Edit Bar controls: Construction, Angle, Line Length, Length Mode, Line Position, Create Duplicate Entities, Palette Group, Palette.
This tool allows you to draw a line through a point at a given angle to the horizontal. The line may be of specified length, or may be an infinite construction line.
Construction - determines if the lines are to be construction lines or drawn in the current palette.
Angle - the angle (to the horizontal) of the line.
Line Length - determines the length of the line, subject to the selected Length Mode. You can either enter the required length on the edit bar or use the Nudge keys to adjust the length interactively.
Length Mode - this determines the length mode used to create the line.
- Line Length - the line will be the line length specified in the Line Length spin box.
- X-Offset - the horizontal distance between the start and end points of the line drawn will correspond to the value in the Line Length value.
- Y-Offset - the vertical distance between the start and end points of the line drawn will correspond to the value in the Line Length value.
Line Position - this is the position of the cursor on the new line.
- Bottom/Left - the cursor position will be to the bottom or to the left.
- Centre - the cursor position will be central.
- Top/Right - the cursor position will be to the top or to the right.
Select the Edit Bar options then pick the point for the angled line.
Constraint Manager
If you have the Constraint Manager active whilst using this tool you will experience the following differences:
- An angle dimension is added on each use
- A coincident constraint is added if the line is snapped onto an existing entity
- A linear dimension is added on the first use of a particular length and an equal length constraint added on multiple use
Related topics: Notes On Draw Tools