Creating lines with Intelligent Cursor example

This example shows you how to draw lines with Intelligent Cursor constructor line and label guidance:

Click Pattern tab > Create panel > Pattern to create a new pattern.
Click Pattern tab > Edit panel > Curve Editor to display the Curve Editor tab.
Click Curve Editor tab > Create panel > Lines > Continuous. This displays the Continuous Line toolbar and the mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair .
Click in the project area to start a continuous line and drag to create a line. Intelligent Cursor displays a constructor line and the length of the line from the last point selected as guidance.
Click once to define an endpoint for the line. The cross-hair changes to .
Draw a line perpendicular to the first line.

Intelligent Cursor displays the construction lines and two labels. indicates that the line drawn is perpendicular. displays the length of the line.
Double-click to finish drawing the line.

Tip: The labels displayed by the Intelligent Cursor help you judge the angle, direction, length, and key points of the drawn objects.

Intelligent Cursor context-sensitive labels:

When you hover your cursor over curves during construction the cursor changes to indentify important relationships:

— The constructor line is parallel to either of the axes of the principle editing plane.
— The constructor line is perpendicular to a tangent.
— The constructor line is tangential to the curve.
— Double-clicking at this point completes a curve or line.
— Intelligent Cursor is snapped on a curve but not to a specific point.
— A special point on the curve that has geometric significance, for example, the mid-point.
— The point where two curves cross.
— The mid-point of the curve.
— The length of the constructor line.
— The angle of an arc.
— The radius of an arc.
— The origin of the workplane or transform.
— Centre point of an arc.
— The start or the end point of a curve.