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Click the line button in the CAD toolbar to show the line toolbar (Figure 29).
Figure
29: The line toolbar.
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - 2 Points
Command:
line, ln, l
Options Toolbar:
Description:
This tool lets you draw a sequence of one or more straight lines.
Procedure:
c
or
close
or click the 'Close' button in the Options Toolbar to
close the sequence. If you need to undo a single line segment, you can do
so by entering
u
or
undo
or clicking the 'Undo' button.
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Angle
Command:
lineangle, la
Options Toolbar:
Description:
Use this tool to create lines with a given angle. The line will have to be trimmed to the desired length after creating it.
angle
,
ang
or
a
to change the angle.
length
,
len
or
l
to change the length.
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Horizontal / Vertical
Command:
linehor, lhlinever, lv
Options Toolbar:
Description:
Use this tool to create horizontal (vertical) lines. This tool essentially behaves like the one described above, except that you cannot input an angle.
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Rectangle
Command:
rectangle, rectang, rec
Description:
Use this tool to create rectangular shapes more quickly than with the line tool. A rectangle consists of four separate lines.
Procedure:
@50,25
.
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Bisector
Command:
bisector
Options Toolbar:
Description:
Use this tool for creating angle bisectors between two line entities.
Procedure:
length
,
len
or
l
, followed by the length. To specify the number of
bisectors in the command line, enter
number
,
num
or
n
, followed by the number.
Figure
30: Construction of Bisectors.
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Parallel
Command:
lineparallel, parallel, par, lineoffset, offset, o
Options Toolbar:
Description:
With this tool you can create parallels to existing lines or concentric arcs and circles.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Parallel
Options Toolbar:
Description:
With this tool you can create parallels to existing lines or concentric arcs and circles.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Tangent (P,C)
Command:
linetangent, tangent, lt
Description:
Create tangents from a coordinate to an existing arc or circle entity with this tool.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Tangent (C,C)
Command:
linetangent2, tangent2, lt2
Description:
Create tangents from one existing arc or circle entity to another one with this tool.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Orthogonal
Command:
lineorthogonal, lo
Description:
This tool lets you create lines orthogonal to existing entities. The existing entity can be a line or an arc / circle.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Relative Angle
Command:
linerelangle, lre
Description:
Create lines with a relative angle to existing entities with this tool. The existing entity can be a line or an arc / circle. Lines with a relative angle of 0 degrees to an arc are tangents or parallels to tangents.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Polygon (Cen,Cor)
Command:
linepolygon, polygon
Options Toolbar:
Description:
Creates polygons with the center and one corner given.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Polygon (Cor,Cor)
Command:
linepolygon2, polygon2
Options Toolbar:
Description:
Creates polygons with two corners given.
Procedure:
CAD Toolbar:
Menu:
Draw - Line - Freehand
Command:
linefree, freehand
Description:
With this tool you can draw freehand lines. Please use this tool sparingly since technical drawings usually require absolute accuracy. However, on some occasions this tool might come in handy (e.g. for broken edges like shown in Figure 31).
Procedure:
Figure
31: Example use for the freehand
line tool.