When polar tracking is turned on, guides display on the screen automatically at the polar angle increment that you specify. For example, if you draw a line with polar tracking turned on at 45 degrees, the rubber-banding line displays at 45 degree angle increments.
Polar tracking and orthogonal locking cannot be used at the same time — turning one option on turns the other option off.
To enable polar tracking and specify the polar angle increment
1 Do one of the following to choose Drawing Settings (
):
• On the ribbon, choose Application button > Drawing Utilities; Home > Drawing Settings (in Utilities); or Tools > Drawing Settings (in Manage).
• On the menu, choose Tools > Drawing Settings.
• On the Tools toolbar, click the Drawing Settings tool.
• Type dsettings and then press Enter.
2 Click the Coordinate Input tab.
3 Click the Polar Tracking tab.
4 Click the Polar Tracking check box.
5 Do one of the following to specify the polar angle increments:
• In Increment, select an angle.
• Mark the Additional Angles check box and click New to define a custom angle increment.
6 Click OK.
Toggle polar tracking on and off.
Click Polar Tracking On/Off on the status bar, type POLARTRACK in the command line, press F10, or press Ctrl+U.
See also...
Using entity snap tracking
