The Polar tab of the Position dialog displays the coordinates of the entity location. To specify the location, you can either:
- click a position in the graphics window; or
- enter the coordinates in the dialog.
This page contains the following:
Workspace — Select which workspace you are working in.
- World — Specifies the point relative to the global coordinate system.
- Workplane — Specifies the point relative to the active workplane. This option is available only when there is an active workplane and you are editing a non-active workplane.
- Relative — Specifies the point relative to the local origin.
Any locks are unlocked when you select a different Workspace.
Current Plane —Select one of the three principal planes. The current plane is relative to the selected Workspace option.
Angle — Specifies the polar angle from the origin in the Current Plane and Workspace.
Distance — Select an option from the list:
- Distance — Specifies the distance from the workplane origin.
- X, Y, or Z — Specifies the distance on either of the axes of the Current Plane.
Elevation — Select an option from the list:
- Elevation — Specifies the angle of elevation above the active plane from the origin of the workspace.
- Height — Specifies the distance perpendicular to the selected plane. For example, the Z component when the XY plane is selected.
Locks — Clamps values and prevents you from editing them. Click the button to toggle between Locked and Unlocked
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Unlocked — When displayed, you can edit the value.
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Locked — When displayed, you cannot edit the value.
Unlock all limits — Click this button to unlock all the locked parameters.
The locks on the
Polar and
Cartesian pages are not independent. For example, if the angle is locked to 45
with XY as the current plane, and you change X, Y changes to maintain the lock.
Become origin —The point defined becomes the item origin. Any relative coordinates are then measured from this origin.