Drawing aids act as toggle switches. More than one can be selected at a time
(except for GRID and the line drawing modes).
- AUTO FORWARD/BACKWARD ARROW
- Automatically add forward/backward arrow heads to POLYLINE, SPLINE
or ARC objects.
- FLIP
- Invert the object (middle button) or produce a mirror-image copy of an
object (left button). Point to part of the object (''the handle''), click
the appropriate button.
- GRID
- Display either the quarter- or half-inch grids (left button).
- MAGNET
- Round points to the nearest 1/16 of an inch.
This affects every function, and is provided as an alignment aid.
- UNRESTRICTED
- Allow lines to be drawn with any slope.
- MANHATTAN
- Enforce drawing of lines in the horizontal and vertical direction only.
Both MANHATTAN and MOUNTAIN can be turned on simultaneously. The
creations of POLYGON, POLYLINE and SPLINE objects are
affected by these two modes.
- MOUNTAIN
- Enforce drawing of only diagonal lines. Both MANHATTAN
and MOUNTAIN can be turned on simultaneously. The creations
of POLYGON, POLYLINE and SPLINE objects are affected
by these two modes.
- MANHATTAN MOUNTAIN
- Allow lines to be drawn at any slope allowed when in
MOUNTAIN or MANHATTAN modes.
- LATEX LINE
- Allow lines to be drawn only at slopes which can be handled by LATEX picture
environment lines: slope = x/y, where x,y are integers in the range [-6,6].
- LATEX VECTOR
- Allow lines to be drawn only at slopes which can be handled by LATEX picture
environment vectors: slope = x/y, where x,y are integers in the range [-4,4].
- ROTATE
- Rotate the object (middle button) or copy (left button) +90 degrees.
- SOLID/DASHED LINE STYLE
- Toggle bexween solid and dashed line styles. The dash length
is fixed at 0.05 inch.