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• To create a new set, enter a new name in the
field and click Save.
• To choose a differ ent set, choose it from the list
and click OK.
Save—Saves the se t displayed in the list.
Delete—Deletes the set displayed in the list.
Review Strokes Default Show As Order group
Specifies whether commands or strokes are
initially listed in the Review Strokes dialog.
Show Grid Time (ms)
The time it takes, in milliseconds, for the st roke
analysis grid to appear in the viewports when you
completeastroke. Setitto0tohidethegrid.
Default=300 (about 1/3 of a second); Range=0 to
2000.
Show Extents Time (ms)
The time it takes, in milliseconds, for the extents of
the stroke to appear in the viewports. Range=0 to
2000. Set it to 0 to disable this feature. Default=300
(about 1/3 of a second).
Strokes that operate on the First Point display
a small X. Strokes that operate on items in the
bounding box of the stroke display the bounding
box. Strokes that operate on the circular extents
display a circle that fits inside the square bounding
box of the stroke. Window selections appear solid.
Crossing selections appear dotted.
Stroke Point Size
The size, in pixels, of Xs drawn in the v iewports
that allow you to visualize the stroke shape.
Default=4; Range=3 to 20.
Strok es Utility
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > Utilities
dialog > Strokes
The Strokes utilit y lets you launch commands by
dragging left-button mouse patterns i n a view port.
When you launch the Strok es utility, a modeless
dialogappearscontainingasingleDrawStrokes
button. When the Draw Strokes button is ac tive,
you can define and use strokes with the left mouse
button.
The Strokes system is als o available as an option
for the m iddle mouse button that doe sn’t require
the ut ility or the modeless dialog. This option can
be found on the View ports tab (page 3–821) of the
Preferences dialog. For details, see Strokes (page
3–862).
Procedures
Exa mple: To define a s trok e pattern for A rc R otate:
1.
On the Utilities panel, click the More button,
andchooseStrokesfromthelist.
2. On the modeles s dialog, click Draw Strokes.
3. Hold down the lef t mouse button and drag the
mouse straight down from top to bottom, then
releasethemousebutton. Thelengthofthe
strokedoesn’tmatter,butthedirectiondoes.
A dialog appears asking you to define the
pattern or continue.
4. ClickDefinetodisplaytheDefineStrokedialog.
5. Choose Arc Rotate from the Command To
Execute list and then click OK.
The pattern is now defined for Arc Rotate.