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the upper end. AutoSketch calculates these values automatically by subtracting the minus tolerance from the calculated value and adding the plus tolerance. toolbar A bar containing buttons which you can click to carry out an operation. Clicking some buttons reveals a group of related buttons. ToolTip A screen component that provides brief information about buttons in a toolbar. A tooltip appears when you position the pointer over a button for a few seconds without moving it. tracing Drawing over a raster image of an existing drawing onscreen, or on a drawing tablet, using the same tools and methods used to create any drawing. In this way, you convert a collection of colored pixels to vector, or "draw" graphics, in which images are defined mathematically. transform To move, scale, or rotate an entity. AutoSketch also supports compound transformations such as aligning, mirroring, and stretching. translate To move an x- and y-displacement (or delta x and y) defined by two points. trim To edit an entity's geometry by performing one of the following operations: alcove, bevel, break, channel, corner, difference, divide, edge, intersection, join, round, subdivide, or union. UID (Unique Identifier) A unique number AutoSketch assigns to each entity automatically. URL (Uniform Resource Locator) A networked extension of the standard filename concept that points to a file in a directory that can exist on any computer on the Internet and can be served using a variety of different methods. URLs can point to many things other than files including, documents stored within a database, queries, a Web page, and so on. undo To reverse the effects of the most recent edit or draw command. Using the drop-down arrow, you can select a sequence of several editing operations to reverse. See also redo. uniform resource locator (URL) A networked extension of the standard filename concept that points to a file in a directory that can exist on any computer on the Internet and can be served using a variety of different methods. URLs can point to many things other than files including, documents stored within a database, queries, a Web page, and so on. union Creating a polygon from the combined area of two overlapping polygons. unique identifier (UID) A unique number AutoSketch assigns to each entity automatically. units of measurement The set of units for displaying and entering coordinates, distances, angles, and areas. Unlock lock modifier The lock modifier which effectively "turns off" other lock modifiers to allow you to enter points without regard to the previous point. Unlock is the default lock modifier. See also lock modifier. user-defined property See field. 376 | Glossary