Autodesk 00308-011408-9F30A User Guide - Page 377

grid coordinates Coordinates, or pairs of numbers that, together, specify the location of a point, measured from the grid origin. grid origin The point from which the axes of the reference grid extend outward. See also drawing origin. grid snap interval The distance between possible snap points on the reference grid. This determines the accuracy of Gridpoint snap (if the snap interval is too low, Gridpoint snap may not be as useful, if it's too high, Gridpoint snap may not allow you to enter the point you want). Gridpoint snap A snap that allows you to specify points by snapping to the reference grid. group A compound entity consisting of individual symbols and entities which AutoSketch treats as a single entity. guideline A visual drawing aid consisting of a line or circle placed in the drawing for reference. See also Reference Grid. hard margin The area built-in to a printer or printer driver which cannot be used for printing. While you cannot reduce the hard margin, you can reduce the available printing area by adding your own margins, called soft margins. See also margin. hatch angle The angle of rotation at which hatching in a drawing is applied. hatch spacing The distance between lines, dashes, and so on, for hatch patterns. Hatch spacing applies to existing polygons and future hatch symbols. hatch style One of the repetitive line patterns (crosshatches) that you can use to annotate an area or polygon. horizontal dimension A linear dimension that measures the horizontal distance between two points. hyperlink A "jump", or link, to another location within a document, or a location in a different document. The target of a hyperlink can be text, an image, audio, or video file. A hyperlink is similar to a topic jump in a help file. See also URL. import To open a file using a file format other than the AutoSketch (.CAD) file format. AutoSketch imports several types of drawing files: AutoCAD (DWG), AutoCAD ASCII drawing interchange (.DXF), Drafix CAD port (.POR), and Windows metafile (.WMF). included angle The relative angle between the start angle and end angle which is the visible portion of the circle. initial offset The default distance between the first control point for a linear or angular dimension and the location of the dimension line measured along the extension line. inplace text editor The inplace text editor provides a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interface that allows you to see your text rendered directly into the drawing as you type. All functions available in the Text Editor are available using the inplace text editor with the exception of Character Map and importing text. The text editor mode defaults to the last text editor interface used (inplace or Text Editor). If the inplace editor was not the last mode used, the inplace editor is accessed by doubleclicking on an existing text entity and selecting Inplace Edit button on the Text Editor dialog box. Glossary | 367