Practice Exercise | Creating an Array of Objects

In this practice exercise, you draw a 1 × 1 rectangle and create an array using the Polar and Rectangular array options.

1. Begin by drawing the rectangle:
   • Start the Rectangle command.
   • Click the first corner in the drawing window.
   • For the other corner enter D (for Dimensions). Press ENTER.
   • Enter a length of 1 and a width of 1.
   • Click to position the rectangle.
2. To create a polar array:
   • On the Home tab, click Modify panel > Array.

     

   • In the Array dialog box, click Polar Array (1).
   • Click the Select objects button (2) and select the rectangle. Press ENTER to return to the dialog box.
   • Click the Center point button (3) and, using object snap tracking, track a center point that is two units down from the midpoint of the rectangle as shown.

     

   • For Total number of items (4), enter 6.
   • For Angle to fill (5), enter 360.
   • Click OK (6).
   • Zoom to display your polar array, which should resemble the following illustration.

     

3. To create a rectangular array:
   • Create another 1 × 1 rectangle.
   • On the Home tab, click Modify panel > Array.

     

   • In the Array dialog box, click Rectangular Array (1).
   • Click the Select Objects button (2), and click the rectangle. Press ENTER to return to the dialog box.
   • Enter 12 for Rows (3) and Columns (4).
   • Enter 2 for Row offset (5) and Column offset (6).
   • Click OK (7).
   • Zoom to display your rectangular array, which should resemble the following illustration.