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To create a file study the following information:
Here goes a simple example of creating new drawing:
| • | Click the New  button (File -> New). ABViewer will be switched to the Editor mode and blank CAD file will appear. |
| • | Click the Options  button (File -> Options) that calls Options dialog box. Select the Snap and Grid tab. Set Step by X size and Step by Y size equal to 5. |
| • | Click the Grid [F7]  button on the status bar to switch on a grid on the drawing. |
| • | Toggle on the Ortho [F8]  button for drawing just vertical or parallel lines. |
| o | Point 1, 2. Click the Polyline  button (Editor Tab -> Draw -> Polyline). Left click on the image and drag mouse to the right. Use keyboard to enter "44" value and press Enter. The first polyline section will arise. |
| o | Point 3. Drag mouse upwards and enter 12 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Point 4. Drag mouse to the right and enter 42 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Point 5. Drag mouse downwards and enter 12 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Point 6. Drag mouse to the right and enter 79 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Point 7. Drag mouse upwards and enter 40 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Point 8. Drag mouse to the left and enter 65 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Point 9. Drag mouse upwards and enter 60 on the keyboard and press Enter. Double-click to finish drawing the polyline or press Enter once more. |
| • | Toggle on the Snap to Entities  button (Editor tab -> Snap) . |
| o | Click the Arc  button (Editor Tab -> Draw -> Arc). |
| o | Catch Point 1. Snap rectangle appears when mouse cursor is over the polyline vertexes. |
| o | Click once over Point 1 and drag pointer to Point 9. |
| o | Click over Point 9 and drag mouse on the left to make a bulged arc. Click with the left mouse button to fix the arc. |
| o | Click the Dimension  button (Editor Tab -> Text -> Dimension). |
| o | Click over Point 1. Drag mouse to the right and click over Point 2. |
| o | Drag mouse downwards, enter 10 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Click the Dimension button (Editor Tab -> Text -> Dimension). |
| o | Click over Point 2. Drag mouse to the right and click over Point 5. |
| o | Drag mouse downwards, enter 10 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Click the Dimension button (Editor Tab -> Text -> Dimension). |
| o | Click over Point 1. Drag mouse to the right and click over Point 6. |
| o | Drag mouse downwards, enter 20 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Click the Dimension button (Editor Tab -> Text -> Dimension). |
| o | Click over Point 6. Drag mouse to the right and click over Point 7. |
| o | Drag mouse downwards, enter 10 on the keyboard and press Enter. |
| o | Toggle Ortho-mode off if necessary |
| o | Click the Leader  button (Editor Tab -> Draw -> Leader). |
| o | Click once in the middle of the arc. Drag mouse to the bottom right direction. |
| o | Find arc's center point. Snap rectangle will convert to the circle form. |
| o | Double-click on the center to finish the arrow. |
| o | Click the Text  button (Editor Tab -> Text -> Attribute Definition). |
| o | Click near starting point of the arrow. |
| o | Enter R in the arisen window, click  button. |
| o | Click over the R text line on the drawing. The panel Properties will show R text parameters. |
| o | Select Rotation parameter and enter -45. |
The following drawing appears as the result:
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