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grid coordinates Coordinates, or pairs of numbers that, together, specify the loca-
tion 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 draw-
ing 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 double-
clicking on an existing text entity and selecting Inplace Edit button on the Text Editor
dialog box.