Chapter 11 Sec 11.4 - Ray Advanced Linework A ray is simply an xline, but only infinite in one direction. It is easy to use and quite similar to xline, except there are no options for horizontal, vertical or angular; to get a perfectly straight ray you just have to turn on Ortho. Keyboard: Type in ray and press Enter. Cascading menus: Draw Ray Toolbar icon: none Ribbon: Home tab Draw Ray Step 1 Start the ray command via any of the above methods. Step 2 · AutoCAD will say: Specify start point: Step 3 Click anywhere and a ray will be created (Figure 11.10).