Rectangle

Task area 2D Objects

You can use this tool to draw a rectangle as a polyline or based on individual lines. You can create the rectangle in four different ways: by entering two diagonally opposite points, base line and height, center line and height, or center and a corner.

To draw a rectangle

1. Click Rectangle (How).
   

   Activate Rectangle in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Draft Task Design Task area 2D Objects

   • Menu bar: Create Draft

   • Keyboard: CTRL+B

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Draft

   Site Plan

2. If Create rectangle as a polyline is selected in the input options, Allplan creates the rectangle as one connected element that can be selected as a single entity with one mouse click. If is not selected, the rectangle consists of individual lines that you can select separately by clicking or as an entity group by pressing the SHIFT key while clicking.
   

   An entity group is a group of elements which can be addressed as a whole. Polylines constructed in one step, for example, or symbols are entity groups. A group can be addressed as a whole by clicking one of the elements in the group with the middle mouse button and then left mouse button. Alternatively, select and hold the Shift key and click the element. Elements can be combined into an entity group even while being created (with the Assign Group Number tool) or later (with the Modify Format Properties tool).

3. You can apply symbols to the start point and end point of the rectangle or draw the rectangle as a pattern line.
   

   You can apply start symbols and end symbols to various 2D elements. To do this, you can use the Properties palette - Element area.

   • Select the symbol you want to use and define its size in millimeters.
   • Decide whether you want to apply a start symbol or an end symbol or both symbols by selecting the relevant the check boxes.
   • While drawing, you can change the symbol or switch it off at any time.

   Note: When you draw a rectangle as a polyline, Allplan places the start symbol on the start point of the rectangle and the end symbol on the end point of the rectangle, which coincides with the start point. When you draw a rectangle that consists of individual lines, each line gets a start symbol and an end symbol. Therefore, it is advisable to select either the start symbol or the end symbol.

4. Use the input options to specify how you want to create the rectangle:
   • Based on diagonal line to define the rectangle by entering diagonally opposite points.
   • Based on base line to define the rectangle by entering the base line and the width.
   • Based on center line to define the rectangle by entering the center line and half the width.
   • Based on center to define the rectangle by entering the center and a corner.

     Tip: You can undo the entries you have made step by step by clicking Back in the Input Options.

Note: To draw a rectangle at an angle, change the System Angle (How).

Activate System Angle in one of the following ways

• Actionbar:Task area Work Environment

• Menu bar: Tools
• Angle on the status bar