Autodesk 00308-011408-9F30A User Guide - Page 150

Tools for drawing polylines can be accessed from the Draw menu or the Polyline toolset on the All-In-One toolbar. You can also activate the Polyline toolbar (which contains the same commands but can be docked anywhere on screen) by right-clicking a bar, then clicking Toolbars on the pop-up menu that appears. Simply check the Polyline check box in the Toolbars dialog box, then click OK to make the Polyline toolbar visible on screen. To draw a polyline 1 On the Draw menu, click Polyline, Single, or click the Single Polyline button on the All-In-One toolbar. 2 (optional) Change the settings on the edit bar for start width, end width, and bulge. 3 Click a startpoint. A rubber-band line appears from that point. 4 Enter one or more additional vertices. Each one continues from the endpoint of the previous segment and begins a new segment. If you make a mistake, press DELETE to remove vertices one at a time in reverse order. 5 Right-click to complete the polyline. In addition to regular polylines, there are four other ways of drawing polylines in AutoSketch: segment, perpendicular, corner and sketch polylines. Polyline Segment allows you to draw a single-segment polyline whose width, length and angle you enter with the keyboard. A perpendicular polyline is drawn at a right angle to a line, arc, circle, polyline segment, or polygon segment. A corner polyline creates a rectangle at the intersection of two polyline or polygon segments. A sketch polyline simulates "freehand" drawing. Sketch polylines are discussed in "Sketching" on page 141. 140 | Chapter 12 Polylines, Polygons, & Curves