Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURE 17.26
The Point Style tool
in the expanded
Open Shapes panel
of the Tool Sets
palette
The Point Style tool
6. Click the X point style at the upper-right corner of the dialog box, click the Set Size
Relative To Screen radio button, and then click OK.
7. If the Xs don't appear, enter RE ↵. A set of Xs appears, showing the nine divisions (shown
earlier in Figure 17.24).
You can also change the point style by changing the Pdmode system variable. When Pdmode
is set to 3, the point appears as an X.
The Divide command uses point objects to indicate the division points. You create point
objects by using the Point command. They usually appear as dots. Unfortunately, such points
are nearly invisible when placed on top of other objects. But, as you've seen, you can alter their
shape by using the Point Style dialog box. You can use these X points to place objects or ref-
erences to break the object being divided. (The Divide command doesn't cut the object into
smaller divisions.)
FINDING HIDDEN NODE POINTS
If you're in a hurry and you don't want to bother changing the shape of the point objects, you can
do the following: Set Running Osnaps to Node. Then, when you're in Point Selection mode, move
the cursor over the divided curve. When the cursor gets close to a point object, the Node Osnap
marker appears.
Dividing Objects into Specified Lengths
The Measure command acts just like Divide. However, instead of dividing an object into seg-
ments of equal length, the Measure command marks intervals of a specified distance along
an object. For example, suppose you need to mark some segments exactly 5˝ apart along the
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