Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 9-7:
The Point Style dialog box controls the way point objects appear on-screen.
The Point Style dialog box can be found on the Home tab's Utilities panel slideout, or by
typing its command name — which happens to be about the least intuitive command
name in all of AutoCAD:
DDPTYPE
(pronounced
ddptype
). The top portion of the dialog
box shows the available point display styles. Most of the choices do pretty much the
same thing. Just click one of the squares that says, “Hey, that's a good point!” to you.
The first choice, a single-pixel dot, is hard to see on the screen, and the
second choice, invisible (a stealth point?), is impossible to see. Avoid these
choices if you want your point objects to show up on the screen and on plots. The
single-pixel dot, which is the default display style, works well if you use point ob-
jects as object snap locations and don't want obtrusive points on your plots.
The remaining settings in the Point Style dialog box control the size at which points ap-
pear on the screen at different zoom magnifications. The default settings often work fine,
but if you're not satisfied with them, click the Help button in the dialog box to find out
how to change them.
After you specify the point style, placing points on-screen is easy. The following
example shows you how; just type
POINT
and press Enter.
