Guidelines are design aids displayed as dashed lines in the workspace. Guidelines allow for precise placement of points within the drawing. When Snap to Guideline is enabled, contours moved near a guideline will automatically be positioned along the guideline, or at the intersection of two guidelines.
Create Guideline
The easiest way to create a guideline is to click on the horizontal or vertical ruler and drag a guideline into the workspace. A new guideline can also be created by using the Edit Guideline Dialogue.
Edit Guidelines Dialogue
Open the guideline dialogue by opening View > Edit Guideline, or by right clicking on an existing guideline and selecting Edit Guideline.
The guideline dialogue provides parameters to define the X, Y, and Z coordinates and the angle of a guideline. When multiple guidelines are active in the workspace, the Next button will move through the guidelines. The active guideline will change from red to blue, and the parameters will display in the dialogue.
| New | Create a new guideline at the specified position |
| Delete | Delete the selected guideline |
| Move | Move the guideline to the specified coordinates |
| Rotate | Rotate the guideline by the specified angle |
| Lock Guides | Prevent all guidelines from being moved |
| Hide Guides | Hide all guidelines |