Intersections

Line and arc intersection point calculation. First page calculates intersection of two straight lines and second page intersections of line and arc. Third page calculates intersections of two arcs.

Fields

Upper part fields display object type and three freely selectable attributes.

Pages

Line-line Line-arc Arc-arc Data

X, Y, Z

Calculated coordinates.

Z1, Z2, Z, dZ

Z1 takes height from the first calculation object and Z2 from the second calculation object. Third option uses average of heights. Field dZ shows the height difference between elements.

Point 1, Point 2

Result point selection.

Arc 1, Arc 2, Radius

Arc pointing method is selected from the list. Radius field displays arc radiuses.

Copy XY

Copies coordinates to the clipboard as a comma separated text. By default copies only X and Y. With the Shift-key the Z is also copied. With the Alt-key decimal separator comes from system settings and field separator is tabulator. This format can be pasted directly to Excel columns as numeric values.

Move

Starts arc move mode. New arc position can be pointed by mouse. By default the second arc is moved. With the Shift-key the first arc is moved.

Radius

Starts arc radius mode. New arc radius can be pointed by mouse. By default the second arc radius is modified. With the Shift-key the first arc radius is modified.

Save

Saves the current point.

Code

Activates the data copying from another object. The other object containing data is pointed by the mouse. By default only the object code is copied. With the Shift-key all attributes are copied including the line number. New points are then added to that line.

Arc 1, Arc 2

Selects the next pointed element. Currently pointed element name is displayed in the mode field below.

File

Active file element receiving saved points.

Mode, X

Displays current edit mode (move, rotate, add, etc.). The X button quits the mode and returns to the normal state.

CheckDuplicate special setting in Settings/Start Program defines whether active file is checked for duplicate points.

Special settings

There are some special settings related to this function.

EditFlag

Settings affecting edit and calculation function behavior.

TopDataList

Defines which attributes are displayed first in the list. By default T1,T2,T3,T4,T5.