Drawing
This part introduces the drawing tools that are used to draw objects in the drawing window for machining.
To select a drawing tool, do one of the following:
In the drawing toolbar, select a drawing tool:
In the menu bar, click Drawing and select a drawing tool.
After drawing, do the following:
To exit drawing, right click or press Esc.
To adjust the object, select the target object and do one of the following:
In the common toolbar, to modify the size and position of the object, directly input the values.
In the drawing window, to modify the size of the object, drag the rectangular points around the object.
Draw a Polyline
A polyline is a chain of lines and arcs that are joined together into one object. It includes line and tangent arc. The tangent arc corresponds to the arc.
To draw a polyline, do the following:
Click .
Left click to specify two points to draw a line.
Optional: To switch to the arc mode, right click on the drawing window and select Tangent Arc.
The arc is tangent to the last line/arc.
If you need to switch back to the line mode, right click on the drawing window and select Line.
Left click to specify another point.
Right click and do one of the following:
To draw the end point of the polyline, select Confirm. The polyline is an unclosed object.
To connect the current point to the start point, click Close. The polyline is a closed object.
To cancel the previous operations and exit drawing a polyline, click Cancel.
After drawing a polyline, to change an unclosed polyline into a closed one, select it and check Close in the common toolbar. (Note: This operation is irreversible.)
Draw an Elliptic Arc
To draw an elliptic arc, do the following:
Click .
Draw an ellipse.
See Draw an Ellipse for details.
Left click to separately specify the start point and the end point.
Draw an Arc
To draw an arc, do the following:
Click .
Left click to specify the center point.
Left click to specify the start point.
The distance between the start point and the center point is the radius.
Left click to specify the end point.
Draw an Ellipse
To draw an ellipse, do the following:
Click .
Left click to specify the center point.
Left click to separately specify two points.
The distances between the center point and the two points are separately the major axis and minor axis of the ellipse.
Draw a Circle
To draw a circle, do the following:
Click .
Left click to specify the center point.
Left click to specify a point.
The distance between this point and the center point is the radius.
Draw a Polygon
To draw a polygon, do the following:
Click .
Set parameter Edges in the common toolbar and press Enter on the keyboard.
Left click twice to separately specify the center point and a vertex.
Draw a Star
To draw a star, do the following:
Click .
Set parameter Vertexes in the common toolbar and press Enter on the keyboard.
Left click twice to separately specify the center point and a vertex.
Enter Text
It is mainly used to draw text in an advertisement board.
To enter text, do the following:
Click .
To specify a text box, click and drag the mouse.
Enter text in the input box.
During this process, you can press Ctrl + Enter for line feed.
Press Enter.