Erasing is an important feature in AutoCAD and is one of the most useful. Erasing enables the user to delete multiple objects without interfering with other objects.
Let's say we drew a 3D rectangle and we accidentally made a mistake by drawing another rectangle that intersects it:
To fix this, select the erasing tool from the tool palettes OR type “_erase”:
Next we select the object(s) we want to erase by clicking on them:
Then we press the ENTER or RETURN key, which ever one you have on your keyboard.
Problem solved - There is also another simpler way to do this. Simply click on the object you want to delete:
And press the DELETE key on your keyboard! You may think this is simple, but it took me 30 minutes to figure out how to erase when I first started AutoCAD so this is why I decided to make a tutorial on it.
