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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Commands
- 3D Commands
- A Commands
- B Commands
- C Commands
- CAL
- Understand Syntax of Expressions
- Format Feet and Inches
- Format Angles
- Use Points and Vectors
- Use AutoLISP Variables
- Use System Variables in Calculations
- Convert Units of Measurement
- Use Standard Numeric Functions
- Calculate a Vector from Two Points
- Calculate the Length of a Vector
- Obtain a Point by Cursor
- Obtain the Last-Specified Point
- Use Snap Modes in Arithmetic Expressions
- Convert Points Between UCS and WCS
- Calculate a Point on a Line
- Rotate a Point About an Axis
- Obtain an Intersection Point
- Calculate a Distance
- Obtain a Radius
- Obtain an Angle
- Calculate a Normal Vector
- Use Shortcut Functions
- CHAMFER
- CHAMFEREDGE
- CHANGE
- CHPROP
- CIRCLE
- CLEANSCREENON
- CLEANSCREENOFF
- CLOSE
- CLOSEALL
- COLOR
- COMMANDLINE
- COMMANDLINEHIDE
- COMPILE
- CONE
- CONSTRAINTBAR
- CONSTRAINTSETTINGS
- CONTENT
- CONTENTCLOSE
- CONVERT
- CONVTOMESH
- CONVTONURBS
- CONVTOSOLID
- CONVTOSURFACE
- COPY
- COPYBASE
- COPYCLIP
- COPYHIST
- CUI
- CUTCLIP
- CVADD
- CVHIDE
- CVREBUILD
- CVREMOVE
- CVSHOW
- CYLINDER
- CAL
- D Commands
- DBLIST
- DCALIGNED
- DCANGULAR
- DCCONVERT
- DCDIAMETER
- DCDISPLAY
- DCFORM
- DCHORIZONTAL
- DCLINEAR
- DCRADIUS
- DCVERTICAL
- DDEDIT
- DDPTYPE
- DELAY
- DELCONSTRAINT
- DIM and DIM1
- DIMALIGNED
- DIMANGULAR
- DIMARC
- DIMBASELINE
- DIMBREAK
- DIMCENTER
- DIMCONSTRAINT
- DIMCONTINUE
- DIMDIAMETER
- DIMDISASSOCIATE
- DIMEDIT
- DIMHORIZONTAL
- DIMINSPECT
- DIMJOGGED
- DIMJOGLINE
- DIMLINEAR
- DIMORDINATE
- DIMOVERRIDE
- DIMRADIUS
- DIMREASSOCIATE
- DIMREGEN
- DIMROTATED
- DIMSPACE
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTEDIT
- DIMVERTICAL
- DIST
- DISTANTLIGHT
- DIVIDE
- DONUT
- DRAGMODE
- DRAWORDER
- DSETTINGS
- DVIEW
- DXBIN
- E Commands
- F Commands
- G Commands
- H Commands
- I Commands
- J Commands
- L Commands
- M Commands
- MASSPROP
- MATBROWSERCLOSE
- MATBROWSEROPEN
- MATCHCELL
- MATCHPROP
- MATERIALS
- MATERIALSCLOSE
- MEASURE
- MEASUREGEOM
- MESH
- MESHCAP
- MESHCOLLAPSE
- MESHCREASE
- MESHEXTRUDE
- MESHMERGE
- MESHREFINE
- MESHSMOOTH
- MESHSMOOTHLESS
- MESHSMOOTHMORE
- MESHSPIN
- MESHSPLIT
- MESHUNCREASE
- MINSERT
- MIRROR
- MIRROR3D
- MLEADER
- MLEADERALIGN
- MLEADERCOLLECT
- MLEADEREDIT
- MLEADERSTYLE
- MLINE
- MODEL
- MOVE
- MREDO
- MSPACE
- MTEDIT
- MTEXT
- MULTIPLE
- MVIEW
- MVSETUP
- N Commands
- O Commands
- OBJECTSCALE
- OFFSET
- OOPS
- OPEN
- OPTIONS
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- General Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Cursor & Selection Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Units & Guides Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Look & Feel Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Application Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Document Settings Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Select Alternate Font Dialog Box
- Default Scale List Dialog Box
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- ORTHO
- OSNAP
- P Commands
- Q Commands
- R Commands
- S Commands
- SAVE
- SAVEAS
- SAVEIMG
- SCALE
- SCALELISTEDIT
- SCRIPT
- SECTION
- SECTIONPLANE
- SECTIONPLANEJOG
- SECTIONPLANESETTINGS
- SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK
