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Continue drawing the selected object until • A closed shape is formed.
another tool is selected.

You can temporarily slow the movement of To keep the Alternate Drawing Mode
the mouse as you drag by holding down the enabled when a closed shape is
Shift key on your keyboard. formed, uncheck Stop When Connected in
the Preferences dialog. See “Behaviors
You can cancel any click-and-drag drawing Panel” on page 125.
operation before it is completed by pressing
the Esc key on your keyboard, or by pressing Polyline- and Spline-based objects can be
any two mouse buttons at the same time. created by snapping multiple Line-, Arc-,
and/or Spline-based objects together. These
When the Alternate edit behavior is objects will only snap together to form a
active, a continuous drawing behavior is polyline or spline if they are on the same
enabled, allowing you to click at the start and layer and share identical attributes such as
end points of line- and arc-based objects color, line style, and arrow specifications.
without dragging. See “Alternate” on page See “Editing Objects” on page 207.
209.
Entering Coordinates
To continuously draw by right-clicking
Objects created by clicking and dragging can
1. Select a tool that creates line- or arc- also be drawn by entering coordinates. See
based objects. “3D Drafting” on page 32.
2. Right-click, drag, and release the mouse Coordinates can be either absolute or
button to draw the first object. relative. Absolute coordinates refer to a fixed
3. Move the pointer to a different location point of origin at 0,0,0, while relative
and notice the drawing indicator that coordinates treat the current location of the
begins at the object’s endpoint and fol- selected object as the point of origin.
lows your pointer as it moves.
To use the Enter Coordinates dialog
4. Click to create a second object begin-
ning at the first object’s starting point 1. Select any tool that requires you to click
and ending where you clicked. and drag to create an object.
5. Continue moving the pointer and click- 2. Click and begin dragging to draw the
ing to create additional objects until: object.
• Another tool is selected,
3. Before you finish dragging and with the
• The Esc key is pressed, mouse button pressed, press either the
• Two mouse buttons are pressed at the Tab or Enter key on your keyboard.
same time, 4. In the Enter Coordinates dialog:
• The left mouse button is double-
clicked,

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