Use the Coordinate Tracker to capture and send drawing X, Y, and Z coordinate values to the current command.
You can send any of the following:
- X and Y values only
- Z (elevation) value only
- X, Y, and Z values
Send the value required by the current command. If the current command requires a 3D (X, Y, and Z) value, an error occurs if you send a 2D (X and Y only) value.
Send a value by first moving the cursor to the desired location and entering the coordinate capture keys. This suspends tracking and captures the X, Y, and Z values. You can edit one or more of the values before you send them.
You send the values to the command line using the buttons directly beneath the X, Y, and Z values. The buttons are shown in the following illustration:
To send Coordinate Tracker values to the current command
- Display the Coordinate Tracker. Select a surface if required. For more information, see Viewing Cursor Coordinates Using the Coordinate Tracker.
- Run any command until you are prompted at the command line for a 2D point, a 3D point, or an elevation.
- Move the cursor until the Coordinate Tracker displays the desired coordinate and elevation values.
- To suspend cursor tracking and capture the current X, Y, and Z coordinate values, do the following:
- Enter the keys listed in the Coordinate Capture Keys edit box by pressing, and not releasing, each key in the specified order until you are holding all the specified keys down.
- Release all keys.
Coordinate tracking is suspended and the current X, Y, and Z coordinates are captured.
- Optionally, edit the coordinate information before sending it. In the Coordinate Tracker, click in either the X:, Y:, or Z: edit box and enter a new value.
- Do one of the following:
- To send the X and Y values, click
. - To send the Z value only, click
. - To send X, Y, and Z values, click
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- To send the X and Y values, click
- After you send a value, cursor tracking is automatically resumed. To resume cursor tracking without sending a value, click
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