Drawing Controls

Drawing Controls provide the capability to constrain one of the axes when drawing or reshaping an object. For example, using a constraint, the user can quickly draw a frame object parallel to one of the global axes. The keyboard key/drawing controls and their associated actions include the following:

There are three steps to using the constraint tools:

  1. Locate the first point.

  2. Press one of the constraint keys or select an option in the Properties of Object form that appears following use of the Advanced > Draw >  Set Reshape Element Mode command, the Advanced > Draw > Draw Frame/Cable/Tendon command, or the Advanced > Draw > Poly Area command.

  3. Locate the next point. CSiBridge picks up only the unconstrained component of the selected point.

Note: Snaps can be used in conjunction with drawing controls, but are not required. Only the unconstrained component of the selected snap point is used when a control has been selected. Snap tools can also be used when reshaping an object.

 

 

See Also

Nudge Feature

Right Mouse Button

Selection List