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Specify Distances | 253
The starting point for measurements or divisions varies with the object type.
For lines or open polylines, the starting point is the endpoint closest to the
selection point. For closed polylines, it is the polyline start point. For circles,
it is at the angle from the center point that is equivalent to the current snap
angle. For example, if the snap angle is 0, the circle starts at the three o'clock
position and continues counterclockwise.
If the point marker is displayed as a single dot (the default setting), you may
not be able to see the segments. You can change the style of the point mark-
ers using several methods. To change the point style in a dialog box, you can
use
DDPTYPE, or choose Point Style from the Format menu. The PDMODE
system variable also controls the appearance of point markers. For example,
you can change the value to make points appear as crosses.
PDSIZE controls
the size of point objects.
To insert points to mark equal segments
1 From the Draw menu, choose Point. Then choose Divide.
2 Select a line, circle, ellipse, polyline, arc, or spline.
3 Enter the number of segments you want.
AutoCAD places a point between each segment.
Command line
DIVIDE
To insert blocks to mark equal segments on an object
1 If necessary, create the block you want to insert.
2 From the Draw menu, choose Point. Then choose Divide.
3 Select a line, arc, circle, ellipse, polyline, or spline.
4 Enter b (Block).
5 Enter the name of the block you want to insert.
6 Enter y to align the blocks with the divided object. Enter n to use a
rotation angle of 0 degrees.
7 Enter the number of segments you want.
Command line
BLOCK, DIVIDE