This window allows you to enter a point by inserting its coordinates.
The window can stay open during the work session.
The window consists of several
pages that let you insert the coordinates in various ways:
Absolute coordinates page
Incremental coordinates page
Polar coordinates page
Absolute
coordinates page
This page lets you insert a point by the immediate entering of its
coordinates. The coordinates values are inserted separately in the X
and Y
input fields.
Checkboxes of the X and Y input fields
If the check box is checked the corresponding coordinate is locked;
the inserted point will have the inserted value for the corresponding
coordinate; in interactive inserting the echo displays the situation.
X and Y input fields
Contain the values for the x and y coordinates. With the input of a
new point (input by mouse included) the fields are automatically
updated by the new coordinates values. The values can then be reused
for the input of the subsequent point. In the fields you can insert
expressions that use the same syntax as the Calculator window.
By use of the arrow keys you
can recall the last 10 inputs made in the respective input field.
X= and Y= buttons
Call X = and Y
= commands respectively that let you set the x coordinate (by
use of X=) or the y
coordinate (by use of Y=)
equivalent to the coordinate value of the selected point. The
commands lock the respective coordinate.
Ix= e Iy= buttons
Call Increase
in X and Increase in Y
commands respectively that let you define an increase of the x
coordinate (by use of lx=)
or the y coordinate (by use of ly=)
with regard to the last selected point, i.e. with regard to the
value displayed in the respective X
or Y input field. The
commands lock the respective coordinate.
Dx= e Dy= buttons
Call respectively the Distance in X
and Distance in Y commands
that let you define an increase of the x coordinate (Dx=)
or the y coordinate (Dy=)
in relation to the next point to be inserted. In interactive
inserting the echo displays the situation.
Insert
Inserts the point with the coordinates values that are defined in the
X and Y input fields.
Incremental
coordinates page
This page lets you insert a point by the definition of the increase
of its coordinates with regard to the last inserted point.
Dx and Dy input fields
Contain the increase values for the x and y coordinates. By use of
the arrow keys you can
recall the last 10 inputs made in the respective input field.
Insert
Inserts the point with the coordinates values that equal the
coordinates of the last inserted point plus the increases defined in
the Dx and Dy
input fields.
Polar
coordinates page
This page lets you insert a point by the definition of a distance to
the last inserted point and an angle with respect to the X axis.
Distance
Is the value that defines the distance of the next point to be
inserted from the last inserted point.
By use of the arrow keys you can recall the last 10 inputs made in
the input field.
Angle
Is the inclination of the next point to be inserted with respect to
the X axis in relation to the last inserted point. A positive value
means an angle in anticlockwise direction.
By use of the arrow keys you can recall the last 10 inputs made in
the input field
D= button
Calls the Length = command
that retrieves a length from the selected entity. The value is
inserted in the Distance field.
A= button
Calls the Angle = command
that requires the selection of an entity to calculate the angle the
entity forms with respect to the X axis. The value is inserted in the Angle field.
A3pt= button
Calls the Angle 3 points
command that requires the selection of 3 points to retrieve the angle
formed by these three points with the second point as vertex. The
value is inserted in the Angle field.
Insert
Inserts the point with x and y coordinates obtained from the last
inserted point at a distance and at an angle equal to the values
inserted in the Distance
and the Angle input fields.