Creating Radial Axes and Circular Centerlines

In this task you will use the Centerlines command to create radial axes and circular centerlines for patterned holes. To follow this step-by-step example, load the Angular_Pattern.e2 drawing available in the samples folder of your product installation.

Before you start ensure that the drawing view is set as current. To do so, double-click on the available view.

1. Start the Centerlines command and set the Mode to Axes on circular pattern. Now, the selection list updates to show Pattern Center selector.
   
   
2. Select the Show radial axes and Show circular centerline check boxes.
   
   

   The application always restores the last mode of axis creation so that once the user starts the command, it will use the last mode of axis creation.

   
   
   
3. Specify the center of the pattern for Pattern Center selector. The selector updates itself to Hole indicating to choose, any, one hole of the pattern.
   
   
   
   
4. Now, choose a hole.
   
   
   
   You can see the radial axes and the circular centerlines created for the selected hole as shown in the image below.