Drawing and Grid Origin. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

Some tools, such as Redraw and Extent, affect only the “active” pane. When there is only one pane, it is always active. When the drawing window is split into multiple panes, the active pane is the one to which the active pane indicator points.

■ To change the active pane, click the active pane indicator until it points to the correct pane. You can also change the active pane by pressing F6 or

SHIFT+F6.

Drawing and Grid Origin

By default, the drawing and grid origins are located in the lower left corner of the drawing page. AutoSketch measures all points in relation to the drawing origin. You can easily change the location of the origin, but if you move the origin, all entities in the drawing move with it.

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To hide the origin from view, uncheck the Drawing Origin check box on the Appearance page of the View Options dialog box.

To change the drawing origin colors, click the axis (direction) you want to change on the Appearance page of the View Options dialog box. The

Color dialog box appears. Simply adjust the Red, Green, and Blue color values (RGB values) and click OK.

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