Regular Polygon (2D)

General

  • Add a regular polygon, the shape of which is determined by the number of sides, the length of a side, and the diameter.
  • If the 2d constraint manager is selected in the user preferences, the program adds dimension constraints to the polygon.

Add a regular polygon

  1. Select Drawing | Lines | Smart > N-gon.
  2. The program opens the dialog box N-gon.
  3. Enter the dimensions of the regular polygon in the dialog box.

    • Enter the number of sides.
    • Enter the length of a side or the diameter. The program calculates the other value.
      • The diameter value is the diameter of an imaginary circle drawn around the polygon.
  4. Select OK.
  5. Select the line properties, if necessary.

    Line Properties

  6. Click a corner point (1).
  7. Click the direction of the side (2).
    • If necessary, lock the direction horizontally or vertically with the U or I keys or use the X or Y direction lock enabled by the cursor.
    • You can lock the first line of the polygon parallel to a reference line with the E key and perpendicular to a reference line with the T key.