Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8, User Manual

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pen A property assigned to a entity that defines its color, style, and width.
pen color A color assigned to an entity. There is a 256 color custom palette in
AutoSketch.
pen style A line pattern assigned to an entity. There are a number of pen styles in
AutoSketch, including: solid, short dash, long dash, center line, phantom, dotted, dash
dot, divided, and border.
pen width A line thickness assigned to an entity. There are five pen widths in
AutoSketch: one, three, five, seven, and nine pixels. See also poly width.
Perpendicular snap A snap that allows you to enter a point that creates a line
perpendicular to an existing line, polyline segment, or polygon segment. When used
with an arc or a circle, it allows you to create a line that extends radially outward or
inward.
plus/minus rotation The angle applied to the current angular rotation of a symbol
or a regular polygon while inserting using the plus and minus keypad keys.
polar coordinates Coordinates of the form (r, Ø) that represent a point in terms of a
distance (r) and directed angle (Ø). Example: If centimeters and degrees are current
units of measurement, a point twelve centimeters away at 45 is specified by the
coordinates 12, 45.
poly A general term used to mean polyline, polygon, curve, and so on.
polygon A closed shape with multiple sides. A polyline whose beginning and ending
points are connected (closed). See also irregular polygon and regular polygon.
polyline A series of lines with connected endpoints. Polylines are treated as a single
entity by AutoSketch.
poly width Width in world coordinates of the start or end of a poly segment. See also
pen width.
pop-up menu A menu which appears at the current pointer location over the
AutoSketch screen. Also called right mouse button menu. See also command.
pop-up window A small window that displays information telling you what a
control or other screen element is and how you can use it. You access it by clicking the
question-mark button and then clicking the item.
port file An ASCII-based graphics file format used by some third-party applications
to manipulate data from certain versions of Drafix CAD Ultra and Drafix CAD 1 Plus.
printable area The area of the page where a printer can place ink. Calculated as the
page size minus the hard margin. See also hard margin and margin.
project information Information about a drawing file that can help you identify the
drawing it contains. Project information includes information such as project title, the
drawing number, the revision number, and so on.
property An item of information assigned to an entity. Properties include geometry,
layer, pen, pattern, and so on. User-defined properties are called fields.
property bar A tool bar containing controls for setting graphic entity properties. See
also edit bar and status bar.