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  • Circles or Arcs appear segmented

    When I zoom in on a curve or circle, it looks like someone flattened the edges and the curves are very rough. Lines drawn to the edge of the curves do not appear to meet correctly. What am I doing wro...

  • Automated line drawing using Z-Coding option

    October 20, 2002 Automated line drawing using Z-Coding option In the example diagram below we have both Z and X codes in use to draw lines and curves. The diagram shows a road that transitions from a ...

  • Old Pen Plotters and Colors in MSCAD

    When plotting to a pen plotter, you do not need to specify any widths of lines in the PRINT/PLOT command. The width will be controlled by the actual pen you insert in the plotter carousel. Make sure t...

  • CAD Lines and Arcs - information

    What you have found is a feature called CAD Lines and CAD Curves. With no command active, if you pick a line or a curve, we automatically display a dialogue box with all the data on the line or curve....

  • 2D and 3D Polylines

    Did you know that there are a few differences between polylines drawn in 2D and polylines drawn in 3D? To start with the command to draw each type of polyline is different. The command POLYLINE will a...

  • Can I place a linetype on my contours

    The linetype routine is based upon the length of each straight line segment or circular curved segment. A smoothed contour is a polyline with a continually changing radius and the segments are all ver...