Entering Angles. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

To enter a length on the edit bar by clicking on an entity

1 Select an entity, such as a line, in your drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the length text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Press and hold SHIFT.

4 Click an entity in the drawing. A length associated with the type of entity you clicked on is entered on the edit bar:

Entity type Associated length

Arc/circle Radius of the arc/circle

Ellipse Major or minor radius

Line

Marker

Length of the line

Height of the marker

Symbol or group

Distance associated with the component entity you click

Text Height of the text

Where to click

On the arc/circle

On the ellipse near its radius

On the line

On the basepoint of the marker

On the component entity

On the basepoint or the invisible bounding rectangle of the text

Entering Angles

AutoSketch recognizes three types of angles: standard angles, compass angles, and bearings. Standard angles measure rotation counterclockwise with respect to the x-axis. Compass angles measure rotation clockwise with respect to the y-axis.

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Bearings are used by surveyors, geologists, and mapmakers. For a detailed discussion of bearings, see online Help.

Standard and compass angles use the same system of notation. To enter an angle using the keyboard, simply enter the angular value followed by any of the following angle notations:

Angular Unit degrees

Notation

#.#d degrees-minutes-seconds #d #’ #’’ minutes #.#’ seconds radians grads

#.#’’

#.#r

#.#g

Examples

45.00d

19d 18’ 45’’

47.5’

15.3’’

0.7845r

1.25g

bearings N|S#d#’#’’E|W

N|S#.E|W

N14d8’15’’E S30.W

NOTE # represents a signed, whole, decimal, or exponential number (e.g., 3, 4.123,

5e20).

You can also enter angles using the mouse. Entering angles with the mouse is handy when you need entities to have the same orientation. You can enter an angle with the mouse by:

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Entering three points in the drawing.

Entering two points in the drawing.

Clicking an arc, line, polyline or polygon segment, text entity, marker, or symbol.

To enter an angle on the edit bar based on three points

1 Select an entity in the drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Enter the vertex (the center point) of the angle.

4 Enter a point that defines the beginning point of rotation. A rubber-band arc appears.

5 Enter the ending point of rotation.

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To enter an angle on the edit bar based on two points

1 Select an entity in the drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Press and hold CTRL.

4 Enter the vertex of the angle. A rubber-band arc appears.

5 Enter a point to establish the angle.

To enter an angle based on a line, polyline or polygon segment

1 Select an entity in the drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Press and hold SHIFT.

4 Click an entity in the drawing that establishes the angle. An angle is entered based on entity type:

To enter an angle on the edit bar based on an arc

1 Select an entity in the drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Press and hold SHIFT.

4 Click an arc in the drawing that establishes the angle. An angle is entered based on the end of the arc that is closest to where you clicked.

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To enter an angle on the edit bar based on a marker or text entity

1 Select an entity in the drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Press and hold SHIFT.

4 Click a marker or text entity in the drawing that establishes the angle. An angle is entered based on entity type.

Symbols have angles associated with each base entity. The exact number of angles associated with a symbol varies with the individual symbol.

To enter an angle on the edit bar based on a symbol

1 Select an entity in the drawing.

2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.

3 Press and hold SHIFT.

4 Click the portion of the symbol in the drawing that you want to use to establish the angle. An angle is entered based on the symbol entity and where you click.

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