Point and point style

Points, or nodes as they are called in AutoCAD, are single-pixel objects that are generally used as a reference. The point command is also in the expanded Draw panel of the Home tab, as shown:

To make the points, select the point command from the Draw panel of the Home tab or use its command, PO. Click on different places in the drawing area to make the points. Once you are finished making the points, press Enter to escape the point command.

As you will notice, the points are too tiny to notice and though they may be visible in the blank drawing area, they will simply disappear when overlapped with other geometries:

To make the points prominently visible, you can change the point style. To change the point style, select the Point Style... tool from the expanded Utilities panel in the Home tab, as shown in the following figure. Alternatively, you can also use its command, PTYPE:

The Point Style window has a list of point styles that you can choose from. The first point style is selected by default, which is the single-pixel point type. The second point style is blank and will make your points disappear. The remaining point styles can be selected to make points look more prominent:

The point size is relative to the drawing area and the size of the point will change when you zoom in or out. But if you want a fixed size or the absolute size for the points, then select the second radio button, Set Size in Absolute Units, from the Point Style window and then specify the point size in the Point Size field.

This is how the points we made earlier will look with the changed point style:

The points, or nodes, can only be selected if the node Object Snap is active in the Object Snap menu. If the node Object Snap is not active, then you won't be able to snap to these points.