Line

Draws line segments.

Accessing the Command

Command bar: line
aliases: l, 3dline
menu bar: Draw | Line
quad Tab: Draw | Line
ribbon: Draw | Draw | Line
           Model | Draw | Line
         Sketch | Draw | Line
toolbar: Draw 

: Line

The first time you use the Line command in a drawing, prompts you:

Start of line: (Pick a point, or enter x,y,z coordinates)

Set end point or [Angle/Length/Undo]: (Pick a point, enter x,y,z coordinates, or else choose an option)

Set end point or [Angle/Length/Follow/Undo]: (Pick a point, enter x,y,z coordinates, choose an option, or else press Enter to exit)

Set end point or [Angle/Length/Follow/Close/Undo]: (Pick a point, enter x,y,z coordinates, choose an option, or else press Enter to exit)

The next time you use the command in the drawing, prompts you:

Start of line or [Follow] <Last point> - ((Pick a point, enter x,y,z coordinates, or else choose an option)

Command Options

Grips Editing

Lines can be edited directly through grips:

1. Select the line. Notice that it has three grips.

2. Drag the grips to perform the following actions

• Drag an endpoint grip to stretch the line.
• Drag the midpoint grip to move the line.

Procedures

• Drawing lines

Related Commands

MLine - draws multilines.

PLine - draws connected lines and arcs.

Ray - draws semi-infinite lines.

Sketch - draws sketched (freehand) lines.

Trace - draws wide line segments.

XLine - draws infinite lines.

Properties - changes the properties of lines through a dialog box.

Change - changes the properties of lines through the command bar.