Polar Tracking

[jdcincy]

Is there any way to save polar tracking settings? (additional angles)

I have several jobs that have different angles and at the moment I have to set the tracking every time i go from one job to the other. Any thoughts.

[heinsite]

Create a file with the special angle settings you need and save it as a template. Then start your new drawings with that template. The angles will be waiting for you.

Dave.

[jdcincy]

Alright,,,Thats a good Ideal. I didnt know a .dwt would save the settings.

If I were king for the day. Additional angle settings would be saved to the drawing.

[jdcincy]

awwww,,, I created additional angles to polar tracking and save it as a template (.dwt). I deleted the settings and tried to go back to the template and they were gone.

Anyone have any other ideals?

[jdcincy]

Dave,

Do you have templates made special just for Polar Tracking w/different angle settings? If you do, what do you think I could be doing wrong. I cant get them to save to the template.

Create a file with the special angle settings you need and save it as a template. Then start your new drawings with that template. The angles will be waiting for you.

Dave.

[cadtag]

It looks like all the POLAR* variables are stored in the registry, not the DWG. So changes made in a DWT are not saved with the DWT. Simples thing would probably be tocreate a set of macros or LISP commands that set the angles and modes you need:

(defun c:P12 ()
(setvar "POLARMODE" 4);;or use 5, 6 or 7 as value
(setvar "polaraddang "12; 33; 83")
())

[jdcincy]

Thank you Cadtag for the info and start on the lisp. You the man!!

[heinsite]

It looks like all the POLAR* variables are stored in the registry, not the DWG. So changes made in a DWT are not saved with the DWT. Simples thing would probably be tocreate a set of macros or LISP commands that set the angles and modes you need:

(defun c:P12 ()
(setvar "POLARMODE" 4);;or use 5, 6 or 7 as value
(setvar "polaraddang "12; 33; 83")
())

I stand corrected. POLARADDANG is the system variable that stores the extra angles... and they do reside in the registry.

Dave.

[jdcincy]

Thanks guys,, I was able to get the lisp to work perfectly. Now all I have to do is type a simple command and the additional angles are added.

Would either of you know what the lisp would look like to delete the additional angles.

[cadtag]

(setvar "polaraddang" "") will set it back to an empty string,