AutoCAD Tutorial: How to draw rectangle in AutoCAD In this tutorial you will learn, 1. How to use Rectangle command 2. Rectangle command shortcut key

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Tutorial : How to draw a rectangle
In this tutorial you will learn, how to draw a rectangle.

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Let’s learn how to draw a rectangle.
In AutoCAD Rectangle command is used to draw a rectangle. You can draw rectangle
in several ways. You can also draw a rectangle in AutoCAD by using the Line
command. Rectangle command is used to define the size and position of rectangle
by specifying two diagonal corner points.
To learn, how to draw a rectangle in AutoCAD follow below mentioned steps.
1. Now, click on the Rectangle command in Draw panel under Home tab.
You can also activate Rectangle command by entering RECTANGLE or
RECTANG or REC at the Command line.
Another method to select the Rectangle command is also available. You can
select the Rectangle command from Menu Bar > Draw > Rectangle.
You can also find Rectangle command in Draw toolbar of the AutoCAD classic
workspace.

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2. Then, specify first corner point for rectangle.
With Rectangle command, you can specify the rectangle parameters such as
length, width, elevation. You can also control the type of corners of rectangle
such as fillet, chamfer, or square.

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3. Next, specify other corner point for rectangle.
You can use three options of Rectangle command to create a rectangle.
First Area option creates a rectangle using the area and either a length or
width.
Second Dimensions option creates a rectangle using length and width values
of rectangle.
Third Rotation option creates a rectangle at a specified rotation angle.

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4. Observe that, rectangle is drawn by specifying two opposite corner points of
rectangle.
In AutoCAD you can assign properties to rectangle including color, line type,
and line weight, thickness.
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