Sketch technology is a quick drawing mode for polylines. With this technology, construction is made easier by the fact that HiCAD automatically fades in auxiliary lines along a predefined grid, starting from the last point of a polyline, and displays the relevant angles, distances and radiuses at the cursor. On this grid, you can then click the mouse to define the direction and length of a line by means of corresponding cursor movements. You can preset the precision of this grid fineness in SKIZZTEC.DAT. It changes automatically, depending on the screen zoom.
Sketch technology has a context menu which you use the right mouse button to activate during sketching. The functions of this menu enable you to do the following:
During sketching you can also call the numerical point options via shortcuts. Distances, too, can be entered via the keyboard: Press the space bar, enter the distance(s) and confirm with OK. For point options with angles place the cursor in such a way that the correct angle is shown before pressing the space bar.
Note on the Autopilot:
When sketching lines, additional options are available for point specification via the Autopilot:
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Is displayed if the x-coordinate of the current cursor position is identical to the x-coordinate of another point of the active part. |
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Is displayed if the y-coordinate of the current cursor position is identical to the y-coordinate of another point of the active part. |
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Is displayed if both the x- and y-coordinates of the current cursor position are identical to the x- and y-coordinates of another point of the active part. |
Together with the display of the point option, an auxiliary line is also displayed on the point with identical x- or y-coordinate. All points of the active part and the origin of the sketch or the 2-D drawing are taken into account.
Working with Sketches (3-D) • Sketch Functions (3-D)
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