Drawing points

Since points are dimensionless, a single pixel should be the (nearly) correct representation on the screen. But this is hardly visible, especially in a complex drawing. Therefore you can choose between a number of possible display styles, set by the PDMODE (Point Display Mode) system variable:



The size of the point representation style is controlled through the PDSIZE (Point Display Size) system variable. When PDSIZE=0 the point display size is 5% of the screen size.

Note: If the PDSIZE=0 (zero), use the REGEN command to resize the display of the points to 5% of the screen size after zooming in or out.


The Point tool is available on:

  • the Draw menu
  • the Draw toolbar
  • the Draw ribbon panel

General procedure

  1. Launch the POINT command.

    Prompts you: Location of point or [point Settings.../Multiple points]:

  2. Specify a point.