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- ANG3P Menu: DIM
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- Measures an angle between three points.
-
- 1.* (POINT) vertex of angle
- 2.* (POINT) first point
- 3.* (POINT) second point
- 4.* (POINT) position point of arc
-
- Description
- This command calculates the angle between three points on or parallel to any
- of the major planes.
-
- As a result of this command two new entities will be created:
-
- a text string indicating the value of the angle measured, in degrees
-
- an arc from the first point to the second point the angle of which depends on
- the position point of the arc parallel to the current working plane at its
- current value
-
- The vertex of the angle will be the center point of the arc.
-
- Point to the vertex of the angle (if necessary by the construction of help
- lines) and then point to the two points.
-
- Point to the position for the arc. This point determines the location of the
- arc symbol.
-
- NOTE 1:This command may be operated only on orthogonal views of the model
- (xy/xz/yz) and all three points indicated must be on the same plane.
-
- Both the text and arc may be independently manipulated, updated or deleted.
-
- The arc and text entities will be of different data types (e.g., text = `1',
- arc = `5') but of the same application `6' (dimensions line). Thus, both of
- them may be added to a selection group of application type `6' (\apsel 6).
-
- The arc and text entities receive the attributes currently set for dimension
- lines and text respectively, except for justification and format. The default
- justification for the text is according to its position around the arc, and
- the default format is a value in degrees with an accuracy of up to one place
- after the decimal point, followed by the symbol for degrees. Line attributes
- of the arc and text attributes of the text may be updated by the commands for
- updating dimension lines (except justification and format). The text
- justification may be updated by the command \utjst.