Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8, User Manual

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Chapter 26 Making Inquiries
To display a length based on a numeric expression
1 On the Inquire menu, click Distance, or click the Inquire Distance button
on the All-In-One toolbar. If a selection set exists, AutoSketch temporarily
suspends it and grays the selection handles.
2 Type = (equal sign). The Distance Input dialog appears.
3 Enter the numeric expression that evaluates to the distance you want to
measure and click OK. The Distance dialog box appears.
4 Click Close or click Inquire Again to display another length, or click Copy
to copy the currently displayed length to the Clipboard.
Measuring Angles
You can make an inquiry that measures the angle between points you enter.
You can enter these points to measure the angle of an entity, such as the
angle of a bevel. You can enter an angle using two or three points. The first
point you enter defines the vertex of the angle you want to measure. The
remaining points define the angle to include.
To display an angle defined by three points
1 On the Inquire menu, click Angle, or click the Inquire Angle button on the
All-In-One toolbar. If a selection set exists, AutoSketch temporarily
suspends it.
2 Enter the vertex (the center point) of the angle.
3 Enter the beginning point of rotation. A rubber-band arc appears to mark
the angle.
4 Enter the ending point of rotation. The Angle dialog box appears.
5 Click Close or click Inquire Again to display another angle, or click the
Copy button to copy the currently displayed angle to the Clipboard.
To display an angle defined by two points
1 On the Inquire menu, click Angle, or click the Inquire Angle button on the
All-In-One toolbar. If a selection set exists, AutoSketch temporarily
suspends it.
2 Press CTRL while entering the point that defines the vertex of the angle.
A rubber-band line appears beginning at the entered point.
3 Enter the second point. The Angle dialog box appears displaying the
measured angle.