Link
and
link co-ordinated 
The interactive link should be used, when the start /end of the connecting piece is to be moved interactively along the original lines. With link, the shape of the connecting piece can also be adjusted interactively.
.link co-ordinated
connects and adjusts two lines twice. With this function, identical curve runs can be ensured.
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Select tool from the Toolbar.
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Activate / deactivate autostart
and
cyclic 
in the
context bar
. - Click on the two lines to be linked or click on two positions of a line to be shaped, with consideration of the right principle
For certain construction processes, it is necessary to define what is the start and the end of a line. The line receives a direction.
Grafis supports the user with the so-called "right principle cursor" which additionally has a direction indicator.. - if required, construct the starting point and end point with
sub-menu point construction For the construction of these objects, the sub-menus point is of particular significance. The sub-menus appear not only for the tools line and point but for almost all tools for object creation or object transformation .
With point construction, the position of the point in the base size and all other sizes is determined.
with consideration of the order or
- jump click with
or right-click - if required, adjust interactively
Step-by-step guide
-
Select tool from the Toolbar.
-
Activate / deactivate autostart
and
cyclic
in the
context bar
.
- Click on the two lines to be linked at the first link position or click on two positions of a line to be shaped, with consideration of the right principle For certain construction processes, it is necessary to define what is the start and the end of a line. The line receives a direction.
Grafis supports the user with the so-called "right principle cursor" which additionally has a direction indicator..
- if required, construct the starting point and end point with
sub-menu point construction For the construction of these objects, the sub-menus point is of particular significance. The sub-menus appear not only for the tools line and point but for almost all tools for object creation or object transformation .
With point construction, the position of the point in the base size and all other sizes is determined.
with consideration of the order or
- jump click with or right-click
- Click on the two lines to be linked at the second link position or click on two positions of a line to be shaped.
, it is important that the clicks on the second link position are made in the same direction as the first link position.- if required, construct the starting point and end point with
sub-menu point construction For the construction of these objects, the sub-menus point is of particular significance. The sub-menus appear not only for the tools line and point but for almost all tools for object creation or object transformation .
With point construction, the position of the point in the base size and all other sizes is determined.
with consideration of the order
- if required, adjust interactively
Functions of the context bar
zeroise values 
only for
link co-ordinated
This function only becomes active if diverging from a master value The master value controls the values of the other objects in tools with several objects for interactive settings. If it is changed, all other values also change. As a rule, the master value is assigned to the first object selected when calling., further values have been set additionally or separately. This functionality is available in some tools only after option switch.
zeroise values
resets all additional or separate adjustments.
If alterations have been made to the second link position, these alterations can be set to zero with
zeroise values
. Afterwards, the adjustments at the link positions are identical again.
activate point click 
With the point clicks, the exact position of starting point and end point of the connecting section are constructed. In case point click was skipped when calling the tool, the start and end point of the connecting section can be set subsequently with this function. Without point click, start and end point of the connecting section are located at the positions, where the lines were clicked.
delete point click 
The optionally positioned points can be deleted again with this function. Start and end point of the connecting section are again located where the lines were clicked.
Options
