset 2″ (51 mm) into the doorway opening
5. Start the LINE command, and choose the Midpoint osnap from the
Shift+right-click context menu, or enter MID↵ at the command line.
6. Place the cursor near the midpoint of the upper doorjamb line and
notice that the marker, now a triangle, appears when your cursor is
in the vicinity of the midpoint (see Figure 4.63

F ig u re 4 . 6 3 : Using the Midpoint osnap to select the start point of the line
A symbol with a distinctive shape is associated with each osnap.
Click when the triangle appears at the midpoint of the jamb line.
7. Move the cursor over the bottom jamb line, and you'll notice the
Endpoint markers appear.
The Endpoint running osnap is still active, but typing in the first
three letters of an osnap or clicking an osnap option from the context
menu overrides it.
8. Click the Midpoint osnap option again, and move the cursor to the
bottom jamb line.

9. When the triangle appears at that midpoint, click again. Press ↵ to
end the LINE command.
10. Start the OFFSET command, and enter 1.5↵ (38↵) to set the offset
distance.
11. Pick the newly drawn line, and then pick a point anywhere to the
right side.
12. While the OFFSET command is still running, pick the original line
again and pick another point in a blank area somewhere to the left
side of the doorway opening (see Figure 4.64).

F igu re 4 . 6 4 : The offset vertical lines between the jambs
13. Press ↵ to end the OFFSET command.
14. In the status bar, click the Ortho Mode button to turn that mode on
(blue glow). Ortho mode restricts the cursor to vertical and horizontal
movements only.
15. Start the LINE command, choosing the Midpoint osnap option, and
then move the cursor near the midpoint of the left vertical line.
When the triangle marker appears at the midpoint, click to set the
endpoint of the line

16. Hold the cursor out directly to the right of that point, to draw a horizontal
line through the three vertical lines.
When the cursor is about 2′ (600 mm) to the right of the three
vertical lines, pick a point to set the endpoint of this guideline (see
Figure 4.65). Press ↵ to end the LINE command. Click Ortho mode
off (gray background).

F ig u re 4 . 6 5 : The horizontal guideline drawn through vertical lines
17. Type O↵ or click Offset on the Home tab ➢ Modify panel to start the
OFFSET command, and then type 1↵ (25↵) to set the offset distance
to 1″ (25 mm).
18. Select the horizontal line you just drew, and then pick a point in a
blank area anywhere above the line. Pick the first horizontal line
again, and then pick anywhere below it.
The new line has been offset 1″ (25 mm) above and below itself (see
Figure 4.66). Now you have placed all the lines necessary to create
the sliding glass door frames in the opening. You still need to trim
back some of these lines and erase others. Press ↵ to end the OFFSET
command.

F igu re 4 . 6 6 : The offset horizontal guideline
19. Start the TRIM command. When you're prompted to select cutting
edges, pick the two horizontal lines that were just created with the
OFFSET command and press ↵.
20. Trim the two outside vertical lines by selecting them, as shown on
the left of Figure 4.67. The result is shown on the right.

F igu re 4 . 6 7 : Picking the vertical lines to trim (left), and the result (right)

21. Press ↵ twice to stop and restart the TRIM command.
22. When you're prompted to select cutting edges, use a special window
called a crossing window to select all the lines visible in the drawing.
A crossing window selects everything within the window or crossing
it. See the sidebar titled "Understanding Selection Windows"
later in this chapter for additional information about this feature.
Here's how to use a crossing window:
a. Pick a point above and to the right of the opening.
b. Move the cursor to a point below and to the left of the opening,
forming a semitransparent green-colored window with dashed
boundary lines (see Figure 4.68).

F igu re 4 . 6 8 : The crossing window for selecting cutting edges

c. Pick that point. Everything inside the rectangle or crossing an
edge of it is selected.
d. Press ↵.
23. To trim the lines, pick them at the points noted on the left of
Figure 4.69.

F igu re 4 . 6 9 : Lines to trim (left) and the result (right)
When you finish trimming, the opening should look like the right
side of Figure 4.69. Be sure to press ↵ to end the TRIM command

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