Add Curved Grid, Radius ( Modeling > press g r )

Tool summary :

  • Locate a point and enter a radius to create a curved grid line.
  • A curved grid line can be snapped to for point location using INCM and INCL .
  • Unlike straight grid lines, which can be added using Add Grid Line , curved grid lines cannot be opened as views or detailed as erectiion view drawings.
  • Although curved grid lines cannot themselves be erection view drawings in the Drawing Editor , they can be depicted on other erection view drawings if you Detail Erection Views and choose to " Annotate erection views ."
  • See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

VIDEO Grid arcs and a grid circle are added using Add Curved Grid, Radius . (Recorded in SDS2 Detailing , v2015.)

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   Step-by-step instructions :

The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse, that the User and Site Options > General > " Point location target " is set to ' Fancy ', and that you use mouse bindings similar to those shown in these illustrations.

1 . Invoke Add Curved Grid, Radius .
2 . Place the mouse pointer ( ) so that the point location target snaps to where you want the center point of the curved grid line, then left-click ( Locate ). INCL is the Locate option used in this example.
3 . On the New Erection View window, you must enter a " View name " and a " Radius " in order for Add Curved Grid, Radius to generate a curved grid line. In this example, ' Arc ' is selected, which means you need to locate two points in step 4. If ' Circle ' were selected, a single point located in step 4 would place the grid label. " OK " is pressed to continue.
4 . A temporary construction circle is drawn on screen. Since ' Arc ' was selected in step 3, " left-click ( Locate ) defines one end of the arc, then left-click ( Locate ) at a second point defines the arc's other end. If ' Circle ' had been selected in step 3, only one point would be located in this step.

5 . A curved grid line is drawn the " Radius " distance entered in step 3, counterclockwise between the 1st point and 2nd point you located in step 4. A circular grid would have been drawn if ' Circle ' had been selected in step 3.

Note 1: To invoke Add Curved Grid, Radius , you can do any of the following:

Method 1 : Click the Add Curved Grid, Radius icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' File -- View/Grids ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose File > Views/Grids > Add Curved Grid, Radius .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Add Curved Grid, Raidus can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface . The default keyboard shortcut for Add Curved Grid, Radius is g r -- where "r" stands for "radius".

Note 2: Right-click ( Return ) in steps 2 or 4 ends the operation.

bindings , steps 2, 4

Note 3: If in step 3, you typed in the name of a view that already has been created, you get a yes-no warning with the message, "_ already exists. Replace? " Press " Yes " to replace the view that already has that name with the view you are saving. Press " No " to cancel this operation without adding a new grid line.

Note 4: Add Curved Grid, Radius draws the curved grid line counterclockwise from the 1st point to the 2nd point you locate in step 4.

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