Create Tools

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hsCADCreator has twenty-two different tools available to create drawing entities.  The Create Tools can be accessed by using the blue colored Entity Toolbar, or by accessing the Create option from the Tool Menu.  The Create tools primary function is to allow the creation of drawing entities through a user friendly process of steps.

 

ssEntityToolbar

 

1.ssEntitySelect Selection Tool Facilitates the selection of entities.

 

2.ssEntityPoint Point Tool Facilitates the creation of a Point Entity

 

3.ssEntityLine Line Tool Facilitates the creation of a Line Entity

       

4.ssEntityMLine Multi Line Tool Facilitates the creation of a Multi Line Entity

 

5.ssEntity2DPolylinel Planar Polyline Tool Facilitates the creation of a planar polyline.

 

6.ssEntity3DPolyline 3D Polyline Tool Facilitates the creation of a polyline within 3D Space

 

7.ssEntityArcSME Arc Tools Facilitates the creation of Arc Entities

ssEntityArcSME Start-Middle-End Arc Tool Facilitates the creation of an Arc Entity using Start, Middle and End points.

ssEntityArcSCE Start-Center-End Arc Tool Facilitates the creation of an Arc Entity using Start, Center and End points.

ssEntityArcSCA Start-Center-Angle Arc Tool Facilitates the creation of an Arc Entity using Start and Center points and an Angle.

ssEntityArcSCL Start-Center-Chord Length Arc Tool Facilitates the creation of an Arc Entity using Start and Center points and a Chord length.

 

8.ssEntityCircle Circle Tool Facilitates the creation of a Circle Entity

 

9.ssEntityEllipse Ellipse Tool Facilitates the creation of an Ellipse Entity

 

10.ssEntityDimAligned Dimension Tools Facilitates the creation of Dimension Entities

ssEntityDimAligned Aligned Dimension Tool Facilitates the creation of a Dimension Entity that aligns to two user directed points.

ssEntityDimLinear Linear Dimension Tool Facilitates the creation of a Dimension Entity that depicts the linear distance between to user defined points.

ssEntityDimOrdinate Ordinate Dimension Tool Facilitates the creation of a Dimension Entity that displays either the X or Y distance from the user specified origin

ssEntityDimRadial Radial Dimension Tool Facilitates the creation of a Dimension Entity that depicts the radius of an entity.

ssEntityDimDiametric Diametric Dimension Tool Facilitates the creation of a Dimension Entity that depicts the diameter of an entity.

ssEntityDimAngular Angular Dimension Tool Facilitates the creation of a Dimension Entity depicting an angle specified from the user supplied center, start and end points.

 

11.ssEntityText Text Tool Facilitates the creation of a Text Entity.

 

12.ssEntityHatch Hatch Tool Facilitates the creation of a Hatch Entity within a specified area.

 

13.ssEntityFaceMesh Face Mesh Tool Facilitates the creation of a Face Entity on the current UCS Draw plane.

 

14.ssEntityBlockCreate Block Definition Tool Facilitates the creation of a Block Definition or group of entities combined together to create a single entity.

 

15.ssEntityBlockInsert Block Insertion Tool Facilitates the creation and placement of a Block Entity from a previously created Block Definition.

 

16.ssEntityImageInsertion Image Insertion Tool Facilitates the creation of an Image Entity.

 

17. ssEntityViewport Viewport Creation Tool Facilitates the creation of a Viewport Entity (Used in Layouts only)