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910 Chapter 22: Customizing the User Interface
The Strokes system is a lso available as an option
for the middle mouse button that doesn’t require
the utilit y or the modeless dialog. This option can
be found on the
Viewports tab (page 3–874) of the
Preferences dialog. For details, see
Strokes (page
3–903)
.
Pr ocedur es
Exa mple: To define a strok e pattern for Ar c Rotate:
1.
On the Utilities panel, click the More button,
andchooseStrokesfromthelist.
2. On the modeless dialog, click Draw Strokes.
3. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the
mouse straight down from top to bottom, then
releasethemousebutton. Thelengthofthe
strokedoesn’tmatter,butthedirectiondoes.
A dialog appears asking you to define the
pattern or continue.
4. Click Define to display the Define Stroke dialog.
5. Choose Arc Rotate from the Command To
Execute list and then click OK.
The pattern is now defined for Arc Rotate.
Ex ample: To tur n on Arc R otat e using the St rokes
utility:
1.
Turn on Draw Strokes in t he mode les s dia log.
2. In any viewport, hold down the left mouse
button and drag the mouse straight down from
top to bottom. The length of the stroke doesn’t
matter, but the direction does.
As you drag the mouse, small X’s appear,
displaying your stroke. When you release the
mouse, a 3x3 grid appears briefly, and then the
program switches to Arc R otate mode.
If a St roke Not Found message appears, click
Continue, and then repeat step 2.