Guidelines & Adopting the Angle of Objects
Question
How do I set a
Requirements
PowerCADD 2000 (version 5) through PowerCADD v7
PowerCADD v7 and Mac OS? X Tiger (10.4.4) or newer recommended
Background
What to do
To have a
- Choose
Layout Menu > Drawing Setup > Show tab and make sure theShow Rulers box is checked (in PowerCADD 6 or 7 you can alsoControl + click in the drawing window and chooseShow Rulers from the contextual menu) - Draw a Line (or polygon, or other object of your choice)
- Move the mouse over the rulers, the cursor will change
- Drag a
Guideline off the ruler - Press the
Option key (cursor will change to a target cursor) - drag the mouse & guideline and touch the line drawn in (2)
- the guideline will adopt the same angle as the line
Demo Movie (220KB Download) (need movie help?)
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Using Surface Snapping
You can useSnapping to ensure your guidelines are precisely aligned to the object.
In the example video above, you can see ared snap indicator appear as we move the mouse around or near an objects End Point or Vertex . However, you can also force the guideline to snap to the surface of an object simply by pressing S as you drag the Target Cursor on top of the object surface (e.g. a line) that you want the guideline to match.
Hint: You can use both theOption key and the S to force the guideline to adopt the angle of the object and precisely snap to the surface of the object.