Activating the command:
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Draw
Modify Intersect
- If construction objects are selected, right-click and choose the Intersect command.
If in Selection Select Lines or Selection Select Construction Objects mode, then choosing the Intersect command will access the Intersect lines dialog. (This can really intersect any object: lines, arcs, circles, and splines.)
Note that two sets of selections will need to be made on the fly. You do not need to make the selections before activating the command. The two selection sets are as follows:
- Select the single item or multiple items that are used to create the intersection.
- Then, select the single item or multiple items to be intersected.
The objects can be lines or construction objects or a mix of both. When using a mix, the Select setting will need to be changed in the middle of the operation.
The procedure to intersect objects is as follows:
- Activate the Intersect command and follow these prompts:
- Select an intersecting line indicates to select the first item that will be used to intersect the other items.
- Select another intersecting line or Press ENTER to select lines to intersect lets you select additional items to create the intersection. Pick each item one at a time by left clicking on the line regardless of the Selection: Shape setting.
- Press the <Enter> key when all of the items being used to create the intersections are selected.
- Press ENTER to perform the intersection or select another line to intersect indicates to select the first item to be intersected. Regardless of the Selection Shape setting, you need to left click the item to select it. To select multiple objects to be intersected, you must pick them one at a time by left clicking on them.
- Press the <Enter> key to perform the intersect operation.
Only objects that are in the same plane can be intersected. However, they do not need to physically cross. If the Use equation of the intersecting entity check box is activated, the equation of the object will be used for the intersection. That is, the object is treated as if infinitely long.
If the Intersect all other lines check box is activated, you will only need to select the objects to create the intersections; not the objects to be intersected. All of the entities that the selected object intersect will be intersected when the <Enter> key is pressed.