- SELECT
- SELECTSIMILAR
- SETVAR
- SHADEMODE
- SHAPE
- SHELL
- SHOWPALETTES
- SKETCH
- SLICE
- SNAP
- SOLDRAW
- SOLID
- SOLIDEDIT
- SOLPROF
- SOLVIEW
- SPELL
- SPHERE
- SPLINE
- SPLINEDIT
- SPOTLIGHT
- STATUS
- STLOUT
- STRETCH
- STYLE
- SUBTRACT
- SURFBLEND
- SURFEXTEND
- SURFFILLET
- SURFNETWORK
- SURFOFFSET
- SURFPATCH
- SURFSCULPT
- SURFTRIM
- SURFUNTRIM
- SWEEP
- T Commands
- U Commands
- V Commands
- W Commands
- X Commands
- Z Commands
- Command Modifiers
- System Variables
- 3D System Variables
- A System Variables
- B System Variables
- C System Variables
- CAMERADISPLAY
- CANNOSCALE
- CANNOSCALEVALUE
- CCONSTRAINTFORM
- CDATE
- CECOLOR
- CELTSCALE
- CELTYPE
- CELWEIGHT
- CENTERMT
- CETRANSPARENCY
- CHAMFERA
- CHAMFERB
- CHAMFERC
- CHAMFERD
- CHAMMODE
- CIRCLERAD
- CLASSICKEYS
- CLAYER
- CLEANSCREENSTATE
- CLISTATE
- CMATERIAL
- CMDACTIVE
- CMDDIA
- CMDECHO
- CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
- CMDNAMES
- CMLEADERSTYLE
- CMLJUST
- CMLSCALE
- CMLSTYLE
- COLORSCHEME
- COMPASS
- CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY
- CONSTRAINTBARMODE
- CONSTRAINTINFER
- CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
- CONSTRAINTRELAX
- CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE
- CONTENTSTATE
- COPYMODE
- CPLOTSTYLE
- CPROFILE
- CROSSINGAREACOLOR
- CSHADOW
- CTAB
- CTABLESTYLE
- CULLINGOBJ
- CULLINGOBJSELECTION
- CURSORSIZE
- CVPORT
- D System Variables
- DATE
- DBLCLKEDIT
- DBMOD
- DEFAULTGIZMO
- DEFAULTLIGHTING
- DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE
- DEFLPLSTYLE
- DEFPLSTYLE
- DELOBJ
- DEMANDLOAD
- DIASTAT
- DIMADEC
- DIMALT
- DIMALTD
- DIMALTF
- DIMALTRND
- DIMALTTD
- DIMALTTZ
- DIMALTU
- DIMALTZ
- DIMANNO
- DIMAPOST
- DIMARCSYM
- DIMASSOC
- DIMASZ
- DIMATFIT
- DIMAUNIT
- DIMAZIN
- DIMBLK
- DIMBLK1
- DIMBLK2
- DIMCEN
- DIMCLRD
- DIMCLRE
- DIMCLRT
- DIMCONSTRAINTICON
- DIMDEC
- DIMDLE
- DIMDLI
- DIMDSEP
- DIMEXE
- DIMEXO
- DIMFRAC
- DIMFXL
- DIMFXLON
- DIMGAP
- DIMJOGANG
- DIMJUST
- DIMLDRBLK
- DIMLFAC
- DIMLIM
- DIMLTEX1
- DIMLTEX2
- DIMLTYPE
- DIMLUNIT
- DIMLWD
- DIMLWE
- DIMPOST
- DIMRND
- DIMSAH
- DIMSCALE
- DIMSD1
- DIMSD2
- DIMSE1
- DIMSE2
- DIMSOXD
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTAD
- DIMTDEC
- DIMTFAC
- DIMTFILL
- DIMTFILLCLR
- DIMTIH
- DIMTIX
- DIMTM
- DIMTMOVE
- DIMTOFL
- DIMTOH
- DIMTOL
- DIMTOLJ
- DIMTP
- DIMTSZ
- DIMTVP
- DIMTXSTY
- DIMTXT
- DIMTXTDIRECTION
- DIMTZIN
- DIMUPT
- DIMZIN
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN2D
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN3D
- DISPSILH
- DISTANCE
- DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT
- DIVMESHBOXLENGTH
- DIVMESHBOXWIDTH
- DIVMESHCONEAXIS
- DIVMESHCONEBASE
- DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHCYLAXIS
- DIVMESHCYLBASE
- DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRBASE
- DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRLENGTH
- DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS
- DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT
- DIVMESHTORUSPATH
- DIVMESHTORUSSECTION
- DIVMESHWEDGEBASE
- DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH
- DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE
- DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH
- DONUTID
- DONUTOD
- DRAGMODE
- DRAGP1
- DRAGP2
- DRAGVS
- DRAWORDERCTL
