Line Tool
Create > Line Tool
Description:
The Line Tool command (accessed from the
menu via Create > Line Tool)
will initialize the line creation tool. Use this tool by
left-clicking on the work grid to add successive points to the line
segment, dragging to position them. Press Enter or Esc to finish off the line segment
and exit the tool if you do not want to make a closed line
segment. Alternately, you can make a closed loop by clicking on
the first point of the line segment, after which the tool will end.
While still in the tool, you can use the manipulator
to reposition the last point you created by using the manipulator in
move mode (Selection > Manipulator
Tools > Move) and dragging by its handles, or by using the Numerical Editor (Modify > Numerical Editor...).
If you drag the point out of the plane of the work grid, the next point
you place will position itself in the plane of the last three points of
the line segment rather than the plane of the work grid.
Line segments can be used as paths or profiles for Path Extrusion Objects, Extrusion Objects, and Lathe Objects. If you subdivide the line
segment, the subdivided shape will be used for the Create Path
Extrusion, Create Extrusion Shape , and Create Lathe commands.
You can set the number of sub-segments per segment
drawn in the Line Tool Options window (Create
> Line Tool > ...).
Notes:
-You can subdivide a Line Segment just as you would subdivide any other
shape in Silo (using the Subdivide, Partial Subdivide, and Unsubdivide commands).
-A line segment in Silo is really just a sequence of regular edges,
i.e. a line segment is just a regular shape which contains only
edges. This means that you can copy the
edges from any shape and paste them to make a
line segment that can be used for extrusions or lathes.