Creating a Polyline With the Robot

You can use the Robot to create a polyline.

The polyline is made of points and segments: You create a point, drag the Robot to draw a segment, add a point to end this segment and start another segment, and so on. At any time, you can select a point or a segment.

The context toolbar of the current elements proposes only relevant commands.

See Also
Creating Runners
Using a Polyline, Spline or Sketch as Input for Runner
Creating a Cooling Circuit
Applying a Mirror and Managing Features in the Tree
  1. Enter the command and pick a point.
  2. Select an Injection Point as start or end point.

    Note: If you select an Injection Point/Gate to be used inside a polyline (not as start or end point), only the point is taken into account, not the direction.

    The connection point and direction are automatically managed.

    The Robot snaps to the point.

  3. Alternatively, position the Robot on an existing line or surface, and click in the dialog box.
  4. On the context toolbar, click .
    The current selection is considered as the start of the polyline.
  5. Click to add a point at this extremity of the polyline.
  6. Drag the Robot to create a segment.
    1. Drag the Robot until the required length is reached. Alternatively, edit the value displayed in the 3D area.
    2. When dragging the Robot along the ZAxis, apply draft angles to the whole polyline when prompted by a message.
  7. Still on the context toolbar, click:
    • to add a point at the end of the current selection.
    • to move the selected segment.
    • to move the selected point.
    • to delete a point.
    • to close a polyline.
    • to open a polyline.
    • to apply an action to the selected element.
    • to apply an action to all the elements.
    • to start another polyline.
    • to apply a radius to the current corner of a closed polyline.
    • to apply the radius of the current corner to all corners of a closed polyline.
  8. Repeat as required to draw the complete polyline.