RECTANG command

Creates a polyline in the shape of a rectangle.

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Alias: REC, RECT, RECTANGLE

Description

Creates a closed, four-sided rectangular polyline in the shape of a rectangle, square, and variants with chamfers or fillets.
  1. First corner
  2. Second corner
  3. Length
  4. Width

Methods to create a rectangle

This command has 5 methods to begin creating a rectangle:

  • Select first corner of rectangle
  • Rotated
  • Square
  • Area
  • Dimensions

Additional options: [Chamfer/Fillet/Elevation/Thickness/Width of line]

Select first corner of rectangle
Begin creating a rectangle by specifying a corner of a rectangle then:
Other corner of rectangle:
Specify the opposite corner of the rectangle. The rectangle is drawn parallel to the x and y axes.
Rotated
Begin creating a rectangle by specifying a corner of a rectangle then:
Additional options: [Chamfer/Fillet/Rotated/Square/Elevation/Thickness/Width of line/Area/Dimensions]:
Other corner of rectangle:
Specify the opposite corner of the rectangle.
Rotation angle for rectangle
Specify the rotation angle of the rectangle.
  1. Rotation angle
Square
Begin creating a rectangle by specifying a corner of a square then:
Additional options [Chamfer/Fillet/Rotated/Elevation/Thickness/Width of line/Area/Dimensions]
Second corner of square
Specify a corner along the same side of the square to define its length and angle.
Area
Begin creating a rectangle by specifying its area then:
Calculate rectangle dimensions based on [Length/Width]
Choose whether to use the length or width to calculate the dimensions for the rectangle.
  • Length: enter rectangle length
  • Width: enter rectangle width
Dimension

Begin creating a rectangle by specifying its length then:

Width to use for rectangles
Specify the width of the rectangle.
Select first corner of rectangle
Specify the first corner of the rectangle.
Additional options: [Chamfer/Fillet/Rotated/Square/Elevation/Thickness/Width of line/Area/Dimensions]:

Options within the RECTANG command

After you begin creating a rectangle, the following options may be available:

Chamfer
Specify the first chamfer distance to use for all rectangles then:
Additional options [turn chamfer Off, use Default setting]
Second chamfer distance to use for all rectangles
Specify the second chamfer distance to use for all rectangles
  1. First chamfer distance
  2. Second chamfer distance
Fillet
Specify the fillet distance to use for all rectangles.
Additional options [turn fillet Off, use Default setting]
  1. Fillet radius
Elevation
Specify the height above the xy-plane to use for all rectangles.
Additional options: [use Default]:
Width of line
Specify the width of the rectangle line segments. All segments have the same width.
Thickness
Specify the thickness of the rectangle line segments. All segments have the same thickness.
Turn chamfer off
Turn off chamfer.
Turn fillet off.
Turn off fillet.
Use default
Reset the default value.