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Strokes Utility 909
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Drag an inver ted L shape to access the Strokes
Preferences dialog.
Inter face
Current Stroke Set group
Displaysthenameandnumberofstrokesinthe
current set.
• To create a new set, enter a new name in the
field and click Save.
• To choose a different set, choose it from the list
and click OK.
Save—Saves the set displayed in the list.
Delete—Deletes the set displayed in the list.
Review Strokes Default Show As Order group
Specifies whether commands or strokes are
initially listed in the Review Strokes dialog.
Show Grid Time (ms)
The time it takes, in milliseconds, for the st roke
analysis grid to appear in the viewports when you
completeastroke. Setitto0tohidethegrid.
Default=300 (about 1/3 of a second); Range=0 to
2000.
Show Extents Time (ms)
The time it takes, in m i lliseconds, for the extents of
thestroketoappearintheviewports.Range=0to
2000. Set it to 0 to disable this feature. Default=300
(about 1/3 of a second).
Strokes that operate on the First Point display
a small X. Strokes that operate on items in the
bounding b ox of the stroke display the bounding
box. Strokes that operate on the circular extents
display a circle that fits inside the square b ounding
box of the stroke. Window selections appear solid.
Crossing selections appear dotted.
Stroke Point Size
The size, in pixels, of Xs drawn in the v iewports
that allow you to visualize the stroke shape.
Default=4; Range=3 to 20.
Strok es Utility
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > Util ities
dialog > Strokes
The Strokes utility lets you launch commands by
dragging left-button mouse patterns in a viewport.
When y ou launch the Strokes utility, a modeless
dialogappearscontainingasingleDrawStrokes
button. When the Draw Strokes button is act ive,
you can define and use strokes with the left mouse
button.