Angle from a P-line

DRAW Reference Manual

Annotating Structural Elements in DRAW : Angle from a P-line

The p-line direction as defined above may be used to set an angle. This is true of any element with an ADEG attribute, such as a drafting primitive.

However, for Labels (GLAB, SLAB) and View Notes (VNOT), there is an additional possibility. If the p-line is used for position, then the same p-line may also be used instead of the ADEG attribute to store angle.

The syntax for p-line angle is as follows. This is normally used to set the ADEG attribute:

ANGle PPLINe word OF element_identifier [+] plxyz
ANGle PPLINe word OF element_identifier - plxyz
ADEGrees PPLINe word OF element_identifier [+] plxyz

If p-line is required for angle on a Label or View Note, there is a simple way of setting it. This is done using the following syntax:

ANGle PKEY or
ADEGrees PKEY

This command first checks that a p-line is in use for position, and uses it to define the angle of the Label or View Note.

The ANGle PPLINe syntax may also be used to store p-line for angle in the database. However this will only be done if both of the following criteria are satisfied:

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The p-line identified must be that used for p-line position

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The p-line direction syntax must not be qualified by a p-line axis