Inserting Symbols in Lines, Polylines, and Polygons. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

To place a symbol while scaling it and aligning it to points

1 Click the Symbol page tab on the Content Librarian.

2 Click and drag the symbol into the drawing.

3 Press SHIFT+CTRL and click a point in the drawing for the basepoint of the symbol.

4 Continue pressing SHIFT+CTRL and click a second point.

NOTE Instead of choosing a symbol from the Content Librarian, you can click the Symbol Point button on the All-In-One toolbar or click Symbol, Point on the Draw menu. An image or extent box of a symbol appears and moves with the pointer, and its name appears in the drop-down list box on the edit bar. You can place this symbol or select a different symbol from the dropdown list box.

Inserting Symbols in Lines, Polylines, and

Polygons

AutoSketch can automatically open a gap in lines, polylines, or polygons when you insert symbols on top of them. Many symbols are designed for you to place them on top of other entities. For example, door and window symbols in a drawing of a floorplan are usually inserted in polylines representing walls.

When you insert a symbol on top of a line, AutoSketch divides the line and deletes the portion of the line in which you inserted the symbol.

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From the Content Librarian, you can insert symbols automatically, instead of choosing Symbol, Insert on the Draw menu. This feature is available through the Symbol page tab of the Content Explorer.

If you delete an inserted symbol, the insertion gap remains. To restore a line, either draw a connecting line between the two endpoints of the remaining line, or click Undo on the Edit menu immediately after inserting the symbol.

To insert a symbol in a line or polyline

1 Click the Symbol page tab on the Content Librarian.

2 Click the Insert Symbol button at the bottom of the Content Librarian.

3 Click and drag the symbol into the drawing.

4 (optional) Enter a custom opening width in the Opening Width text box on the edit bar and press ENTER. The default setting uses the width of the symbol extent.

5 Click a point on a line, polyline, or polygon for the basepoint of the symbol.

6 Click a second point to establish the direction AutoSketch draws the symbol in relation to the first point entered.

To insert a symbol at a specific point along a line or polyline

1 Click the Symbol page tab on the Content Librarian.

2 Click the Insert Symbol button at the bottom of the Content Librarian.

3 Click and drag the symbol into the drawing.

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4 (optional) Enter a custom opening width in the Opening Width text box on the edit bar and press ENTER. The default setting uses the width of the symbol extent.

5 Click the startpoint of the offset.

6 Click the second point to establish the direction AutoSketch draws the symbol in relation to the first point entered.

TIP Use Jump snap to enter a precise offset measured from the endpoint of the segment.

To automatically insert symbols

1 Near the top of the Content Librarian, click the Explorer button. The

Content Explorer appears.

2 Click the Symbol page tab, then select a symbol library.

3 Select a symbol name, then right-click. To select multiple symbol names press SHIFT.

4 Click Draw with Insert from the pop-up menu that appears.

5 Click Close.

NOTE To deactivate Draw with Insert, repeat the preceding steps. In step 4, make sure Draw with Insert is unchecked. Press SHIFT to toggle between Symbol Insert and Symbol Point.

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