Polar Guide Settings

The Polar Guides tab in the Snaps category of the Settings dialog box lets you control polar guide options.

You can apply the settings as current polar guide settings or for Mechanical Snap Configurations.

Use polar guides to draw at exact angles and fixed intervals, starting from 3 o'clock (or East) and at additional angle increments.

A path line displays if the GravityBox crosses a geometric point and the pointer moves close to one of the polar guide angles.

To set up polar guides:

1. Select the Snaps category of the Settings dialog box.
2. Select the Polar Guides tab.
3. To enable polar guides, select Enable Polar guides (Polar). This option applies polar guide settings to EntitySnap pointers. The guides display along polar alignment angles from EntitySnap points (if ETrack is on).
4. To display polar guides, select Display Polar guides. This option displays alignment paths.
5. In Incremental angles for Polar guide display, select the angle increment to display and apply polar guides.
6. Optionally, select or clear Display Polar guides at specific angle(s), and click:
   • Add to specify individual values of angle increments for the use of polar guides.
   • Delete to remove specified individual values from the list.
7. To display a base angle guide, select Display zero angle base guide. This option displays a path line along the zero base angle according to the current Custom Coordinate System (CCS).
8. In Polar angle measurement, specify how to measure the elect settings for polar guides.
   • Absolute. Measures the polar angle relative to CCS.
   • Relative. Measures the polar angle relative to the last entity you create.
9. Click Apply