- DTEXTED
- DWGCHECK
- DWGCODEPAGE
- DWGNAME
- DWGPREFIX
- DWGTITLED
- DYNCONSTRAINTMODE
- DYNDIGRIP
- DYNDIVIS
- DYNMODE
- DYNPICOORDS
- DYNPIFORMAT
- DYNPIVIS
- DYNPROMPT
- DYNTOOLTIPS
- E System Variables
- F System Variables
- G System Variables
- H System Variables
- HALOGAP
- HANDLES
- HELPPREFIX
- HIDEPRECISION
- HIDETEXT
- HIGHLIGHT
- HPANG
- HPANNOTATIVE
- HPASSOC
- HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR
- HPBOUND
- HPBOUNDRETAIN
- HPCOLOR
- HPDLGMODE
- HPDOUBLE
- HPDRAWORDER
- HPGAPTOL
- HPINHERIT
- HPISLANDDETECTION
- HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE
- HPLAYER
- HPMAXLINES
- HPNAME
- HPOBJWARNING
- HPORIGIN
- HPORIGINMODE
- HPQUICKPREVIEW
- HPQUICKPREVTIMEOUT
- HPSCALE
- HPSEPARATE
- HPSPACE
- HPTRANSPARENCY
- I System Variables
- L System Variables
- LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT
- LASTANGLE
- LASTPOINT
- LASTPROMPT
- LATITUDE
- LAYEREVAL
- LAYEREVALCTL
- LAYERMANAGERSTATE
- LAYERNOTIFY
- LAYLOCKFADECTL
- LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT
- LAYOUTREGENCTL
- LEGACYCTRLPICK
- LENSLENGTH
- LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY
- LIGHTINGUNITS
- LIGHTSINBLOCKS
- LIMCHECK
- LIMMAX
- LIMMIN
- LINEARBRIGHTNESS
- LINEARCONTRAST
- LOCALE
- LOCALROOTPREFIX
- LOFTANG1
- LOFTANG2
- LOFTMAG1
- LOFTMAG2
- LOFTNORMALS
- LOFTPARAM
- LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS
- LOGEXPCONTRAST
- LOGEXPDAYLIGHT
- LOGEXPMIDTONES
- LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE
- LOGFILEMODE
- LOGFILENAME
- LOGFILEPATH
- LOGINNAME
- LONGITUDE
- LTSCALE
- LUNITS
- LUPREC
- LWDEFAULT
- LWDISPLAY
- LWUNITS
- M System Variables
- N System Variables
- O System Variables
- P System Variables
- PALETTEICONSTATE
- PAPERUPDATE
- PARAMETERCOPYMODE
- PDMODE
- PDSIZE
- PEDITACCEPT
- PELLIPSE
- PERIMETER
- PERSPECTIVE
- PERSPECTIVECLIP
- PFACEVMAX
- PICKADD
- PICKAUTO
- PICKBOX
- PICKDRAG
- PICKFIRST
- PICKSTYLE
- PLATFORM
- PLINECONVERTMODE
- PLINEGEN
- PLINETYPE
- PLINEWID
- PLOTOFFSET
- PLOTROTMODE
- PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE
- PLQUIET
- POLARADDANG
- POLARANG
- POLARDIST
- POLARMODE
- POLYSIDES
- POPUPS
- PREVIEWEFFECT
- PREVIEWFACEEFFECT
- PREVIEWFILTER
- PRODUCT
- PROGRAM
- PROJMODE
- PROXYGRAPHICS
- PROXYNOTICE
- PROXYSHOW
- PROXYWEBSEARCH
- PSLTSCALE
- PSOLHEIGHT
- PSOLWIDTH
- PSTYLEMODE
- PSTYLEPOLICY
- PSVPSCALE
- PUCSBASE
- Q System Variables
- R System Variables
- S System Variables
- SAVEFIDELITY
- SAVEFILE
- SAVEFILEPATH
- SAVENAME
- SAVETIME
- SCREENSIZE
- SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
- SELECTIONAREA
- SELECTIONAREAOPACITY
- SELECTIONCYCLING
- SELECTIONPREVIEW
- SELECTSIMILARMODE
- SHADEDGE
- SHADEDIF
- SHADOWPLANELOCATION
- SHORTCUTMENU
- SHORTCUTMENUDURATION
- SHOWHIST
- SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS
- SHOWPALETTESTATE
- SHPNAME
- SKETCHINC
- SKPOLY
- SKTOLERANCE
- SKYSTATUS
- SMOOTHMESHCONVERT
- SMOOTHMESHGRID
- SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE
- SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV
- SNAPANG
- SNAPBASE
- SNAPISOPAIR
- SNAPMODE
- SNAPSTYL
- SNAPTYPE
- SNAPUNIT
- SOLIDCHECK
- SOLIDHIST
- SORTENTS
- SPACEPAN
- SPACEPANTIMEOUT
- SPLDEGREE
- SPLFRAME
- SPLINESEGS
- SPLINETYPE
- SPLKNOTS
- SPLMETHOD
- SPLPERIODIC
- STARTUP
- STATUSBAR
- SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
- SUNSTATUS
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITY
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITYDRAG
- SURFACEAUTOTRIM
- SURFACEMODELINGMODE
- SURFTAB1
- SURFTAB2
- SURFTYPE
- SURFU
- SURFV
- SYSCODEPAGE
- T System Variables
- TABLEINDICATOR
- TARGET
- TBEXTENDAFTERSECONDS
- TBSHOWSHORTCUTS
- TDCREATE
- TDINDWG
- TDUCREATE
- TDUPDATE
- TDUSRTIMER
- TDUUPDATE
- TEMPOVERRIDES
- TEMPPREFIX
- TEXTED
- TEXTEVAL
- TEXTFILL
- TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT
- TEXTQLTY
- TEXTSIZE
- TEXTSTYLE
- THICKNESS
- TILEMODE
- TIMEZONE
- TOOLSETSSTATE
- TOOLTIPMERGE
- TOOLTIPSIZE
- TOOLTIPTRANSPARENCY
- TRACEWID
- TRACKPATH
- TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY
- TREEDEPTH
- TREEMAX
- TRIMMODE
- TSPACEFAC
- TSPACETYPE
- TSTACKALIGN
- TSTACKSIZE
- U System Variables
- V System Variables
- VIEWCTR
- VIEWDIR
- VIEWMODE
- VIEWSIZE
- VIEWTWIST
- VISRETAIN
- VPCONTROL
- VPCOORDDISPLAY
- VPLAYEROVERRIDES
- VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE
- VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE
- VPROTATEASSOC
- VSACURVATUREHIGH
- VSACURVATURELOW
- VSACURVATURETYPE
- VSADRAFTANGLEHIGH
- VSADRAFTANGLELOW
- VSAZEBRACOLOR1
- VSAZEBRACOLOR2
- VSAZEBRADIRECTION
- VSAZEBRASIZE
- VSAZEBRATYPE
- VSEDGECOLOR
- VSEDGEJITTER
- VSEDGELEX
- VSEDGEOVERHANG
- VSEDGES
- VSEDGESMOOTH
- VSFACECOLORMODE
- VSFACEHIGHLIGHT
- VSFACEOPACITY
- VSFACESTYLE
- VSHALOGAP
- VSHIDEPRECISION
- VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR
- VSINTERSECTIONEDGES
- VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE
- VSISOONTOP
- VSLIGHTINGQUALITY
- VSMATERIALMODE
- VSMAX
- VSMIN
- VSMONOCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDEDGES
- VSOBSCUREDLTYPE
- VSOCCLUDEDCOLOR
- VSOCCLUDEDEDGES
- VSOCCLUDEDLTYPE
- VSSHADOWS
- VSSILHEDGES
- VSSILHWIDTH
- W System Variables
- X System Variables
- Z System Variables
- Index
Access Methods
Button
Toolbar: Drafting tool set ➤ Parametric tool group ➤ Dimensional
Contraints flyout ➤ Angular
Menu: Parametric ➤ Dimensional Constraints ➤ Angular
Summary
This command is equivalent to the Angular option in
DIMCONSTRAINT on
page 276.
When you enter or edit an angle value that is either negative or is greater than
360 degrees, the number entered is stored for the expression (for example,
390), but the value displayed is based on the formatting of the units (for
example, 30 if decimal degrees).
When an expression with variables evaluates to greater than 360 or less than
-360, the constraint value is displayed in the Parameters Manager based on
the units of the drawing.
The following table outlines the valid constraint objects and points:
CharacteristicsValid Objects or Points
Pair of lines
■ When two lines are selected, the angle
between the lines is constrained. The
Pair of polyline segment
Three constraint points
initial value always defaults to a value
less than 180 degrees.
Arc
■ When three constraint points are spe-
cified, the following applies:
■ First point — angle vertex
■ Second and third points — end-
points of the angle
■ When an arc is selected, a three-point
angular constraint is created. The angle
vertex is at the center of the arc and
the angle endpoints of the arc are at
the endpoints of the arc.
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