Draws a sequence of straight lines.
How to use
1. Click the Open Polyline icon or choose the Tools > Curves > Polyline > Open polyline command.
2. The program console prompts Local axes origin.
3. Locate axes origin of the curve following one of the two methods:
a) Click and drag in any view and release the mouse button to confirm placement.
b) Type its XYZ coordinates in the console (values must be separated by a comma, i.e. 1,2,3) and press Enter to confirm. If you press Enter without typing any value in the console, the axes origin of the curve will be placed in correspondence with the XYZ origin.
4. Successive clicks define point in the polyline. Each point defines a new node and segment in the polyline. You can add points working in any view regardless of where you have started drawing.
5. Press Spacebar to stop points insertion.
To interactively define the point position hold the mouse button down after the click or click while pressing the Shift key.
Options
XYZ coordinates
To modify XYZ coordinates of a point.
Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click the point whose position you want to modify and drag it. Release the mouse button when you reach the desired position.
Modeling Tool panel. Select the point from the scroll list that appears when you click the [&ldots;] button. Type the new values in the XYZ data fields and confirm them by pressing Enter.
Remove
To remove a polyline point.
Views. Choose the Edit mode. Pick the point you want to remove. Choose the Edit > Delete command or press Del .
Modeling Tool panel. Click the [. . .] button and select the point you want to remove from the scroll list (the views will display it in yellow). Press the Remove button.
Insert
To add new points to a polyline.
Views / Modeling Tool panel. Switch the Insert check button on and click in any view. If you have previously selected two adjacent points, you can add points between them.
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