Engineering Design and Presentation How to Draw and Plot Absolute Coordinates Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

What Are ABSOLUTE Coordinates? X Y -Y -X0,0 NOTE: When drawing 0,0 will always be the LOWER, LEFT hand corner of your “paper” or drawing space! That means all of your Absolute coordinates should be positive X & Y. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

How Do You Draw Using ABSOLUTE Coordinates? 9,15 9,23 12,23 13,22 12,15 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Create Your Coordinates Drawing: Complete the coordinate practice given. On the reverse side draw your INTIALS, ex. RMB and then plot out the coordinates, write down your coordinates on the paper provided. You will also draw this or YOURS in ACAD next. The objective is for the initials you hand draw to match your ACAD drawing. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.

Next: Draw YOUR Initials in ACAD. Follow those separate set of instructions. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved.