Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8, User Manual

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Using Guidelines
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To place a circular guideline by entering its centerpoint and radius
1 On the Draw menu, click Guidelines, or click the Edit Guidelines button
on the Standard toolbar. The edit bar displays tools for drawing guidelines.
2 Enter a distance in the Radius text box on the edit bar.
3 Click the Center-Radius Circle Guideline button on the edit bar.
4 Click to place the circular guideline.
To delete individual guidelines
1 On the Draw menu, click Guidelines, or click the Edit Guidelines button
on the Standard toolbar. The edit bar displays tools for drawing guidelines.
2 Click the Delete Guidelines button on the edit bar. Guidelines are high-
lighted as you move the pointer over them in the drawing.
3 When the guideline you want to delete is highlighted, click to delete it.
To delete all guidelines
1 On the Draw menu, click Guidelines, or click the Edit Guidelines button
on the Standard toolbar. The edit bar displays tools for drawing guidelines.
2 Click the Delete All Guidelines button on the edit bar.
To control the appearance of guidelines
1 On the View menu, click Options. The View Options dialog box appears.
2 Click the Appearance page tab.
3 (optional) Check the Guidelines check box. When this check box is
checked, guidelines are displayed in the drawing. When it is unchecked,
guidelines are hidden.
4 (optional) Click a guideline color from the Color drop-down list box.
5 (optional) Click a guideline style in the Style drop-down list box.
6 Click OK.