Then AutoCAD wants you to indicate which direction north is. I clicked on the midpoint of the button of the hatched area. Now select your projects coordinate system, time and click Next.ĪutoCAD will ask you the place a point on your drawing to represent the Marker position as on the map. You can now zoom in and you can refine the position of the marker. This will place a marker in the map area. This will now take you to the area and then click the Drop Marker Here button on the left. A dialogue box will appear looking something similar to the one below.Įnter your site address at the top and click the search button. In the resulting popup select Yes to use Online maps. In the drop down select ‘From Map’ option. Go to the Insert tab and click the Set Location button. (represented by the hatched area) and a north sign. In the example I have plan of a square building 5m by 5m. Make sure you have logged into your Autodesk account from within AutoCAD. If you want to locate your building in the correct location and perhaps want a backdrop image in plan of the surrounding area, then you can use the ‘Set Location” tool as shown.
