Place Orthogonal Shape

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Used to place a non-rectangular shape in which each segment is either perpendicular or parallel to all other segments.

Tool Setting	Effect
Area	Active Area — Solid or Hole.
Fill Type	Active Fill Type — None (no fill), Opaque (filled with Active Color), or Outlined (filled with Fill Color).
Fill Color	Sets the color with which the shape is filled. If Fill Type is Opaque, the Active Color. If Fill Type is Outlined, the fill color can be different from the Active Color.

Tool Setting

Effect

Area

Active Area — Solid or Hole.

Fill Type

Active Fill Type — None (no fill), Opaque (filled with Active Color), or Outlined (filled with Fill Color).

Fill Color

Sets the color with which the shape is filled.

If Fill Type is Opaque, the Active Color.
If Fill Type is Outlined, the fill color can be different from the Active Color.

To place an orthogonal shape

Select the Place Orthogonal Shape tool.

Enter a data point to define the first vertex.

Enter a data point to define the orientation and second vertex.

Continue to enter data points to define the other vertices.

Close the shape by entering the last data point at the location of the first vertex.


Place Orthogonal Shape

Key-in: PLACE SHAPE ORTHOGONAL

In 3D, the Place Orthogonal Shape tool forces the shape vertices to be planar. If non-planar data points are entered, the vertices of the shape are forced to a plane defined by the first three non-colinear vertices.