STAIRCASE

Purpose:

To insert a contour built up from orthogonal line segments. All lines in the contour will be horizontal or vertical.

Instructions:

1. In the Insert menu, click Staircase.

2. Start by selecting a point. When you are asked to indicate the next point you will have a staircase cursor showing what the next part of the contour will look like. The next part will contain the horizontal line first followed by a vertical line. Clicking shift while moving the mouse (and when selecting the point) will flip the next part, that means, the vertical line comes first followed by the horizontal line.

Options:

None.

Result:

A user-defined staircase contour is inserted in the current drawing.