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Creating objects |
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To create objects you use construction commands. For example, in a graphic document there are several commands to construct a line segments – Segment, Parallel Segment, Tangent Segment through External Point etc. These commands allow to construct segments using various methods.
After calling the command, the controls for specifying parameters of the object being created appear on the Parameters panel The controls for specifying parameters of the created object will appear. The control set differs for different commands.
In some cases to construct the object you may need to specify other objects and/or points.
For example, to construct an arbitrary segment in a graphic document, you need to specify two points – the segment vertices, and to construct a parallel segment you should first specify an object – a straight line the segment will be parallel to, and then the points.
More information about selecting objects...
More details on specifying points...
After entering all the necessary parameters and specifying the objects you need to confirm creation of the object. For this, the Create Object 
button is used, which is displayed on the Parameter Panel and the Quick Access Toolbar. This button appears after setting the minimum parameters required to create the object.
When using some commands you don’t need to confirm creation of the object. The object is created automatically after specifying the parameters required to construct it.
In most cases after creating the object, the command does not stop working. This allows to create multiple object of the same type while invoking the command just once.
To proceed to creating an object of another type, invoke the command to construct it. The current command will stop working.
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If some parameters were specified in the command and the creation of the object is not completed, the following options are possible when switching to another construction command. •When you go to the command of the same group (for example, after the Segment command the Parallel Segment command is invoked), parameter values are transferred to the running command, if possible. More information about parameter propagation... •When you go to the command of another group – if the specified parameters are enough to construct the object, it will be automatically created, and if not, the parameter values will be lost. |
More details on running and completing commands...
It is obvious that an object used to perform a command should already exist in the document. To specify the object, you should hover the cursor over it and, when the object is highlighted, click the left mouse button. When working with the model, in addition to highlighting the object, next to the cursor appears an icon of object type. Besides, you can specify model objects in the Design Tree.
The specified object will be registered in the Parameter Panel – its name will appear in the special field. To cancel the current selection, click the "x" icon in the right part of the field.
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Objects for most operations can be specified both before invoking the command and after it. |
As opposed to objects, points can be specified in "emptiness", i.e. you can set the cursor in an arbitrary place of the document graphic area and fix it by clicking the mouse. Coordinates of the point where the cursor was located are determined automatically and will be used in the command. They are displayed in special fields on the Parameter Panel. If necessary you can change any coordinate, thus shifting the object point.
To specify points precisely, use snaps. Using snaps you can specify, for example, a circle center, the intersection point of segments or a vertex in the model. In graphic documents, you make a snap using special commands. There are no similar snap in models – to set a certain point you should specify a point object.
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In a graphic document you can specify the exact cursor coordinates by entering them in the fields of the Quick Access Toolbar. In this case you should fix the cursor by pressing <Enter> key, to prevent it from shifting accidentally. |
